LAHORE: Vivo on Tuesday, celebrated the launch of its all-new V9 smartphone at a local hotel.
The new smartphone features a full view display and 90 percent screen-to-body ratio that delivers artificial intelligence-powered perfect shots. More than a 1,000 people from different walks of life, including Vivo’s valuable partners, esteemed media, social media influencers and key people from the fashion industry attended the event.
The star of the night, V9 is designed to be an ultimate sleek and stylish smartphone that can always take the “perfect shot” and provide the “perfect view” through the power of AI.
Vivo’s V9 uses advanced machine learning to provide a unique AI-powered mobile experience that enhances multiple features such as AI face beauty, AI smart engine and AI selfie lighting. The AI face beauty uses a comprehensive database of almost one million facial images, allowing it to detect age, gender, skin texture and skin tone of the subject as well as the lighting environment.
It can then apply enhancements in line with the preferences of local users. Other AI photography features include the new AI selfie lighting, that uses a new algorithm to transform the original 2D photo into a 3D model and then processes the light authentically and artistically, helping users create their own masterpieces.
Beyond photography, the V9’s AI also ensures the best performance by optimising and supporting the phone’s operations with the AI smart engine which prioritises system resources according to user habits.
Vivo has improved on the previous generation’s facial unlocking technology with AI face access, which detects the reflection of natural skin and the subtle movements of the face to further reduce the possibility of unlocking when shown photos or videos instead of a person’s real face.
Furthermore, V9’s AI attention sensing also recognises when you’re looking at the phones to keep disruptions to a minimum by automatically reducing the volume of message alerts, incoming calls and alarms.
“V9 represents our understanding of consumer’s need for their mobile camera to automatically create the ‘perfect shot’ in any scenario. We are excited to introduce V9’s AI power to young consumers in Pakistan,” Vivo Pakistan CEO Eric Kong said. “With AI playing a key role, we are confident that we can inspire and empower more consumers globally to express themselves by making the ‘perfect shot’ easier than ever to take, while the full view display provides consumers with the ‘perfect view’ to experience their photographic moments of self-expression,” he further added.
The all-new Vivo V9 is now available in Pakistan. Customers can visit authorised Vivo shops in their area to pre-book the new smartphone which is available in two dazzling colours; Pearl Black and Gold at a price of Rs 37,999.
Technical Specifications
Operating System: Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android Oreo 8.1 Screen:6.3” IPS in-cell Display (1080*2280)with 2.5D Glass Full View Display and 90 percent screen-to-body ratio.
Camera: Front 24MP, f2.0 aperture / Rear Dual 16MP + 5MP, f2.0 aperture Supports AI Selfie Lighting and Rear Flash.
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 626, octa-core 14nm chipset.
RAM: 4GB.
Internal Memory: 64GB
Dimensions: 154.81×75.03×7.89mm
Weight: 150 grammes
Battery: 3260mAh
Connectivity:4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, OTG, FM Radio
SIM Slots: 2 Nano SIM Card Slots
Additional Features:AI Bokeh, AR Stickers, AI HDR, AI Face Beauty, Slow-Motion video, 4K video and Gender Detection.
Published in Daily Times, April 11th 2018.
