vivo Y36i is official

Vivo has announced a “lite” version of the Y36 which it released in the Philippines last July 2023 — the vivo Y36i.

It is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 6020 chipset which is the same one used in the Honor 90 Lite and the realme 11 although the rest of the specs aren’t something to really brag about.

vivo Y36i specs:
6.56-inch HD+ LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate
Mediatek Dimensity 6020
2x ARM Cortex-A76 2.2GHz + 6x ARM Cortex-A55 2.0GHz
ARM Mali-G57 MP2
4GB LPDDR4X RAM
128GB UFS 2.2 internal storage
5G, LTE
WiFi-5
Bluetooth 5.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
13MP main camera
Anti-stroboscopic sensor
5MP front camera
Fingerprint scanner (side-mounted)
USB Type-C
3.5mm
OriginOS 3.0 based on Android 13
Li-Ion 5,000mAh battery, 15W wired charging

We might also get FunTouch OS 13 instead of OriginOS 3.0 which is for the Chinese market.

The vivo Y36i retails for CNY1,199PHP 9,538USD 164INR 14,353EUR 159 in China so that’s around Php9,300USD 159INR 13,792EUR 153CNY 1,160 in Philippine currency.

No word as who when this will be released in the Philippines but based on vivo Philippines’ track record, it could be 2 months after global announcement so that’s a late January or early February 2024 release here in the country.