{"id":77911,"date":"2025-10-13T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/77911\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:00:10","slug":"vivo-x300-pro-launches-with-an-ultra-rivaling-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/77911\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivo X300 Pro launches with an Ultra-rivaling camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vivo has announced the X300 and X300 Pro, its latest flagship phones, and they look closer to the company\u2019s even more premium Ultra handsets than ever. On paper, the Pro\u2019s camera setup looks just as good as the X200 Ultra\u2019s, especially thanks to offering support for the same add-on telephoto extender lens introduced with that phone when it launched in April this year<\/a>, a few months after the initial X200 handsets.<\/p>\n

Cameras are clearly Vivo\u2019s focus on both new X300 phones, which each feature a new 200-megapixel HPB imaging sensor designed in collaboration with Samsung. The X300 Pro uses that sensor for its 85mm-equivalent telephoto camera, which offers similar specs to the industry-leading telephoto on the X200 Ultra, apart from a slightly slower f\/2.67 aperture. The main camera might even better that of the Ultra, using the Sony LYT-828, the successor to the sensor found in that phone, with a faster aperture.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only the ultrawide that\u2019s clearly a step down from the X200 Ultra\u2019s, using a smaller sensor that\u2019s unlikely to deliver the same image quality, especially in low light. All three rear cameras also support 4K, 120fps, 10-bit Log video recording. It\u2019s enough to make the X300 Pro feel like a statement phone from Vivo, channeling the acclaim it\u2019s received for its Ultra models towards the next step down in price.<\/p>\n

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The regular X300\u2019s cameras are almost as impressive as the Pro\u2019s on paper. Image: Vivo<\/p>\n

The regular X300 should impress too. Here, that 200-megapixel Samsung sensor is used for the main camera, paired with a fast f\/1.68 aperture. It\u2019s joined by a 50-megapixel telephoto, and the same 50-megapixel ultrawide and selfie lenses as the Pro.<\/p>\n

Both phones support the telephoto extender, a 2.35x lens that attaches to the phones\u2019 existing telephoto lenses via a dedicated phone case and mount. Paired with the X200 Ultra<\/a> it enabled me to take some pretty extraordinary long-range shots that no other phone would be capable of, and I\u2019m only surprised to see Vivo rolling support out to its other flagships so soon, rather than holding it back as an Ultra-only feature. It\u2019s still sold together with a larger Photography Kit, including the mounting case and a camera grip with a battery pack built in.<\/p>\n

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The telephoto extender impressed me when I tested it with the X200 Ultra this year. Photo: Dominic Preston \/ The Verge<\/p>\n

Both phones are powered by MediaTek\u2019s flagship Dimensity 9500 chipset, a rival to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5<\/a>. A few other specs are shared too: 90W wired and 40W wireless charging, IP68 and 69 durability ratings, and ultrasonic fingerprint sensors.<\/p>\n

The biggest difference, beyond the camera specs, is the size: while the Pro is a big phone, with a 6.78-inch display, the regular X300 has a relatively compact 6.31-inch screen. Both phones are slim, coming below 8mm thick, though the X300\u2019s 7.95mm is a hair\u2019s width thinner. The batteries vary too, though Vivo has made some interesting claims here: it suggests that thanks to efficiency optimizations, the 6,510mAh and 6,040mAh silicon-carbon batteries<\/a> in the two phones are comparable in longevity to 7,500mAh and 7,000mAh cells in other hardware \u2014 hopefully we\u2019ll get the chance to put that claim to the test ourselves.<\/p>\n

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The X300 (right) comes in slightly more fun colors than the X300 Pro (left). Image: Vivo<\/p>\n

Both the X300 and X300 Pro are available to order in China now, running the new OriginOS 6<\/a>, Vivo\u2019s take on Android. The X300 starts from \u00a54,399 (around $620), with the Pro at \u00a55,299 (around $745). The telephoto lens is sold separately for \u00a51,299 (around $180), or \u00a51,499 (around $210) for the full photography kit.<\/p>\n

The company hasn\u2019t confirmed wider release plans, but its flagship models normally launch elsewhere in Asia along with some European markets \u2014 and for the first time it\u2019s confirmed that the new OriginOS will too, finally replacing the dreadful Funtouch OS software Vivo has used outside of China for years. An X300 Ultra is also likely to launch in early 2026, though Vivo will have to pull out all the stops to find room to differentiate it from the X300 Pro.<\/p>\n

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