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The iPhone has been held as the benchmark for phone video recording for as long as I can remember. And the assumption isn’t baseless. Since the early iPhones, Apple has consistently delivered high video quality, which most Android flagships have failed to match. However, with Chinese brands’ recent push toward premiumization, we’re seeing some impressive camera choices that could potentially dethrone the iPhone. Among these elite choices is the vivo X300 Pro, which carries ZEISS’ pedigree and has repeatedly been hailed for its ability to replace a DSLR or mirrorless camera.
The vivo X300 Pro easily earns a spot among the best phones for photography. While I trust it to meet my expectations with stills, its video chops truly took me by surprise. I feel it can finally surpass Apple, so I decided to put the two phones through an intense competition to determine whether vivo actually beats the iPhone, and the results are quite fascinating.
Is iPhone still the best choice for videos, according to you? 10 votes Yes, by a long margin 20 % No, Android flagships are taking over 30 % Android phones are coming closer, but iPhone still wins 20 % I don't care about the iPhone 30 %
Does vivo X300 Pro really beat the iPhone 17 Pro?
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In addition to the features I discuss below, what truly sparked my curiosity to compare the vivo X300 Pro with the iPhone 17 Pro was a comparable camera stack. On paper, both Pro phones have a very similar primary camera sensor: a 1/1.28-inch module that shoots at 24mm. For videos, both phones can shoot 4K at up to 120fps in the standard video mode. But in addition to these similarities, vivo claims an advantage with special Zeiss-designed lenses with an anti-reflection coating and a custom “V3+” co-processor. The latter is also advertised to improve portrait videos, deliver crisper images, and speed up processing.
Since we’ve already put the X300 Pro’s photography skills through paces in a separate piece, I will focus solely on the video features. And what would be better than starting with the video feature that both Apple and vivo claim is their most compelling?
vivo’s clear advantage in daylight
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