vivo V60 review
Display
The display on the V60 is a real highlight of the package. It measures 6.77 inches in diagonal with a resolution of 1080 x 2392 pixels, which works out to around 388 ppi of pixel density. It is perfectly sharp in person.
We ran our standardized display tests and got some very impressive numbers from the V60. It managed around 760 nits of brightness by maxing out the slider. In auto mode, it went up to 1456 nits, which is more than enough to be perfectly comfortable outdoors, even in direct sunlight.
Max display brightness test
White test pattern, 75% fill (nits)
- Manual mode
- Auto mode
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The display has a 120Hz refresh rate. The phone actually supports three refresh rate modes: 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz. There is no LTPO tech here, just LTPS, so you are stuck with these three refresh rates.
In terms of settings, there are three modes: Standard, High and Smart Switch. Standard just locks the refresh rate to 60Hz. Smart Switch and High can both go up to 120Hz, but Smart Switch favors 90Hz a bit more. Otherwise, both have the same switching-down logic to 60Hz when the phone is idle and no activity is visible on the screen.
Not only does the High mode favor 120Hz a bit more, but it also has a nifty per-app settings menu that allows you to set which apps you want to run at 120Hz. It works great, and using it, we managed to get all of our test game titles to run at 120Hz.
The vivo V60 has HDR10+ support on its display. In software, it reports HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG decoding capabilities (just no Dolby Vision). We are also happy to report that it has the highest possible Google Widevine L1 DRM certification, allowing apps like Netflix to offer up FullHD streams.
Battery life
The V60 has a pretty large 6,500 mAh battery on board. Vivo has been steadily increasing battery capacity year over year (5,500 mAh in the V40, then 6,000 mAh in the V50), but our overall battery scores remain roughly the same. Still, the on-screen tests on the V60 are longer than the V50 by half an hour across the board.
With an Active Use Score of almost 16 hours, the vivo V60 still offers excellent battery life. It remains among the phones with the best battery life in the segment, ranking just a notch below the Realme 15 Pro, which has the same chipset but a 7000mAh battery.
Charging speed
Vivo has stuck with its tried and true 90W FlashCharge technology for yet another generation. We have nothing against it, other than perhaps the fact that it still relies on a USB Type-A to Type-C cable rather than a modern Type-C-Type-C one - a small gripe for sure. You do get the charger in the box in most regions, which is great.
Charging is very snappy. It is basically just a couple of minutes slower than that on the V50, which is expected. Bigger batteries tend to charge a bit faster, which is offset by the fact that there is more battery to charge, so it kind of evens out in the end.
Charging speed
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- in 30 min
- Time to full charge (from 0%)
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Speakers - loudness and quality
The vivo V60 has a stereo speaker setup. It is of the hybrid variety with the amplified earpiece acting as the second channel. Unfortunately, there is no speaker grill on the phone's top bezel to help with channel balance and spatial separation. One speaker is firing forward while the other downward.
In terms of performance, the V60 managed a VERY GOOD loudness score in our testing. The output is pretty clean, especially voices and speech in the mid range. The sound stage isn't particularly wide or rich, and you don't really get any bass, but at least the highs are not too distorted, even at high volumes.
It should be noted that our tests were conducted with vivo's Audio Super Resolution enabled. It definitely helps quality a bit and doesn't seem to hurt loudness in the process meaningfully.
Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.
Connectivity
The vivo V60 is a dual Nano-SIM device with simultaneous SA/NSA Sub-6 5G connectivity on both slots. Unfortunately, it lacks eSIM support.
For positioning, the V60 has GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, QZSS, BDS and NavIC. Local connectivity is covered by dual-band Wi-Fi ac and Bluetooth 5.4 with LE support. There is NFC on board as well as an IR blaster. No 3.5mm audio jack or FM radio receiver, though.
The Type-C port is backed up by a simple USB 2.0 data connection, which means a theoretical maximum throughput of 480 Mbps. There is USB Host/OTG support, of course, but nothing else fancy like video output over Alt mode.
The vivo V60 has a decent set of onboard sensors. There is an ST LSM6DSVX accelerometer, a vivo-branded VSEN gyroscope, a vivo MXG4300 magnetometer and compass combo and an AMS SIP3510 ambient light sensor. Unfortunately, there seems to be no hardware proximity sensor, but rather a virtual one. This can cause problems at times with turning off the display reliably, say during calls. There is no barometer onboard.
