Lower mid-range · 2021

vivo S9e

Name: vivo S9e
Brand: vivo

Our Take CPU benches near recent lower-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A07

A dependable lower mid-ranger with an AMOLED screen and stabilised camera — but a smaller battery shows its age.

Best for Streaming · reading · social

Strength AMOLED screen, Stabilised camera (OIS)

Watch out Smaller battery (4100mAh)

Skip if Heavy gaming or multitasking

6.44″ AMOLED · 90Hz

Dimensity 820 8 / 128 GB

4100 mAh 33W charging

64 MP 2 rear · 32 MP selfie

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Full specifications

What stands out

240 fps slow motion for action clips

Display

6.44″ · AMOLED · 1080 × 2404 · 90 Hz · HDR

OLED display

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.44"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2404 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

HDR

Supported

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 820 (7 nm) · 8-core 2.6 GHz · Mali-G57 MC5

Basic CPU

Best for messaging, calls, and light browsing. Avoid heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 820 (7 nm)

Current CPU tier

Lower mid-range

Launch class

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

415,000

CPU

8-core, 2.6 GHz

GPU

Mali-G57 MC5

Process

7 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

CPU layout

4x Cortex A76 2.6 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz

Camera

64 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 32 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

64 MP f/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

32 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Samsung Bright S5KGW1, 1/1.72", 0.8µm

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

4100 mAh · 33 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4100 mAh

Wired charging

33 W

Removable

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Storage type

UFS 2.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · Wi-Fi 5

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

Bluetooth

5.1

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

5 g · 7.3 mm

Height

159.3 mm

Width

74.3 mm

Thickness

7.3 mm

Weight

5 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

90 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.44″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2404 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

27% larger battery capacity

33 W vs 15 W charging · 4,100 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

415k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs High-end tier

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Loses on most 4 losses

Less smooth display

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 90 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh

Lower benchmark score

415k vs 899k AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs Upper mid-range tier

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

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