vivo X100 Ultra in for review
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- Grazman
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- 07 Jun 2024
Kai, 06 Jun 2024How does the Google Timeline / Location History (on Google ... moreNo, it doesn't. It doesn't work on any phones with ROMs aimed exclusively at the China market, by design.
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- Anonymous
- nDV
- 07 Jun 2024
RoyalBlue, 07 Jun 2024I've tried everything but the profile is basically non... morei dont remember what i did, maybe i changed region? it was 1 year ago, my ultra arrives next week but i think ill just have to login there and will work
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- RoyalBlue
- 0Cx
- 07 Jun 2024
Anonymous, 06 Jun 2024i got the x90 pro+ , my nickname is not in chinese what sh... moreI've tried everything but the profile is basically non-functional. Every time I try to change something it say either: "This feature is not available" or "This feature is not supported in the region you selected"
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- Nick Tegrataker
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- 07 Jun 2024
Archeoptyrex, 06 Jun 2024Only 3.7 optical zoom?? Why downgrade of zoom, even older s... moreThose 10x cameras on older flagships become borderline unusable in low light, just saying. My S23 Ultra can take nice-looking photos as long as I use GCAM (The stock camera processing is awful), but even that can't save its 10x telephoto camera from going muddy in less-than-optimal lighting conditions.
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- Nick Tegrataker
- Xp6
- 07 Jun 2024
WhoCaresTM, 06 Jun 2024Compare the jittery video and different cokors across lense... moreFrom what I have seen, colours don't even shift much on X100 Ultra's camera while shooting photos or videos and switching lenses (The only company that still does this is Huawei - I don't think they can synchronise the colour rendition unless they start using an RYYB sensor for all cameras).
I would gladly take phones that consistently take good photos over those that take bad ones *cough* Galaxy S Series *cough cough*, it sucks that Vivo isn't releasing their flagships worldwide apart from India though.
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- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 07 Jun 2024
WhoCaresTM, 06 Jun 2024Compare the jittery video and different cokors across lense... more>"omg the color shifted slightly when I switched cameras, horrible camera"
Literally who cares? Acting as if Samsung's colors don't shift and even iPhones do. Online samples can only tell you so much, I have access to flagships from both companies and both have bad to horrible color shifting at times. Besides, I'd rather have slight changes in color if it meant I have amazing global qualities like detail, exposure etc.
"Horrible OS"
Personal preference, you do you. You might not like it but damn, to hate on it like this, what do you even use? I've used phones from HTC, Realme, Oppo, Samsung, Apple, LG and Xiaomi and really, it all feels the same, they're basically doing the same thing. How you even think this is horrible is beyond me.
>"Compare the 2-3 years of updates"
bro come on, I truly do not care. People act like updates to a phone are some revolutionary thing nowadays, they aren't even evolutionary things. These android updates nowadays would be counted as 14.0.0b back in the day. They're super minor. Only thing that matters is update speed and mostly to stabilize the phone 1-2 months after its launch.
If you want long updates, then sure, buy an iPhone or a Pixel. Different phones are made to cater to different audiences. Do you just want every phone to be the same or something? Like seriously? You want every phone to look and feel the same? Because that's what Samsung, Apple and Google are doing. I am not defending this phone's lack of updates, it's not good that this phone isn't getting more but 3-4 years is more than enough. I use a phone for 2-3 years at best so I don't care and most people who'll buy this phone won't either. What's your point man?
>"Compare the bad battery life despite a large battery. Yikes"
The X100 Pro already beats the S24 Ultra comfortably in most tests. The X100 Ultra has 100 mah larger battery though I think the 1440p screen would hamper its battery life. Regardless, the best that android has to offer is beaten by the X100 Pro and Oneplus 12. I truly don't get your point. Look at Phonebuff, Technick and even GSMarena's battery life tests.
Imagine being this stuck up over such minor issues, the jitter and color shifts are mostly due to the phone being new and most reviewers releasing videos ASAP. Look at Techtablets's Oppo Find X7 Ultra shootout, the first one. It looked horrible. Within 1-2 months that phone changed everything. The Vivo X100 Ultra already takes great shots, so technically it's better than what the Oppo's doing, even though all three lenses here are new to Vivo, compared to Oppo having 1 common sensor in the 3x telephoto IMX890. If you want to see how good Vivo's optimization is, look at The Tech Phenomena's X100 Pro vs iPhone video comparison, it's shockingly good. The bad thing is the oversharpening at certain times, otherwise it's 90-95% there.
Imagine trying to defend horrible phone practices and act like it's good, yikes. Your intelligence is no higher than my 2 year old brother who can barely speak and I'm pretty sure even he can understand that you don't just have to hate something you don't agree with. Manchildren online and irl ruining everything fr
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- RoyalBlue
- gyg
- 07 Jun 2024
TheFoneBear, 06 Jun 2024China exclusive apps. Some apps are integral part of os cor... more14 Ultra has 2 major setbacks: massive battery power drain which still hasn't been addressed, and unnatural rendering of skin tones. I personally like how it processes landscape pics but processing of portraits is just bad.
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- hype
- G6m
- 07 Jun 2024
Can't wait for mine to arrive. I got the 1tb because I intend to use the 50mp and 4k 60fps or 8k modes all the time
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- Anonymous
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- 07 Jun 2024
We must dare to say it, it's the best phone of the moment, give it the rating it deserves.
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- 6m1
- 06 Jun 2024
Archeoptyrex, 06 Jun 2024Only 3.7 optical zoom?? Why downgrade of zoom, even older s... moreLearn how this stuff works, then you can talk.
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- Anonymous
- nDV
- 06 Jun 2024
WhoCaresTM, 06 Jun 2024Compare the jittery video and different cokors across lense... morei have seen comparison with iphone 15pm and at night iphone shows more ghosting effect and worst hdr, vivo's video is better than iphone and iphone was the video benchmark so i dont know what you are talking about
origin OS is very good, samsung can't even get their face unlock to work properly or the option to keep screen ON while looking at it
samsung can offer more updates because they release 99% the same phone every year, is understandable, 1 update fits all
x100 pro is rated higher than s24 ultra and all battery drain tests i've seen on youtube vivo has better battery life than samsung so what exactly are you talking about??
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- Anonymous
- nDV
- 06 Jun 2024
RoyalBlue, 06 Jun 2024I have it and if anyone's interested, here's the ... morei got the x90 pro+ , my nickname is not in chinese
what shortcut do you need for google pay?you just put the phone on the POS and pays automatically.
most apps can be uninstalled or debloated , you can find scripts on XDA.
find my device or remote wiping are working perfectly fine, you just need to enable it in settings, have a vivo account and access it on find.vivo.com.cn
- androidbrick
- Bnr
- 06 Jun 2024
Kai, 06 Jun 2024How does the Google Timeline / Location History (on Google ... moreYes it works.
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- RoyalBlue
- gyg
- 06 Jun 2024
I have it and if anyone's interested, here's the only drawbacks I found so far:
-you can use Google wallet but the phone won't let you use the double-press the power button shortcut unless your card is bound to vivo pay
-the phone is registered to your vivo account, however, your nickname is set in Chinese and you cannot change any attribute like gender or age
-satellite connectivity is china only
-a lot of the apps have a fair amount of Chinese script in them, requiring you to either give up or translate them manually to get somewhere
-find my device or remote wiping is not available
-AI copilot is useless for non-Chinese speaker and I'd recommend chatgpt anyways
-AI wallpaper generation doesn't work
-many useful NFC portings like public transport cards or gate cards are behind a wall of Chinese, I'm trying to get through but maybe that function is unavailable as well
-some translations are odd to say the least and the words often don't fit in their box, leaving you wondering what the full caption is
-special music display effects when the phone is locked are only available for the native music player
-most news/suggestions are obviously for people that live in china
However, all Google apps function normally, the phone is super fast, has great options for battery life enhancements by controlling app drain. And the camera is something to sing about.
Also, it rattles when you shake it but I guess that's the camera gimbal mechanism.
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- bulbulito.bayagbag
- UD$
- 06 Jun 2024
This is the problem with a lot of these 'Ultra' named phones, most are only available in China. Unless you are fine with importing one through gray market sellers, and can do a workaround with chinese roms (not a lot of people have time to tinker with their phones).
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- RoyalBlue
- gyg
- 06 Jun 2024
Kai, 06 Jun 2024How does the Google Timeline / Location History (on Google ... moreAll of Google apps work perfectly fine for me with all their functionalities
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- WhoCaresTM
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- 06 Jun 2024
jiyen235, 05 Jun 2024Don't even need to turn on a portrait mode, the natura... moreCompare the jittery video and different cokors across lenses when shooting video. Yikes
Compare the horrible OS. Yikes
Compare the 2-3 years of updates. Yikes
Compare the bad battery life despite a large battery. Yikes
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- Hotrod
- 3J1
- 06 Jun 2024
Vivo manage to get the best hardware and let it down on the software side so it a winner but to extract the potential isnt repeatable hit and miss affair, maybe this ultra changes that but doubt it.
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- Kai
- iFB
- 06 Jun 2024
How does the Google Timeline / Location History (on Google Maps) work? Does this work?
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- Eno2
- nDK
- 06 Jun 2024
Mark, 06 Jun 2024Anyone with experience using chinese version phones outside... moreI'm using a Oppo Find X7 Ultra imported from China, and everything works perfectly for my needs. There are some core apps (like app store, browser, etc) that are partially in Chinese language, but I don't use them and that's it. I've configure my phone in a way that is 99,9% of the time is in English language. Updates work perfectly, also all the apps I need as well. I think only Android Auto is not working but I have no use for it anyway. On Tradingshenzhen, you can see the available network bands and compatibility in your country, and are also highlighted what works and doesn't.
I'm very satisfied with the phone, it's actually beyond expectation!