TL;DR Vivo has launched the X300 and X300 Pro smartphones in China.
The X300 Pro is a follow-up to the X200 Pro, which we called one of the best camera phones of the year.
Vivo has confirmed that the phones will be available globally, along with the external lens accessory.
We thought the vivo X200 Pro was one of the best camera phones of the year. That’s largely due to fantastic long-range zoom and plenty of video options. Now, the company has announced the vivo X300 series, including the X300 Pro.
The series consists of the standard X300 and the X300 Pro, and both devices have a MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, IP69 ratings, and OriginOS 6 atop Android 16. The two phones also sport a minimum display brightness of just one nit. Both devices also opt for an iPhone-style design with more rounded corners and a flat metal frame, much like the OPPO Find X8 series last year.
X300 Pro: Best camera phone contender?
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The X300 Pro picks up where the X200 Pro and X200 Ultra left off, and it has some impressive core specs. In addition to the flagship-tier processor, you can expect a 6.78-inch 1,260 x 2,800 OLED screen (LTPO), a 6,510mAh battery, 90W wired charging, and 40W wireless charging.
We noticed that our review unit had a 5,540mAh battery, despite the company’s fact sheet for the global variant listing a 6,510mAh battery. Vivo clarified to Android Authority that this discrepancy was due to regional requirements, “including regulatory standards and local user needs.” In other words, the smaller battery would be due to shipping/transport regulations. For what it’s worth, the vivo X200 Pro shipped with a 6,000mAh battery in every market except Austria and Hungary, where it received a 5,200mAh battery instead. It’s unclear which global X300 Pro variants will ship with the smaller battery, though.
In any event, this is the first phone with a Dimensity 9500 chipset. Benchmarking does show that stability can be a problem. This isn’t necessarily a MediaTek problem, as previous vivo handsets have struggled with GPU stress tests compared to similarly equipped rivals. Nevertheless, this is something to keep in mind if you’re a gamer or simply want a device that stays cool under sustained load.
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