After weeks of speculation, teasing, and wild theorizing, a launch date for the Philippine market has been set for the Vivo X21.

The company’s anticipated offering will be the first in the country of over 30 million smartphone users to debut an under-display fingerprint reader, beating the likes of Apple and Samsung to the next-gen feature.

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The Vivo X21 will be officially revealed on June 21 at a press event in the Philippines. It was launched three months ago in its native China and has had limited limited availability since then. To be honest, Vivo bringing a high-end phone such as the X21 here isn’t something we could have predicted sometime ago, when the company was seemingly focused only on value and mid-tier options.

Vivo X21

Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but the winds have certainly changed. Should we expect the Vivo NEX, an even more exciting — and expensive — prospect, to be available in the Philippines at a later time as well? All signs point to that happening.

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As for the Vivo X21’s price and availability, the company is expected to announce the details on June 21. We’ll have our full review of the phone ready for you in time for the launch event, so be sure to check back in a few of days.

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Reviews Editor: Ramon "Monch" Lopez is an 18‑year media veteran who has helped shaped content for Yahoo and other top publications. He first dove into PR and marketing for an automobile brand, then ran the gadgets‑merchandising arm of a Philippine retail giant — proof he knows wheels and tech from the warehouse to the web. Now REVU's Reviews Editor, Monch balances his obsession with specs with a "quality over quantity" mindset, usually fueled by coffee, photography, videography, video games, basketball, and the occasional deadline chase.