“The main interest is the proprietary lighting Aura 2.0” – Kommersant FM

Kommersant FM columnist Alexander Levi talks about the vivo flagship in the mid-price segment.

Sales of smartphones from the vivo V29 family have started in Russia. Depending on the configuration, new products from the Chinese brand will cost from 33,999 rubles. up to RUB 51,999 Timing and cost are perhaps the only details that were not known to domestic users before the launch of the devices.

I managed to get a little acquainted with vivo’s flagship in the mid-price segment. And the main interest in the V29 model is, of course, the proprietary Aura 2.0 backlight, which debuted in the previous series – V27.

This time the engineers increased the functionality of the feature. Now the LED ring integrated into the main camera unit has an automatic mode for adjusting the glow temperature. As planned, Aura 2.0 should straighten the surrounding light scene so as to achieve naturalness in the picture.

It’s hard to say what exactly the developers of vivo mean by naturalness. But the portrait mode, which is most effective in conjunction with the LED ring, works in such detail that you begin to feel embarrassed about how imperfect it is.

It’s great that the user was given the opportunity to choose the backlight shades in a noticeable range from daytime white to almost sunset orange. To my taste, pictures in warm colors look more pleasant at any time of the day, especially in the fall, when there is already plenty of coolness.

Other capabilities of vivo V29 remain to be explored. But about the design of the smartphone in the “Noble Black” color, which I tested, we can already give an unequivocal verdict. This is a sleek and stylish smartphone.

If you change the interface of its shell to a strict version, you will get an excellent business accessory, although the developers were more likely aimed at the audience of creators. Therefore, inside there was a “Minifilm” mode and video editing tutorials.

vivo V29 hardware specifications I already described it earlier. This information was completely confirmed. Separately, it is worth noting fast charging with a power of 80 W and the presence of dust and moisture protection of the IP68 standard, which is still rare for the middle segment.