Vivos X100 Pro Offers Another Massive Camera Sensor To An International Audience

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The Vivo X100 Pro introduces another great camera sensor to an international audience

The Vivo X100 Pro introduces another great camera sensor to an international audience

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The device was previously only available in China, but it will come to Europe with some important camera equipment, including an improved telephoto lens.

Written by Alison Johnson , a columnist with 10 years of experience writing about consumer technology. He is particularly interested in photography and mobile communication. He previously worked at DPReview.

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Back of Vivo X100 Pro.
Vivo X100 Pro is blue.
Image: Vivo

Lenses are also important for small smartphone cameras. Vivo seems to think so, as lens upgrades are the main focus of its new smartphones, the Vivo X100 and Vivo X100 Pro. It was first launched in China on November 13, and now Vivo is launching it globally with an identical 6.78-inch 120Hz OLED display.

The X100 will be available in Southeast Asian markets including India and Indonesia, while the higher-spec X100 Pro will also be available in European markets. Not surprisingly, the United States will not receive any of these devices.

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Like the X90 Pro before it, the X100 Pro also has a 50-megapixel 1-inch main camera - a large sensor by smartphone standards. Vivo says it's tuned with "optical precision calibration" for "accuracy and consistent quality." The X100 Pro's 50MP telephoto camera also features up to 4.3x optical zoom, up from 2x on the previous model. This lens has a new APO designation, which is Zeiss' terminology for lenses designed to reduce chromatic aberration. There's also a floating lens element — no, it's not actually floating — for close-up shots with telephoto lenses.

Vivo X100, in hand, facing the camera.
The non-Pro X100 model will not be coming to Europe.
Image: Vivo

The X100 has a pedestrian 50MP 1/1.49-inch main camera sensor, plus a 64MP 3x telephoto lens. There are no floating elements here, but the lenses on both devices are Zeiss coated. Both phones have a 50-megapixel ultra-high-resolution camera, in addition to a secondary imaging chip

Both the X100 and X100 Pro are based on the flagship MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset. Most of the other flagship series have smaller screens in the "smaller" models. That's not the case with the Vivo because both use a 6.78-inch OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, and both also have an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. So the main difference is in the cameras described above.

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The Vivo X90 Pro delivered on promise when I tested its camera against the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra earlier this year. The company follows a big image sensor strategy, which offers several advantages, such as better noise levels and more natural bokeh. But at that time, Samsung, with its slogan "Bigger, Bigger, Better" and sophisticated algorithmic processing, was still ahead in many situations. It's great to see Vivo doubling down on lens quality - in my testing, the X90 Pro caught some lens errors that distorted some of my photos. Whatever happens, it probably won't be long before the X100 Pro and Galaxy S24 Ultra face off in a rematch.

Vivo declined to share European prices due to the ban, but said the X100 Pro will be sold in Hong Kong for HK$7,998, which is about €937 or US$1,024. Meanwhile, the non-Pro X100 model will cost HK$5,998 (about $768 / €702).