vivo X200 Pro (Global) review

08 January 2025


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Nick Tegrataker, 27 Oct 2024I would wait and see how RAW images from both sensors to pe... moreThere is a separate mode for that on Vivo though. It doesn't make any adjustment at all for motion in automatic mode. They have a separate mode for snapshots where they will adjust the shutter speed for moving subjects (Vivo's implementation works really well for this BTW). They will both shoot with pretty similar shutter speeds in lowlight in auto mode as you need to enter the special mode for moving subjects. ZPH has a good comparison between the the three models with English subtitles on YT. With nightmode on though there is very little difference between all 3

    Aierlan, 27 Oct 2024I don't think the LYT-818 can match the imx989 at all ... moreI would wait and see how RAW images from both sensors to perform at the same ISO settings to be sure. If X200 Pro was tuned to capture subjects with a lot of motions (= prioritise faster shutter speed) then it would be natural that it fares worse without night mode, and I know all the Chinese manufacturers have been focusing a ton on turning the phone cameras into a perfect snap camera, i.e. A "You will never miss a moment" type of camera.

      50MP mode photos on the main camera are looking much better than the normal 12.5MP ones. (it should be soft!)

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        PaxLucis, 26 Oct 2024What a cheap, ugly looking rear camera design! Looks like a... morei think the best stove design award would go to iPhone. it's the best looking stove ever :D

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          Bravemars, 27 Oct 2024Thank you Vivo for not making me crave for a new phone to r... moremay b 200 ultra ?

            Nick Tegrataker, 27 Oct 2024Sony never mentioned that LYT-818 uses 2x2 OCL, though - It... moreI don't think the LYT-818 can match the imx989 at all though in terms of raw sensor performance for photos. It's particularly noticeable in very lowlight situations if you compare with the night mode off. There is an absolutely huge gap in image quality. They're claiming it is better for video though which may be true. I have seen a few people claim it's using 2x2ocl in China but can't seem to find any official information on this. Definitely the 2x crop is behind the imx989 though

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              Anonymous, 27 Oct 2024Although the reviewer likes the "pop" of the colo... moreyeah. look disgusting. i always use Zeiss Natural with -20 sharpness, -10 saturation on main cam. and sharpness 0 on telephoto

                Anonymous, 26 Oct 20242x2 OCL is less effective for digital zoom compared to 2x1 ... moreSony never mentioned that LYT-818 uses 2x2 OCL, though - It seems like Vivo simply increased the amount of sharpening from its predecessors, as when it comes to resolving small patterns or texts, X200 Pro is faring pretty well against X100 Ultra. If it had been a 2x2 OCL design the level of detail retention would've been a LOT worse.

                I don't know why Vivo had to do this, these images exhibit a bit of an oil painting effect and I feel they could've turned down the noise reduction quite a bit yet they could've made them completely noise-free still.
                X100 Ultra's main camera really stomps that of X200 Pro in almost every situation, which makes sense because LYT-818 competes with IMX989 image quality wise, not with the newer LYT-900.

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                  • 27 Oct 2024

                  Although the reviewer likes the "pop" of the colour, it's too over the top for my taste, but there's no mention of a choice of a more natural mode.

                    It's unfortunate that Vivo refuses to disclose thee type of display glass used, especially for their premium phones. Almost all other Android brands disclose it. It'a a dealbreaker for me.

                      Eduard33, 27 Oct 2024x200 pro is not a successor to the x100 ultra but the pro. ...and in many ways it feels like a downgrade. I'm happily keeping my 100 Pro for this phones season.

                        Thank you Vivo for not making me crave for a new phone to replace my beloved X100 Pro. In many ways, I just think the 200 is not as good.

                          jiyen235, 26 Oct 2024And it seems BOE put their money where their mouth is this ... moreAnd also look at the temps and the progress they've made. I remember phones with the 8 gen 2 had to get up to 50C+ to maintain high stability. Vivo is one of them, the x90 pro+ would get great stability at the cost of getting pretty toasty even with a way less powerful chip than this.

                          Vivo could have easily achieved better stability with this if they let it run a little bit hotter as 43C is actually pretty conservative, in line with what Samsung usually does. So yeah, great progress has been made

                            Inedian, 26 Oct 2024X100 Ultra is a stronger cameraphone. I think X200 Pro wasn... morex200 pro is not a successor to the x100 ultra but the pro.

                              Anonymous, 26 Oct 2024550 nits of sustainable brightness? This has to be a mistak... moreIt's manual brightness, not sustained one. It can probably sustain more than that but only on auto brightness, which on the one hand is pretty logical because the only times you're gonna need more than that is when you're under the sun and auto brightness is already a must

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                                jiyen235, 26 Oct 2024this phone charges faster with a 6000 mah battery.... the s... moreBecause it was reduced from 100.
                                Not because they think 90 is slow.

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                                  Look at yourself. Talking about the design like it would be anything important.

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                                    Shamrock Sean, 26 Oct 2024Apple and design language?? 🤣 Hilarious it's the most ... moreSimplicity is beauty and obviously, you don't know that.

                                      PaxLucis, 26 Oct 2024What a cheap, ugly looking rear camera design! Looks like a... moreApple and design language?? 🤣 Hilarious it's the most boring design ever

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                                        PaxLucis, 26 Oct 2024What a cheap, ugly looking rear camera design! Looks like a... moreAh yes, gas stove with three bumps in triangle

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