vivo X100 Pro experience: a new height of mobile phone imaging, 10x telephoto battle night scene

As a high-end flagship mobile phone focusing on imaging, the vivo X series has always occupied a place in the hearts of mobile phone imaging enthusiasts with its ZEISS optical lens and its own excellent image chip and algorithm. The recently released vivo X100 Pro, with its ZEISS APO super telephoto, new V3 image chip, and Dimensity 9300 flagship chip, can bring mobile imaging to what height?

In terms of appearance design this time, the vivo X100 series is inspired by the sun, moon and stars, bringing four colors: sunset orange, white moonlight, star trail blue and night black. What we got was the 16G+1TB version of the Star Blue colorway.

The back cover of the star trail blue color scheme also echoes the element design of the star track, with thousands of star track lines, scattered around the camera module.

The camera module is not only centered this time, but also the lens surface is covered with 2.5D lenses, and the camera is also made of aircraft-grade lens stainless steel, coupled with the texture design of the sunray process, I have to say that it looks really exquisite.

vivo X100 Pro uses a super retina 8T eye protection screen on the front, the screen is slightly curved, the resolution is 2800×1260, supports 2160Hz high-frequency dimming, and the peak brightness also reaches 3000nits. In terms of visual perception, the black edge control of the screen is also excellent, and the black frame on the upper and lower edges is almost the same width.

The world premiere of the Dimensity 9300 is more than just a debut

As we all know, there is a saying in the mobile phone industry, that is, Dimensity tunes to see the blue factory. This time, the vivo X90 series debuted the Dimensity 9300 processor for the first time in the world, but it was not just the first launch. Because vivo and MediaTek have carried out joint research and development and in-depth tuning of this Dimensity 9300, and with vivo's self-developed chip V3, it can have more room for performance and image.

The performance of the Dimensity 9300 processor has been significantly upgraded, with an all-large-core design, CPU peak performance increased by 40%, power consumption reduced by 33%, GPU peak performance increased by 46%, power consumption reduced by 40%, and the seventh-generation AI processor APU 790 supports the second-generation ray tracing engine.

It is worth mentioning that the 16G+1TB version of vivo X90 Pro also uses LPDDR5T memory, which is the fastest memory in the industry so far.

Let's look at the running score first, Antutu V10.1.3 version 2153966 points, 3DMark Wilde Life Extreme stress test 4599 points, Geekbench 6, single-core 2190 points, multi-core 7642 points.

In terms of gaming, the vivo X100 Pro naturally performs well. "Honor of Kings" sets a very high frame rate, the total quality of the extreme picture, and ultra-high resolution, and the frame rate is basically a straight line, and there is no fluctuation. 

Due to the blessing of vivo's self-developed V3 chip,vivo X100 Pro also supports super-resolution、Super frame function,In "Genshin Impact"We can set up to 900p resolution90fpsHigh-score high-frame mode,Half an hour down,The frame rate table is almost a straight line,It can basically be stabilized at90fps,The game fluency performance is still very good。

In the scene of room temperature of about 25°C, vivo X100 Pro After half an hour of "Honor of Kings", the temperature on the front is close to 33°C, and the maximum temperature on the back is only a little more than 31°C. Half an hour after Genshin Impact, the highest temperature appeared in the bezel, reaching 35.6°C, and the overall temperature and heat control performance was good.

A new level of telephoto imaging on vivo mobile phones

After getting my hands on the vivo X100 Pro, what I was looking forward to the most was naturally its image performance. This generation of vivo X100 Pro has been significantly upgraded in terms of imaging, with the blessing of V3 chip, Zeiss APO super telephoto, and a new generation of Zeiss T* coating...

Main camera: IMX989, 1/0.98", f/1.75 aperture, 23mm focal length, 50 million pixels, new ZEISS T* coating.

Telephoto: OV64B, 1/2 inch, f/2.5 aperture, 100mm focal length, 50 million pixels, Zeiss APO certification, support telephoto macro, support OIS optical image stabilization.

Ultra-wide angle: Samsung JN1, 1/2.76", f/2.0 aperture, 15mm focal length, 50 million pixels.

Now when the mobile phone industry talks about taking pictures, it is inevitable that there is no telephoto and no flagship. In recent years, vivo's X series flagship has indeed explored a lot in telephoto, especially in imaging algorithms. This time, the vivo X100 Pro uses the Zeiss APO Super Telephoto, which claims to have a high standard of color fringe control.

Then this time in the experience, vivo X100 Pro's biggest surprise to me is indeed this super telephoto lens. This telephoto lens has a native 4.3x light variation of 100mm focal length, and the image quality is still excellent in many low-light scenes.

For example, in this photo of a roadside shop in the night scene, the red and white tarpaulin, tables and chairs are not faintly colored, and the dark road on the left and the light bar on the right are just right, without losing the atmosphere of the night scene.

In these two shots of the dimly lit room, the shine of the metal stand in the first shot is well displayed, and the facial hair of the second is full of detail. It's worth mentioning that in both shots, the shutter times are 1/9 sec. and 1/7 sec., and there is a slight shaky movement of the subject when shooting the subject, but I was a little surprised that the shot was not in focus, and even if the ISO soared to more than 3000, it was difficult to notice noticeable noise.

If you don't think the 100mm focal length is long enough, the vivo X100 Pro offers a 10x option directly in the camera interface, allowing you to take photos with a 233mm focal length directly. That's right, the vivo X100 Pro is so confident this time.

At 10x zoom, I actually have relatively high expectations in my heart, after all, the 10x image quality performance on the iQOO 12 Pro has made me very satisfied, and as a big brother, vivo X100 Pro naturally did not disappoint me.

In well-lit conditions, it's hard to pick on the vivo X100 Pro in terms of image quality, and its stabilization is really good, so you don't need to worry about pasting after pressing the shutter in your normal hand.

Even in night scenes, the 10x zoom image quality is still very good, and there is no degradation of image quality to the naked eye, and the sharpening algorithm is extremely restrained, and the exposure and color are just right.

For example, in this sample of the Global Harbor Building, there are no obvious color fringes around the luminous building, and there is very little noise in the sky.

However, I also found that the light divergence is more noticeable when shooting light sources with strong glow at 10x zoom.

In addition, in terms of focus, shooting at 10x zoom sometimes shows unstable focus, for example, in this photo, the automatic shooting is focused on the trees and buildings behind the owl brand, and the sign is a little confused, but fortunately, this situation does not appear much.

Since the 10x zoom is derived from the native 100mm focal length zoom, the vivo X100 Pro's 10x zoom is also closer to the focusing distance, even closer than the other 5x zoom phone in my hand, so it is also very suitable for close-ups with a 10x focal length.

Of course, the vivo X100 Pro's telephoto itself supports macro shooting, which also gives two macro focal lengths of 4.3X and 8.6X, and the aperture size is also between f/2.8 and f/16, with 6 stops that can be adjusted by itself to achieve different bokeh effects.

The image quality of this telephoto macro is good in well-lit conditions, and shooting macro is really addictive, and the playability has really improved a lot, but it's a bit of a pity that this telephoto can't shoot macro videos.

Needless to say, the main camera takes pictures, the 1-inch outsole is paired with a new generation of Zeiss T* coating, and the image quality performance is impeccable. And what's very interesting is,This time vivo has also made a very interesting focal length selection function on the main camera,The default 1X is23mm,Click it again, it will become the main camera of the previous mobile phone28mm,Click it again, it will become a commonly used 35mm focal length for street photography。 I expect that vivo X100 Pro will also be able to customize the default focal length of the main camera in the future, giving more initiative to users.

When it comes to vivo's photography, portraits must be inseparable. The vivo X100 Pro is definitely the phone with the most portrait shooting on the market right now, and it doesn't even need to add the suffix "one".

This time, the vivo X100 Pro offers five focal lengths of 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 100mm in portrait shooting, and in terms of Zeiss lens style, plus the new B-speed, there are a total of seven options, and the aperture size also provides a maximum range of f/0.95 to f/16.

 Such a combination of collocations almost covers the portrait shooting scenes that you will encounter in daily life. Besides, vivo's own portrait beautification algorithm has always been ahead of the first echelon, and shooting portraits with vivo X100 Pro will definitely bring you a unique experience.

In terms of video shooting, vivo X100 Pro also brings a lot of surprises, in addition to achieving continuous shooting from 0.6X ultra-wide angle to 10X4K/60fps, thanks to the blessing of the V3 image chip, vivo X100 Pro also achieves up to 4K/30fps video portrait bokeh.

In Movie Portrait mode, you can choose between 1X, 2X, and 4.3X focal lengths, and you can also support video beautification. I also actually tested the vivo X100 Pro's video portrait bokeh performance, and the performance was really beyond my expectations, and the portrait bokeh did not show obvious flaws, and if you didn't pursue the ultimate wide aperture bokeh, the performance was really good.

In the album, vivo X100 Pro also supports the editing of portrait videos, including adjusting the bokeh effect, choosing Zeiss Cinematic effect, and the choice of color LUTs, it can be seen that vivo X100 Pro is still quite concerned about movie portraits, at least it is the first Android phone.

Charging & Others:

In addition to top-notch performance and photography, vivo X100 Pro also brings an equivalent 5400mAh blue ocean battery, and supports 100W flash charging and 50W wireless flash charging.

Turn on the default ultra-fast charging mode, the measured charging starts from 3%, it can be charged to 41% in 10 minutes, 74% in 20 minutes, 96% in 30 minutes, and fully charged in 32 minutes.

In terms of battery life, thanks to the large 5400mAh battery and the Dimensity 9300's decent heating and power consumption performance, the battery life of vivo X100 Pro can be called very good, and you won't feel power anxiety when you take it out for a whole day.

In addition, vivo X100 Pro still supports IP68 dust and water resistance, infrared remote control, full-scene NFC and stereo dual Yang, which should be available for high-end flagships.

vivo X100 Pro: 100% image, 100% flagship

From the vivo X100 series, we can also see that more and more self-developed technologies are supported by vivo, such as blue crystal, blue ocean, AI blue heart model... The blue factory is getting bluer and bluer, and the performance is getting stronger and stronger.

Of course, back to the product, the best thing about vivo X100 Pro is its image performance, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the best mobile phone with the best comprehensive shooting experience at present, if you buy vivo X100 Pro, please press the shutter more!