vivo X200 Pro (Global) review

08 January 2025


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  • 27 Oct 2024

Anonymous, 27 Oct 2024All big quadbayer sensors are 2x2 now. For better or worse.... moreWhat do you mean by last sentence?

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    Anonymous, 27 Oct 2024Because Sony is putting 2x2 on all sensors. Those are publ... moreAll big quadbayer sensors are 2x2 now. For better or worse. I just love how Sony is thrashing their own phase difference in order to promote 2x2

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      • 27 Oct 2024

      Anonymous, 27 Oct 2024Wish GSMArena use Natural profile instead of default Vivid ... moreThey always show the default settings. And I don't blame them. 90% of users never change their photo settings while shooting. They don't even change white balance which is the most basic thing to do. What they do instead is fiddle with Instagram filters later on.

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        • 27 Oct 2024

        Ottonis, 27 Oct 2024So, in a nutshell: The X200pro brings the stellar 200MP, 1/... moreX100 pro was 1300 euros.
        This won't be cheaper.

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          • 27 Oct 2024

          Nick Tegrataker, 27 Oct 2024Sony never mentioned that LYT-818 uses 2x2 OCL, though - It... moreBecause Sony is putting 2x2 on all sensors. Those are public versions.
          Except 1" and those very exclusive like imx803, imx888 ( lyt800 / t808).

          Another way to make more money since 1 microlens above 4 pixels at once saves costs.
          Some omnivision have partial 2x2.
          Samsung has not used on isocell yet.

          Vivo has no reason to mention. Same way Apple does not say imx803 is DP with masked pdaf.

          Imx858 is 2x2 too.



            So, in a nutshell: The X200pro brings the stellar 200MP, 1/1.4", close-focusing tele-camera, which alone makes this phone one of the most interesting cameraphones in the market, right now.
            Battery life is good, screen is great, performance is stellar.

            All of that makes the X200pro one of the hottest and most anticipated cameraphone-flagships. Global availability and price will determine how competitive it will be compared to upcoming phones in 2025 such as Galaxy S25, Xiaomi 15, Oppo Find X8, Honor Magic 7 etc.

            All in all, great job, Vivo, really well done!

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              • 27 Oct 2024

              PatDat, 27 Oct 2024Agree, I were hoping for vivo ultra or oppo ultra to get gl... moreX8u will be sold outside China.

                X100PROOWNER, 27 Oct 2024What a shame. That 1 inch sensor was part of their winning ... moreAgree, I were hoping for vivo ultra or oppo ultra to get global launch, but it seems it won't happen, so xiaomi ultra is last option.

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                  • 27 Oct 2024

                  What a shame. That 1 inch sensor was part of their winning formula. I have no hope for 200 Ultra having a global version option. I think Xiaomi’s 15 Ultra will be my next upgrade.

                    Thanks a lot for the sample photos of traditional scenes. Please always shoot the same scenes for the reviews.

                      Hopefully X200 Ultra will keep the 1 inch main sensor, as you can see in those photos size matters, and morever they will improve the ultrawide lens - with bigger sensor and wider field of view.
                      And the third thing is 24/25mp auto mode like in Oppo, Huawei, iPhones. It really makes details better.
                      For photography x100 Ultra > x200 Pro, even if x200 Pro is really cool.

                        Auguste, 26 Oct 2024Can’t wait for the Vivo X200 Pro Mini review, it literally ... moreCamera hardware on the Pixel 9 Pro is still superior overall (especially telephoto and ultrawide).

                        Wish we had a phone with Software and Camera from Pixel 9 Pro and rest of the hardware from Vivo X200 Pro Mini.

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                          • 27 Oct 2024

                          James Nana, 27 Oct 2024Pictures seem too saturated and colorful. Get that some peo... moreWish GSMArena use Natural profile instead of default Vivid color profile. There is Zeiss Natural Mode which will produce natural like color images. You can even set Sharpness and Saturation as well in camera settings.

                            Tmswm, 26 Oct 2024Have compared both yourself? I have them both here and reg... morei've seen full res sample shots from someone i know and those just aren't that polished from the X200 Mini. I'm not saying the Pixel 9 Pro is a huge step up or anything, im sure vivo might overtake the Pixel in some scenarios sure, but without the V3+ chip the dominance is not gonna be huge.

                            I didn't say this phone needed a better main cam to beat the Pixel, they're matched/the Vivo might win already, I just think that Vivo didn't have to nerf the phone so hard.

                              notafanboy, 26 Oct 2024Also apparently Vivo removed the ability to check whether y... morewoah man, sounds shady but like, if the calibration is right and the brightness is around 1500+ nits , does it matter?

                              and, you got the X200 Pro??? Should've waited for an Ultra man, don't think this is an upgrade from the X7 Ultra in terms of camera. Apart from long range zoom, the X7 Ultra is superior imo

                                Anonymous, 27 Oct 2024Because it was reduced from 100. Not because they think 9... moreThe Oneplus 12 and the X100 Pro both had 100W charging yet the OP12 charged significantly faster. It's not about the W certification, it's about how the manufacturer uses it, just like cameras or the chip performance.

                                  Eduard33, 27 Oct 2024And also look at the temps and the progress they've ma... moreand compared to the Find X8 Pro and Xiaomi 15 Pro, this is actually cool! Look at Xiaobai's review. This camera monster is only beaten/matched by the Oneplus 13! A performance/gaming centric phone. Vivo did an incredible job this year.

                                  Oh and Vivo's not THAT conservative, in real life gameplay they allow the chip to go as far as 48-49 degrees! Look at Xiaobai's review, that guy has a number of great videos, they're all chinese with no translations so i just looked at the graphs lol

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                                    • 27 Oct 2024

                                    The most important specs for the image quality of distant objects are: pixels per angle, effective lens diameter and color filter array
                                    The Vivo X200 Pro and Vivo X100 Ultra offer more pixels per angle (when analog binning isn't used) than any smartphone camera and they also have the largest effective lens diameter of all smartphone cameras, though I don't know whether you can always use manual exposure settings without binning for the dng files.

                                    Here is a list with the relative maximum number of pixels per angle of certain cameras (approximately) (dual pixels are counted as one pixel):

                                    128457% Extremely Large Telescope in the visible spectrum (not built yet)
                                    20553% Hubble Space Telescope from 2002 till January 2007
                                    995% Nikon P1000 B
                                    268% Panasonic Zs80D B
                                    100% BBK Vivo X100 Ultra, X200 Pro Q²B
                                    91% Samsung Galaxy K Zoom B
                                    80% Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom B
                                    80% BBK Oppo X7 Ultra QB
                                    69% Xiaomi 14 Ultra QB
                                    68% Google Pixel 7 Pro QB
                                    66% Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra QB
                                    64.1% Google Pixel 8 Pro QB
                                    63.7% Google Pixel 9 Pro 50MP mode QB
                                    62% Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra B
                                    60% Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra B
                                    59% BBK Vivo X100 Pro QB
                                    59% Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ B
                                    53% Huawei Pura 70 Ultra QBY?QB
                                    52% Huawei P60 Pro QBY
                                    47% Sony Xperia 1 VI B
                                    47% Lenovo Motorola Edge 50 Ultra QB
                                    47% BBK Oppo Find N3 QB
                                    35% Apple iPhone 16 Pro, 15 Pro Max B
                                    34% Honor Magic6 Pro QB*
                                    32% Google Pixel 9 Pro B*
                                    30% Google Pixel 6 Pro B*
                                    30% Huawei P30 Pro B
                                    25% Asus Zenfone Zoom B
                                    22% Apple iPhone 15 Pro B
                                    16% Apple iPhone 7 Plus B
                                    15% Apple iPhone 16, iPhone 15 QB
                                    13% Nokia Lumia 1020 B
                                    7.5% Apple iPhone 14 B

                                    B= Bayer color filter array
                                    QB= Quad Bayer color filter array (apparently without Quad Pixel autofocus here), can produce noticeably worse results than Bayer, when the number of pixels per angle is the same
                                    QBY= Quad Bayer color filter array with yellow pixels and apparently without Quad Pixel autofocus here
                                    Q²B= Tetra²pixel color filter array (with or without Quad Pixel autofocus, not always known), should perform worse than Quad Bayer, when the number of pixels per angle is the same
                                    *= The Pixel 6 Pro actually has a value of 59.2% QB and the Pixel 9 Pro actually has 63.7% QB, but in contrast to the 7 Pro and 8 Pro, they always use analog pixel binning, which leads to 29.6% B for the 6 Pro and 32% B for the 9 Pro, though the 9 Pro offers at least a 50 megapixel mode where no binning is used.
                                    The Honor Magic6 Pro actually has 68.4% Q²B, but it seems to always use at least 4-1 binning, which leads to 34% QB.
                                    Possibly, there are other phones in this list with the same behavior (then the value would be only half as high).

                                    And here is a list with the corresponding maximum effective diameter of the objective:

                                    39300mm Extremely Large Telescope (not built yet)
                                    2400mm Hubble Space Telescope
                                    67.4mm Nikon P1000
                                    20.2mm Panasonic Zs80D
                                    8.42mm BBK Vivo X100 Ultra, X200 Pro
                                    7.76mm Xiaomi 14 Ultra
                                    7.14mm Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
                                    6.98mm Samsung Galaxy K Zoom
                                    6.93mm Huawei P60 Pro
                                    6.83mm Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
                                    6.63mm BBK Vivo X100 Pro
                                    6.53mm Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
                                    6.43mm Google Pixel 8 Pro
                                    6.40mm Google Pixel 9 Pro
                                    6.24mm Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
                                    5.92mm Honor Magic6 Pro
                                    5.59mm Apple iPhone 16 Pro, 15 Pro Max
                                    5.55mm Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
                                    5.54mm Lenovo Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
                                    5.47mm Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
                                    5.43mm Sony Xperia 1 VI
                                    5.43mm Google Pixel 7 Pro
                                    5.20mm BBK Oppo X7 Ultra
                                    5.18mm Sony Xperia 1 V
                                    5.12mm BBK Oppo Find N3
                                    4.25mm Huawei P30 Pro
                                    3.21mm Apple iPhone 15 Pro
                                    2.38mm Asus Zenfone Zoom

                                    The larger the effective diameter
                                    1. the more light from a distant object is captured per exposure time
                                    2. the better is the maximum theoretical resolution of the lens regarding distant objects due to diffraction
                                    3. the blurrier are the background objects, therefore, the periscope camera of the Vivo X100 Ultra, X200 Pro should also perform quite well for 85mm portraits

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                                      Anonymous, 26 Oct 2024Plus up to 7 years of updates.. Beats every Chinese brand o... more7 years not necessarily, because the phone will broken in 2-3 years. With awful costumers serivice

                                        Pictures seem too saturated and colorful. Get that some people may like it though but not my thing.

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