vivo V80 Lite unboxing and hands-on

Today, we're unboxing the vivo V80 Lite. This vivo V80 Lite, specifically, not this vivo V80 Lite (which is for the Indian market). Confusing, we know.

The global vivo V80 Lite ships in Green, Pink, and Black (ours) in a box with a 44W charger, a USB cable, and a color-matching case. The case is one of those grippy rubber ones vivo usually ships, and it fits the phone nicely.

It's not particularly flashy, but it does the job of protecting the phone.

What's impressive about the vivo V80 Lite is its battery - a potent 10,000mAh unit, which uses 4th-gen silicon carbon anode technology. That means it should be more reliable in extreme cold and heat. Vivo says you can expect 64 hours of talk time and 14 hours of gaming. Oh, and 30 hours of video playback.

The vivo V80 Lite hides the fact that it has twice the usual battery capacity with a surprisingly acceptable body. It's 8.6mm thick and weighs 224 grams. It's not a light and razor thin phone, no, but it doesn't feel like a brick either.

There are essentially two cameras on this phone - a 50MP wide-angle on the back, and a 32MP selfie shooter upfront. They can shoot 1080p video, and that's about it.

The phone is both IP68 and IP69K-rated for dust and water resistance, but its durability cred doesn't end there. It's also MIL-STD-810H rated, but as usual, it's not clear which scenarios are covered.

The vivo V80 is available in Malaysia, priced at MYR 1,399 ($346) for the 6/128GB trim and MYR 1,899 ($470) for the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage version.