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Motorola Moto G54 5G Review: Monstrous battery but lacklustre display

What the Motorola Moto G54 5G lacks in design and display chops, it makes up for in battery life and raw performance. At under ₹15,000, you also get a surprisingly good primary camera that clicks some stunning pictures in ideal lighting conditions. The 2-day-long battery life is one of the phone’s best features and 33 W of fast charging is serviceable for the price too. What disappointed me was the dull and dim IPS LCD display.

Motorola recently added two new phones to its repertoire – the Moto G84 5G and the Moto G54 5G. The Moto G84 focuses more on display and design while the G54 sets its sights on having some of the best battery life in the segment. I got the Moto G54 5G for review recently and it is a departure from some of the latest Moto phones when it comes to design – the focus isn’t as much on being slim and lightweight as it is on having improved longevity in terms of battery life. With the G54, you get the large 6,000 mAh battery, a MediaTek Dimensity 7020 chipset, and an IPS LCD 120 Hz display. It succeeds the Moto G52 since the G53 didn’t make it to India. So, is it a good upgrade and a value proposition at this price? Let’s find out!

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review: Build and Design

I won’t lie; when I first set my eyes on the Moto G54 5G, I was slightly discontented. I knew, in the back of my mind, that adding a 6,000 mAh cell would mean some compromises in the build and design, but the Moto G54 is so much thicker than the current slew of Motorola phones, that it stands out – and not in a good way, in my opinion. The phone is visibly thick at 8.9 mm – thicker than the G52 which sat at 8 mm and much bulkier than its cousin – the Moto G84 at 7.6 mm. The phone is still relatively lightweight at 192 g, but the difference in design language is noticeable.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Build and Design

The phone’s rear panel is made of PMMA plastic that looks deceptively like matte glass. It resists fingerprints but does collect a few smudges along the way. The Motorola branding is nice and subtle, the camera module is compact and the camera lenses don’t jut out a lot. All good things. The buttons on the right feel a bit mushy though, the tactility could be improved. The side-mounted fingerprint on the power button is great though; very fast and accurate. 

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review

The phone comes packing dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support. They sound full-bodied and loud, so content consumption in terms of sound is good. As for the front, the chin bezel is quite thick and so is the top one, so it feels less premium because of that. You’ve got IP52 dust and splash resistance, which is decent for the price. Overall, the phone has a decent build. The lack of sleekness we’ve come to expect from Motorola phones is apparent, but it could be a justified trade-off for the bigger battery for many users.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review: Display

The Moto G54’s display disappointed me. Unlike the design, where the tradeoffs bring a huge improvement in battery life, I think the display on the Moto G54 has just regressed. The Moto G52 provided an AMOLED display, which looked superb, but Moto has gone with a plain ol’ IPS LCD display on the G54. You get a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display with Full HD+ resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate. The display’s detail is good but it lacks vibrancy, which can sour the content consumption experience. 

Motorola Moto G54 5G Display Review

I would have still forgiven the IPS LCD display if that was it since many phones at this budget don’t come with AMOLED panels. However, the display’s brightness is also problematic; especially during sunny days. I measured a peak brightness of just 282 nits in sunlight on Auto Mode, which is very low. Naturally, I faced some difficulty reading the screen in broad daylight, which is very problematic. The viewing angles of the display are also sub-par.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review: Performance

The Motorola G54 5G is the first smartphone in India to house the new MediaTek Dimensity 7020 SoC. It is an octa-core processor with a max clock speed of 2.2 GHz and is quite speedy for its price. It is fantastic that Motorola has chosen this SoC at this price because it nearly matches up to the performance of the more expensive Moto G84 which comes with the Snapdragon 695 SoC. You’ve also got 8/12 GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128/256 GB of UFS 2.2 storage, and in our storage benchmarks, the Motorola G54 performed brilliantly, beating out many competitors like the Realme 11x and Samsung Galaxy M14.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Performance Review

Starting off with CPU benchmarks, the Motorola G54 shows off its prowess. I compared it against similarly-priced offerings such as the iQOO Z7 (review), Samsung Galaxy M14 (review), and Realme 11x (review). In AnTuTu, the Moto G54 got a score of 460,000+ which effectively beat out the Galaxy M14 and Realme 11x but lagged a bit behind the iQOO Z7. 

Motorola Moto G54 5G Performance Review

In GeekBench, the Moto G54 had decent Single-Core performance but it is in the Multi-Core test that it showed off its power with an excellent score of 2291 – the highest of the lot. In PCMark Work, the Moto G54 destroyed its competition, which means it will excel at productivity tasks. 

Motorola Moto G54 5G Performance Review

Motorola Moto G54 5G Performance Review

 In GPU benchmarks, the Moto G54 performed decently well, but it lagged behind the iQOO Z7 significantly. The iQOO Z7 is a gaming monster, so that was expected. Sadly, the Moto G54 refused to run 3D Mark but in GFXBench, it obtained good scores which beat out the Realme 11x in all tests and the Samsung Galaxy M14 in two tests by a healthy margin. This was echoed in real-life gaming, where the Moto G54 didn’t break a sweat playing Call of Duty: Mobile on high graphics and very high frame rate. There were minimal instances of lag and stutter, and the overall experience was very enjoyable.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Performance Review

The phone also performed exceedingly well in the CPU Throttling Test, throttling to merely 94 per cent of its peak performance, so you can expect the phone to perform at near maximum power even under sustained workloads.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Performance Review

As for the software, the phone ships with Android 13 out of the box with Moto’s minimal MyUX skin on top. The MyUX skin is known for being bloatware-free, but surprisingly, there are a few games and third-party apps preinstalled here. This is still manageable compared to what Xiaomi and Realme phones have, and you can uninstall these 4-5 bloatware apps easily. What’s disappointing is the software support. You get only one major OS update and three years of security updates, which is on the lower side and can be a deal breaker for many.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review: Cameras

The Moto G54 5G houses a dual rear camera setup consisting of a 50 MP camera with Optical Image Stabilisation and an 8 MP ultrawide shooter that also works as a macro and depth lens. For selfies, you’ve got a humble 16 MP shooter. Both the rear and front cameras can record at only 1080p at 30 fps.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Camera Review

The primary camera impressed me with its detail retention, colours, and dynamic range. Photos come out looking nice and detailed, as well as quite natural when it comes to colours. Portraits look good too, with decent edge detection and good colours. The skin tones are slightly washed up at times, but it’s nothing too bad – perfectly serviceable for around ₹15,000. Here are some camera samples. Do note, they've been compressed for the web.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Camera Samples

Motorola Moto G54 5G Camera Samples

Motorola Moto G54 5G Camera Samples

The ultrawide camera has slightly inconsistent colour science, and the detail is not as sharp in the corners. However, there’s not a lot of barrel distortion, which is a good thing. Macro shots look surprisingly good as well. 

Low-light images are where the Moto G54’s camera falters. There’s quite a bit of noise and low levels of detail. The selfie camera takes good pictures in ideal lighting conditions but messes up in tricky lighting and low light. Overall, a decent camera experience with a few issues cropping up here and there. 

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review: Battery Life

Equipped with a 6,000 mAh battery, the Moto G54 has exceptional battery life. It is one of the longest-lasting smartphones in the market around ₹15,000. The 6,000 mAh battery combined with the relatively power-efficient Dimensity 7020 SoC means that most users will get at least two days’ worth of juice out of this phone.

Motorola Moto G54 5G Battery Review

In our 4K video loop test, the Motorola G54 ran for 18 hours and 1 minute uninterrupted, which is fantastic. The phone only dropped 5 per cent battery when running Google Maps for an hour, and 3 per cent when playing 15 minutes of Call of Duty: Mobile.

You also get a 33 W fast charger out of the box, which tops the phone from zero to full in a little less than an hour and a half. Not the fastest, but pretty good for the price!

Motorola Moto G54 5G Review: Verdict

What the Motorola Moto G54 5G lacks in design and display chops, it makes up for in battery life and raw performance. For just a bit over ₹15,000, you also get a surprisingly good primary camera that clicks some stunning pictures in ideal lighting conditions. The 2-day-long battery life is one of the phone’s best features and 33 W of fast charging is serviceable for the price too. What disappointed me was the dull and dim IPS LCD display. However, if you can get past that, the Moto G54 is an impressive phone worth checking out.



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Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Dont overlook this well-rounded mid-ranger

The Infinix Zero 30 5G is an exemplary mid-range smartphone that is well worth its asking price. The design is fantastic, the AMOLED display is bright and vibrant, the performance is top-level for the price, and the battery life is pretty decent as well. My biggest gripes are the mediocre low-light camera performance (especially since daytime photos actually look pretty good) and only one major Android update – which may be a deal breaker for some. 

Infinix is a brand that often flies under smartphone users’ radars, but it really shouldn’t. The company has consistently been launching value-for-money smartphones in the Indian market for a few years now, with specifications and features that often rival the leaders in the market. The Infinix Zero 30 5G is a prime example of that. Priced competitively at ₹23,999, the Infinix Zero 30 houses the capable MediaTek Dimensity 8020 processor, up to 12 GB of LPDDR4X RAM, a 108 MP triple camera setup, and 4K at 60 fps video capabilities on the selfie camera. The specifications are appealing on paper, but do they translate well in real-life usage? Let’s find out in my detailed review of the Infinix Zero 30 5G.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Build and Design

There’s very little to critique about the Infinix Zero 30 5G’s design. The smartphone looks super premium for its price. The phone is available in two colourways – Golden Hour and Rome Green – both of which have their own quirks. The Golden Hour variant comes with a glass back with Gorilla Glass 5 protection, but it may be prone to catching fingerprints. The Rome Green variant, which I got for review, features a vegan leather back that feels luxurious to the touch. The phone is slim at only 7.9 mm and very lightweight at 182 g.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Build and Design

There’s a ‘Zero’ branding at the bottom of the back panel and the top left features the gigantic camera module. It is slightly raised and has a metallic feel to it. The camera island is golden in colour and this design choice may be a bit polarising because some may find it slightly garish. However, I think it works for the sub-₹25K price segment and the phone definitely stands out. There are two circular large camera rings and a smaller one for the 2 MP camera. There’s also a circular flash below the smaller camera ring.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Build and Design

The back and front curve into the body which is made of plastic but with a golden-coloured metallic sheen on it. The buttons on the left are sufficiently tactile and you also get dual stereo speakers with DTS Sound and Hi-Res audio support. There’s an in-display optical fingerprint sensor that’s quite accurate and fast. The phone is also rated IP53, which means it has protection against damage from splashes of water and dust. Overall, a massive thumbs up from my end here.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Build and Design

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Display

The Infinix Zero 30 5G sports a premium-looking curved display with minimal bezels on the sides and slightly thicker bezels on the top and bottom. It is a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution and 144 Hz refresh rate. Scrolling on 144 Hz feels super smooth; and thankfully, the refresh rate applies in apps such as YouTube and Instagram too, which sometimes doesn’t happen on budget phones. 

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Display

The display supports 100 per cent DCI-P3 colour gamut and comes with 2,160 PWM dimming. So, the strain on the eyes is lowered when you’re using the phone in darkness. The display is vibrant and pretty colour-accurate. It is also Widevine L1 certified, so you can watch shows in HD on OTT platforms. DRM Info tells me the phone supports HDR10, however, Netflix doesn’t detect that, which is a bummer. I hope Infinix can fix this via a software update. 

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Display

Furthermore, the display is quite bright for the price. It is rated at 950 nits of peak brightness, and in my tests, I recorded about 915 nits in High Brightness Mode. So, screen legibility in harsh sunlight is not really an issue.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Performance

Sporting the MediaTek Dimensity 8020 SoC, the Infinix Zero 30 5G proves to be quite the performer. While it definitely is not the fastest-performing phone in the mid-range segment, it gives its competitors a tough run for their money. The phone packs 8 or 12 GB of LPDDR4X RAM, I got the latter for review, and multitasking is exceptionally smooth. 

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Performance

Infinix also boosts this with Virtual RAM of 8 GB on the 8 GB RAM model and 9 GB on the 12 GB RAM model. The phone has 256 GB of UFS 3.1 storage, and I applaud Infinix for offering it across both variants given the size of apps, photos, and videos these days. There’s no expandable storage though, which is disappointing since it would be the cherry on top.

In benchmarks, the Infinix Zero 30 did a commendable job! It got one of the highest scores in its price segment, only to be beaten by the powerful Redmi K50i that comes with the Dimensity 8100 5 nm SoC. In GeekBench, once again the Infinix Zero 30 was near the top. The OnePlus Nord CE 3 5G (review) beat its Single Core score while the Redmi K50i (review) defeated it in the Multi-Core test. But still, top-level scores! The phone also scored exceedingly well, the best in our tests, in PCMark Work meaning it will be reliable to perform any productivity-related tasks.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Performance

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Performance

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Performance

As for GPU scores, we ran 3D Mark Wild Life Extreme and the Infinix got a stellar score of 1,253. In GFXBench’s tests, the Infinix Zero 30 gave the second-best performance, lagging behind only the Redmi K50i. In real-world gaming, the Infinix Zero 30 rarely faltered. I played Call of Duty: Mobile on High Graphics and Frame Rate settings, and it performed splendidly with no lag or stutter. Asphalt 9 also ran very smoothly on this phone, but the phone does heat up slightly during long sessions.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Performance

Neither will your day-to-day tasks such as calling, texting, and browsing social media and the web. It is also very capable of handling heavy-duty tasks such as photo and video editing but slows down slightly when rendering videos. 

The UI of the Infinix Zero 30 5G looks surprisingly clean; the company has definitely taken steps to improve the overall look and feel of XOS. Animations are smooth, icons look clean, and it is a visually pleasing experience. There is some bloatware in the form of Infinix apps and some third-party apps. Sadly, you cannot uninstall any of these Infinix apps, so you’ll have to deal with them. Also, the Palm Store app sends a lot of notifications to download certain apps, which can get annoying. However, I did not face as much of an issue with bloatware as I did on some Xiaomi and Realme phones.

Sadly, the company only provides one major Android update and 2 years of security patches, which is lacklustre.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Cameras

The Infinix Zero 30 packs a pretty decent camera setup. There’s a 108 MP Samsung ISOCELL HM6 primary camera with OIS, a 13 MP ultrawide shooter, and a token 2 MP macro lens. For selfies, the phone has a 50 MP Samsung ISOCELL JN1 sensor. Infinix has also provided up to 4K at 60 fps video on both the rear and front cameras, which is a rarity at this price. 

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Camera

The output of the 108 MP primary camera is pretty decent in daylight or indoor lighting. The dynamic range is good and the detail retention is decent as well. You will notice a bit of detail loss if you pixel-peep but the quality is good enough for quick social media shares. However, the colours are a bit of a hit-or-miss. In indoor lighting, I saw that the camera favoured turning the scene slightly yellow, even though there was no yellow lighting in the room. It didn’t happen outdoors, so it must be an issue with the phone’s AI processing.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Camera

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Camera

Close up photos look good. The fringing is minimal and the background bokeh effect is nice and strong. Portrait shots have good edge detection but human skin tones are whitewashed, making them look unnatural. 

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Camera

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Camera

The 13 MP ultrawide camera takes decent photos, however, the highlights are overexposed at times. There is also noticeable detail loss in the corners and barrel distortion, but the pictures are serviceable at this price. The 50 MP selfie camera has some focussing issues despite having autofocus, it sometimes refuses to lock focus on the face in difficult lighting conditions. The problem of over-smoothening and whitening the face is prevalent here as well.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Camera

So far, the cameras are pretty decent for the price, but they do falter in low light. The main camera takes shots with quite a bit of noise and low detail levels, so keep that in mind if you take a lot of shots during nighttime.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Camera

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Battery

The Infinix Zero 30 5G features a 5,000 mAh battery with 68 W PD 3.0 fast charging. The phone can be topped up from empty to full in 49 minutes, according to our tests, which is pretty good. The battery life of the Infinix Zero 30 5G is nothing to write home about, but it is decent enough for casual users. It doesn’t quite match up to the Vivo V29e or Samsung Galaxy F54’s battery performance but it stands its ground.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Battery

In our 4K video loop test, the phone lasted a good 14 hours and 14 minutes, which is pretty decent. The phone’s battery should last for over a day for most casual users, however, medium to heavy users may need to plug it in during the evening or just before sleeping.

Infinix Zero 30 5G Review: Verdict

The Infinix Zero 30 5G is an exemplary mid-range smartphone that is well worth its asking price. The design is fantastic, the AMOLED display is bright and vibrant, the performance is top-level for the price, and the battery life is pretty decent as well. My biggest gripes are the mediocre low-light camera performance (especially since daytime photos actually look pretty good) and only one major Android update – which may be a deal breaker for some. 

The company is expanding its service centres across India, so after-sales service shouldn’t be a problem as well. The software has also improved tremendously, but there’s still room for some further refinement. Overall though, if you are not someone who clicks a lot of pictures in low light, the Infinix Zero 30 5G just may be one of the most well-balanced mid-range smartphones under ₹25,000.



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Vivo V29e Review: Slim on size, not on your pocket

So the Vivo V29e, in a nutshell, is overpriced. Yes, it comes with Vivo’s premium design language with the curved glass and everything, and we get a very good camera setup with great battery. However, the underwhelming performance puts all of that on the side, since no matter how good the camera or design could be, offering a Snapdragon 695 at a sub-₹30,000 price isn’t justified at all and makes the Vivo V29e really difficult to recommend. 

It wasn’t very long ago, I was writing the review for the Vivo V27 Pro and wondered how often does the brand update its V-series devices, since it hadn’t been long since I reviewed the predecessor, the Vivo V25 Pro. Now, as I write the review for the first smartphone in the Vivo V29 series, I am sure that this is not an yearly update and is more of an 8-month upgrade from the brand. Yes, the successor to the Vivo V27 Pro is still a couple of months away, but that will also make for a nice 7-8 months update cycle for Vivo’s popular mid-range devices.

The Vivo V29e is the youngest of the lot. This is the device that will sit at the bottom of the lineup, below the Vivo V29 and the Vivo V29 Pro, both of which are expected to arrive in October this year. Now, while it sits at the bottom of the pyramid, the Vivo V29e also targets the mid-range segment between the ₹25,000 to ₹30,000 price band. But apart from the premium look and feel, does the smartphone justify this price? Let’s find out:

Vivo V29e Review: Design

The Vivo V29e is a beautiful phone. It looks premium, it feels nice and light in the hands, it is slim. We get a curved front and back, with this sort of dual-tone back where we also get a glossy patterned stripe running through the left side of the back panel. The smartphone is also super lightweight and very slim, making it super handy and very easy to hold and use with one hand.

This time around, there is no camera module. Instead, the rear cameras protrude out of the back panel of the back panel, with the LED flash placed on the right of the camera cutouts. We also get Vivo’s branding for the camera features on the gloss patterned stripe on the back panel of the smartphone. Up front, things are familiar. There is a hole-punch curved display with the camera cutout in the middle of the screen.

Overall, it is a slightly new implementation to a familiar design that we have come to know the Vivo V-series smartphones to be in the last couple of years. We get the familiar curved back and front, along with a super slim and light profile with a hint of change with the back panel and the new camera implementation.

Vivo V29e Review: Display

The display on the Vivo V29e is a 6.78-inch 10-bit curved AMOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and an FHD+ resolution (1260x2800p) with support for HDR10+. The display is good. The first time you set eyes on this display, it is a pleasant and smooth experience. It is nicely sharp and detailed, and the colour representation is also pretty good.

The smartphone’s display has three colour profiles - Standard, Bright, and Pro. Here, the Pro is the one that is the most colour accurate (sRGB), while the other two, standard and bright are towards the saturated side, with the Standard profile being the DCI-P3 profile, and the Bright one being the saturated colour tone that is only there to make the display appear more vibrant.

I tested the colour accuracy on the most colour accurate “Pro” colour profile on the Vivo V29e, and the smartphone passed with flying colours! In the sRGB colour checker analysis, the Vivo V29e showed an average DeltaE of 2.4, which means that the Vivo V29e’s display represents colours very close to their original. For any display, an average DeltaE of under 3 is considered very good.

In the grayscale test, the Vivo V29e followed Gamma 2.4 quite evenly, but smartphone displays are more tuned towards Gamma 2.2, since Gamma 2.4 is more tuned towards viewing content in darker spaces. Apart from that, the Vivo V29e showed a good RGB balance during the grayscale test.

Coming to brightness, the Vivo V29e has quite a bright panel on offer. The smartphone showed a maximum luminance of 842 when I tested the brightness using a Lux Meter. Now, the numbers are pretty good, but the sunlight visibility of the Vivo V29e isn’t very good. At times, it felt like the smartphone is lacking that vibrancy that makes it stand out in the brightest of environments.

Overall, it is a very good display. It is accurate, it is responsive, and it is vibrant in the colour profiles meant to make the display stand out. The sunlight visibility isn’t the best we have seen, but that isn’t a deal breaker. What could be one though, is that the Vivo V29e doesn’t support HDR content on YouTube.

Vivo V29e Review: Performance

Coming to performance, this is the biggest chink in Vivo’s V-series’ armour. Year after year, the Vivo V-series smartphones have praised with their premium look and feel, but the performance is something Vivo only recently fixed with the V27 Pro. The Vivo V29e, sadly, doesn’t take that trend forward. 

For a Rs 27,000 pricetag, the Vivo V29e only offers a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695, making it probably the second-most expensive smartphone to come with the Snapdragon 695 chip. This budget chipset from Qualcomm is usually seen in smartphones around the Rs 20,000 range. 

As usual, I ran a bunch of benchmarks, and my first brush with just how low the price-to-performance ratio is, was when the smartphone wasn’t able to run AnTuTu and I had to download AnTuTu Lite in order for the benchmark to run on the Vivo V29e. It is a bit of a shame for a Rs 27,000 smartphone to not be able to run one of the most common benchmarks. The score, as expected, wasn’t the best in its segment. The Vivo V29e scored 453,640 points in AnTuTu, which is about half of what some of the competing devices were able to put out.

On other benchmarks also, the Vivo V29e lagged way behind competition, putting out a single core score of 910 points in Geekbench Single Core test and a score of 2170 points in the Geekbench Multi-Core score. Here is a comparison of how the smartphone fares against some of its closest competitors in terms of price:

Apart from the benchmark scores, I also found the Vivo V29e slightly underpowered while using the smartphone for high performance tasks. While playing games for prolonged sessions, for example, I experience frame drops quite a few times. The smartphone also heated up quite a bit while gaming or using the camera. Further, the software, as usual, did not make the experience any better. The Vivo FunTouch OS as usual, has a bunch of bloatware and there are a bit too many permissions and pop-ups while doing just about anything for the first time on the Vivo V29e.

Vivo V29e review: Battery

Now, while the performance may not be up to the mark, but the battery backup on the Vivo V29e is brilliant. The smartphone comes with a 5,000mAh battery with support for 44W fast charging. The 5,000mAh battery unit gives the Vivo V29e enough juice for the smartphone to last more than 1.5 days easily, even with heavy usage.

I tested the battery quite extensively. The smartphone only lost 4 percent of its battery while playing Call of Duty Mobile on the highest-possible settings for 15 minutes. In one hour of GPS navigation, the Vivo V29e lost only 6 percent battery, which is great. In our video loop test, the smartphone lasted a brilliant 1220 minutes which is more than 20 hours! That is brilliant battery life. The 44W fast charger, on the other hand, feels slightly slow as it took about an hour to charge from 0-100 percent. 

Vivo V29e: Camera

Coming to camera performance, this is an area where Vivo has established itself as one of the best in the game. The Vivo V29e aims to take that forward and offer a brilliant camera experience in the sub-Rs 30,000 segment. Now, has the smartphone been able to achieve that? I’m not very sure. We get a dual rear camera setup with a 64-megapixel primary shooter, and an 8-megapixel wide-angle lens.

The images out of this dual camera setup are good. Almost always, we get a sharp and detailed image on the smartphone, which is good in dynamic range. However, the images lack a certain vibrancy that people look for in smartphone photos.

The portraits on the Vivo V29e are very good. This is where we see Vivo’s expertise in the camera department come forth. The details on the subject remain intact, with brilliant edge detection and very good background blur. Good stuff.

In low light, the camera struggles at times and the images lack details or are hazy in certain scenarios. Around the lights also, we see some halo effect, but that is not the case all the time.

Vivo V29e: Verdict

So the Vivo V29e, in a nutshell, is overpriced. Yes, it comes with Vivo’s premium design language with the curved glass and everything, and we get a very good camera setup with great battery. However, the underwhelming performance puts all of that on the side, since no matter how good the camera or design could be, offering a Snapdragon 695 at a sub-₹30,000 price isn’t justified at all and makes the Vivo V29e really difficult to recommend. 

Yes, we may not get as premium a design as this, but there are smartphones that offer a good enough camera along with brilliant performance and a better display in this range. So yeah, the Vivo V29e isn’t the best phone for this budget, but if you want something that looks good and has a brilliant battery with spare money lying around, you can take a look at the Vivo V29e.



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