The, still unreleased, Vivo Xplat 3S has turned up on China Mobile’s listings latest with pricing for the flagship smartphone!
As we can see from the screenshot (below) there will be two versions of the Xplay 3S on sale and there will also be various options available for China Mobile customers wanting to pick up the new phone.
Standard pricing for the 32GB Vivo Xplay 3S starts at 4498 Yuan ($740) and 4999 Yuan ($823) however customers wanting to take out a 4G LTE contract will receive free data and calls depending on the option they choose.
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Pricing for the Xplay 3S is much higher than most other Chinese Android phones is still much cheaper than the iPhone 5S and with a better specification too! According to Vivo’s own teasers the Xplay 3S will have a 2k display, Snapdragon 800 CPU, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE and F1.8 aperture rear camera!
Thanks to Alex for the tip!
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5000 CNY for the 64 GB version O_O !!! Have we completely left behind the days of cheap Chinese products? I blame this partially on the ever strengthening Chinese Yuan against the USD. In 2005, 5000 CNY would work out to be less than 620!!!
Vivo has gone completely bonkers.