Vivo X20 Plus UD With In-Display Fingerprint Sensor Is Now Official, Launch Set For 24th January

Earlier last year, Vivo was the first company to claim that they were in the process of integrating the fingerprint sensor under the display of their smartphone. It was a highly anticipated unveiling and one that would set the precedence for all the smartphone makers across the market. The company finally showcased a working prototype of the phone at CES 2018. This has changed, however, on 24th January 2018, not a prototype or a concept, a consumer-ready device with a fingerprint sensor placed inside the display. As per reports, the phone is expected to be on sale by 1st of February.

The Vivo X20 Plus, initially called the Vivo X20 Plus UD where UD stood for Under-Display, has been leaked multiple times where almost all of its specifications were revealed. Moreover, the smartphone passed through TENAA certification, which further corroborated its specifications. The largest modification on vivo X20 would be on the remove of squarish fingerprint sensor, and implementing it under the screen of smartphone. According to the listing found on certification website, the Vivo X20 Plus will sport a 6.43-inch OLED display having 2160×1080 pixels resolution, a 2.2GHz octa-core processor paired with 4GB of RAM. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC is expected to power the internals of this variant of Vivo X20 Plus, similar to its original variant. The Vivo X20 Plus UD is the world’s first mass-produced smartphone that features an in-display fingerprint sensor display manufactured by Synaptics. The Synaptics Clear ID 9500 optical under-display fingerprint sensor was earlier claimed to go into production on a mass scale to supply at least 70 million units by the end of this year. 

As for the cameras, the Vivo X20 Plus is said to come with a dual camera setup on the rear, including one 12-megapixel and one 5-megapixel shooter. On the front, the smartphone is expected to house a 12-megapixel camera. It is further expected to pack a 3905mAh battery, along with the standard set of connectivity options including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G, and GPS among others. The Vivo X20 Plus is said to pack 128GB of inbuilt storage that can be further expanded via microSD card up to 256GB. The smartphone will be available in Black Gold, Champagne Gold, Rose Gold, and Matte Black colour options.