A more powerful alternative to the Galaxy Z Fold 4, the Vivo X Fold 2 leaks out days before the announcement and it’s a beast of an Android folding phone.
Samsung is no longer the only name in the foldable game, and this brand new phone actually beats the Galaxy Z Fold 4 in terms of performance.
What you see above is a first look at the Vivo X Fold 2 (thanks to 91Mobiles), one of the first folding phones to come with the beastly Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, so it certainly is a very viable alternative to Samsung’s Fold 4. As a quick reminder, Vivo is one of the largest Chinese phone makers, and it is now taking foldable phones seriously.
The Vivo X Fold 2 will launch alongside a smaller, flip-type phone, the Vivo X Flip, and both are expected to get an official unveiling on Thursday, April 20th.
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So what is the story with the Vivo X Fold 2?
It’s a book-like folding phone much like the Galaxy Z Fold 4, but it has an even larger main screen at 8.03 inches. The big story is about the chip under the hood: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 on the X Fold 2 is considerably more powerful than the older Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip used on the Galaxy.
The Vivo also comes with a whopping 12GB of the latest LPDDR5X RAM, and a choice of either 256GB or 512GB of storage, both of the fast UFS 4.
