Over the years, vivo’s Y-Series has carved out a space for itself by focusing on what truly matters to India’s young users: good looks, smooth experiences, and thoughtful innovation. Users want performance, but they also want personality.
A good camera is essential, but so is a design that feels premium in the hand. And above all, durability and reliability are no longer negotiable, but they’re expected. vivo has long understood this balance with its Y-Series, and the new vivo Y400 5G takes this understanding to a more refined place.
At its core, the Y400 embodies what today’s youth truly desire: a phone that feels like an extension of their personal style, while still providing a no-compromise daily experience. With a design-first philosophy, meaningful features, and the kind of durability usually reserved for high-end flagships, the Y400 is the Y-Series stepping confidently into 2025.
Let’s take a closer look at what makes the Y400 one of the most stylish and capable devices in its segment.
Design that Makes a Statement
The Y400 isn’t just another phone dressed up in glass and plastic. Every element of its design has been carefully considered to deliver a premium feel, while making the phone a standout style companion. The first thing that catches the eye is its dual colorways: Glam White and Olive Green. These shades are inspired by natural elements like pearls and silk, and they feel fresh and luxurious.
Glam White is based on the soft, luxurious Baroque Pearl Texture. It reflects light in waves, giving off different hues depending on the viewing angle. On the other hand, Olive Green borrows its depth and vitality from fine silk.
Adding to this refined palette is the Cushion-Cut Diamond Camera shape. Unlike most other phones in the segment that settle for generic camera cutouts, vivo has gone for a distinct cutout, which is instantly recognizable.
And at just 7.9mm thick and weighing around 197g, the Y400 is easy to hold and feels just right in the hand. It’s a phone that feels fashion-forward without trying too hard. And that alone makes it worth noticing.
A Display That Deserves Attention
The vivo Y400 will feature a 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED bezel-less display that’s not only stunning to look at but also designed with functionality in mind. With an ultra-slim bezel and a screen-to-body ratio of 91.9%, the front of the phone is all screen, just the way users like it.
The bezel-less AMOLED display can hit a local peak brightness of 1800 Nits. What that means in practice is simple: you can read it in sunlight, watch HDR content without crushed highlights, and enjoy vivid colors even in outdoor conditions.
The refresh rate is 120 Hz, which means scrolling through social media, navigating the UI, or playing casual games feels fluid and snappy. And thanks to the ultra-fast 1ms response time, even high-speed animations are handled without ghosting or lag. You also get an in-display fingerprint scanner for the premium biometrics experience.
The vivo Y400 features SGS Eye Protection Certification and DCI-P3 wide color gamut support, ensuring that while the visuals remain immersive, your eyes stay comfortable, even during long viewing sessions. Whether it’s binge-watching, browsing reels, or reading late-night PDFs, the Y400’s display is built to deliver a cinematic experience in your palm.
Super-Large Battery and Super-Fast Charging
vivo calls it the BlueVolt Battery, and for good reason. At 6,000 mAh, it’s one of the largest batteries in the segment. And it supports 90W FlashCharge, allowing you to go from 0 to 50% in just about 20 minutes, which is really fast.
For users who scroll all day, stream before bed, and don’t want to be tethered to a charger, this battery is a game-changer. There’s also Smart Charging Engine 2.0, which learns your usage and sleep patterns to ensure your phone charges efficiently without degrading battery health over time.
Bypass Charging, available in-game scenarios, helps reduce heat and extend battery lifespan. It prioritizes supplying power directly to the system instead of the battery, which means your phone stays cooler while gaming or streaming during charge.
And with 4-year battery health assurance and 24-dimension security protection, the Y400’s battery system is designed to be as reliable as it is fast. You are pretty much covered for the next four years.
Audio Experience: Built Like a Mini Theatre
Pairing a great screen with mediocre audio is where many phones in this segment fall short. Not here. vivo has equipped the Y400 with Dual Stereo Speakers and a 400% volume boost. Yes, 400%. That’s not just marketing, it’s a feature designed to make sure you can hear your content clearly even in noisy environments.
Whether you’re on a packed metro, walking near traffic, or just sitting in a room with a fan humming above, the Y400 makes sure you can hear it all. And not just the speakers, the receiver volume gets a 200% boost too. This is just perfect for construction sites, college campuses, or even busy markets.
Flagship-Grade Durability: Built for Everyday Life
The vivo Y400 brings something rarely seen in this segment: IP68 and IP69 ratings. This is something you usually only see in flagship smartphones. There’s even a dedicated Underwater Photography mode, complete with hardware-software coordination.
With a dual-module cooling system and wet-touch responsiveness, the phone stays functional even when you’re sweating through your workout or walking in the rain. Whether it’s a splash in the sink or an accidental dip at the pool, the Y400 is built to take it.
Add in the toughened composite back, optimized structural design, and drop resistance, and this is one stylish phone that is also just as durable as it can get.
Smarter Imaging With Creative Tools
The vivo Y400 has a truly capable camera setup. The rear camera setup includes a 50MP Sony IMX852 sensor with autofocus, paired with a 2MP bokeh lens. On the front, there’s a 32MP HD selfie for those high-resolution portraits and selfies.
Underwater Photography, Live Photo, Dual View, AI Erase 2.0, and AI Photo Enhance all come together to form a suite of creative tools. You can remove unwanted people from the background, enhance low-res images, and even shoot videos underwater, all using native tools, right from your phone.
AI Erase 2.0 lets you literally circle what you want gone, clutter, strangers, distractions, and the smart AI removes it with clean precision. You can also remove unwanted people from the photo with just a few taps.
Smart AI Features
The Y400 is packed with smart AI productivity features too. AI Note Assist lets you summarize large texts, extract to-dos, or translate instantly. AI Transcript Assist transcribes calls or voice notes into text and even provides a concise summary. AI Document ensures clean scans with automatic edge detection.
There’s even AI Screen Translation, just swipe the sidebar, tap Translate, and you can instantly translate whatever’s on your screen without switching apps. Circle to Search makes its debut as well, allowing you to simply draw around any content (text, image, etc.) on the screen to instantly search for it online.
Performance That Keeps Up Over Time
Powering all of this is the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, built on a 4nm process. It’s more efficient, more stable, and more capable than most other SoCs in this bracket. Paired with UFS 3.1 storage and up to 8GB of RAM + 8GB extended RAM, the Y400 offers real-world smoothness, not just at launch, but for months and years after.
vivo promises a 50-month smooth experience, thanks to features like App Retainer, RAM Saver, and memory compression. Whether you’re multitasking or jumping between large apps, the system intelligently preserves states and keeps performance from slowing down.
Final Thoughts: Where Style Meets Substance
The vivo Y400 captures a clear shift in what users expect from a smartphone, a design that looks great, features that add value, and performance that holds up over time. It blends attention to detail with everyday practicality, without overcomplicating things.
Its bezel-less 120 Hz AMOLED display draws you in with vivid clarity, while IP68 and IP69 ratings back it up with the kind of protection rarely seen at this level. It’s built to look refined and hold its own in everyday chaos.
The vivo Y400 is launching on 4th August, and it’s clearly targeting users who want their phone to be stylish, feel immersive, yet stay reliable over time. This doesn’t just complement the look, but also completes it.
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