Vivo has been attempting to make it into the premium section for some time with its X sequence of smartphones. These high-end gadgets give attention to the digital camera however previous fashions have typically fallen in need of expectations in different areas, given their premium pricing.
The Vivo X50 Professional (Assessment) launched a novel gimbal stabilisation function, however had a mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor at a premium value. Vivo fastened this efficiency hole with the X60 Professional+ (Assessment), but it surely supplied no IP score, wi-fi charging, or stereo audio system.
With the brand new X70 Professional+, Vivo appears to have carried out its homework. It is priced at Rs. 79,990 in India, which suggests it competes with the iPhone 13 (First Impressions), Samsung S21+ (Assessment), Mi 11 Extremely (Assessment), and top-end variants of another premium Android fashions. Vivo has crammed within the gaps of the X60 Professional+ and in addition upgraded its digital camera system. After utilizing this cellphone for every week, it is simple to conclude that this may be top-of-the-line smartphones within the flagship section.
Vivo X70 Professional+ design
The Vivo X70 Professional+ plus ditches the fake leather-based again that the X60 Professional+ had. Vivo has as an alternative gone with a matte glass end and a thin steel body. The cellphone is on the market in a single Enigma Black end which appears to be like and feels premium however can also be fairly slippery. The glass rear panel feels sturdy and does an excellent job of rejecting fingerprints and smudges.
The Vivo X70 Professional+ has a glass again and a steel body
It is simple to inform that Vivo has paid quite a lot of consideration to the X70 Professional+’s design. The correct and left sides of the body are skinny, the underside is quite a bit thicker however is flat, and the highest has a glass insert with a extra rounded look. All of it appears to be like good collectively, however the supplies are very slippery. Fortunately, there is a high-quality fake leather-based case within the field, which is gentle to the touch and provides loads of grip, however it’s going to improve the general thickness of the smartphone when snapped on.
Whereas the cellphone feels surprisingly slim at 8.89mm, the quad-camera module on the again protrudes fairly a bit. At 213g, it isn’t precisely mild, however not too heavy for a premium smartphone both. Proper subsequent to that giant digital camera module is a big reflective panel, which is a beauty contact, however may also be used as a mirror so you may take selfies with the rear digital camera.
Vivo features a fake leather-based case within the field, together with a pair of Kind-C USB earphones and a 3.5mm adapter
The X70 Professional+ has a big 6.7-inch WQHD+ AMOLED show panel with curved sides. The Schott Xensation cowl glass is liable to smudges, however these will be wiped off simply. A brand new function on this technology is the stereo speaker setup, with the earpiece doubling up because the second speaker. Additionally new is the IP68 score which suggests you get good safety in opposition to mud and water.
Vivo X70 Professional+ specs and software program
The Vivo X70 Professional+ goes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ processor, which is a minor improve to the Snapdragon 888 present in most premium Android flagships. This processor has a better 3GHz (2.999Ghz to be exact) clock pace and a sooner Hexagon 780 AI Engine. There’s 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, with no room for enlargement. Communications requirements embody Wi-Fi 6 ac/ax, Bluetooth 5.2, and NFC. This cellphone helps a number of SA and NSA 5G bands, which had been lacking on the X60 Professional+.
Vivo’s customized Android pores and skin, FunTouch OS, has been upgraded to model 12 with Android 11 as the bottom. The corporate’s much-talked-about widget-based Origin OS has but to make it to any of the Vivo handsets in India, however the X70 Professional+ does get a handful of these cool-looking widgets together with a Clear up & Speed up operate, a Nano music participant, a couple of fundamental stickers (quotes, water counter, countdown), a featured album, and one for the climate. Aside from these, there are additionally the same old Android widgets to choose from.
Vivo’s X70 Professional+ runs FunTouch OS 12 with Android 11 as the bottom
What makes the FunTouch widgets particular is their skeuomorphic design. There are buttons that open and shut a jukebox-like music participant (with Spotify integration) with some fascinating animations like a CD slotting right into a tray. Their general fluidity is much cry from the often clunky Android widgets. They’re additionally very interactive. You’ll be able to swipe throughout the album widget to look at a couple of pictures, or swipe throughout the climate widget to change between hourly and each day climate studies. As interactive and enjoyable as they’re, there’s quite a bit lacking by way of deeper integration, which is one thing Apple’s iOS does significantly better.
Widgets apart, the software program felt very fluid with no lag or stuttering by any means. Whereas the cellphone does include a number of preloaded third-party apps (which will be uninstalled), I used to be stunned to not see a single promotional notification pop up throughout the evaluate interval.
Vivo X70 Professional+ efficiency and battery life
The Vivo X70 Professional+ contains a WQHD+ (3200×1440 pixels) show which could be very sharp and will get fairly vivid open air. It claims to have the ability to reproduce a billion colors and has very natural-looking color tones. The curved edges made swiping from the perimeters simpler whereas navigating the software program, and did not trigger an excessive amount of distraction when watching content material. The show additionally helps HDR10+. Whereas video on YouTube and Amazon Prime appeared sharp and vibrant, Netflix’s HDR certification continues to be pending. Vivo has confirmed that it has utilized for this and that it will likely be enabled later.
The AMOLED panel contains a 120Hz peak refresh price, which aside from making the software program expertise really feel fluid, can also be evident whereas enjoying video games. Vivo’s Extremely Sport mode has been revamped with a brand new interface and now has quite a lot of helpful gamer-friendly controls together with 4D vibration, a voice changer, and Eagle Eye View, which brightens up the sport to allow you to see extra clearly in darker areas.
The Vivo X70 Professional+ contains a 6.7-inch WQHD+ AMOLED show panel with curved sides
I performed Name of Obligation: Cellular, and as anticipated, the gaming efficiency was flawless. Contact sampling was spot on with no lag or stutter, and the sport loaded shortly. Regardless of enjoying at Very Excessive graphics high quality and Max body price (with all results switched on), the cellphone solely warmed up just a little, even throughout prolonged gaming classes. The twin audio system made for a really immersive audio expertise delivering balanced sound that was loud and clear. The 4D vibration function surprisingly didn’t work with Name of Obligation: Cellular although it was imagined to be supported.
By way of benchmarks, there have been minor variations between smartphones with the unique Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor and the Snapdragon 888+. The Vivo X70 Professional+ managed a rating of 8,16,115 in AnTuTu, and in addition scored 1,112 and three,621 in Geekbench’s single-core and multi-core exams. The iQoo 7 Legend, for instance, scored 8,05,450 in AnTuTu (v9.1.2), and 1,130 and three,668 in Geekbench’s single-core and multi-core exams respectively.
With a 4,500mAh battery, I used to be a bit anxious concerning the battery lifetime of the Vivo X70 Professional+ given its giant 6.7-inch pixel-dense show. Nevertheless, even with the show refresh price set to 120Hz, I simply managed a day and half of heavy utilization. Setting the refresh price to Auto would possibly even have prolonged that just a little. With common use, I used to be left with about 40 % on the finish of the day, which is kind of good for a premium flagship.
Whereas the smartphone feels slim, its digital camera module on the again protrudes fairly a bit
Vivo features a 55W charger within the field, and it takes about 55 minutes for this cellphone to go from a lifeless battery to 100%. Wi-fi charging additionally makes it to the X70 Professional+ and this cellphone helps 50W wi-fi charging when used with Vivo’s personal dock, which shall be coming to India and shall be offered individually.
Vivo X70 Professional+ cameras
The Vivo X70 Professional+ options 4 rear cameras. This features a 50-megapixel wide-angle digital camera, a 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle digital camera, a 12-megapixel telephoto digital camera with 2X optical zoom, and one other 8-megapixel telephoto digital camera with 5X optical zoom. The 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle digital camera has a gimbal, which is used for the assorted stabilisation methods this smartphone is able to. All the cameras supply autofocus and optical picture stabilisation (OIS). Selfie duties are dealt with by a 32-megapixel front-facing digital camera.
The Vivo X70 Professional+ has 4 rear cameras, all of which function autofocus and OIS
However there’s extra. Vivo has additionally added what it calls a Skilled Imaging Chip V1, which helps in a number of methods. This chip is alleged to assist with body interpolation, which in accordance with Vivo, additionally improves smoothness when enjoying video games, and helps the digital camera with brightness and denoising photos precisely. All of the digital camera lenses even have a Zeiss T* coating, which together with software program, ought to assist with decreasing glare and ghosting in low-light pictures.
Vivo X70 Professional+ daylight digital camera samples. (Faucet to see full dimension)
Images taken indoors and open air in daylight got here out noise-free and with good element and dynamic vary. Sharpness was additionally spot on, and the X70 Professional+ didn’t go overboard with it. There was noticeable barrel distortion in the direction of the perimeters of pictures when utilizing the ultra-wide-angle digital camera. Colors (with and with out the Zeiss color mode switched on) had been trustworthy to the precise scene.
Vivo X70 Professional+ macro digital camera pattern. Prime: Macro mode, backside: Auto (Faucet to see full dimension)
The ultra-wide-angle digital camera doubles up as a macro digital camera. The 12-megapixel binned macro pictures are fairly clear and pack in loads of element as effectively.
Vivo X70 Professional+ zoom digital camera samples. Prime to backside: 0.6X, 1X, 2X, 5X, 60X
When zoomed in to a scene utilizing the telephoto cameras, photos got here out sharp and freed from noise, and confirmed good element up until 5X optical zoom. Past this and all the best way until the 60X digital zoom degree, pictures showcased a watercolour-like impact and the extent of element dropped progressively. Nonetheless, photos taken at as much as 10X zoom had been usable. What impressed me most was how the X70 Professional+ managed to retain color and white steadiness throughout the zoom vary.
Vivo X70 Professional+ selfie digital camera samples. Prime: Auto, backside: Portrait mode (Faucet to see full dimension)
Selfies got here out clear and sharp, with a great deal of element. Edge detection in Portrait photographs was glorious, and this utilized when taking pictures vegetation and different objects utilizing the rear digital camera as effectively. Vivo has included a few completely different Fashion Portrait modes that replicate the look of basic Zeiss lenses (Biotar, Planar, Sonnar and Distagon) utilizing software program. I attempted all of them they usually all have very distinct appears to be like, and might all work successfully in each daylight and low mild.
Vivo X70 Professional+ Evening mode digital camera samples. Prime to backside: 1X, 2X, 5X (Faucet to see full dimension)
The digital camera system’s general zoom efficiency remained surprisingly good even round sundown, which is spectacular. Transferring on to low mild, the X70 Professional+ captured pictures with distinctive readability as much as 2X with some noise displaying up at 5X zoom. Switching to nighttime mode solves the noise drawback and delivers higher dynamic vary, bringing out extra element within the darker areas of the picture. The Zeiss T* coating additionally took care of the glare emanating from close by lampposts and different sources of sunshine. I even tried taking a 60X picture utilizing Evening mode and the outcomes had been surprisingly usable.
The Vivo X70 Professional+’s cameras tackled daylight video recording with out breaking sweat, it doesn’t matter what decision and body price I chosen. HDR movies appeared fairly sharp and supplied glorious dynamic vary, however had been restricted to 30 fps. Round sundown, areas of a scene with synthetic sources of sunshine flickered a bit. This flickering drawback was not current when HDR was switched off. Whereas particulars took successful in low mild, stabilisation was nonetheless fairly spectacular. I seen a little bit of a shimmery impact when strolling via dimly lit areas. I even tried out the Tremendous Evening mode however I used to be not impressed with the outcomes, and I most well-liked video taken within the Auto mode.
Night digital camera samples. Prime: Vivo X70 Professional+, backside: Xiaomi Mi 11 Extremely
Horizon line stabilisation is a neat trick and works higher in daylight. When enabled, the digital camera system switches to the ultra-wide-angle digital camera (with the gimbal). This mainly retains the scene degree with the horizon even in the event you rotate the cellphone 360 levels whereas taking pictures, for the reason that bigger body will be cropped and adjusted. This might be very helpful when taking pictures movies with the cellphone mounted on a car, or when operating.
Vivo X70 Professional+ low-light digital camera samples: Prime: Vivo X70 Professional+ (Evening mode), backside: Xiaomi Mi 11 Extremely (Evening mode)
Whereas taking pictures pictures for this evaluate, I had Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Extremely with me to present you an thought about what a equally priced premium smartphone is able to. I concluded that the Vivo X70 Professional+ did higher on most fronts, save for low-light video the place the Mi 11 Extremely managed higher element with much less noise.
There are some things that I didn’t like concerning the digital camera interface. First, the zoom controls aren’t nice and it takes a little bit of effort to zoom out and in easily. The exhausting stops swap abruptly with no easy transition between the 2 telephoto cameras, particularly when taking pictures video. It is also not potential to transition from the huge digital camera to the ultra-wide-angle one when taking pictures video. HDR video is proscribed to 30 fps it doesn’t matter what decision you select, and gimbal stabilisation can also be restricted to 1080p at 30 fps.
Verdict
Vivo has not held again in any manner with the X70 Professional+. With distinctive options comparable to its gimbal digital camera stabilisation and V1 chip, it has efficiently made an area for itself within the premium smartphone section. The X70 Professional+ additionally has sufficient different updates to warrant an improve even from the X60 Professional+ (Assessment). It isn’t good, but it surely certain comes shut, and with a barrage of options (most of which work as anticipated), there’s little to complain about.
There are many choices at this value degree together with these from greater manufacturers comparable to Samsung and Apple, however none of them supply a lot flexibility by way of cameras, core {hardware}, and options.
