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Vivo Y50 review: 5000 mAh budget volume seller with 8 MP quad-cam.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2020·$229
Overall
56/100
Class rank
#3 of 6
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Budget volume seller.

Y50 packed 8 GB RAM and 5000 mAh into a sub-$230 chassis — Vivo's answer to Redmi 9 in markets where RAM-on-spec-sheet wins shelf space.

01Display

68/100

At 68/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD
Size6.53 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 puts it above the 53-point average for budget phones of 2020.

Main13 MP, f/1.8
Ultrawide8 MP
Macro2 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2020 — 6 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 665 (11nm)
GPUAdreno 610

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 77-point average for budget phones of 2020.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

58/100

58/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for budget phones of 2020.

What works
  • Huge 5000 mAh + 18W charging
  • 8 GB RAM in budget tier
  • FHD+ resolution
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 665 lukewarm
  • 2 MP filler
  • Plastic build

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? .