vivo has introduced another big-battery phone in China, the vivo Y37 Pro.
Launched alongside the Y300 Pro —which also has a large battery at 6,500mAh — the vivo Y37 Pro comes with a 6,000mAh battery. That’s bigger than most phones we see in this price segment. It is paired with a 44W charger, which provides a 50% charge in just 36 minutes.
Powering the Y37 Pro is a fresh new Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 octa-core processor, with 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of, sadly, non-expandable storage. It ships with Android 14-based OriginOS 4 user interface.
On the front, we have a beefy, albeit low-resolution display. It’s a 6.68-inch IPS panel with a smooth 120Hz refresh rate, and 1,000 nits of peak brightness, but only an HD+ refresh rate.
There’s only a 5-megapixel sensor for selfies, a secondary 2-megapixel depth sensor on the back, but a sharp 50-megapixel main shooter.
It may be a budget phone, but vivo still took extra time to ensure its durability as the Y37 Pro is IP64 dust and water-resistant. Plus, it apparently survived 32,000 “slight drop tests”, 500 body distortion tests, 1,000 soft squeeze tests, and 300 cylinder tumbling tests.
The vivo Y37 Pro is now listed on vivo China’s website for CNY1,799 (~Php14,100). No word yet if it’s also coming to other markets.
vivo Y37 Pro Specs
- Android 14, OriginOS 4
- Dual SIM, Dual standby
- 6.68-inch HD+ IPS display, 1608 x 720 pixel resolution, ~264ppi
- 120Hz refresh rate, 1000-nit peak brightness
- 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 octa-core processor
- 8GB RAM
- Adreno 613 GPU
- 256GB UFS 2.2 internal storage, non-expandable
- 5-megapixel front camera
- 50-megapixel (f/1.8, PDAF) + 2-megapixel (depth sensor) rear cameras, LED flash
- Stereo speakers
- Headphone jack
- Side-mounted fingerprint scanner, Face unlock
- IP64 dust and water resistant
- HSPA+, 4G LTE, 5G
- WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
- Bluetooth 5.2
- GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, QZSS, BDS
- USB-C
- Dimensions: 165.7 x 76 x 8mm
- Weight: 199g
- Colors: Dark Gray, Green, Apricot
- 6,000mAh non-removable battery, 44W wired, reverse wired charging