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vivo launches V70 & V70 Elite with 50MP ZEISS Telephoto. Photo: Vivo website

Smartphone manufacturer vivo India on Thursday unveiled the vivo V70 and vivo V70 Elite in India, a seamless blend of refined design, performance, and advanced photography. 

At the core of the experience is the vivo-ZEISS co-engineered imaging system featuring a 50 MP ZEISS Night Telephoto Camera enhanced by NICE 2.0 Lite and AI Style Portrait technology, further paired with the Segment’s Largest 1.3 cm Sensor to deliver exceptional low-light clarity and detail. V70 and V70 Elite also support 4K 60fps with Zoom Clarity, ensuring every frame is rich in colour, depth, and detail.

Taking performance to the next level, the all-new vivo V70 Elite is powered by Flagship-Level Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, delivering powerful, efficient, and seamless performance. Featuring a 1.5K Ultra Clear OLED display with the Segment’s Narrowest Bezel2 design measuring just 0.125 cm, the smartphone showcases a flagship form factor with an aerospace-grade aluminium frame, offering a premium and balanced in-hand feel.

Continuing vivo’s commitment to India-exclusive AI innovation, the vivo V70 and V70 Elite feature India’s Exclusive AI Holi Portrait, alongside AI-powered imaging features including AI Magic Weather8 and AI Floral Blessing8, thoughtfully designed to enhance moments while preserving authenticity.

While the vivo V70 is available in two stunning color options – Passion Red and Lemon Yellow, and is priced at INR 45,999 for the 8 GB + 256 GB variant and INR 49,999 for the 12 GB + 256 GB, vivo V70 Elite is available in three striking color options – Passion Red, Sand Beige and Authentic Black, priced at INR 51,999 for the 8 GB + 256 GB variant, INR 56,999 for the 12 GB+256 GB variant, and INR 61,999 for the 12 GB + 512 GB variant.

Starting February 26, the vivo V70 and V70 Elite will be available across the vivo official website, Flipkart, Amazon, and all partner retail stores. Consumers can pre-book the V70 and V70 Elite starting today at vivo exclusive stores and partner retail stores. To make the purchase more exciting, consumers can avail themselves of the following offers:

50 MP ZEISS Night Telephoto Camera

The vivo V70 and V70 Elite are equipped with a 50MP ZEISS Night Telephoto camera1, powered by Sony IMX882 Sensor and enhanced by NICE 2.0 Lite that enables users to capture stunning center-stage moments and preserve unforgettable memories with exceptional clarity, up to 10X zoom.

Backed bya large 1.3cm sensor, the V70 and V70 Elite capture breathtaking details and vivid colors even in low light.

50 MP ZEISS OIS Main Camera

The camera system on V70 and V70 Elite is powered by a 50 MP Sony LYT-700V sensor with Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS), delivering sharp, high-resolution images with enhanced stability.

By minimising shake and blur, the OIS-enabled sensor ensures clear, detailed shots and smoother video capture across varied lighting conditions, making it ideal for everyday photography as well as low-light and motion scenarios.

ZEISS Multi-Focal Portrait

ZEISS Multi-Focal Portrait lets users switch between wide, cinematic, classic, and close-up lenses for versatile portrait photography, thus, bringing a studio-inspired portrait studio experience to consumers’ pockets with a multi-focal portrait system:

23mm Landscape Portrait: Delivers sharp, cinematic portraits with a distinctive hexagonal bokeh, balancing crisp subjects with beautifully controlled background blur

35mm Street Portrait: Recreates a classic film-era look with signature triangular bokeh flares, adding a retro, movie-like character to everyday street portraits
50mm Classic Portrait: Creates iconic portraits with sharp focus and swirling bokeh, featuring a cat’s-eye light effect that draws attention naturally to the subject

85mm Figure Portrait: Produces emotionally rich portraits with creamy soft bokeh and cinematic color contrast, highlighting depth, tone, and expression
100mm Close-Up Portrait: Captures striking close-ups with dreamy, leaf-like bokeh flares and refined tonal softness, revealing fine details with a classic portrait finish

4k 60fps with Zoom Clarity

Making its debut on the V series, the vivo V70 and V70 Elite bring 4K 60FPS with Zoom Clarity to both front and rear cameras, delivering fluid, cinematic footage with exceptional clarity.

With crystal-clear 1X, 2X and 3X zoom recording, every close-up remains sharp, smooth, and rich in detail—without breaking the moment.

Complementing this is the new AI Audio Noise Eraser8, which intelligently detects and differentiates between voices, music, wind, ambient nature, and background noise, allowing users to selectively remove unwanted sounds while enhancing the primary voice.

Whether you are capturing high-energy music festivals, outdoor weddings, travel vlogs, or everyday storytelling, the V70 and V70 Elite ensure not just stunning visuals, but studio-like audio clarity that keeps the focus exactly where it belongs.

50MP ZEISS Group Selfie Camera

On the front, V70 and V70 Elite are equipped with a 50 MP ZEISS Group Selfie Camera3 featuring autofocus and a 92° wide field of view that  delivers group selfies with high sharpness. With autofocus and AI-powered professional portrait, the smartphones capture high-resolution, balanced group selfies, perfect for gatherings, celebrations, or travel moments.

Consumer-First AI for Everyday Moments

The vivo V70 and V70 Elite bring a thoughtfully integrated AI imaging suite designed to make everyday photography more expressive and culturally relevant.

India’s Exclusive AI Holi Portrait4 intelligently recognises complex colour-heavy scenes to preserve natural skin tones while enhancing festive vibrancy, ensuring dynamic yet balanced results. AI Magic Weather transforms dull skies with mood-driven effects like Morning Glow, Clear Sky, Evening Glow, and Twilight, adding cinematic depth without compromising subject exposure. Powered by self-developed AI models and advanced cloud-side processing,

AI Floral Blessing automatically adds realistic, culturally celebratory petal showers to your portraits, creating a live video effect. It enhances emotional richness and visual depth with vibrant, scene-adaptive floral elements all without requiring any manual adjustments.

AI Magic Landscape enhances travel shots through intelligent scene detection, refined lighting, and colour optimisation for more immersive landscapes. Completing the suite, AI Creativity Style applies artistic transformations such as Cyber, Oil Blend, Animation, and Fireworks, enabling users to turn ordinary captures into visually striking, share-ready memories without relying on third-party editing apps.

Long-lasting, Powerful Performance

The vivo V70 Elite is powered by the flagship-level Snapdragon® 8s Gen 3, built on an advanced 4 nm process to deliver uncompromising performance and efficiency. With a mega core clocked up to 3.0 GHz and an AnTuTu score of 1.89 million, it handles intensive multitasking and heavy workloads with ease, while enabling up to 90fps smooth gaming.

The vivo V70, meanwhile, runs on the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, offering strong gains in both performance and efficiency with up to 27% faster CPU performance, 30% improved GPU performance, and 26% higher gaming efficiency over its predecessor—ensuring smooth everyday use and reliable gaming.

Complementing both devices are next-gen LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage, delivering strong performance for gaming, smooth photo and video editing, and seamless multitasking. Additionally, the 4200 mm² ultra‑large vapor chamber, the largest ever in the V Series, enables intelligent thermal management that keeps performance steady.

Despite its sleek design, the V70 and V70 Elite pack a massive 6500mAh BlueVolt battery with 90W FlashCharge6 for fast, dependable power. Built for durability, they feature IP68 & IP69 Top-Grade Dust and Water Resistance7, enabling submersion in fresh water up to 1.5 metres for 120 minutes.

The V70 and V70 Elite also house a 3D Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning 2.0, delivering faster, more secure unlocking—even with wet or sweaty fingers—along with enhanced 3D anti-spoofing protection and quicker enrolment through a simple slide.

Elevating the experience further, the V70 Elite adds an X-Axis Linear Motor for precise haptic feedback, while 4D Gaming Vibration5 enhances immersion by syncing tactile responses with in-game actions in Ultra Game Mode.

Compact Premium Design with Metal Frame

Both V70 and V70 Elite feature a 16.74cm (6.59-inch) 1.5K Ultra-clear OLED Display along with Segment’s Narrowest  0.125 cm Bezel2. This is paired with a flagship metallic camera module and a sculpted metal frame that delivers a balanced, comfortable in-hand feel. Both V70 and V70 Elite both come in Passion Red, a bold expression of vitality, warmth, and confident elegance.

The V70 further introduces Lemon Yellow, a bright, uplifting shade that reflects optimism and renewal.

The V70 Elite elevates the palette with Sand Beige, embodying understated sophistication and calm luxury, and Authentic Black, a sleek, modern finish that blends mystery with a high-tech, aspirational appeal.

With a peak local display brightness of 5000 nits, certified SGS low blue light emissions, and 100% P3 Wide Color Gamut, the screen is as impressive outdoors as it is indoors.

Enhancing visual engagement further, the vivo V70 Elite exclusively introduces 3D Spatial Effect Wallpaper, which transforms lock screen images into immersive 3D scenes that respond naturally to device movement.

Adding to this, V70 and V70 Elite include Flip Cards, an industry-first gyroscope-powered innovation that creates dynamic visual effects as users tilt the device, bringing photos and videos to life with a new layer of interactive creativity.

Seamless Experience powered by OriginOS 6

Powered by OriginOS 6, the vivo V70 and V70 Elite deliver a smarter, more intuitive AI-driven experience. Features like AI Creation8 help users instantly expand and refine ideas, while AI Captions8 transcribe meetings and highlight key takeaways — saving time and improving focus.

With Origin Island: Drag & Go Convenience, users can long-press and drag any text, image, or file to instantly open the relevant app, making multitasking faster and more natural.

The smartphones also features enhanced connectivity with One-Tap Transfer for instant cross-device sharing, and an upgraded vivo Office Kit that enables seamless workflow across smartphones, tablets, and computers.

Together, OriginOS 6 transforms the vivo V70 and V70 Elite into a truly intelligent, connected, and effortless smartphone experience. Privacy is further enhanced through Private Space, a fully isolated, personal environment for storing important or confidential information and apps.

Additionally, Gemini Assistant with Google provides personalized, real-time assistance via natural chat.

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