vivo announces X50 series with SD865, up to 120Hz display, gimbal-like camera system

vivo announced its latest flagship series of smartphones—X50, X50 Pro, and X50 Pro+. These three devices sport interesting cameras and 5G capabilities.

vivo X50 Pro and X50

vivo X50 Pro+

First up, the vivo X50 Pro+ sports a 6.56-inch FHD+ curved AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ support.

Inside, it has a Snapdragon 865 with the X55 5G modem, up to 12GB RAM, up to 256GB UFS 2.1 storage, and a 4,315mAh battery with 44W fast charging. 

The highlight though is its camera setup with a quad setup that has a 50MP ISOCELL GN1 1/1.3-inch sensor that combines ISOCELL and Tetracell to produce a 12.5MP stills in binned mode with 2.4µm pixels.

It also sports an 8MP f/3.0 sensor with periscope zoom that boasts up to 60x hybrid zoom dubbed Hyper Zoom and 5x optical zoom at 135mm.

It also goes with an 8MP 120-degree ultrawide sensor that can also be used for 2.5cm macro shots, and a 13MP f/2.5 portrait sensor with 2x optical zoom as well.

For selfies, it has a 32MP f/2.45 sensor.

It also supports WiFi 6, 5G, NFC, Bluetooth 5.1, in-display fingerprint scanner, and HiFi sound chip.

It runs Funtouch OS 10.5 with Android 10 out of the box.

vivo X50 Pro

vivo X50 Pro

The vivo X50 Pro, on the other hand, has a 6.56-inch FHD+ curved AMOLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ support. It sports the Snapdragon 765G processor, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, up to 256GB UFS 2.1 storage, and a 4,315mAh battery with 33W fast charging.

It has a trick up its sleeve with its gimbal-style stabilization that is especially useful for videos. It touts to be more stable than its competitors.

For the sensors, it has a 48MP f/1.6 Sony IMX598 sensor with gimbal OIS + 13MP f.2.46 portrait sensor + 8MP f/3.4 periscope sensor + 8MP f/2.2 120-degree ultra-wide-angle sensor with 2.5cm macro. It also has a 32MP f/2.45 selfie sensor.

It features WiFi 6, 5G, NFC, Bluetooth 5.1, In-Display fingerprint Scanner, and AK4377A HiFi sound.

vivo X50

vivo x50

vivo X50 has a 6.56-inch FHD+ flat AMOLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ support. It has the same CPU, RAM, and storage size as the X50 Pro but it has a smaller 4,200mAh battery with 33W fast charging.

For the cameras, it has a quad-camera setup with 48MP f/1.6 Sony IMX598 sensor with 4-axis OIS + 13MP f/2.48 portrait sensor + 8MP f/2.2 120-degree ultra-wide-angle sensor + 5MP f/2.48 1.5cm Super Macro sensor. It also has a 32MP f.2.48 selfie sensor.

It features WiFi 6, 5G support, NFC, and an In-Display fingerprint sensor.

China price with direct to PHP conversion (no taxes and duties yet):

Vivo X50 8GB/128GB - CNY 3,498 (around PHP 24.8K)

Vivo X50 8GB/256GB - CNY 3,898 (around PHP 27.6K)

Vivo X50 Pro 8GB/128GB  - CNY 4,298 (around PHP 30.4K)

Vivo X50 Pro 8GB/256GB - CNY 4,698 (around PHP 33.3K)

Vivo X50 Pro+ 8GB/128GB - CNY 4,998 (around PHP 35.5K)

Vivo X50 Pro+ 8GB/256GB - CNY 5,298 (around PHP 37.4K)

Vivo X50 Pro+ 12GB/256GB - CNY 5,998 (around PHP 42.5K)

The vivo X50 will be available for purchase in China on June 6 while the X50 Pro will be available for purchase on June 12. Lastly, the X50 Pro+ will be available later in July.

There is no word yet on Philippine pricing and availability.

What do you guys think?

Sources vivo, XDA