SpecEagle review · Vivo

Vivo Y50 review: 5000 mAh budget volume seller with 8 MP quad-cam.

Item: Vivo Y50
Rating: 56
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2020·$229

Overall

56/100

Class rank

#42 of 118

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Budget volume seller.

Y50 packed 8 GB RAM and 5000 mAh into a sub-$230 chassis — Vivo's answer to Redmi 9 in markets where RAM-on-spec-sheet wins shelf space.

01Display

68/100

68/100 puts it above the 63-point average for budget phones of 2020.

TypeIPS LCD

Size6.53 inches

Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2020.

Main13 MP, f/1.8

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Depth2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 puts it above the 50-point average for budget phones of 2020.

ChipsetSnapdragon 665 (11nm)

GPUAdreno 610

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 78-point average for budget phones of 2020.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging18W

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

What works

Huge 5000 mAh + 18W charging
8 GB RAM in budget tier
FHD+ resolution

What doesn't

Snapdragon 665 lukewarm
2 MP filler
Plastic build

Cross-shop it against

Redmi Note 10 5G

$199 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 118-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .