2024 began off effectively for vivo, which settled its longstanding patent points with Nokia, clearing its option to promote telephones in Western markets.
Nonetheless, its finest cellphone of the 12 months did not attain markets exterior of China.
Winner and loser: vivo X100 Extremely
The vivo X100 Extremely might very effectively be the perfect cameraphone in 2024. It has an excellent 50MP 1-inch kind major wide-angle digicam, and an amazing ultrawide and selfie up entrance. However its 85mm f/2.7 zoom digicam, backed by a 200MP imager roughly the dimensions of the S24 Extremely’s major digicam is actually world-class.
The vivo X100 Extremely can also be fairly, brimming with high-end tech, and a contender for the perfect display screen in a cellphone.
However the almighty Extremely did not attain the worldwide stage, which meant individuals exterior of China couldn’t expertise all that greatness.
Winners: vivo V40 and V40 Professional
The vivo V40 and V40 Professional are exemplary upper-midrange telephones. Sure, they’re costlier than their rivals, however they justify it with higher digicam techniques (particularly the Professional) highlighted by an superior 50MP 21mm f/2.0 selfie digicam with AF.
Each telephones have huge 5,500mAh batteries with 80W charging and IP68/IP69 mud/water resistance.
vivo V40
vivo V40 Professional
Winners: vivo X200, X200 Professional, X200 Professional mini
The vivo X200 collection arrived in direction of the top of 2024 with nice all-around specs. All three have the potent and succesful 3nm Dimensity 9400 chipset, triple digicam techniques with wonderful zoom cameras, IP68/69 resistance to water and dirt, and massive 6,000mAh (Professional), 5,700 (Professional mini), and 5,800 (common) batteries with 90W charging.
The vivo X200 Professional and X200 at the moment are accessible globally, whereas the X200 Professional mini, sadly, will stay a China unique.
vivo X200 Professional
vivo X200
Winner: vivo X Fold3 Professional
The vivo X Fold3 Professional was the primary actually skinny and lightweight book-style foldable with nice cameras when it arrived in March. Later, in the summertime, it started promoting exterior of China.
The X Fold3 Professional might very effectively be the perfect folding cellphone in 2024. Many would think about the Honor Magic V3 worthy of that title, however the vivo X Fold3 Professional has greater shows, a notably greater battery with a lot sooner charging, ultrasonic fingerprint scanners on each screens and higher cameras.
The vivo X Fold3 Professional can also be solely 236g and has IPX8 water resistance. There’s actually nothing extra one may ask from a folding cellphone in 2024.
vivo X Fold3 Professional
Loser: iQOO 13
The iQOO 13 is a superb cellphone and one of the crucial inexpensive Snapdragon 8 Elite fashions on sale right now. So why did we label it a loser? It is a notable step down in digicam {hardware} and efficiency in comparison with its predecessor. The iQOO 12 had a much bigger sensor major digicam and a longer-reaching zoom with a much bigger sensor of its personal. To not point out the previous 3x zoom may do closeup focusing, whereas this 12 months’s 2x can’t.
A cellphone ought to enhance on its predecessor’s show, efficiency, battery life, and digicam high quality – the iQOO 13 skips that final half.
vivo iQOO 13
Nonetheless, it was a really optimistic 12 months for vivo. And we anticipate 2025 to be simply as optimistic. Nevertheless, it seems to be just like the vivo X200 Extremely, which is shaping as much as be a equally succesful cameraphone to its predecessor, to proceed its China exclusivity.
We’ll have to attend and see however you may be positive GSMArena shall be right here, testing all the good telephones coming in 2025. Keep tuned!
