Vivo Y400 Pro 5G: Competition in the mid segment of the smartphone market is getting stiffer as companies offer top-shelf features at lower prices.
The Vivo Y400 Pro 5G is one of the more interesting challengers, packing just the right mix of good performance, camera, and design elements for its class.
Striking Design Language
The Y400 Pro 5G eschews the cookie-cutter aesthetic afflicting many mid-rangers with a striking design that demands to be noticed.
It has a gentle gradient finish of Cosmic Blue, Sunset Gold, or Emerald Green that changes tone with the light. The device is also slim at 8.2 with nice weight of 186 grams despite the sizeable battery.
The front of the phone is covered with a 6.67-inch AMOLED panel with super slim bezels and a tiny punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera. Although it doesn’t take the resolution to the limit (FHD+), the 120Hz refresh rate offers smooth scrolling and animations that used to be the work of flagships alone.
The panel provides stunning color reproduction and brightness up to 1300 nits, which means outdoor legibility is not a problem, even on a sunny day.
Performance That Delivers
Y400 Pro 5G, powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7200 SoC, enables the everyday multitask with ease and lends the ability to game.
The octa-core processor and 6GB or 8GB of RAM is effectively multitasking with little to no slowdowns, and it’s completed by pretty much all the 5G modem you could ask for, providing some future-proofing as networks roll out more widely over time.
The device runs on Vivo’s customized UI: FunTouch OS 14, based on the latest Android 14 for a clean and minimal interface with some useful customization options without bugging the users with bloatware.
The firm commits to two years of major Android updates and three years of security patches — solid for the price class but lagging behind certain competitors’ lengthier support promises.
Camera Capabilities
Its triple-camera setup includes a 50MP main sensor with optical image stabilization, alongside an 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro lens.
The primary camera in brighter light is able to grab quite a bit of detail and is not typical over-processed look that you tend to get from this segment – which is great.
The night mode takes useable shots with a fair bit of bass on noise control, but is not up to the computational photography prowess of more expensive devices.
You’ll still get 4K/30fps video with electronic stabilization that’s fine for easygoing shooting, but falters even with moderate movement and the camera’s digital zoom switched on.
While there’s no automatic shutter option for selfies like on some other models, the 16MP front camera also provides decent self portraits and skin tone reproduction, as well as passable portrait mode.
Battery Life and Charging
It lasts all day easily enough with moderate to heavy use, and most will be able to stretch it to a second day with more reserved usage.
It comes with a 44W fast charger in the box which fills the battery from 0% to 50% in about half an hour and a bit over an hour for full charge – excellent numbers for the price segment.
Pros and Cons
Pros:
Design features that impress beyond the competition
Pantalla AMOLED de 120Hz muy suave y bastante brillante
Good for a daily use and light gaming
Main camera is good with OIS
Great battery Life with decently fast charging
Clean software, with little bloatware so far
Cons:
Secondary cameras seem tacked on
(Plastic frame despite glass front and back)
No charging up wirelessly
Speakers are stereo and fall flat and tinny at loud volumes
Less water resistant (splash proof only)
Gaming performance lags behind in the most demanding games
Vivo Y400 Pro 5G: The Verdict
The Vivo Y400 Pro 5G nicely takes the middle ground between budget and premium, with a decent experience that is catered toward its target audience: the common users.
Photography fans, and hardcore mobile gamers may want to search elsewhere, but if you’re on the lookout for a smartphone that features solid performance, fantastic battery life and a quality screen, you’re definitely in the right place.
In a market and segment where one has to make compromises, Vivo has made the ones that can be most lived with – and that makes it an impressive option for the price-conscious user who does not want to compromise totally on premium experience.