New Delhi, April 4 -- There's a certain predictability to vivo's V‑series launches. Every year, the company releases a phone that looks good, takes nice photos, and plays it safe everywhere else.

With the new vivo V70 Elite, the company seems to be nudging this lineup into a more ambitious space. The design is more refined, the cameras more confident, and the battery life surprisingly muscular.

But ambition is a tricky thing. It raises expectations. And after using the V70 Elite for about two weeks, it's evident that it's a device that feels like it's trying to graduate into the mid‑premium league, but it still carries the uncertainties of its mid‑range past. This is a phone that gets a lot right-sometimes impressively...