vivo X200 Pro's battery in these countries is even smaller than the X200 Pro mini's

28 January 2025
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    Anonymous, 28 Jan 2025Also if you sell your phone only Online over Website, you c... moreSo the point is, you can still sell it in stores as long as you follow some regulations. Well if some can, then scammers like vivo could too.

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      • igguk1
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      • 28 Jan 2025

      notafanboy, 28 Jan 2025You might be onto something there. If we compare the offic... moreIt's not entirely a EU regulation because some countries within the EU are getting the model with bigger batteries I wonder why

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        • Anonymous
        • na1
        • 28 Jan 2025

        Anonymous, 28 Jan 2025Its not about that, its about the storage of the phones in ... moreAlso if you sell your phone only Online over Website, you can sell 6000 mAh. If you sell it at store like Media Markt, then you need to fulfill the EU regulation

          I need new phone, 28 Jan 2025thats a 200 USD phone and its using older Li/ion battery so... moreYou might be onto something there.
          If we compare the official specs:
          Magic7 Pro uses a 3rd gen silicon-carbon battery
          But the 7 Lite uses a silicon carbon battery of an unspecified generation.
          So perhaps the "3rd gen" is the problem (so to speak) in the EU?

            DarlingYext, 28 Jan 2025Hungarian reviewers haven't received the phone yet, an... moreyeah but my point is that most reviews and reviewers had gotten the 6000 mah one and we didn't really know of this change TILL NOW. Like if you go to the X200 Pro spec sheet on gsmarena you'll STILL not see the smaller size. I think that yeah, it's obviously not illegal/a scam because they have it in their product page but if a well reputed site like gsmarena didn't know of this and didn't have it in their database till now, how's a normal person supposed to know? Even when someone's a tech enthusiast, he's just gonna go on gsmarena's spec sheet to check the specs, and it's not available here either.

            So unless someone has been snooping around the news tab of this site every day or has an idea of the changes that EU models have in chinese phones, they're most likely going to be uninformed.

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              • DarlingYuck
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              • 28 Jan 2025

              Such expected news about chinese brand, thats too afraid to compete directly with Samsung in many western countries.

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                • stinger27
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                • 28 Jan 2025

                There is no legal reason to why they cannot have a 6000mh battery in EU.

                They do this to save on costs and increase profits.

                The only future requirement will be from 2027 onwards where all batteries on mobile phones will need to be removable like in the old days.

                Chinese companies overcharge Europe and US markets for the simple reason of profit.
                Because they can.
                The same way Apple does and Samsung follows. This makes others also follow suit...

                Example the VIVO x200Pro 512GB costs 5999 Yuan, this is around 665 GBP
                If you go to Wonda the same model is 738 GBP for CN and then 990 GBP for the Global version.

                Same thing with the OPPO Find X8 Pro in UK at their store 1049 GBP and in their Official CN store 5699 CNY equates to 632 GBP
                If you go to Wonda its 899 GBP which is a massive difference to the official UK store.

                I questioned Oppo UK store they said they are a reseller and need to make a profit.
                That is fine, but Wonda already makes a profit and is significantly cheaper.

                *Note: Spike in phone prices only really picked up once Apple entered the market.
                Same with removing features and things.

                Take of all this what you will but corporate greed at its best.

                  Bobi7x7 , 28 Jan 2025Then tell me why bringing up Samsung all the time ? Its her... moreIt's not scam, it's just vivo following regulations. Those regulations are however terrible, but neither vivo nor Honor can do anything against them.

                    jiyen235, 28 Jan 2025I just wish they were transparent about it and reviewers go... moreHungarian reviewers haven't received the phone yet, and if and when they will, that's likely going to be the smaller battery version. Plus I think it's transparent enough if their own official website lists it with said smaller battery.

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                      • Vindaloo
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                      • 28 Jan 2025

                      According to Vivo official website :
                      X200 Pro has 6000 mAh battery in Spain, Italy, Czechia and Poland.
                      Austria and Hungary has only 5200 mAh.

                        Ottonis, 28 Jan 2025This is indeed an interesting observation. I can think of t... moreAt least one thing I can tell you, every stores here, who sells x200 Pro, all of them have listed 6000 mAh battery. And vivo themselves lists x200 Pro with 6000 mAh battery on their website
                        https://www.vivo.com/cz/products/x200-pro

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                          • Bobi7x7
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                          jiyen235, 28 Jan 2025imagine being such a midwit that you don't understand ... moreSee you call me midwit but still going on about samsung like a brainless 🤡.... Typicall toxic hater 🤷🏻‍♂️

                            DarlingYext, 28 Jan 2025"..but vivo's official website for Europe says th... moreI just wish they were transparent about it and reviewers got the smaller battery because most people would be watching videos about the larger battery phones and will be sorely disappointed and besides, if the battery's smaller then the price should be cut as well.

                            Being better than the bottom tier trash ain't an achievement lol

                              Bobi7x7 , 28 Jan 2025Then tell me why bringing up Samsung all the time ? Its her... moreimagine being such a midwit that you don't understand that your argument is actually a bigger case for vivo than against them.

                              You're correct, EVEN WHEN Vivo is essentially scamming people, they're still providing better products than Samsung. That's exactly why I call em Scamsung. And I did NOT say it's ok, I just said it's better than the S25+. If it were up to me the S25+ would be illegal and the X200 Pro would have a 100-200 euro price cut wherever the phone has a smaller battery.

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                                Daydream81, 28 Jan 2025It takes a few years for R&D, to design a phone. It tak... moreIts scam cause they sell it at the same high price ! If they can not deliver 6000mh to some EU countrys then just give 50-100€ less price and thats it ! Samsung got roasted for Exynos so now Vivo get roasted very simple....

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                                  • Bobi7x7
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                                  jiyen235, 28 Jan 2025oh now scam is scam? Well yeah it DOES matter, the X200... moreThen tell me why bringing up Samsung all the time ? Its here about Vivo shady tactics ? But the only thing you can write is "but its still better than Samsung" 😂 So you literally say this scam is ok because its still better than Samsung 😂😂😂 Hilarious guy.... Just face it you and the other 5 are just pure samsung haters and spreading toxic comments here nothing more nothing less !

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                                    DarlingYext, 28 Jan 2025"..but vivo's official website for Europe says th... moreEnd of the day its still a scam. They know they give less battery but still dont change the price 🤷🏻‍♂️ lovely these chinese companys 😂

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 28 Jan 2025

                                      Anonymous, 28 Jan 2025Its not about that, its about the storage of the phones in ... moreEu rules are insane. This year without charger in the box and next year without cable in the box. Only Phone

                                        PatrickCzech, 28 Jan 2025We have 6000 man battery in vivo x200 Pro in Czechia, and w... moreThis is indeed an interesting observation. I can think of three possible explanations for that, but I have to admit that I could be wrong on all three accounts:

                                        1. The 6000mAh model in Czechia may not be the real, official offer from vivo but some sort of "grey import" from China, whith the trader having installed the global version firmware. That's at least one possibility.

                                        2. Maybe local, national regulations have overruled EU-regulations, with some EU countries allowing a certain size or capacity while others do not.

                                        3. Maybe the 5200 mAh version does not just have a smaller battery but also changes in internal design and structure (e.g. Mainboard, placement of various modules etc), and vivo planned to make only a relatively small batch of these differently designed devices, which is why they are available only in some countries but not in others.

                                        So, all of this is just pure speculation, and I wish some industry insider would reveal the true reason.

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