My experience with the Vivo X100Pro: Not a super heavy user like ben and i get 10 hours screen on time easily. In my area i have no 5G so i guess thats a factor. Gaming, Performance in general, battery life are really good. Camera is just annihilating the 15 pro max and the s23 ultra (have them both here). Got it in china for 630bucks.. the iPhone 15 pro max costs 1449 here 😂
It is unfair to compare Chinese prices with, for example, the UK, as you do not have 20% VAT, the costly EU regulations to pass, the 2-year warranty, extra band support, transport costs, etc. Also, due to VIVO's failure to pay for patent licenses, they are banned in some EU countries, and the X90 was not even released in the UK because of that.
I do agree 100% with you on this. Funtouch looks outdated, and we'd like an updated look for any future Vivo, with a flat panel, please. But we all know we really love Vivo's for their top-tier camera.
For once I'm inclined to politely agree on practically every point you mention. I hope that some time down the line we could see a proper maxed out comparison of this generation: X100 Pro+, 15PM and S24 Ultra.
Pretty confident the X100 Pro+ is going to spank the S24U. Samsung really messed up this year, now that other phone manufacturers are bringing the real heat when it comes to zooming, Samsung gives up.... Hope they bring a high resolution 10x lens to the 25U.
Vivo is now lit in photography. Vivo cameras in the V29 pro is soo good. The Iqoo 12 however above it but then the Xseries is on top, their flagship. Any of the Vivo these 3 phones are Vivo's great camera centric phones.
I am glad to see this review. I just bought this phone and this review was the confirmation that I wanted. I've seen a lot os reviews, but none of them was capable of show how powerful the camera really is. Cheers from Brazil!
Rapaz. Eu fico todo dia no weibo pra ver se descubro algo do vivo x100 pro plus. Está tudo muito calado. Eu uso o vivo x50 pro global funtouch e sinceramente o design das laterais do celular ainda é praticamente o mesmo. E o funtouch é muito xué, o meu só aceita icone do ZAP e Messenger no AOD, enquanto o da realme aceita vários. Certamente o vivo 100 pro plus ficará restrito ao mercado chinês, mas pelo que o Bem fala dele, vou esperimentar, mesmo que tenha suas restrições de idiomas e boatfloat... Sou apaixonado no zoom optico do meu, porém ele ainda é de 2020 e era só 8mp A propósito vc achou a versão global do x100 pro no Aliexpress? Eu não havia achado ainda.
As a European user of the X80pro I just hope they have become better at tuning Android for us. Android Auto for example doesn't work properly, some BT issues too. Other than that, it's all about the camera for me so here's hoping they'll bring their flagship model over to us and support it properly. They may need to buy some advertising too, as so few people even know of the manufacturer.
Best camera phone ever. I am totally amazed by vivo X100 Pro's tele-lens. You can get amazing details at 10X, it's sharp with more details. Portait mode is also stunning. Can't believe that how X100 Pro+ or X100 Ultra released next year, which will shock me in a what way.
I ordered the X100 Pro to replace my X90 Pro Plus and it was great for the first week then after an oxygen OS update the screen glitched and it would not read the SIM card I have a replacement coming from Hong Kong and I can't wait
You sold me within the first 2 minutes of this video. Holy crap those photos with the filter was amazing Edit: Your 25x photo does look uncanny. Really excited for this phone with how you showed off all the samples!
I bought the X70 Pro + pretty much on launch and it's a fantastic phone, just in time for the concert season after the pandemic. Now I really want to replace it with the x100 Pro + but the recent leak of the Oppo Find X7 Ultra give me some toughts about that buy. Good vid, Ben, as usual.
Fantastic review Ben. And those photos!!! Have to give your photographic perspective the credit it deserves as well, and not just attribute the results to the hardware. Excellent snaps!
I am really really impressed with the results from this phone. Finally a phone that doesn't give u the smartphone look. Ik it's a phone but the results speak for themselves. I wanted a new phone like a Mi12 ultra but then my camera broke. I wanted to buy a newer camera as I already have lenses and stuff but this phone seems really good. I shoot M4/3 btw and not full frame.
That black cat picture you took made me so sad. I haven't been taking pictures of my cat because the s23 ultra camera is horrible. He always comes out blurry or no details even in good lighting. Pixel was miles better.. That vivo is a dream machine!
Thank you so much for your insight. I'm amazed in this day and age, we're talking about Fstops and focal length, wide and zoom lenses. My career was newspaper photographer and I started in that business in the 1950s. But today I thought most people used their phone cameras as poiint and shoot. I have ordered a Vivo X100 Pro this week because of exactly what you wrote -- it produces some of the most amazing photos I've seen in a while. Also wanted to tank you for your guidance on best portrait photos using the periscope zoom lens and Vivo's vintage fill filter. With enough trial and error I may have stumbled across those settings but I'm 75 years old and not as sharp as I used to be. Well done on this review -- I subscribed to your channel -- very insightful.
thank you so much Norris for your kind words. I worked in newspapers about 13 years ago too as a culture writer and later copyeditor. I miss the newsroom environment as media increasingly go digital. I wish you well and I hope you have fun snapping photos! take care
0:09 I'm totally flabbergasted over the fact that this Vivo X100 phone can shoot a 10x zoom, crystal clear photo in low light conditions or dark places. 0:09 shooting in dark places in the zoom mode is what has me totally hypnotized. The two Titans of phone makers got to be aware of this splendid zoom capture in low light conditions. 3:28 Xiaomi flat sides and gorgeous Bezel-less screens are splendid to watch. A curve screen does have a certain amount of aesthetic but it's useless to read on and to work with. 8:29 Even at 10x (600mm) it produces jaw dropping, crystal clear details, a quality to mesmerise upon.
And again, one of the best reviews with phones that are really good. Thanks, Ben! Maybe the x100pro+ will have a better hardware and software design. I am waiting for the Xiaomi 14 ultra, Vivo x100 pro + and Honor 6 magic pro. I love how the Xiaomi looks and how they process pictures (Vivo kind of adds beauty filters while Xiaomi leaves faces true, right?). Maybe the Xiaomi 14 ultra with a 1" sensor will be the sweet spot? :)
A title I totally agree with! And I can't wait to see the comparison between dual periscope camera (Oppo Find X7 Pro/Ultra) vs dual telephoto camera (Xiaomi 14 Ultra) and 160MP periscope camera (Honor Magic 6 Pro/Ultimate) vs 200MP periscope camera (Vivo X100 Pro+/Ultra)
Did I hear it right? You have X100 Pro "global" version which loaded with FunTouchOS. I haven't read anything from Vivo on the global version timeline. That's amazing news to us, been waiting for it.
I am not surprised. The X80 Pro was one of the few cameras I found to be a match for my Mate 40 Pro in terms of image quality and texture, but I wasn't that impressed with the tele. Now that I find a need for more, this might just be the phone to do it. I've liked the newer 1//2" tele sensor on the Mate 50, but I am not fond of the smaller main and the incredibly aggressive image sharpening... this Vivo just might be the ticket, looks like they've kept that subtle processing and carried it over from previous generations... pair that with big, beautiful sensors... wow.
Just ordered the x100pro like a week ago and wasnt quite sure if i made the right choice. I'm realy into night photography and stills, but didnt have a lot of information. Just wanna thank you for the video for reinforcing my believe that i made the right choice. Also got the china version with origin OS, its gonna be a hustle the first few day cause i live in germany, but hopefully worth it.
was it the right choice? im thinking of ordering one but a bit less confident because of the lack of support not only in germany but also europe in general.
@@moe1364It definitely was the right choice, besides some notification issues that i have mostly fixed now the x100 pro is an amazing phone. Althopugh it does not support Band 20 i had no conectivity issues and the camera is ervery bit as good as advertised. Not joking but this thing can spit out images that are on the same level as a DSLR Camera. I ordered from tradingshenzen with play store preinstalled, had no issued with the google apps or any other "western" standard apps so far. Keep in mind that it comes with a lot of chinese boatware that you can mostly delete.
The only smartphone that could make me leave Samsung (the Galaxy Ultra), would be a Vivo X Pro Plus (with Snapdragon and a selfie camera that shoots in stabilized 4k HDR), but above all, with Origin-OS internationally.
It seems like it has to come with 8 gen3, because Vivo stated plus will be significantly more expensive, that has to come with something bigger than slightly better camera.
Goodness me; those photos look really, really good.As an overall camera system,it seems great, but not the best,as its biggest weakness is in video recording, which also matters to a lot of people.I'm very impressed by what Vivio has achieved with this phone.
Thanks for this review that came to me just when I needed it. Yet the next question is: Should we wait for the X100 Plus and/or 14 Ultra?? It just seems there is a lot of good stuff coming up.
Really great video as expected. I was wondering when companies would start using AI for the zoom shots, didn't expect it to be so soon. Once you pointed it out, it's hard not to see it. 10:37 looks very AI generated, not sure if I like it. Open up some interesting philosophical questions about photography. Great phone anyway, but the Oppo Find X7 Pro should surpass it in terms of cameras.
King of portrait just got another crown which is King of zoom. The photo quality surprisingly excellent. I bought mine from China and after one day use I sold my S23 ultra right away solely because the camera is far better in my opinion but rather than that I give all the points to s23 ultra, lol.
I am completely impressed with your clear review and mentioning the disadvantages before the features excellent review thank you I am seriously thinking of owning a Vivo phone x100 pro+ after my current phone Mate 40 Pro
It must be a tough call for manufacturers: add a style/personality/filter to the photos to make them look great (as Vivo has done here), or make them look as realistic as possible. There are some phones that produce very realistic shots (good colours, exposure etc), but I would prefer the stylised Vivo x100 pro shots all day long.
so ben hated the ultrawide , the front camera and the video 😅😅 ,, we know you ben , since u didn't mentioned any then they are just okay pass 😊😊😅 ,, great vid as usual bud.
First of all, wonderful review. Really detailed with all the relevant information. Coming to the X100Pro, I am quite disappointed with it. The improvements and enhancements over last year's X90 Pro are not upto the level I had expected. So much so that even the design of both phones are almost identical, a fact pointed out in this review. I had expected Vivo to really work on this phone given the phone last year was the first with that 1 inch sensor. Unfortunately, all Vivo did was minor tweeking.
I dont know. But looking at all the iphones i had 4s, 5s, 6plus, XS, then my sisters 14pro and moms 15pro plus. I also lookednat designs of some xiaomi and Samsung. And damn! They also just tweeking some little details on their phones. No big Diff on design. 😂 So i dont know where you are comparing this Vivo at. 😅
@@Papeebords I'm comparing this Vivo to the last Vivo. I thought I made that abundantly clear. 😂😂 And yes phone companies these days only do small tweaking but given the senor they put in the X90 pro last year, I thought Vivo would do a lot more than what they actually did in the X100 pro. P.S. I'm a thorough bread Android user and I feel iphones are a bunch of overhyped gadgets.
@@finderskeepers7293I would seriously consider this but I love shooting videos on my phone. Still no Android has come close to the Iphone when it comes to videos.
Wow..the camera on this phone is just breathtaking! 📸 Currently I'm still using the oppo a37, but dreaming of the day when I can hold a new smartphone like a everyone. I'm hopeful for the moment when I can capture life's moments with the latest technology . 💕 #DreamingOfANewPhone #EveryMemoryMatters
vivo is one of the best, if not the best for full res 50mp shots, another point to mention. I just wish they had better speakers or better battery, something like the S23 Ultra or even better for battery and speakers close to the Xiaomi 13 Ultra (the best flagship speakers excluding gaming phones). I think flagship phones should go for higher resolution, like 20-28 MP, like how the Mi 11 or Mi 10 Ultra was and how the iPhone is. Allows for better zoomablity/cropping, what are your thoughts?
Dayum! amazing! Ben you prob know I make YT vids using Vivo X70 Pro+ (& LOVE it:) but 3 years on looking to upgrade. Could you do a follow-up focused on video, particularly low light? (vs iPhone 15). Also, any word on a x100 Pro+ or will they skip a + gen like the X80's?
Follow-up: Just reading X100 Pro+ may launch as x100 Ultra - "Tipster Digital Chat Station said in a Weibo post that the Vivo X100 Pro+ is expected to feature a 200-megapixel sensor with a 1/1.5-inch periscope telephoto lens. The lens is expected to offer 4.3x optical zoom which is said to provide images with a resolution equivalent to a 10-megapixel periscope lens with up to 10x optical zoom. It is expected to support 200-megapixel digital zoom when used together. Leaks have suggested that the Vivo X100 Pro+ may launch with a 50-megapixel Sony LYT-900 primary rear sensor. The phone may also feature a 50-megapixel Sony IMX589 sensor with an ultra-wide lens and a 50-megapixel IMX758 portrait lens. The report also suggests that the Vivo X100 Pro+ is likely to be unveiled within the first half of 2024. It adds that the model may also launch with the moniker Vivo X100 Ultra." - So I will wait to upgrade (following Ben's coming review, of course;). STL
didnt they use gimbal stabilization before? I wonder if its still possible to do it on all lenses when the camera bump is already so damn thick. But my god these images are stunning, that filter and bokeh are just amazing
I bought it on Aliexpress. took almost a whole month. It is so good. I also have the Samsung S23 ultra, It has better zoom than the s23 ultra, which has a very small 10x zoom CMOS.
@@TheHandbrake2 it's a Chinese version, with origin os. I installed Google store. It runs faster than any , I mean every android phone I ever had. Destroy my pixel 7 pro.
Really the OriginOs is way better. Currently using the X100pro, but soon selling it off to a friend haha. There some bugs on the china rom which i dont like. But OriginOS rocks haha.
This phone would need Snapdragon and Chinese OS to be perfect. If I could buy it in China avoiding the import taxes it would be the bargain of the century!
Could the battery life issues be due to it having Funtouch OS instead of Origin OS that chinese variants get? Because chinese reviewers have mostly agreed that this has one of the best battery life on any phone
Thanks for making this video Ben. X100 pro produced amazing zoom photos, as you've shown in the video. But I'm interested to know how do you find the zoom results compared to S23 Ultra, do you think they are comparable?
Hopefully they could fix the HDR tho, when compared to 90p+ it's kinda weak especially when shooting directly at the light source, and hopefully this js something they can fix with a patch, and not a product of D9300 ISP being weak. (V chip only receives the info that SoC's ISP provides) so hopefully that is the case. One more knit pick is that fp sensor is down at very bottom like in 888 era. It's to cut cost, and rhey used optical (understandable, but its a shame that iQoo12 has ultrasonic like Samsung, still better than cheap optical)
Vivo has made a huge deal about taking shots of the sun, so presumably they have fixed the issues with shooting into light sources, unless they specifically only targeted the sun for that image processing.
This phone is really tempting...as my x1v is giving bt issues and i love that filter ..almost thinkg of the opo12 because of the filters too but this...
