vivo just announced its flagship X50
family of smartphones - the vivo X50, X50 Pro and X50 Pro+. The last two are
defined by the exceptional photography capabilities, while the first one is the
slimmest 5G phone to date.
The vivo X50 Pro+ is the first phone to
pack Samsung's brand new 50MP ISOCELL GN1 1/1.3" sensor. It's the first to
combine the ISOCELL and Tetracell and it can do 12.5MP stills in binned mode
with huge 2.4µm pixels. The company says that in combination with the motion
deblur algorithm and continuous focus tracking make the videos and stills look
amazing at night. Speaking of night, all X50 handsets support Super Night Mode
and Astro Mode for clear pictures of the night sky.
A periscope zoom camera promises up to 60x
hybrid zoom called Hyper Zoom. The camera itself has an 8MP sensor and F/3.0
lens with around 5x optical magnification (135mm). There's also an 8MP
ultrawide snapper with 120-degrees field of view that can also be used for
macro shots since the camera is capable of autofocusing just 2.5cm away from
the subject. The fourth 13MP f/2.5 unit is a dedicated portrait camera and
judging by the focal length, it offers 2x optical zoom so you don't have to get
in the face of the subject.. Beyond photography we are looking at a 6.56"
OLED display and a Snapdragon 865 chipset. The Pro+ runs Funtouch OS 10.5 on
top of Android 10.
The X50 Pro has another exciting camera
setup - where the main camera has a gimbal-style stabilization that promises to
deliver videos more stable than any of its competitors. It packs a slightly
less impressive 48MP sensor - the Sony IMX598 - but offers a faster f/1.6
aperture. The gimbal system that extends the rotation angle and anti-shake area
significantly compared to the standard OIS systems nowadays. The other three
cameras are almost identical with the small exception of the periscope module
offering slightly slower f/3.4 aperture. And the selfie cam is 32MP with f/2.5
aperture.
While the X50 Pro shares the extremely
curved OLED of 1080 x 2376px resolution with built-in fingerprint sensor, it
comes with a Snapdragon 765G chipset. A 4,315 mAh battery keeps the lights on
and supports 33W fast charging with the charger in the box. While not
explicitly confirmed we believe the Pro+ has the exact same battery capacity
and charging speeds.
The vanilla X50 misses on the gimbal
stabilization and the periscope zoom and has design as its key selling point.
In fact the vanilla vivo X50 is the thinnest 5G phone measuring just 7.49mm. It
too runs on the Snapdragon 765G chipset and packs a 6.56-inch AMOLED of the
same resolution as its siblings, only this time the panel is flat. The
punch-hole houses a 32MP camera just like on the X50 Pro and X50 Pro+. There's
the smallest of differences in the aperture - the X50 has an F/2.48 lens vs
F/2.45 for the Pro phones.
Around the back you get the same 48MP
sensor with f/1.6 aperture as on the X50 Pro but it uses standard OIS instead
of the advanced solution on the more premium phone. The ultrawide and the 13MP
"short" telephoto cameras remain the same. The juice is provided by a
4,200 mAh battery that can be charged at 33W with the included charging brick.
The vanilla vivo X50 is available in
8GB/128GB version for CNY 3,498 (US$ 490) and 8GB/256GB at CNY 3,898 (US$ 550). It's
sales begin on June 6 and available colors are Black, Pink and Blue The vivo
X50 Pro is offered in Black and Blue with the same two memory variants -
8GB/128GB for CNY 4,298 (US$ 600) and 8GB/256GB costing CNY 4,698 (US$ 660). Sales for
that one start on June 12.
The pricier X50 Pro+, on the other hand,
has an additional 12GB/256GB variant selling for CNY 5,998 (US$ 840) while the
128GB and the 256GB will set you back for CNY 4,998 (US$ 700) and CNY 5,498 (US$ 770),
respectively. Actual availability is coming in July.
