While many Chinese smartphone makers are busy of making new models such as the Xiaomi Mi 6 or the Huawei P10, the rest of companies bring new colors to their legend devices. I guess you are aware of the OnePlus 3T black edition as well as the Vivo Xplay 6 matte black. But the latter is not the only representative of its brand. A few weeks back Vivo has announced one of its flagships known as the X9 will get a new black color option. Today the enhanced variant of that phone dubbed as the Vivo X9 Plus was announced in the same matter black coloring. The Vivo X9 Plus is priced at 3298 yuan ($479).
This phone is among the top 5 smartphones in the Chinese market and not only. Thanks to a decent specs list it can be compared to any beast including the Huawei P10 and Meizu Pro 6 Plus. But to understand what a device we are talking about let’s take a glance at its key features.
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The Vivo X9 Plus sports a 5.88-inch Full HD screen, Snapdragon 653 octa-core processor, Adreno 510 GPU, dual 20MP+8MP camera on the front, 16MP shooter on the back, 4000mAh battery, and Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android 6.0. As you can see, the selling point of this device is the front camera, but its screen provides great viewing experience as well. However, there have been only two color options users can choose from – gold and rose gold. But the most common color for a smartphone is considered to be black. So with the launch Vivo X9 Plus black the manufacturer will sell more. At last, the black variant really looks cool.