vivo S30
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- Snelle
- Ibx
- 23 Aug 2025
yeetdom101, 22 Jul 2025for daily usage, its fine but i would strongly recommend yo... moreTrue that..................i just checked Lyca frequencies USA and they allow much more cell models on their network than any other mobile carriers in the US. I eventually ordered a Poco M6 4G mainly because i can get it by Tomorrow as my Redmi 10 C is crashing and because of the Xiaomi OS which i am familiar with and ease of use such as sharing an apk installed from the screen etc. I know the Poco has bad cameras but maybe i can improve on its output by using other camera apks like Silent , Footej, S10 etc camera apks. The Poco is just for now until i have time to get a proper Vivo flagship for better OS and camera quality.
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- jerem06
- 3g5
- 05 Aug 2025
yeetdom101, 05 Aug 2025true. i guess you can crop into 6x and get decent resultsYou can even try the x2 or x2.9 zoom without using the optical zoom which requires a long focusing distance.
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- yeetdom101
- dSV
- 05 Aug 2025
jerem06, 05 Aug 2025With a 6x, 10x or 12.9x zoom you should be able to take nic... moretrue. i guess you can crop into 6x and get decent results
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- jerem06
- 0tM
- 05 Aug 2025
yeetdom101, 01 Aug 2025main reason: m-shaped telephoto. while the general quality ... moreWith a 6x, 10x or 12.9x zoom you should be able to take nice macro photos even at 40-50cm distance
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- yeetdom101
- dSW
- 01 Aug 2025
Snelle, 01 Aug 2025Care to expound ?main reason: m-shaped telephoto. while the general quality is very good (even up to 10x), the minimum focus distance is horrible. you need to be like 50cm away from the subject in order to get a picture in focus. i didn't realise it would be a dealbreaker until i got the phone and used it, but it basically rules out close-up photography (note that the ultrawide lacks autofocus as well)
the haptics are trash as well. muddy-sounding coin vibration motor 😔 also they disabled all real-time blur effects in the os (i guess snapdragon 7 gen 4 is too weak for that 💀). its a shame because the phone actually has amazing battery life, fairly decent speakers and a comfortable design
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- Snelle
- Ibx
- 01 Aug 2025
yeetdom101, 28 Jul 2025yeah i'm ngl i immediately sold this phone lmao. i... moreCare to expound ?
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- yeetdom101
- dSW
- 28 Jul 2025
yeetdom101, 21 Jul 2025just received this phone today. setting it up and will give... moreyeah i'm ngl i immediately sold this phone lmao. i'll elaborate on why later
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- yeetdom101
- dSW
- 26 Jul 2025
Snelle, 25 Jul 2025Hi , yes i know but thank you for saying so. I did check th... morefair enough. if you really want to go for the x200 fe, its not the worst option in terms of compatibility i guess
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- Snelle
- Ibx
- 25 Jul 2025
yeetdom101, 22 Jul 2025for daily usage, its fine but i would strongly recommend yo... moreHi , yes i know but thank you for saying so. I did check the compatibility bands on Kimovil and saw that and was hesitant to import it. I did see however on Reddit that a number of Vivo X 200 series cell phones are being used on USA telcoms networks just fine with Verizion and TMobile being ok to use on whilst At&T being problematic.
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- yeetdom101
- dSW
- 22 Jul 2025
Snelle, 22 Jul 2025Due to you mentioning Pinduoduo i did whole Youtube researc... morefor daily usage, its fine but i would strongly recommend you NOT buy this phone. it has poor compatibility with all us networks
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- Snelle
- Iby
- 22 Jul 2025
yeetdom101, 21 Jul 2025just received this phone today. setting it up and will give... moreDue to you mentioning Pinduoduo i did whole Youtube research on that online seller. What i learned is that while i can set up an account using international bank cards and shop on the site ; they do not ship to the USA . So i still have to use a shipping agent. The S30 looks just like the S30 Pro Mini which i wanted to import but 1 Network band will work in the USA 1700/2100 4G which i may not have connection with during travels in the US. Even the international version the X200 FE i am uncertain about the Network band. I really do like Vivo cell phones and am looking to move from Xiaomi . I currently own a Redmi 10 C which while not a USA cell works fine country wide using Lyca Mobile. I am very intrested in your opions of the S30 daily use.
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- yeetdom101
- dSW
- 21 Jul 2025
just received this phone today. setting it up and will give my impression after a week of use
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- yeetdom101
- dSV
- 15 Jul 2025
icangkamil, 08 Jul 2025is it the end of aura light?this phone has both the aura light on the back, as well as dual front-facing led flashes. you can adjust the color temperature of all of them
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- yeetdom101
- dSW
- 10 Jul 2025
have this coming in the mail. bought it from pinduoduo for just under 2300 yuan (around 320 us dollars)
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- Saya anomali
- sEC
- 14 Jun 2025
Ufs 2.2 again? Can't mid-range Vivo use Ufs 3.1? Very loyal feeling with UFS 2.2
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- Josh808
- Nks
- 07 Jun 2025
Just upgrade the storage to UFS 3.1 and use Zeiss optics and processing then release it globally under the V series (V60 maybe) and congrats! you've made the best midrange phone of the year.
Edit: Also change the crappy 8MP UW camera to at least a 12MP sensor that's a bit bigger, can shoot 4K videos.
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- Loller
- PI8
- 30 May 2025
Anonymous, 29 May 2025Missing important SD card slot.Keep dreaming.
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
- 30 May 2025
Actually quite a decent phone.
Ofc there are always compromises with midrangers, but the unique thing with this phone is that the camera's 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 the compromise. Usually that's the case with most midrangers, but nope vivo chose to equip it with decent sensors, let alone equip it with a telephoto.
Interestingly, they chose to compromise on the storage instead, using outdated UFS 2.2. I mean, that's bad, but trading slower storage for a good telephoto? Sounds like a fair tradeoff.