Vivo T4 Review: Nearly Perfect

Smartphones on the backside finish of the mid-range phase (ranging from Rs. 20,000 and up) are imagined to be the poster boys, engaging and inspiring finances smartphone patrons to spend a bit extra with upgrades that have to justify their worth tags. The Vivo T4 (additionally the iQOO Z10) is one such mid-ranger that’s anticipated to supply the standard mid-range glamour wrapped up in a pretty price ticket. Sadly, the sub-Rs. 25,000 phase has grown into a really aggressive one currently. And Vivo’s T4, regardless of quite a few upgrades, someway finally ends up falling a bit wanting expectations, although it might be a perfect alternative for some.

Vivo T4 Design

Vivo’s T4 positively seems to be the half for a mid-range gadget. Its total design is impressed by the ultra-premium Vivo X200 sequence, however it additionally has some particular design parts, which make it a really engaging smartphone for its price ticket.

The Vivo T4’s curved mid-frame compliments its quad-curved show, giving it a slim total look

 

At simply 199 grams, the telephone measures simply 7.9mm at its thinnest level. Add to this the aggressively curved polycarbonate mid-frame, the quad-curved show and the quad-curved polycarbonate rear panel, and you’ll have a telephone that additionally seems very slim.

This is spectacular as a result of this smartphone someway manages to squeeze in a battery with a 7,300mAh capability. And it is not nearly attractiveness, as this Vivo smartphone additionally boasts an IP65-rated design for mud and water resistance.

The plastic rear panel is a smudge magnet regardless of its matte end, however these have been onerous to identify given our evaluate unit’s practically white, Phantom Grey end

 

Stylish seems to be apart, I additionally like that the massive rear digicam module has a pleasant plastic ring round it. It will not scrape a wood desk or your finger once you use it for help.

Vivo T4 Performance

Quad-curved panels give smartphones a trendy and trendy look, however additionally they present distracting reflections when seen open air. The Vivo T4’s show is not any exception. However, given its worth, it is good to see that this full-HD+ AMOLED panel is HDR10-certified, which additionally means it may possibly get actually shiny (5,000 nits peak) when used open air.

The Vivo T4 has quad-curved, 120Hz AMOLED panel

 

Sadly, this vibrant show is accompanied by a single, bottom-firing speaker. It’s sufficiently loud and produces a really treble-heavy sound at max (one hundred pc) quantity, however it additionally sounds a bit distorted. Funtouch OS provides an Audio Booster mode (as much as 200 p.c), however it’s not a lot louder in comparison with one hundred pc. There are smartphones each at and above this worth level that provide significantly better (or richer) sound high quality.

Based on Android 15, the software program is usually Vivo. There are loads of customisation choices, and Vivo has added some sensible and helpful AI instruments to the combination. During the testing interval, the telephone ran easily with no noticeable hiccups and no trace of lag. The similar might be mentioned concerning the fingerprint scanner, which unlocked shortly and labored reliably each single time.

Vivo’s Funtouch OS 15 is predicated on Android 15

 

Results from our benchmark checks are much like what competing smartphones at this worth level have achieved. The Vivo T4 is not any completely different, as might be seen from the benchmark chart under, and identical to the others it faces some critical competitors from Poco F6, the one telephone to supply a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC at this worth level.

 

 

Benchmark checks are purely artificial, and so, they don’t seem to be real-world checks of uncooked efficiency. But gaming is.

I attempted out Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) since it is a low-end mid-range gadget. The telephone surprisingly defaulted to Very High graphics and Max body charges with a lot of the results turned off. The sport labored easily at default settings. Frame charges weren’t steady, however the gameplay was easy sufficient, and I may hold taking part in for greater than 45 minutes at a stretch with none heating points. I attempted operating the sport at an Ultra body price. While the gameplay was visibly smoother, it was not 90 fps easy.

The Vivo T4 has just one user-accessible rear-facing digicam

 

While the telephone seems to be good, seems to be might be deceiving. A transparent case for that is the rear digicam setup, which is each chunky land giant and seems to have 3 rear-facing cameras. However, there’s just one user-accessible 50-megapixel digicam.

Vivo T4 major digicam samples (faucet pictures to increase)

 

Photos captured utilizing the primary digicam confirmed barely saturated colors by default. You can flip down the saturation ranges by activating the digicam app’s Natural Colour mode, however these could seem a bit too bland and are usually not actually an precise illustration of the scene in entrance of you.

Dynamic vary is fairly good, and also you get loads of element within the shiny spots and the shadows, although the digicam tends to overexpose scenes a bit. While pictures seem sharp on the telephone’s show, zooming in a bit reveals barely unpolished textures on all surfaces. For some cause, they seem a bit smudged. The particulars are a bit tender total until the thing you’re taking pictures is at arm’s size. The telephone’s autofocus system is fast to lock focus, and barely did I come throughout a scene the place I needed to faucet to deal with an object I wished it to.

Vivo T4 major digicam samples (faucet pictures to increase)

 

In low gentle, the digicam captures high quality pictures with good element. For some cause, the smudgy textures I observed throughout daylight taking pictures are taken care of by the Night mode, and so we now have some vibrant pictures with good dynamic vary and resolved element. The digicam takes some time to shoot low-light pictures. In dimly lit scenes, you may need to patiently wait as much as 2 seconds or extra for a picture to be captured.

Vivo T4 2X zoom digicam samples (faucet pictures to increase)

 

Vivo makes use of a crop of the first digicam’s sensor to zoom in. In Auto mode, the outcomes aren’t good, and you find yourself with smudged-up textures when taking pictures something past arm’s size. Basically, it is not good for taking pictures pictures in your subsequent trip.

The telephone’s Portrait mode doesn’t do effectively both, however it’s tolerable in daylight, as might be seen within the samples under.

Photos captured at 1X present good element however come out a bit overexposed (faucet picture to increase)

 

At 1.5X, the standard deteriorates a bit, and you’ll begin noticing noise and random blotchy textures (faucet picture to increase)

 

At 2X, superb for telephoto pictures, the standard of the pictures deteriorates even additional, and additionally, you will discover some chroma noise settling in.

 

In low gentle, issues take an anticipated flip for the worst, with the digicam making an attempt to spice up colors and cut back noise, leading to flat-looking pictures of topics with little resolved element or texture. (Tap picture to increase)

 

Selfies come out simply high quality in daylight with good edge detection, however the digicam tends to beautify a picture when the display flash is turned on for some bizarre cause. (Tap picture to increase)

 

Video recording does surprisingly effectively in daylight, showcasing pure colors and good dynamic vary. 1080p 60 fps video recordings have a gradual framerate, however the 4K 30 fps video recordings provide the very best quality. In low gentle, colors come out a bit pale, however the video recordings have a gradual body price. The noise is managed, so the output seems to be fairly good.

The Vivo T4’s high-capacity silicon carbon battery can simply final two days with gentle utilization

 

One of the spotlight options of this smartphone at this worth level is its battery capability. The 7,300mAh battery lasted a really spectacular 37 hours and 55 minutes in our HD video loop check, which performs a regionally saved video on a loop until the battery runs out. In the PCMark Work Battery check, which runs a bunch of real-world duties on a loop, the telephone impressed as soon as once more, managing a formidable rating of 26 hours and 56 minutes. Given my day by day utilization (gaming, digicam, social media, calls, workplace apps), the high-capacity silicon carbon battery bought me about 13 hours of screen-on time, which is principally good for 2 work days of utilization. Indeed, depleting this telephone’s battery was a correct problem.

Vivo T4 Verdict

The Vivo T4, priced from Rs. 21,999, is sorted in terms of battery life and all the things else however reveals as much as the get together with one rear digicam when we now have units like Nothing’s Phone 3a (Review) providing 3 rear cameras at a barely greater asking worth of Rs. 24,999. It is certainly a bit too onerous to accept a single rear digicam at and round this worth level. But Vivo gives a succesful one, offered you employ it at its native (1x) focal size. And in case you can dwell with that, you’ll get unimaginable worth to your cash with the Vivo.

The Poco F6 (Review) continues to stay the selection of players given its Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC, which is a steal given the telephone’s Rs. 21,999 price ticket. And in case you can stretch your finances by just a few thousand, the OnePlus Nord 4 (Review) is the telephone to get, ranging from Rs. 27,499.

Vivo may have performed its playing cards higher by equipping its T4 with a telephoto digicam and lowering the capability of its battery to make it extra engaging for its clients. Given its present {hardware}, it is nonetheless a sensible choice for these in search of a slim and trendy mid-range smartphone with unimaginable battery life.