Should You Upgrade From the vivo V29 Lite 5G?

How the vivo V29 Lite 5G compares with phones you can buy today: how long it still gets updates, what a new phone would add and what you’d give up. Every number comes from official specs and update policies.

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Your phone

vivo V29 Lite 5G

Announced Jun 2023 · 3 years old

5.3
Security updates
Ended around 2026
OS upgrades
Ended around 2025

Our take

Time to upgrade

Security updates ended around 2026 Newer phones are about 3.2× faster The best upgrade scores 3.1 points higher on performance and 3.0 on camera

Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.

Upgrades we’d look at

We don’t have a US launch price for the vivo V29 Lite 5G, so we compare it with mid-range and upper mid-range phones, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset. Choose “Any price” above to see every phone.

Best mid-range upgrade

TECNO Camon 50 Ultra 5G

7.4Price unknown

What you’d gain

  • 1.4× faster
  • Camera score: 4.8 → 7.2
  • Display score: 7.3 → 8.8
  • Battery: 5,000 → 6,500 mAh
  • Security updates until around 2031
  • Telephoto lens (3× optical zoom)

What you’d give up

Nothing we can see in the specs.

Step up: upper mid-range

Motorola Edge 70 Pro

8.2Price unknown

What you’d gain

  • 3.2× faster
  • Camera score: 4.8 → 7.8
  • Display score: 7.3 → 8.9
  • Battery: 5,000 → 6,500 mAh
  • Security updates until around 2031
  • Telephoto lens (3.5× optical zoom)

What you’d give up

  • No charger in the box

Best camera

OPPO Reno16 Pro 5G

8.1Price unknown

What you’d gain

  • 3× faster
  • Camera score: 4.8 → 8.3
  • Display score: 7.3 → 8.5
  • Battery: 5,000 → 6,000 mAh
  • Security updates until around 2032
  • Telephoto lens (3.5× optical zoom)

What you’d give up

  • No charger in the box

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vivo V29 Lite 5G upgrade FAQ

Is the vivo V29 Lite 5G still supported?

vivo promises 3 years of security updates for the vivo V29 Lite 5G, counted from its announcement in June 2023, so they should have ended around 2026. It gets 2 years of OS upgrades, which ended around 2025.

What is the best upgrade from the vivo V29 Lite 5G?

Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro, with a PhoneRanked score of 8.2 vs 5.3 for the vivo V29 Lite 5G. The newest model of the same family is the vivo V70 Lite 5G. The best mid-range upgrade is the TECNO Camon 50 Ultra 5G. We don’t have a US launch price for the vivo V29 Lite 5G, so we looked at mid-range and upper mid-range phones, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset.

How much faster is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro than the vivo V29 Lite 5G?

Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the Motorola Edge 70 Pro is about 3.2 times as fast as the vivo V29 Lite 5G. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 6,520 vs 2,010.

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