Vivo X Flip: OEM confirms design and imminent launch for its inaugural clamshell foldable

Anyone who has looked at the Find N2 Flip and wished that its Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4-beating cover display had the opposite orientation are now in luck, as that is exactly what the Vivo X Flip soon stands to offer. The OEM has now dropped all pretense of keeping its first-gen clamshell (and its resemblance to its rival from fellow BBK Electronics subsidiary OPPO) a secret, and has introduced it formally in a new Weibo post.

The X Flip's round rear camera hump will have Zeiss branding rather than that of Hasselblad, however, which confers the T* optical lens treatment "and a built-in Vivo/Zeiss professional imaging system" on the foldable's main 50MP OIS-enabled rear camera and 32MP selfie shooter.

Vivo's inaugural clamshell will come in elaborate "Diamond Black" and "Silk Gold" colorways as well as "Diamond Purple"; however, despite the iffy and superficial nature of its marketing thus far, ("super makeup mirror" camera mode, anyone?) the X Flip is also now backed to "combine beauty and strength" as the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1-powered alternative to the also-upcoming X Fold2.

The OEM has hinted that this involves an appreciably high-refresh-rate main display, "the most powerful battery life" Vivo could muster for it and "ultra-fast flash charging" that might be done as soon as the user has finished their coffee.

Despite all this new hype, Vivo has yet to set a date for the X Flip's launch, or how much it will be on its release.

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