Vivo X300 Pro has been launched with a super competitive camera

Vivo announced its X300 and X300 Pro, its latest flagship phones, and they look closer to the company’s premium Ultra phones than ever before. On paper, the Pro’s camera setup looks every bit as good as the X200 Ultra’s, especially thanks to offering support for the same extended telephoto lens that was introduced with this phone when it launched. Launched in April this yeara few months after the launch of the initial X200 phones.

Cameras are clearly Vivo’s focus on the two new X300 phones, which each feature a new 200MP HPB imaging sensor designed in collaboration with Samsung. The X300 Pro uses this sensor in its 85mm-equivalent telephoto camera, which offers similar specifications to the industry-leading telephoto camera in the X200 Ultra, apart from a slightly slower f/2.67 aperture. It may be the main camera as well better The Ultra, using the Sony LYT-828, the successor to the sensor in this phone, with a faster aperture.

Obviously only the ultrawide model is a step down from the X200 Ultra, and using a smaller sensor is unlikely to deliver the same image quality, especially in low light. All three rear cameras also support 4K, 120fps, and 10-bit video recording. It’s enough to make the

The regular X300 should impress, too. Here, a 200MP Samsung sensor is used for the main camera, paired with a fast f/1.68 aperture. It’s paired with a 50MP telephoto camera, and the same 50MP ultra-wide and selfie lenses as the Pro.

Both phones support the telephoto extender, which is a 2.35x lens that attaches to the phones’ existing telephoto lenses via a dedicated phone case and holder. Paired with the X200 Ultra It’s enabled me to take some extraordinary long-range shots that no other phone can do, and I’m just surprised to see Vivo bringing support to its other flagships very soon, rather than bringing it back as a premium feature only. It is still sold with a larger photography kit, including a mounting case and camera grip with built-in battery pack.

Both phones are powered by MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 9500 chipset, a rival chipset to MediaTek. Snapdragon 8 Elite Generation 5. Some other specs were shared as well: 90W wired charging and 40W wireless charging, IP68 and 69 durability ratings, and ultrasonic fingerprint sensors.

The biggest difference, other than the camera specs, is size: While the Pro is a large phone with a 6.78-inch screen, the regular X300 has a relatively compact 6.31-inch screen. Both phones are thin, at less than 8mm thick, although the X300’s 7.95mm is thinner than a hair’s width. The batteries are different too, though Vivo has made some interesting claims here: it notes that thanks to efficiency improvements, the 6,510 mAh and 6,040 mAh Silicon and carbon batteries The two phones are comparable in terms of longevity to the 7,500 mAh and 7,000 mAh cells in the other devices – and we hope we’ll have the opportunity to test that claim for ourselves.

Both the X300 and X300 Pro are available to order in China now, running the operating system New Origin OS 6Vivo’s take on Android. The X300 starts at 4,399 yen (about $620), while the Pro starts at 5,299 yen (about $745). The telephoto lens is sold separately for 1,299 yen (about $180) or 1,499 yen (about $210) for the complete photography kit.

The company hasn’t confirmed wider release plans, but its flagship models typically launch elsewhere in Asia alongside some European markets – and for the first time it’s been confirmed that the new OriginOS will do so too, finally replacing the horrific Funtouch OS software that Vivo has used outside of China for years. The X300 Ultra is also likely to be launched in early 2026, although Vivo will have to make all efforts to find space to differentiate it from the X300 Pro.