vivo X60 Pro+ review

Video recording

The vivo X60 Pro+ records video up to 8K30 with its main camera. The 2x tele is capped at 1080p 30fps, though up to 4K60 options are available at the 2x zoom level, only those come from the main camera. The 5x tele maxes out at 1080p 30fps, too, and no direct 5x toggle is available at higher resolution settings, though you could pinch to zoom if you insist. The ultrawide camera, meanwhile, maxes out at 4K60.

8K footage (bitrate is around 105Mbps) at 1x zoom level comes with a significant crop compared to the native field of view. Quality isn't spectacular given the nature of the sensor that's capturing it. Having said that, the X60 Pro+ clips are typically sharper and cleaner than the ones out of the Galaxy S21+ and about on par with the OnePlus 9 Pro's results. Dynamic range is pretty limited, though colors are accurate.

8K at the 2x zoom zoom level is visibly upscaled and is quite blocky, plus it has some heavy sharpening applied to compensate.

4K30 from the primary camera (50Mbps) at 1x zoom level is sharp and detailed. Colors are a little warmer than the 8K capture and conversely warmer than real life, but not disturbingly so. Dynamic range, however, is too narrow for our liking.

4K at 2x zoom has the same global properties as 1x, which is logical - it is coming from the main camera, after all. So on a pixel level, you'd be looking at similar oversharpened upscaled footage.

The 5x zoom camera takes very nice 1080p 30fps clips. For what it's worth, detail is about as good as on the Galaxy Note20 Ultra in 1080p at 5x, which is high praise. Then again, the Galaxy can also do 4K at that zoom level, while the vivo can't.

The ultrawide camera's 4K30 capture is very detailed if a little noisy. Dynamic range remains an issue, and you'd be losing detail in both extremes, but more notably in the shadows.

Standard stabilization is available on all cameras in all resolutions and frame rates. That's in contrast to the 'Ultra stable' mode, which locks you into 1080p 60fps and limits your zoom levels to 0.6x and 1x (each captured by the respective camera). Mind you, that second tier of stabilization is called 'Super anti-shake' on the vivo X60 Pro (non-plus), here the name is different.

Standard stabilization at 1x zoom is excellent at maintaining stability when the phone is pointed in one direction, and it also executes pans smoothly. Some shake does make it to the videos if you're recording while walking.

Whether thanks to the gimbal or simply because of the wider focal length (likely the combination of both), the ultrawide's footage doesn't have those walking shakes and is essentially flawless.

The 5x zoom stabilization isn't quite as remarkable, but it's still a lot better than none at all.

The Ultra stable mode on the ultrawide cam is very capable of ironing out shake even from running, so it's particularly well suited to action video capture, the 60fps frame rate helps with that look as well.

The Ultra stable mode is nowhere as good on the 1x main camera.

Here's a glimpse of how the vivo X60 Pro+ compares to rivals in our Video compare tool. Head over there for the complete picture.

vivo X60 Pro+ against the Galaxy S21+ and the OnePlus 9 Pro in our Video compare tool