Vivo S9 with Dimensity 1100 SoC to reportedly launch in March

The phone is said to come with a 44-megapixel dual front-facing camera setup.

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Vivo S9 could be the first smartphone to launch with MediaTek's Dimensity 1100 processor.

According to a Mysmartprice report, the phone might debut on March 6. The smartphone will reportedly come with a 6.4-inch full HD+ display with 480ppi pixel density.

On the software front, it would run on Android 11 out-of-the-box. Another highlight of the phone is going to be 44-megapixel dual front camera setup. Other details of the phone are not known yet.

MediaTek had launched Dimensity 1100 along with Dimensity 1200 processor last month. The two chips come with 5G support and are aimed at the mid-range and premium smartphones. MediaTek had said that the first phones with the Dimensity 1200 and the Dimensity 1100 chipsets will be available in the market at the end of Q1 and beginning of Q2 this year.

Vivo S9 could be the first smartphone to launch with MediaTek's Dimensity 1100 processor.

According to a Mysmartprice report, the phone might debut on March 6. The smartphone will reportedly come with a 6.4-inch full HD+ display with 480ppi pixel density.

On the software front, it would run on Android 11 out-of-the-box. Another highlight of the phone is going to be 44-megapixel dual front camera setup. Other details of the phone are not known yet.

MediaTek had launched Dimensity 1100 along with Dimensity 1200 processor last month. The two chips come with 5G support and are aimed at the mid-range and premium smartphones. MediaTek had said that the first phones with the Dimensity 1200 and the Dimensity 1100 chipsets will be available in the market at the end of Q1 and beginning of Q2 this year.|#+|

The Dimensity 1100 chip has an octa-core CPU which consists of four Arm Cortex A78 cores operating at up to 2.6GHz and four Arm Cortex A55 cores. The SoC has an Arm Mali G77 GPU for graphics.

The processor comes with support for a maximum resolution of 2520x1080 pixels with a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz. It packs a 108MP camera support and integrates MediaTek's existing APU 3.0 for high-performance computing that is said to be super power-efficient.

It also supports AI camera features including AI-Panorama Night Shot, AI Multi-Person Bokeh, AI noise reduction (AINR) and HDR capabilities along with AI-enhanced video playback features including AI SDR-to-HDR.