2024 began off properly for vivo, which settled its longstanding patent points with Nokia, clearing its approach to promote telephones in Western markets.
Nonetheless, its greatest telephone of the yr did not attain markets exterior of China.
Winner and loser: vivo X100 Extremely
The vivo X100 Extremely might very properly be one of the best cameraphone in 2024. It has an excellent 50MP 1-inch sort foremost wide-angle digicam, and a terrific ultrawide and selfie up entrance. However its 85mm f/2.7 zoom digicam, backed by a 200MP imager roughly the scale of the S24 Extremely’s foremost digicam is really world-class.
The vivo X100 Extremely can be fairly, brimming with high-end tech, and a contender for one of the best display screen in a telephone.
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 dearer than their rivals, however they justify it with higher digicam programs (particularly the Professional) highlighted by an superior 50MP 21mm f/2.0 selfie digicam with AF.
Each telephones have massive 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 sequence arrived in the direction of the top of 2024 with nice all-around specs. All three have the potent and succesful 3nm Dimensity 9400 chipset, triple digicam programs with glorious zoom cameras, IP68/69 resistance to water and mud, 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 light-weight 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 properly be one of the best folding telephone in 2024. Many would take into account the Honor Magic V3 worthy of that title, however the vivo X Fold3 Professional has larger shows, a notably larger battery with a lot quicker charging, ultrasonic fingerprint scanners on each screens and higher cameras.
The vivo X Fold3 Professional can be solely 236g and has IPX8 water resistance. There’s actually nothing extra one may ask from a folding telephone in 2024.
vivo X Fold3 Professional
Loser: iQOO 13
The iQOO 13 is a superb telephone and one of the vital reasonably priced Snapdragon 8 Elite fashions on sale immediately. 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 an even bigger sensor foremost digicam and a longer-reaching zoom with an even bigger sensor of its personal. To not point out the outdated 3x zoom may do closeup focusing, whereas this yr’s 2x can’t.
A telephone 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 yr for vivo. And we count on 2025 to be simply as optimistic. Nonetheless, 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 might be positive GSMArena shall be right here, testing all the nice telephones coming in 2025. Keep tuned!
