Vivo Y29 review: A military-durable budget phone with a 6,500 mAh cell.
Tough and long-lasting, slow to charge.
Y29 pairs a 6,500 mAh cell with a military drop rating for $190 — built to survive and endure. The 15 W charging is the glaring weak point against that big battery, and the HD+ panel is basic. For a rugged budget daily where you charge overnight, it serves.
01Display
62/10062/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for budget phones of 2025.
02Camera
54/10054/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for budget phones of 2025.
03Performance
54/10054/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.
04Battery
90/100At 90/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.
05Build
74/100At 74/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2025 — 6 points above the cohort average.
06Value
70/10070/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.
- 6,500 mAh + MIL-810H drop rating at $190.
- 120 Hz screen, microSD + jack.
- 5G on a budget.
- Durable build for the tier.
- HD+ panel, Dimensity 6300 is slow.
- 15 W charging is painfully slow for the cell.
- Single speaker, 8 MP selfie.
- 2 MP filler.
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 6-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .