If you pay attention to mobile photography, it must be right to expect updates on vivo X digital series mobile phones every year.
For me, this feeling every year starts with receiving an invitation from the vivo X digital series launch. This year's X80 series of a "film", but also let me feel the new year of the image Android flagship mobile phone controversy, has been slowly opened.
In fact, the imaging capability of mobile phones is a slightly "ancient" topic, and the war on the imaging capabilities of the mobile phone circle has been fought many rounds: the earliest number of cameras, the dispute over the synthesis method, and later after the hardware was piled up, it ushered in computational photography, and a single camera can also be optimized to match the effect of multiple cameras, and later manufacturers began to start with smaller components in the lens, and the competition was broken up and recombined.
However, in the past two years, mobile photography has taken on a new vitality. On the one hand, mobile phone manufacturers in the software image algorithm adjustment is becoming more and more mature, began to develop into the field of artistic concepts; in addition, the real hard technology strength of mobile phone manufacturers have begun to iterate in the hardware field, burying their heads in the chip layer. This has brought a new change to mobile photography.
Therefore, I have always been full of praise for the vivo X70 series. There are many factors that look forward to the vivo X80 series, but from my personal point of view: the previous generation of vivo X70 Pro+ is already one of the few mobile phone manufacturers in China that can put their accumulated imaging capabilities on the self-developed chip. This time, vivo X80 series went a step further, not only through hardware-level computational photography, improve night shooting, noise reduction and video capabilities in the polar night environment, the newly upgraded V1+ chip is leading the standard of the second generation of dual-core flagships, not only in the original image level of the re-evolution, but also breakthrough in the field of performance and display, more powerful support for game and video visual experience, including low-power 120FPS game superframe, HDR unique ultra-clear and so on.
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At the same time, vivo V1+ will be compatible with all flagship SoCs on the market and can be released to more mainstream platforms.
In a broader sense, the launch of the vivo X80 series is another big step in vivo's self-developed imaging capabilities. If only from the personal experience, it is also a more perfect Android flagship mobile phone that meets the aiming image capabilities of humanistic street shooting and portrait photography.
The birth of the "core" image flagship
I have never worried about the artistic evolution of vivo in appearance design in the past two years, especially after the flagship folding screen vivo X Fold was handed over the first two days, presumably as the flagship product of the X digital series, there will be commonalities between the two from the design heritage and artistic concept.
Nowadays, the front of the mobile phone is full of screens, which has become the same. The back cover design has become the main position to distinguish the design styles of various companies, especially as a flagship product that focuses on images, many people pay attention to the module design on the back shell.
When I first held the vivo X80 Pro in my hand, it was still the familiar small blue label, and the dazzling red colored T* coating, which had one less small gold ring than the vivo X Fold, and the position of the vivo X70 Pro+ camera module of the previous generation had also changed greatly.
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Vivo 70 Pro+ adopts the artistic concept of stitching, the left side is all stuffed with camera modules, and the right side clears a ceramic cloud window, emphasizing symmetry, and bringing a double-sided style collision with the double contrast of visual and tactile. After coming to vivo X80 Pro, the "Fangyuan Realm" new art concept used on the vivo X Fold is also renewed, but if you look closely, the square ceramic film and the circular camera module float above the cloud steps, which is actually the design that the vivo X series has been inheriting. In terms of art design, there is a "hybrid" style of expression.
In the choice of materials for the rear shell, it is still the more familiar two configurations of fluorite AG and high-end plain leather. However, although I prefer black on the flagship folding vivo X Fold, the X digital series, I have personally always preferred to use the "Journey" color of the "Hermès Orange" material material.
Of course, no matter how well the lens shape is designed, it is not as good as it is actually used to be used more refreshingly. We can take a look at the camera module parameters of the vivo X80 Pro:
5000W pixel exclusive custom GNV oversized primer, 1/1.3-inch light-sensitive area, f1.57 lens aperture, OIS optical image stabilization, 1G+6P lens combination
4800W pixel ultra-wide angle lens, IMX598 sensor, 1/2 inch photosensitive area, f2.2 lens aperture
1200W pixel ZEISS portrait micro-gimbal, IMX663 sensor, f1.85 lens aperture, 1.22μm single pixel size, next-generation micro-gimbal
800W pixel periscope ultra telephoto, OIS optical image stabilization, 5x optical zoom
Compared with vivo X70 Pro+, you will find several changes:
First, the 5000W pixel GN1 super-large-bottom main camera was replaced by a more aggressive and exclusive custom GNV super-large-bottom main camera. According to the understanding of pin play, GNV is an exclusive sensor customized by vivo and Samsung, and is currently specially supplied to vivo. Compared with GN1, it is mainly to improve the chip reflectivity, reduce stray light, and customize the CFA to improve the light intake capacity; in addition, improve the chip start setting, which can start the chip at a faster speed. Especially with vivo's V1+ chip, it achieves a better night view video effect.
Compared with the X70 series equipped with V1 chip, the effect of "mobile phone night vision" is stronger in addition to the X80 series in the front lens and wide-angle lens to achieve real-time black light night vision function, real-time to obtain a brightening and noise reduction effect.
The picture is compressed and performs very well in both clarity and brightness Image source: Pin Play Edit Shot
Second, the micro-gimbal technology was changed to the portrait lens. In fact, one of the reasons I personally prefer the vivo X digital series is that the X50 series generation began to add portrait lenses. For vivo, the long track of portraits has always been insistent, so the micro-gimbal can meet the faster portrait capture scenes in addition to "posing", and the ability to capture the movement of the characters is improved. Combined with the setting of chip fast start, the vivo X80 Pro becomes a "quick clapper".
For a "street shooter" like me who prefers to take pictures on the go, taking into account portraits and humanities, the vivo X80 Pro makes it easier and happier to focus, shoot and image quickly.
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Of course, there is more important, some evolution of vivo's self-developed V1+ chip. Previously, pin play also introduced, V1 chip in the X70 series is mainly in the field of enhanced image functions, through hardware-level computational photography, improve the night shooting in the polar night environment, noise reduction and video capabilities, practical use, in the whole process of shooting and preview, it is very good for the video itself details and brightness improvement performance.
The newly upgraded V1+ sensor of the X80 series seems to be not only aimed at the field of shooting - the re-evolution of the original image field, but also the release of unique performance and display capabilities. Functionally, the V1+ chip realizes low-power completion of the game 120FPS dual-core superframe, and can also run at a long frame stability, and also greatly enhances the effect of video and game HDR under low power consumption.
Talk is cheap,show me the photo:
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Complex multi-light scene sample Image source: Play copyright gallery
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Extremely dark light source scene performance, night scene mode Image source: Pin play edit shooting
The most intuitive manifestation of ZEISS T* coatings is the imaging ability to confront bright light head-on. Especially in night scenes, light sources such as street lights are mixed with complex ambient light, which is difficult to deal with in general mobile phone photography, and finally presents glare and ghosts from various angles. In actual tests, the performance of vivo X80 Pro's anti-glare ability is still very good.
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Since the X60 began the in-depth joint venture between vivo and ZEISS, this is already the third generation of joint research and development cooperation between vivo and ZEISS, and on the X80 series, vivo and ZEISS global imaging strategic cooperation has been further upgraded. On the device, the X80 series full lens is equipped with ZEISS optical lens and ZEISS T* coating, which further improves the quality of the lens and leads the innovation of optical devices. Algorithmically, the X80 series has the algorithm blessing of ZEISS natural color, primary color ultra-pure night scene, 107 layer deep convolution algorithm and other algorithms covering the whole scene. Functionally, the new ZEISS portrait lens package in the X80 series has added a ZEISS Cinematic style bokeh, simulating the blue glare effect of ZEISS cinema lenses.
Above the image
However, the previous introduction is the upgrade performance brought by the vivo X80 Pro. In fact, on this generation of X80 series, a major feature of vivo's self-developed chip V1+ is to support multi-platform architecture, such as vivo X80 support for self-developed V1+ with MediaTek Tianji 9000 version.
On the left is vivo X80, on the right is vivo X80 Pro Image Source: Pin Play Edit Shooting
So, there is also a new definition of a "twin-core" flagship. Many products on the market call themselves dual-core flagships, but the vivo V1+ chip leads the new standard of the second generation of dual-core flagships. At the adaptation level, vivo self-research investment is earlier, the tuning ability is better, and vivo V1+ is compatible with the mainstream flagship SoC (Qualcomm/Samsung/MTK) in the market.
At the functional level, vivo V1+ not only evolves again at the original image level, but also extends the application field to the performance and display fields, supporting game and video visual experience.
The X80 series can take advantage of the self-developed chip V1+ to insert 60 frames of games to 120 frames and 45 frames of games to 90 frames. Different from the normal high frame mode, V1+ takes advantage of its low power consumption to achieve lower power game interpolation, making high-frame games run more durable.
This means that vivo X80 series mobile phones are not just an image of the "partial student", from the image ability does not pick the chip, to support the image of the game, taking into account the power consumption, V1 + chip also allows vivo in the field of mobile phone imaging can be its own faction, from a business point of view, it seems to be a more flexible market strategy.
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Of course, from the perspective of "shooting", I think that only hardware and software are not enough.
We have entered the era of national photography, and using mobile phones for photography has become the norm. Photography is essentially an expression of humanistic perspective, is an art form, the operation of mobile phone photography can be theorized and professionalized, but for this art, the whole workflow of doing a good job of imaging is only the foundation, and enjoying the shooting itself is another topic for carrying forward mobile phone photography works.
Everything that belongs to the machine happens instantly at the moment the shooting button is pressed.
But photography is more concerned with the idea behind the lens. I think from vivo's point of view, it has ambitions to achieve a greater image brand. Whether it is from the vivo VISION+ mobile phone photography competition held in conjunction with National Geographic, or with ZEISS on the occasion of the 175th anniversary, to convey the joy of humanity and talk with them about the "art of light" of moving video, it is vivo's vision of recording beauty, expressing itself and transmitting emotions in the era of moving image. This is also another dimension of vivo's imaging capabilities.
The price of this product is: vivo X80 8GB+128GB version, 8GB+256GB version, 12GB+256GB version and 12GB+512GB version are priced at 3699 yuan, 3999 yuan, 4399 yuan and 4899 yuan, respectively. Vivo X80 Pro 8GB+256GB version, 12GB+256GB version and 12GB+512GB version are priced at 5499 yuan, 5999 yuan and 6699 yuan respectively.
Here are all the parameters of this product, the hardware is also full, not much to introduce:
Processor: The new generation of Snapdragon 8 Gen1 mobile platform (the test machine is Snapdragon 8 Gen1 version, and the Tianji 9000 version)
Self-developed chip: vivo V1+
Screen: 6.78 inch Samsung AMOLED 2K E5 super sense curved screen, LTPO free frame rate
Camera module: (front)32 million pixels
(Rear) 5000W pixel exclusive custom GNV ultra-large primer, 1/1.3-inch sensor area, f1.57 lens aperture, OIS optical image stabilization, 1G+6P lens combination; 4800W pixel ultra-wide angle lens, IMX598 sensor, 1/2-inch sensor, f2.2 lens aperture; 1200W pixel ZEISS portrait micro-gimbal, IMX663 sensor, f1.85 lens aperture, 1.22μm single-pixel size, new generation micro-gimbal 800W pixel periscope ultra-telephoto, OIS optical image stabilization, 5x optical zoom
Battery: 4700mAh, dual cell 80W wired flash charge, dual cell 50W wireless flash charge
Others: Support 3D large-area ultrasonic fingerprint, 27-layer VC liquid cooling heat dissipation, large-volume X-axis linear motor, independent HiFi chip, all-scenario NFC, stereo dual speakers, intelligent remote control, IP68-level waterproof and dustproof, USB 3.1, privacy and security, smart office, etc.