In abstract
- Vivo X300 Professional and X300 introduced
- Spectacular digicam specs
- Sadly restricted availability
The Vivo X300 Professional and X300 smartphones have been formally introduced, with some spectacular specs and an unsure launch schedule.
Vivo’s newest flagship telephones look set to nail a tempting mixture of high-end specs and accessible pricing, for individuals who can truly purchase one.
Each telephones are based mostly round MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 chip, which promise to supply some sturdy competitors to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
There’s a 6.78-inch 1260 x 2800 LTPO show for the Professional, and a smaller 6.31-inch 1216 x 2640 LTPO display screen for the common mannequin. Each hit 120Hz and provide ultrasonic fingerprint sensors.
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Vivo X300 digicam specs
However the principle spec to deal with right here (pun unintended) is the digicam provision. Each telephones supply an attention-grabbing 200MP 1/1.4-inch Samsung HPB picture sensor, although whereas the Professional makes use of that for its telephoto digicam, the non-Professional makes use of it as a predominant digicam.
The Vivo X300 Professional makes use of a 50MP 1/1.28-inch Sony LYT-828 sensor for its predominant digicam, full with gimbal stabilisation system. The non-Professional mannequin, for its half, goes with a 50MP 1/1.95-inch Sony LYT-602 APO telephoto.
The Professional mannequin even helps the corporate’s add-on telephoto extender lens, which was introduced alongside the Vivo X200 Extremely earlier this 12 months.
Each telephones use a pair of 50MP Samsung JN1 cameras – one for ultra-wide pictures, the opposite on selfie responsibility.
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Vivo X300 design and different specs
Each telephones provide as much as 16GB RAM and 512GB of storage, in addition to 90W wired and 40W wi-fi charging.
The Professional has a 6,510mAh battery, whereas the conventional mannequin offers you a barely smaller 6,040mAh cell.
All that battery and digicam tech seems to have taken its toll on the X300 Professional, with a chunky-sounding 226g weight and a 7.99mm-thick physique. The Vivo X300 is extra compact, weighing 190g measuring 7.95mm thick. Each boast IP68 and IP69 rankings.
Vivo X300 value and availability
Which brings us to the thorny situation of availability. Vivo not formally operates within the UK, so like final 12 months’s Vivo V30 Professional, we’re unlikely to see the telephone on these shores.
It’s more likely to carry the X300 vary to pick out European markets, nonetheless. There’s a web page for the brand new collection on its Italian web site, for one factor.
Over in its native China, the Vivo X300 Professional is priced from ¥5,299 (which interprets to £559), whereas the non-Professional begins from ¥4,399 (about £464).