vivo X90 is a Zhong Cup flagship released at the end of November last year, and in the case of the continuous decline of the mobile phone market and the end of Double 11, just 4 hours after the release, it broke the 3.5-5K Jingdong & Tmall dual-platform full pre-sale record, and the full pre-sale volume reached nearly 3 times that of vivo X80 in the same period, and has been popular with consumers since then.
There is no other reason for all this, on the one hand, because the previous generation of vivo X80 series with strong product power makes vivo X series one of the most watched high-end flagships in the mobile phone market, and good user reputation has greatly increased the number of consumers holding vivo X90 series for purchase. On the other hand, because vivo X90 with a new design, Dimensity 9200 processor, self-developed chip V2, 120W fast charge and other six upgrade points firmly sits on the throne of the same price of product power, it can be called the benchmark of the flagship of the China Cup, and once again won the recognition of consumers.
After nearly four months, with the arrival of new machines of the same price such as Xiaomi 13, OnePlus 11, and Honor Magic5, everyone can't help but ask: Is vivo X90 still able to eat? Are there any other product advantages? Is it still worth buying?
As my favorite flagship model in the past six months, I will make a comprehensive experience report on vivo X90 from various angles such as appearance, screen, performance, gaming, fast charging, battery life, etc., hoping to give you some purchase reference.
1. vivo X90 series hardware configuration and product force analysis
vivo X90 was released in November last year, almost four months ago, so how is the product power of this model today? What other product advantages are there? Is it worth buying? Here, several competing models with the best comprehensive product power of the same price in the market are directly selected for comparison and reference.
First of all, let's take a look at the relative shortcomings of vivo X90, from the parameter table we can see that only vivo X90 does not have obvious green deficiencies, neither like some models do not support infrared remote control, nor Z-axis linear motor, has not been equipped with 66W wired fast charging and 4500mAh small battery.
If you really want to find it, in the eyes of the parameter party, it is estimated that it is still in the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 processor and LPDDR5 memory specifications, in fact, although the peak performance of this processor is slightly inferior to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen2, but the actual performance of the two is relatively close, and the difference in daily experience is not much, so there is no deficiency.
Secondly, let's take a look at the advantages of vivo X90 compared to new machines of the same price:
1, the appearance design should be more atmospheric and pleasing to the eye, vivo X90 appearance design can be called both inheritance and innovation, will not look slightly weird like some models, will not look without a sense of design, especially the later release of the confession color matching captured the hearts of countless girls.
2, the image strength is outstanding at the same price, vivo X90 front 32 million pixel selfie camera, rear 50 million pixel main camera (IMX866, OIS) + 12 million pixels ultra-wide angle + 12 million pixel portrait, equipped with Zeiss T* optical lens that can greatly reduce the glare and dispersion of the lens and vivo self-developed chip V2 with powerful computing power, has its own considerable advantages in portrait shooting, extremely low light imaging, color reproduction, night highlight suppression, anti-glare and other scenes. Compared with the high-end image flagship of five or six thousand yuan, it is one less telephoto lens, but it is very good in the price range of three or four thousand yuan.
3, the function configuration is very comprehensive, we can see that the overall configuration of vivo X90 is still very comprehensive, high-frequency PWM dimming eye protection screen, WiFi 6 enhanced version, dual speakers, dual-band GPS, NFC, infrared remote control, X-axis linear motor, 120W fast charging, 4810mAh battery and other functional configurations are available, but also support IP64 level waterproof and dustproof, in the same price can be said that the configuration can not find obvious gaps.
Finally, let's comprehensively judge the product power of vivo X90.
We need to pay attention to the fact that the comparison with vivo X90 here is the new machine with the strongest product power in the current market with a price of three or four thousand yuan, and there are many Dimensity 8200 models and Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 models that are compared with vivo X90 at this price point.
And even compared with the current market price of three or four thousand yuan product strength of the strongest several new machines, we can see vivo X90 still has its own very obvious advantages, such as photography, appearance, heat dissipation, waterproof, etc. are still outstanding, the product is very balanced.
So the conclusion is: nearly 4 months after its release, vivo X90 is still one of the models with the strongest comprehensive product power and the most worthy of purchase at the price of 3000-4000, especially suitable for consumers with high requirements for design, workmanship quality and photo experience.
Second, vivo X90 real machine use experience
1. Big eyes & ribbon cloud step appearance design, innovation and inheritance
vivo X90 has four colors of Chinese red, to black, ice blue, and confession, of which Huaxia red is a plain leather material back cover, and the other three are AG glass back covers, which at a glance feel that the color matching is obviously more advanced and atmospheric than the previous generation of design.
Although vivo X80's turquoise and orange-red colors are very vibrant, they are less calm and elegant than vivo X90's Chinese red, ice blue and confession.
Among the four colors, Huaxia red is warm and unrestrained, the color matching is bright but not dazzling, and the combination of lychee texture plain leather and ceramic waist line makes this model both national business and full of technology.
The classic supreme black is almost the standard equipment of every generation of vivo X series models, and it looks relatively low-key and calm from the rendering, but every time you feel the real machine, you will always be amazed by the delicate feel brought by its fluorite craftsmanship and the dazzling light under strong light.
The new color scheme of the confession released on the eve of Valentine's Day has captured the hearts of countless girls, and the purity brought by pure white AG glass is fascinating.
The one in my hand is ice blue, in a high-end light Morandi color, which looks elegant and gentle and healing, and has the same delicate feel as black and dazzling in bright light.
Many people are estimated to have difficulty choosing these four colors, because indeed each one is very beautiful and distinctive, such as I myself am very entangled in the three colors of Chinese red, ice blue and confession, and I want all three.
Then we take a closer look at the design of vivo X90 and find that its back cover is divided into two parts by a ribbon, the upper part is the camera module area, and the lower part has only a simple hot stamping vivo logo.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAMERA MODULE AREA IS A CAMERA WITH LARGE EYES, ON THE RIGHT IS THE FLASH, LENS PARAMETER INSCRIPTION AND A SMALL BLUE MARK OF ZEISS, AND ON THE TOP OF THE BODY THERE IS A SMALL PRINT "PROFASSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY".
Many elements arranged together do not feel cluttered, but feel quite layered, such as the blue texture glossy surface at the top echoes the blue glossy texture ribbon in the middle of the fuselage, and the frosted metal hemming around the big eyes echoes the middle frame of the fuselage that is also matte, while the glossy area is combined with the matte area of the entire back cover of the fuselage to form a matte design.
It can be said that vivo X90 completely gets rid of the embarrassment of the design of the back cover of the past round lens module, and if you pay a little attention to vivo X series models, even if you don't look at the logo, you can see at a glance that this should be a vivo model.
Because on the vivo X90 we can see too many CMF design elements of the vivo X series, such as the two-color cloud scale design inherited from the vivo X50, which transforms into a more atmospheric ribbon cloud step on the vivo X90, as well as various details such as the ZEISS small blue mark and the laser small print on the top of the fuselage.
For mid-to-high-end flagship models, it is very necessary to create a design language with inheritance, we can see this in high-end flagships such as iPhone, Huawei, Samsung, etc., and the vivo X series has done quite well in the evolution of these years, and each generation of models can not only see the previous design heritage, but also have its own innovative characteristics.
The aluminum alloy middle frame and the front middle hole screen are basically the same as vivo X80, the difference is that vivo X90 has been replaced with a domestic high-quality OLED screen.
vivo X90 is equipped with BOE Q9 super retina screen, this screen supports 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate, 2160Hz UHF PWM dimming, 1300nit local peak brightness, blue diamond arrangement, 10,000-level dimming.
On the one hand, vivo and MediaTek jointly demodulated the chip eye protection function, compared to the traditional mobile phone after opening the eye protection mode, regardless of whether the screen has blue light will be forced to turn yellow, affecting the screen perception, and the two parties on vivo X90 joint research and development to achieve intelligent blue light reduction, through frame by frame analysis, frame by frame reduction of screen blue light, to achieve high-energy visible blue light accounted for <5%, color cast degree reduced by 12%.
On the other hand, this BOE Q9 super retina screen supports 2160Hz UHF PWM dimming, which can effectively reduce the impact of strobe on the human eye, on the other hand, it also solves the problem of poor DC dimming and low brightness display effect, which can be said to be the solution of both OLED screen eye protection effect and display effect.
Chip eye protection plus 2160Hz UHF PWM dimming makes vivo X90 eye protection effect Max.
2. Dimensity 9200+ self-developed chip V2 dual-wielded, the game experience is more excellent
vivo X80 is equipped with Dimensity 9000 processor, in fact, at the beginning of the release, there was a lot of controversy, especially the image performance of the Dimensity platform, which has caused the image of vivo X80 to be questioned due to poor user reputation over the years.
But in the end, vivo X80 not only made the image colorful, but also won unanimous praise for the polishing of Dimensity 9000, and the vivo X80 series and Dimensity 9000 processor became an industry model for mutual achievement. Therefore, vivo once again teamed up with MediaTek to launch vivo X90 equipped with MediaTek's strongest flagship processor Dimensity 9200, which is naturally highly anticipated.
Dimensity 9200 adopts the second-generation TSMC 4nm process, the CPU is an eight-core design, including a Cortex-X3 super large core with a main frequency of up to 3.05GHz, and a new generation of 11-core GPU Immortalis-G715, integrating 17 billion transistors.
Compared with the previous generation of processors, the CPU performance of the Dimensity 9200 has increased by 32%, while the power consumption has decreased by 41%, especially the GPU performance has exploded, which can be called one of the strongest mobile processors at present, and the running score on the Antutu platform can reach up to 1.28 million points.
In addition to the Dimensity 9200 processor, vivo X90 is also equipped with vivo a new generation of self-developed chip V2, compared with the previous generation of V1 and V1+, V2's computing power has been greatly increased to 16.3TOPS/W, and the upgrade of computing power can bring about the improvement of computational photography and gaming experience.
For example, in terms of night scene video shooting, vivo X90 has been upgraded from the previous generation of 1080P to 4K, and the ability of dark light capture and polar night image is better. In terms of game experience, the self-developed chip V2 can bring game interpolation, high frame low power consumption, game visual effects enhancement and other effects.
In addition, compared with the universal 3000mm² VC vapor chamber of the flagship model of the same price, vivo X90 is directly stacked with an ultra-wide-area ice field heat dissipation system of 4313mm² VC vapor chamber, so with the blessing of the flagship chip Dimensity 9200+, the self-developed chip V2+ with greatly increased computing power, and more excellent heat dissipation stack, vivo X90's performance release and game performance ushered in an outbreak.
Let's enter the game test, this time the game test uses PerfDog to test the two popular games "Honor of Kings" and 60 frames "Genshin" respectively, and compare it with vivo X80.
(1) 120 frames "Glory of Kings"
Red is vivo X80 and green is vivo X90
Under the extreme frame rate + ultra-high resolution + HD picture quality, 30 minutes of king glory.
The vivo X80 has an average frame rate of 118.8 frames, an average of 10 jitter per hour, and an average power consumption of 3.5W.
The vivo X90 has an average frame rate of 119.7 frames, an average jitter of 4.9 times per hour, and an average power consumption of 3.1W.
Although from the frame rate curve, both vivo X80 and vivo X90 can achieve almost full frame running 120 frames of "Honor of Kings" without pressure, and the temperature control of both bodies after the game is very good, and even does not feel obvious heat, but the frame rate of vivo X90 is slightly more stable, and the power consumption is lower.
(2) 60 frames "Genshin"
Red is vivo X80 and green is vivo X90
At high quality +60 frames, play Genshin for half an hour.
The vivo X80 has an average frame rate of 55.6 frames, and the frame rate fluctuates between 55-60 frames in the first 26 minutes, but after 26 minutes, it finally can't bear it, the frame rate drops to about 43 frames, the average number of jitter times per hour is 98.5 times, and the average power consumption is 5.8W.
The vivo X90 has an average frame rate of 59.7 frames, a near-straight frame rate curve, an average of 11.5 jitter times per hour, and an average power consumption of 4.6W.
It can be seen that in the face of the high-load "Genshin", vivo X90 has improved significantly, not only holding 60 frames, but also significantly reducing power consumption.
Therefore, the comparison of the two games found that the Dimensity 9200 processor advertised that it was true, and it did achieve a performance improvement while greatly reducing power consumption, and the performance was no obvious difference from the Qualcomm Snapdragon flagship processor.
(3) Boost esports experience
In addition to the excellent performance release brought by the Dimensity 9200, vivo X90 is more important than other brand models in its Boost gaming experience.
On the one hand, the advantages of these game experiences lie in the various game functions that have been polished for many years, including eagle eye display, 4D game vibration, game sound effects, somatosensory control, etc.; On the other hand, it is equipped with the powerful computing power of the self-developed chip V2, which brings three major game experience upgrades, including stable frame and low consumption, game interpolation, game visual effect enhancement, and so on.
Especially for game visual enhancement, after turning on this function, the system will optimize the exclusive picture quality of the game screen, and you can choose different filter effects to achieve enhanced screen display in the game. For example, the dark scene enhancement can enhance the brightness of darker pictures such as grass and tunnels, making enemies easier to detect, and the effect is very obvious. However, this function will affect the frame rate stability of the game after it is enabled.
In addition, the game power consumption of vivo X90 under 60 frames "Genshin" and 90 frames interpolated "Genshin" was specially compared, of which the average power consumption at 60 frames was 4.7W, and the average power consumption under 120 frames was 4.5W. It can be seen that the self-developed chip V2 can indeed bring high frame rate games while reducing the power consumption of games.
3. ZEISS three camera system, a number of new technologies to help the image to a higher level
The hardware specifications of the vivo X90 are actually the same as the previous generation, which also adopts a front 32-megapixel selfie camera, a rear 50-megapixel main camera (IMX866, OIS) + a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens + a 12-megapixel portrait lens, and a ZEISS T* optical lens that can greatly reduce the flare and dispersion of the lens.
However, we know that the image performance is not only in the camera hardware module, the software algorithm optimization and polishing is also very important, the same set of camera module due to insufficient optimization may bring greatly different shooting effects.
Although the camera hardware specifications of vivo X90 have not been upgraded, but the self-developed chip V2, self-developed VCS bionic spectroscopy technology and many other new technologies have brought its imaging capabilities to a higher level, here are a few scenes that impressed me in the test shooting.
(1) 4K "night vision device"
The previous generation vivo X80 can realize the low-light night vision of the rear main camera, and can preview high-definition videos in low-light environments in real time, with the help of self-developed chip V2, vivo X90 further provides real-time preview and shooting of 4K "night vision" ultra-clear video.
As shown in the picture, the vivo X90 can shoot very clear and bright 4K ultra-clear video in the dark environment with only the low light of the surrounding point light source, and the effect is very good.
(2) Better night scene performance
Perhaps thanks to the increase in lens light intake brought by ZEISS T* coating and VCS bionic spectroscopy technology, vivo X90 can feel the purity and highlight suppression of night scenes when shooting night scenes.
In addition, with the help of V2 computing power, vivo X90 can shoot all kinds of scenes instantly, without the need for a short processing process as before, which is very valuable for night scenes and capture.
(3) "Housekeeping skills" portraits
Portrait shooting has become a unique skill for Vivo's flagship machine, with precise cutouts, good detail, clear image quality, and a variety of outstanding effects such as the ZEISS portrait lens bag.
Since the birth of the child, I have also been using the vivo flagship machine to record his growth moments, compared with the previous generation vivo X80, vivo X90's main improvement in portrait is the increase in the success rate, and the probability of overturning is greatly reduced.
For example, this capture in the big backlight, if you use vivo X80 to shoot, there is a certain chance of paste, but vivo X90 can be made in one go, and the texture of the film is very good, and the details are not missing, and many people feel like the effect taken by the camera.
So again, if you want to choose a mobile phone suitable for taking pictures of your family, it is recommended to choose the vivo flagship phone.
(4) ZEISS natural color & vivo color
The vivo X90 has two independent color systems, the default vivo vivo color, and the ZEISS natural color, which is continuously and deeply optimized, the former is more vivid and eye-catching, and the latter is more realistic.
Anyway, no matter which style you prefer, the vivo X90 is available, and for me both color systems are needed. For example, when you need to photograph products to restore real colors, choose ZEISS natural colors, and when shooting landscapes outdoors, vivo vivo bright colors are obviously more suitable for sending friends.
4. 120W fast charge + 4810mAh large battery, fast charging battery life is significantly improved
vivo X90 has been upgraded in terms of battery capacity and fast charging, of which the battery capacity has been increased to 4810mAh, and the wired fast charge has been upgraded to 120W.
However, while vivo X90 has increased by 310mAh and the heat dissipation pile is better, its body size has not increased but decreased, the thickness of the fuselage has been reduced by 0.3mm, and the weight of the fuselage has been reduced by 3g, indicating that the fuselage stacking is better.
The 120W fast full test charging data is as follows:
- 5 minutes, charge 32%;
- 10 minutes, charge 54%;
- 15 minutes, charge 76%;
- 20 minutes, charge 879%;
- 28 minutes, charge 100%;
Although the battery is enlarged, with the blessing of 120W fast charging, vivo X90 takes less charging time than the previous generation, whether it is short-term fast charging or full charging, it is very powerful.
And it is worth mentioning that vivo X90 equipped with 120W gallium nitride charging head size control is very good, its size is basically the same as the previous generation of 80W charging head, and supports 65W PD fast charging for notebooks, compatibility is very good.
The battery life of the previous generation vivo X80 is relatively average, which is also one of the few points that vivo X80 has been complained about by users, and the battery life of vivo X90 has been significantly improved under the blessing of low-power processor and large battery.
According to my personal usage habits: WiFi scene + turn on 5G + 120Hz + do not play games, the bright screen can reach about 9h. This battery life is relatively excellent in the Android flagship machine, which is 1.5h longer than the vivo X80.
Of course, this is just my personal use, because everyone's use scenarios and usage habits are different, so some people may light up the screen longer, and some people will light up the screen shorter.
I also summarized the battery life of all the models I have used recently as follows, you can take a look to know what the battery life of vivo X90 is.
Third, vivo X90 experience summary, and vivo X90 series purchase suggestions
If vivo X80 although the comprehensive product power is very good, but there are still high-load games struggling, battery life is relatively average, then vivo X90 can be said that I can't find any shortcomings.
- In terms of appearance workmanship, vivo X90 brings big eyes & ribbon cloud step design, which is innovative, inherited, recognizable and new colors;
- In terms of game performance, vivo X90 runs almost 60 frames of Genshin at full frame with the blessing of two chips, no hot hands, no frame drops;
- On the screen display, vivo X90 is equipped with BOE Q9 super retina screen, chip eye protection plus 2160Hz UHF PWM dimming to make its eye protection ability Max;
- In terms of image capabilities, vivo X90's ZEISS three-camera system brings portrait shooting, night scene shooting, and ZEISS color are all performances beyond the same price point;
- In terms of fast charging life, vivo X90's 120W fast charge + 4810mAh large battery makes its fast charging battery life the best in the same price range;
- In terms of functional configuration, vivo X90 is equipped with NFC, infrared remote control, dual speakers, X-axis linear motor, IP64 waterproof and dustproof;
At this time, you go to see the price and its cost performance is still very high, so vivo X90 is a super standard version flagship with outstanding design, performance, and image and almost no shortcomings, which is not only reflected in the parameter configuration, but also reflected in the actual experience.
Finally, let's talk about the purchase of the three models of the vivo X90 series.
If there are no special needs, I recommend the vivo X90 as the first choice, because this model is very comprehensive, more than enough for most consumers, and is the most cost-effective of the three models, and there are two other ice blue and confession colors that are not available.
vivo X90 Pro upgrade is mainly reflected in the rear camera, wireless charging and IP68 waterproof these three points, at the same time the fuselage has become thicker, and the price increased by 1000 yuan, if not the pursuit of an inch of the main camera and wireless charging, in fact, there is no need to spend this 1000 yuan, so the existence of this model is more to set off the vivo X90 and vivo X90 Pro+ product power, this model everyone wait for the price reduction.
vivo X90 Pro+ is the top professional photo flagship at present, if you pursue the ultimate photography, it is definitely the first choice vivo X90 Pro+. In addition to taking photos, vivo X90 Pro+ upgrade points also include processor, 2K screen, ultrasonic 3D wide-area fingerprint, wireless charging, lossless wireless HiFi sound quality, IP68 waterproof, etc., the only regret is that because of the size of the fuselage leads to the compromise of 80W wired fast charging, but 80W and 120W actual charging is only a few minutes away, so if not poor money and the pursuit of all aspects are the best, it is also recommended to choose vivo X90 Pro+.