Vivo NEX S spotted on GeekBench with a Snapdragon 710 chipset; to be launched alongside the NEX on 12 June

A few days ago a picture captioned as the Vivo NEX showed up on Weibo suggesting that it could be the mass-production variant of the Vivo Apex concept that left us amazed back at MWC 2018. [caption id=“attachment_4482751” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Rumoured Vivo Nex. Weibo.[/caption] A new report now seems to reveal a more affordable variant of the phone that is expected to be made official by Vivo on 12 June alongside the NEX. According to a report by GSMArena, a variant of the Vivo NEX was spotted on popular benchmarking website GeekBench rocking a **Qualcomm Snapdragon 710** chipset that just debuted on the **Xiaomi Mi 8 SE** . While we do not have a specific name for this variant yet, the Vivo NEX is expected to launch with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC because of which the version spotted on GeekBench is being seen a an ‘S’variant of the phone and not the actual NEX. In terms of other specifications spotted on the GeekBench listing, the Vivo NEX S will come with Android Oreo 8.1 onboard and 4 GB of RAM. The Vivo NEX with a Snapdragon 845 chipset is expected to be priced as high as CNY 7,000 (approximately Rs 73,600), while the Snapdragon 710 powered NEX S is expected to be priced at CNY 5,000 (approximately Rs 52,500). [caption id=“attachment_4490323” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Vivo NEX S specs as seen on GeekBench. Image: GSMArena[/caption] Another report by Android Pure reveals that the Vivo NEX S was spotted on a Chinese certification agency, CCC’s portal. While the listing does not give away much information, it is certified to come with a 22.5 W charger. What this means is that the NEX S will come with support for Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4 support.