On March 26, 2024, vivo officially released a new generation of folding flagship, vivo X Fold3 series. As the culmination of vivo's innovative technology, the vivo X Fold3 series not only significantly reduces the weight and thickness of the previous generation model, but also sets a new record for the thinness and lightness of a large folding (inward-folded) model with a minimum weight of 219 grams, comparable to mainstream straight flagships.
At this press conference, vivo mobile phone industry launched the world's first semi-solid-state battery technology, which greatly improved the low temperature resistance of the battery. With the industry-leading second-generation silicon materials, it once again breaks through the "impossible triangle" of large capacity, thin battery and fast charging that is difficult to achieve in mobile phone batteries, so that the three can be both. The vivo X Fold3 series is equipped with a blue ocean battery with a maximum capacity of 5700mAh equivalent, with a minimum thickness of 4.65mm on one side, and can be equipped with a maximum of 100W dual-core flash charging and 50W wireless flash charging combinations, bringing consumers a longer battery life on the folding screen.
The vivo X Fold3 series adheres to the design concept of "flagship first and then folding", packs flagship performance into a thin and light body, and greatly improves the reliability of the body, and the folding screen debuts the third-generation Snapdragon 8 SPU flagship chip, 6nm self-developed image chip V3, Samsung E7 screen, the newly upgraded AI blue heart model, and the industry-leading Zeiss imaging system, etc., bringing the industry a new benchmark for folding flagships with extreme thinness, extreme battery life, ultimate reliability, ultimate performance, ultimate intelligence, and ultimate imaging.
"The vivo X Fold3 series marks the real maturity of folding screen technology and experience, and marks the real entry of the folding category to the mass market. Huang Tao, vice president of vivo products, said. Based on the blockbuster upgrade of Blue Technology, the vivo X Fold3 series, vivo Pad3 Pro, and vivo TWS4 ecological products released this time will bring more surprises to the market.
Lightweight, thin, and reliable, and ultra-long battery life beyond imagination
The annual folding flagship vivo X Fold3 series released this time includes two models, X Fold3 and X Fold3 Pro, which set new industry records in many aspects such as thinness, battery life and reliability, bringing users the "lightest and strongest" folding flagship experience.
The importance of thinness and lightness for folding screen products is self-evident. In order to make the folding screen model lighter and thinner, vivo focuses on technological innovations such as semi-solid-state batteries, ultra-reliable armor architecture, and carbon fiber ultra-durable and lightweight hinges to reduce weight from the inside out and greatly improve reliability, achieving an astonishing 219 grams of overall weight on the vivo X Fold3, which is lighter than many mainstream straight board flagships. The vivo X Fold3 is an astonishing 4.65mm in the unfolded state, breaking the industry's thinnest record of 4.75mm set by the vivo X5 Max 10 years ago, once again leading the mobile phone industry's thin and light ceiling.
However, being thin and light doesn't mean it's not strong. With the industry-leading ultra-reliable armor architecture, the vivo X Fold3 series brings all-round ultra-reliable protection to the fuselage without dead ends, and has obtained the world's first SGS five-star drop resistance certification for the folding screen (internal folding), breaking the stereotype of "the folding screen is not fall-resistant".
Compared with vivo X Fold2, the armor glass outer screen of the X Fold3 series has achieved 11 times drop resistance, and has the SGS gold standard five-star glass drop resistance certification, the industry's first combination of UTG ultra-tough glass and impact resistant film brings more effective protection and improves the durability of the inner screen, the armor back cover also achieves 15 times impact resistance, and the carbon fiber ultra-durable and lightweight hinge weighs as little as 14.98 grams, achieving "light, strong and silky", and has obtained the Rheinland 500,000 fold worry-free certification. Not only thin and light, but also more comprehensive and reliable". In addition, the X Fold3 Pro also supports IPX8 flagship water resistance, which takes reliability to the next level.
The all-round and reliable quality of the vivo X Fold3 series can withstand the challenges of the extreme environment of Antarctica. At the beginning of this year, the vivo X Fold3 series landed on the frozen continent of Antarctica with China's 40th Antarctic scientific expedition team, witnessing the completion of Qinling Station, China's fifth Antarctic research station. In extremely harsh environments, the vivo X Fold3 series not only maintains normal operation, but also passes the brute-force use test, demonstrating the leading "Antarctic quality" for the industry.
The newly upgraded blue ocean battery life system makes the vivo X Fold3 series battery life reach the industry-leading level, with a minimum thickness of less than 2.5 mm for a single battery, but it brings an equivalent of 5700mAh and an equivalent of 5500mAh of super power, surpassing all commercially available folding screens and most straight board flagships, and the battery life performance is dominated by many authoritative media lists. The extra power also brings longer battery life. With 100W dual-core flash charging and 50W wireless flash charging, it brings users a better battery life and fast charging experience.
Blue technology is upgraded again, and one generation is stronger than the next
Huang Tao said at the press conference: "China Blue Technology, to create China's good products, blue technology blessing products, should be the strongest products in the industry." As the technical cornerstone of vivo's good products, "blue technology" has always been in the process of evolution and iteration. The vivo X Fold3 series is equipped with the newly upgraded blue ocean battery life system and AI blue heart model, as well as the two leading track technology matrices of image and system, marking the beginning of vivo blue technology to lead the technological evolution of the industry.
The vivo X Fold3 series is the industry's first semi-solid-state battery technology, which effectively solves the problem of battery life in extremely low temperature environments, and can continuously power mobile phones in low temperature environments of about -20°C. The industry-leading second-generation silicon material brings higher energy density, larger capacity, thinner body and faster flash charging, so that it is almost "no use without power", thus changing the charging and power consumption habits of users.
In order to further explore future-oriented battery technology, vivo has also cooperated with Ningde New Energy to establish a Blue Ocean Endurance Laboratory, which will provide comprehensive and in-depth cooperation in new materials, electrochemical systems, battery health improvement, and charge and discharge management, so as to achieve "leading peers, more than one generation".
As the first mobile phone manufacturer in the industry to promote the end-to-end application of AI large models, vivo has achieved four leading positions in AI large models: early implementation, wide coverage, full functions, and strong capabilities. The continuously growing AI Blue Heart model has five super capabilities, which can realize more than 700 kinds of mobile phone-related functions, and provide more than 20 million users with AI services such as super Q&A, super creation, super search, super management, and super interaction. So far, in the list of large language models such as C-Eval and CMMLU, the AI blue heart large model has always maintained the first place, and has obtained the industry's first "4-star + credible AI large model of the Academy of Information and Communications Technology" certification. The vivo X Fold3 Pro is equipped with an AI blue heart model that also realizes the large-scale deployment of "7B on the device + 70B on the cloud side", and has industry-leading AI service capabilities.
"Blue Apple" Origin OS 4 has won wide popularity among users because of its smoothness and stability. In Ku'an's 2023 annual OS score, Origin OS 4 is the only system with a score of more than 9. It integrates three major technologies: virtual graphics card, exclusive unfair scheduling 2.0 and memory fusion 4.0 technology, rewrites the underlying code and core mechanism of Android, redistributes computing power, and makes the dynamic response faster and smoother, the foreground application faster and smoother, and the background application more alive, creating a leading experience that is "really easy to use and really smooth". In addition to comprehensively optimizing the user experience, Origin OS 4 also integrates the AI blue heart model, combining the large model with the large screen, making the vivo X Fold3 series an advanced productivity tool that can handle the task.
The vivo X Fold3 series can easily invoke the AI blue heart model through the four major entrances of desktop icons, atomic components, side slide pull-out, and floating icons, and quickly interact with the large model through voice, text, image drag, document drag, and other forms. "One-sentence video editing" can realize the zero-threshold editing of short videos. In scenarios such as office meetings, V-Helper supports real-time role-based speech-to-text, real-time translation and simultaneous display of bilingual languages, and can quickly generate summaries, greatly improving office efficiency.
The vivo X Fold3 series is the first of its kind to create a unique "Split Screen" function, which allows users to quickly split the screen by simply folding the screen, which is intuitively triggered, making split-screen operation more convenient and fun than ever, swiping down with three fingers to quickly take screenshots, and easily extracting and sharing images and texts across applications through the "Super Drag & Drop" function.
The vivo X Fold3 series supports collaboration across mobile phones, tablets, web pages, Windows, and Macs, exploring infinite possibilities for cross-screen office through cross-screen interconnection and seamless data flow. vivo remote control PC supports connecting to Windows/Mac computers, remotely accessing PC files, and can remotely control the computer interface to project the screen to the TV screen. vivo Universal Document can open 57 professional file formats such as Pages, Numbers, Keynote, CAD, PSD, Xmind, etc., and supports format conversion, so that the view is stable and smooth.
The vivo X Fold3 series is equipped with a global signal amplification system that realizes the continuous connection of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway through four-in-one technologies such as cellular communication, 4Tx switching, and hinge antennas. The industry's first dual-diaphragm anti-leakage speaker is calibrated and compensated by hardware design and self-developed algorithms, making calls 40 cm away inaudible, truly shoulder-to-shoulder anti-leakage sound, and intelligent anti-peeping with AON hardware, safeguarding the user's call privacy and screen data security.
The industry's first Pro-level folding screen, the first Pro-level folding experience
vivo X Fold3 Pro brings consumers the industry's first Pro-level folding screen and creates a Pro-level folding experience in terms of thinness, reliability, long battery life, AI, imaging and performance configurations.
vivo X Fold3 Pro's 8.03-inch large inner screen uses the first Samsung 2K+ E7 light-emitting material for the first time in the folding machine, with a screen-to-body ratio of up to 91.8%, and the local peak brightness of the internal and external dual screens has also come to the strongest folding4500nit;At the same time, X Fold3 Pro folds the first third-generation Snapdragon 8 SPU flagship chip, and the Antutu V10 running score exceeds 2.17 million at room temperature, which is a significant lead in the folding machine list, and even surpasses most of the straight flagships, and LPDDR5X, UFS4.0 forms the strongest performance iron triangle of folding screens;With a total area of up to 20762 square millimeters, ultra-thin VC+graphite heat sink brings continuous cooling and high-energy output;Relying on the equivalent 5700mAh blue ocean battery, it swept the battery life list of major authoritative media, surpassed many straight board flagships, and showed the level that Pro-level should have.
The vivo X Fold3 Pro's imaging capabilities are also pro-level. The 50 million ultra-sensitive VCS bionic outsole main camera, equipped with a folding maximum 1/1.3-inch sensor, can get professional-grade starry sky blockbusters in your hand. ZEISS Super Telephoto has also reached the strongest level of folding screens, with powerful image configurations such as 64 million pixel super large bottoms, bringing folding telephoto images dominated by hovering telephoto suspension and telephoto macro. The strongest ZEISS full-focal length portrait on the folding screen, supporting 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 100mm portrait golden spots, with the new ZEISS lens bokeh effect, brings a very professional texture and rich expressive portrait shooting effect. Equipped with the only foldable 6nm self-developed image chip V3, it forms the strongest dual-core folding screen, 4K movie portrait video, brings movie-level depth of field bokeh, supports layered color LUTs, master-level focus camera movement switching and 6 movie style presets, and easily shoots cinematic atmosphere blockbusters.
vivo X Fold3 Pro is also equipped with 3D ultrasonic dual-screen fingerprint, wireless lossless Hi-Fi, infrared remote control, Sanmai Shuangyang and other comprehensive top-level configurations, which are invincible all over the folding.
The vivo X Fold3 series released this time comes in two simple colors: Light Feather White and Thin Wing Black. The price of X Fold3 Pro is 9999 yuan (16GB+512GB) and 10999 yuan (16GB+1TB), which is the same as the mainstream folding screen models on the market, while the price of X Fold3 is 6999 yuan (12GB+256GB), 7499 yuan (16GB+256GB), 7999 yuan (16GB+512GB) and 8999 yuan (16GB+) respectively1TB), which comes to the same range as the mainstream straight board flagship, so that more consumers can enjoy the innovative experience brought by the folding screen.
The ultra-flagship tablet vivo Pad3 Pro made a shocking debut, with a comprehensive score of more than 2 million
vivo also released a new generation of ultra-flagship tablet vivo Pad3 Pro, the product uses a 3.1K+144Hz super-sensitive giant screen, equipped with the industry's first Dimensity 9300 flagship chip, coupled with the joint research and development of the blue crystal chip technology stack, the comprehensive running score exceeded the 2 million mark. Equipped with 4 woofers + 4 tweeters, the "Super 8 Yang Matrix", with a built-in 11500mAh large battery, can be called a flagship configuration without dead ends, and truly interprets the Android super flagship tablet. vivo Pad3 Pro starts pre-order from now on, with a starting price of 2999 yuan.
Pure listening is the supremacy of original sound, opening up a new experience of silent listening
Also released this time is the vivo TWS 4 original flagship earphones priced from 399 yuan. The new product is equipped with the second-generation Qualcomm S3 audio platform, using the industry's first ceramic tungsten original sound diaphragm, which realizes the strong bass and delicate treble, and brings the original sound experience of Hi-Fi sound quality. The new product adopts an intelligent active noise reduction solution, has the industry's top noise reduction depth of 55dB, and provides customized commuting noise reduction functions. The ultra-long battery life brings a long-lasting and enjoyable use experience to meet the daily use needs of users. In addition, vivo TWS 4 Hi-Fi Edition is equipped with the world's first third-generation Qualcomm S3 audio platform, bringing a full-link Hi-Fi experience. vivo TWS 4 is now available for purchase.