Last year
BBK launched a new flagship Android
phone with dual-core
CPU, and advanced stereo
audio named the
Vivo X1. For early this year the
X1 will receive a midlife
update to become the
Vivo X1s.
BBK's
Vivo brand
launched the
X1 last year as the worlds thinnest Android
phone, with a body thickness of just 6.55mm. The title didn't last long as Alcatel/TCL have since
launched a 6.45mm phone, with similar hardware.
The
X1 failed to capture many Chinese
phone buyers imaginations due to the high price of 2500 Yuan, which even last year was considered far too costly for a dual-core MTK
MT6577 phone even with impressive
audio and licensed stereo technologies!
Vivo have now announced that the
X1 will receive a mid-life
update and become a dual-sim
phone named the X1S. Rumours had suggested that the X1S would be a quaad-core MT6589 phone,unfortunately these have turned to be untrue and the X1S will keep the dual-core
MT6577 chip.
The
Vivo X1 is one of the few premium
MT6577 phones on the market and features
wireless charging, an 8 mega-pixel rear camera flush to the body and a well made
alloy body.