Vivo Y17s: It has consistently been the preferred choice of Indian smartphone buyers, for it’s ultra-stylish design and power-packed performance in budget and mid-range categories.
The Vivo Y17s is the latest such offering and is clearly designed for users who prioritize style, long battery life, and a hassle-free day-to-day user experience over gaming performance or camera wizardry.
Conceived as a value-for-money smartphone, the Y17s isn’t designed to be a jack-of-all-trades – it zeroes in on the features that a majority of people can relate to. Whether you’re studying at home or working on your day-to-day tasks, the Y17s makes everything as smooth as butter.
Premium Looks; Stunning Design
The Vivo Y17s feels and looks like a pricier phone despite its cheap price. It packs a rear panel that wouldn’t look out of place on a return to the glass-backed design of old iPhones, resplendent in its light-reflecting loveliness, giving you the kind of design about which you won’t be embarrassed to brag to pricier competitors.
Priced at 499.90euros the device comes in color variant options such as Forest Green and Glitter Purple, making it look bright and stylish.
It is thin, lightweight and also slim that feels grasp-friendly in hand excellent-hand-feeling. The side-mounted fingerprint scanner built into the power button is fast and handy, and face unlock too operates well in good light.
Eye-Catching Display
On the front, the handset carries a 6.56-inch HD+ LCD screen bearing a 1612 x 720 pixels resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate.
It doesn’t offer the sharpest visuals or the smoothest scrolling, but it does the trick for watching videos, using social media and attending video calls.
The color reproduction is good and although the brightness is not too high it should be sufficient for indoor and shaded outdoor environments.
Not Full HD, but the resolution is fair for those who don’t care as much about pixel counts or display specifications.
Perfect Performance for Daily Use
The Vivo Y17s has the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC at its core, along with 4GB RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage that can be expanded via a microSD card.
Helio G85 is a trusty performer for entry-level and budget devices, which delivers glitch-free performance for the basic anatomic functions like WhatsApp, YouTube, web surfing & light gaming.
You’re not going to get high-end speed here, but it doesn’t stutter when you are multitasking casually.
Light games such as Ludo King, Subway Surfer and Free Fire play well but heavy ones can run only at low settings to play smoothly.
Clean Software Experience
The Y17s operates on Funtouch OS 13 which is based on Android 13 (Go Edition). It’s clean, responsive and not cluttered with a lot of overbearing bloatware or ads, something a lot of budget phones can’t say.
Vivo has definitely not skimped on the UI optimizations to make it run smoothly despite the relatively weak hardware.
The phone also comes with app cloning, so you can always use two accounts for things like WhatsApp; easy multitasking; and digital wellbeing tools, so the overall UX feels both modern and intelligent.
Dual Camera That Isn’t Bad in the Daytime
On the back, the phone has a 50MP main camera and a 2MP depth sensor. In good light, the main camera takes pictures that are surprisingly detailed and well balanced. The colors are all natural and focus is very fast.
Set it to Portrait mode and you get pretty good background separation too.
However, in certain conditions, the image quality does suffer — you will get some noise and softer details in low-light scenarios.
The 8MP front shooter is sufficient for selfies and video calls, especially in good light.
The Battery That Just Keeps on Going
One of its strong points is the fact that the Vivo Y17s carries a 5000mAh battery. On moderate use it can comfortably get through a full day and a half.
And when you’re binge-watching, calling, or scrolling, you won’t be stranded for a charge.
It features support for 15W charging via USB Type-C, not the fastest, but certainly good enough for the segment.
Pros:
Attractive and premium design
Long battery life (5000mAh)
Stock software with Android 13 Go
Performance you can count on everyday
USB Type-C charging
Dedicated microSD card slot
Good 50MP camera in daylight
Cons:
Only HD+ display, no Full HD
The camera is just OK in low light
No stereo speakers
15W charging could be faster
Not for power or heavy gaming users
Vivo Y17s Final Verdict
It’s may not be a spec monster, but the Vivo Y17s ticks all the right boxes. It’s perfect for someone who just wants a handsome phone with reliable day-to-day performance, decent battery life and a clean Android experience.
If your check-list includes design, painless usability and proven dependability, instead of gaming or photography sorcery, the Y17s is hard not to recommend in the sub-₹12,000 price bracket.
