Vivo X7 first day sale results: Over 250,000 units of selfie-centric smartphone sold

The Vivo X7 has been released in the Chinese market a week after it was announced along with the bigger version Vivo X7. The smartphone is available online as well as offline and reportedly sold like hot cakes on its first day.

The Chinese technology major Vivo has announced that over 250,000 units of the Vivo X7 were sold on the opening day, according to GizmoChina. The handset was made available in 667 cities in China and three major online retailers. 

The Vivo X7 is a selfie-centric smartphone with a 16MP front-snapper, which is the key highlight of the device. It is priced at ¥2,498 (around $375 / €338 / Rs. 25,440), and available in champagne gold and rose gold colours.

The device sports a 5.2-inch full HD super AMOLED screen with 1,920x1,080 pixels (424 ppi pixel density), powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa-core processor, and runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based Funtouch OS v2.5.1 operating system. It fearures a 13MP main camera with LED flash and f/2.2 aperture, and the front-facing 16MP snapper has a low aperture of f/2.0 for great low light selfies.

Vivo X7 offers 64GB of internal storage, 4GB RAM, and packs a a 3,000mAh battery. In terms of connectivity, the handset supports 4G-LTE (Cat. 7), Bluetooth v4.1, Wi-Fi, OTG, and A-GPS.