vivo X100 Ultra will be a professional camera that can make calls, exec says

vivo’s X100 Pro is already an amazing cameraphone, one of the best launched in the past few months. But it’s not enough for the Chinese company – it wants to push the envelope even further. And, in fact, according to its vice president of Product, Huang Tao, vivo is currently working on a new smartphone […]

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vivo to add 5.5G support to X Fold3 and X100 series via OTA update

Last week China Mobile announced the official launch of 5G-Advanced (aka 5.5G) on its network. 5.5G is the next step in mobile connectivity and promises improvements to speed, latency, and stability over regular 5G. Oppo quickly announced its plans to bring 5G-Advanced (5GA aka 5.5G) to its Find X7 series and now fellow BBK Group […]

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vivo X100 Pro launches in Europe on February 15

The vivo X100 Pro will launch in Europe on February 15, more than three months after the official introduction in China. The date was confirmed by retailers MediaMarkt Austria and Alza Czechia, where the phone is listed along with the official price tag of €1,199 for the 16 GB RAM + 512 GB storage variant. […]

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Vivo X100 Pro lands in Europe to challenge Galaxy S24 Ultra

Vivo unveiled the X100 Pro, its current flagship smartphone, in China in November 2023. A month later, the company debuted the smartphone globally, and earlier this month, the brand launched the phone in India. Now, Vivo has made the X100 Pro available in Europe as well (via Notebookcheck). Vivo has priced the X100 Pro in […]

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vivo X100 Pro price in Europe revealed

vivo’s very slow international rollout of its X100 Pro flagship smartphone continues. This phone was announced for China in November, where it promptly launched that same month, then it made its global debut in mid-December, then it launched in India earlier this month. And now it’s finally almost available in Europe. It’s still not listed […]

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Deal: pre-order a vivo X100 or X100 Pro from Flipkart or grab a tablet from Amazon’s sale

The vivo X100 and X100 Pro are two of the most promising camera phones for 2024. The Pro model in particular shines with its 1/0.98” 50MP main sensor, 50MP 100mm periscope and 50MP ultra wide. The vanilla X100 is no slouch either with a 50MP 1/1.49” main, 64MP 70mm periscope and 50MP ultra wide. Both […]

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vivo X100 and X100 Pro launched in India

The vivo X100 and vivo X100 Pro unveiled last November debuted today in India. The X100 Pro comes in a single black color with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage onboard for INR89,900. The X100 comes in black and blue colors with two memory options – 12GB/256GB and 12GB/512GB, priced at INR63,999 ($770) and INR69,999 ($840), […]

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Testing the Dimensity 9300 in the vivo X100 Pro – can it handle the heat?

The high-end vivo X100 Pro is the first to ship with MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9300 chipset – with a unique all-performance core processor that sparked a lot of debate – will it be able to sustain its performance or will throttling offset all the benefits. We touched on that question in our full review and […]

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vivo X100 Pro review

Introduction Another year, another vivo flagship with an impressive camera setup, top-class display, and an alternative high-end chipset – the X100 Pro just went global. Featuring a trio of 50MP cameras, an advertised 3000-nit peak brightness screen, and an all-big-core Dimensity SoC, the latest and greatest in the company’s X-series sure sounds exciting and we […]

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vivo X100 Pro and X100 make global debut

Vivo’s flagship X100 series is now globally available, though specific market availability is yet to be confirmed. The vivo X100 Pro and vivo X100 debuted in China back in November with similar hardware. Both pioneer the Dimensity 9300 chipset with only performance cores and have the same 6.78-inch 8T LTPO AMOLED displays with 1260p resolution […]

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vivo X100, X100 Pro’s global launch date revealed

The vivo X100 and X100 Pro unveiled last month and exclusive to China will launch globally next week, on December 14. This revelation comes from vivo through its global website, where it set up an event page for the X100 and X100 Pro. It reveals that both smartphones have been on pre-order since November 24, […]

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Dimensity 9300 in vivo X100 Pro throttles after 2 minutes in stress test

As the new vivo X100 Pro gets into the hands of keen testers, we can finally get an idea of the thermal performance of the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset with its four-Cortex X4 CPU cores and no efficiency units. As expected, cooling a chipset with four high-performance cores is a tough task. In a popular […]

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Weekly poll results: the vivo X100 Pro is a star, some doubts hang over the vanilla X100

The vivo X100 Pro might be the new king of the hill, it certainly came out of last week’s poll with glowing results. The company hasn’t announced its plans for the rollout outside of China and that was one of the primary concerns that people had – vivo has a wide distribution, but it’s not […]

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Week 46 in review: Galaxy S24 dummies, vivo X100 series is brings Dimensity 9300

Another week is over, so let’s recap. If you’ve seen the Galaxy S22 series, you’ve seen the Galaxy S24 series, if the dummies that leaked are to be believed. The three S24 phones all look pretty much unchanged, for the most part. There will likely be under-the-hood changes but on the outside, the phones look […]

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Weekly poll: can the vivo X100 and X100 Pro tempt you with their powerful hardware?

vivo unleashed a potentially unstoppable phone – the vivo X100 Pro could prove to be one of the best phones of 2023, whether you’re looking for a camera phone, a gaming phone or just an all-round flagship. The camera is equipped with the 1″ Sony IMX989 sensor in the main module. The telephoto module has […]

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vivo X100 series pioneers Dimensity 9300, X100 Pro brings 100mm Zeiss APO periscope

The flagship vivo X100 series is now official in China and it brings two phones – the X100 and the X100 Pro. These are the first phones announced with MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9300 chipset and they also come with impressive cameras highlighted by the X100 Pro’s Zeiss APO 100mm equivalent periscope Zeiss APO lens. Both […]

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