What makes the new vivo X80 Series the newest most exciting flagship line in the country?
vivo recently formally launched the new X80 series to the Philippine market. These are the company's flagship smartphone line of 2022 boasting some of the strongest specs and camera hardware yet.
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| The vivo X80 Pro is the company's top-of-the-line wonder today |
The vivo X80 series consists of the vanilla X80 and the X80 Pro. The X80 is the more affordable model priced at PHP 45,999 while the X80 Pro is its top-of-the-line offering priced at PHP 59,999.
In this feature, we will talk about why it is the most exciting flagship smartphone line in the country this year so far.
Could they be the smartphone upgrade you deserve? Read on.
What makes the new vivo X80 series the newest most exciting flagship line in the country?
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| Back design of the vanilla X80 |
1. The design and stunning display - Both the vivo X80 and X80 Pro have identical designs. The two feature a beautiful glass and metal sandwich construction consisting of a 3D curved AG glass back, premium metal frame, anti-fingerprint smudge magnet texture, and a 3D curved glass screen making the phones look more premium and more comfortable to hold.
More premium look, comfortable grip, stunning screen!
The vivo X80 Pro even has IP68 water and dust resistance and Gorilla Glass Victus protection for added durability. Meanwhile, the X80 arrived in a cool-looking Urban Blue color apart from Cosmic Black.
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| A look at vivo X80 Pro's back design |
In front, the two are equipped with high-quality AMOLED panels. The X80 uses a 6.78-inch 3D flexible AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, FHD+ 2400 x 1080 resolution at 388 ppi. This should be more than great enough for viewing a lot of content and watching videos on the go on your phone.
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| 2K screen on the X80 Pro! |
The X80 Pro also has the same screen size, but it is using the top-of-the-line LTPO3 AMOLED screen w/ 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, WQHD+ 3200 x 1440 resolution at 518 ppi.
Amazing display!
This is one of the most advanced screens in the market that produces ultra-sharp and vibrant-looking pictures.
We find it to be very impressive in browsing the web, viewing the pictures we took, and many more tasks. It is also immersive for watching videos on the go due to its near borderless look and HDR10+ support makes the videos we watch have eye-popping colors.
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| Monster AnTuTu score |
2. Legit flagship specs - Speaking of specs, the vivo X80 series is as good and like anybody else or better. Both devices are packed with 4nm flagship chips from chip giants MediaTek and Qualcomm—the Dimensity 9000 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. These two new chips are equally powerful and generally super fast.
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| vivo V1+ x Dimensity 9000 |
As a result, these phones are capable of running anything you throw at them from light tasks to very demanding applications or games.
In addition, the high-end chips of these phones are assisted by vivo V1+ imaging chip. Some of you may think that this chip is just to help its cameras perform better, but no.
Aside from images, the V1+ can also improve gaming as it can enable more games to run at 90fps or 120fps.
vivo also said that it has algorithms to optimize the CPU resource allocation, reduce heat generation, and boost overall efficiency on the Dimensity 9000. With these, it can improve the battery life by 10 percent.
The chip also has an anti-agency fluency experience of up to 36 months.
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| Both the X80 and X80 Pro offers super smooth performance |
In our benchmark tests, it showed monster-like scores and it defeated nearly every other phone that we tested this year.
By the way, both phones have 12GB of fast LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB UFS 3.1 internal storage. They even support Extended RAM technology that can increase its RAM size virtually by using its internal storage by up to 4GB.gma
To keep the phone cool, vivo also added an advanced type of advanced cooling system.
This is also managed by vivo's "top-class" cooling system.
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| Unlike other brands, the X80 Pro has a FREE 80W power brick! |
3. Strong battery life, rapid charging - The two phones are also equipped with big batteries despite their slim frames. The 8.30 mm slim vivo X80 has 4,500mAh of juice while the 9.10 mm vivo X80 Pro arrived with a 4,700mAh cell.
In our actual experience with the vivo X80 Pro, the device can last a day on a single charge with 25 to 40 percent left in the tank depending on the tasks you throw at it.
This is impressive as the device has a massive display with large resolution and powerful overall hardware that usually draw more power than other phones with weaker specs.
Moreover, both vivo X80 phones has support for 80W wired fast charging.
Based on our tests, it can charge the device to 25 percent in 5 minutes, 61 percent in 15 minutes, 77 percent in 20 minutes, and it will slow down a little before reaching the 100 percent capacity to safely fully charge the device in 38 minutes.
If you have the X80 Pro, it even has support for a 50W fast wireless charging which promises to fully charge the device in just 50 minutes.
This means that you can use the phone for long number of hours without needing to waste a lot of your time waiting for it to be fully charged.
4. Massive In-Display fingerprint scanner - To those who do not know, vivo pioneered the In-Display fingerprint scanning technology on a smartphone with the X21 last 2018.
Four years later, the company introduced the Large-area ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.
This fingerprint scanner has a recognition area that is 11.1x higher than older scanners.
You can even open your favorite apps with one tap from the lock screen.
We also noticed that this unlocks the phone really fast and it could be even faster than most traditional fingerprint sensors we have tried.
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| ZEISS enhanced cameras! |
5. Beastly camera hardware for a phone - Apart from its beastly specs, the vivo X80 Series are packed with powerful camera hardware and features.
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| Plenty of details even in harsh lighting situations |
The vanilla X80 uses the 50MP f/1.8 IMX866 sensor from Sony which is said to be their best yet. It even has PDAF, laser AF, and OIS to help you shoot faster and more stable. Then, it is paired with the 12MP f/2.0 IMX663 ultra-wide-angle with AF + 12MP f/2.0 IMX663 Portrait camera with 2x zoom cameras.
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| Night mode shot from the X80 Pro |
Meanwhile, the X80 Pro is even better. It uses the custom 50MP f/1.6 GNV main sensor for vivo with a massive 1/1.3-inch sensor size allowing it to take great images in different lighting situations. This also has PDAF, laser AF, and OIS.
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| Amazing ultra-wide shot |
Then, the ultra-wide camera it is using is also a large camera sensor unlike other phones. In particular, it is the 48MP f/2.2 IMX598 ultra-wide-angle with AF.
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| Can produce natural bokeh even without using the Portrait mode |
The X80 Pro also has a 12MP f/1.9 IMX663 Portrait camera (equivalent to a 50mm portrait lens) with gimbal OIS and an 8MP f/3.4 5x periscope shooter with PDAF focus and OIS that has the ability to take up to 60x digital zoom.
The stabilization for taking up to 4K videos on this one is also quite insane for a smartphone. This even has a Night mode-like functionality for taking videos in the dark.
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| Selfie Night mode! |
For selfies, the two are using a 32MP f/2.5 with plenty of filters, adjustable background blur, and different beautification modes.
Both phones also have ZEISS optics with ZEISS T* coating to help reduce ghosting and straylight while improving overall image quality.
Of course, it has plenty of software tricks including ZEISS Night Viewer, Gimbal portrait capabilities, and ZEISS Cinematic Video Bokeh, ZEISS Cinematic Style Bokeh, AI Video Enhancement.
Then of course, both are equipped with the vivo V1+ imaging chip that helps its camera sensor take images with less noise, better low light performance, nicer portraits, XDR photo high dynamic range, and can increase the color accuracy of your photos or videos.
In our experiecne, the vivo X80 Pro has the ability to shoot some of the best images and videos you will ever see on a smartphone yet. It is great for taking photos and videos in daylight or even in the dark, the stabilization using the back cameras are really good for shooting videos, and it has a lot of modes that could help asipiring content creators do their craft well.
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vivo X80 Specs
Display: 6.78-inch 3D flexible AMOLED screen w/ 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, FHD+ 2400 x 1080 resolution at 388 ppi
CPU: 3.05GHz 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 9000 octa-core processor + vivo V1+ imaging chip GPU: Mali-G710 MC10
RAM: 12GB LPDDR5
ROM: 256GB UFS 3.1
Back Camera: 50MP f/1.8 IMX866 w/ PDAF, laser AF, OIS + 12MP f/2.0 IMX663 ultra-wide-angle w/ AF + 12MP f/2.0 IMX663 Portrait camera w/ 2x zoom + dual LED flash
Selfie Camera: 32MP f/2.5
Battery: 4,500mAh w/ 80W fast charging
OS: Android 12 w/ Funtouch OS 12
Connectivity: WiFi 6, 5G SA/NSA, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.3 (SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC), NFC, GPS (L1 + L5), GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, dual SIM (nano)
Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic Others: In-Display fingerprint sensor, face unlock, stereo speakers, X-axis linear motor, advanced cooling system, USB-C, Colors: Cosmic Black, Urban Blue
Dimensions: 164.57 x 75.23 x 8.30 mm
Weight: 206 g
Price: PHP 45,999
vivo X80 Pro Specs
Display: 6.78-inch 3D flexible Gorilla Glass Victus protected LTPO3 AMOLED screen w/ 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, WQHD+ 3200 x 1440 resolution at 518 ppi
CPU: 3.0GHz 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 octa-core processor + vivo V1+ imaging chip
GPU: Adreno
RAM: 12GB LPDDR5
ROM: 256GB UFS 3.1
Back Camera: 50MP f/1.6 GNV w/ PDAF, laser AF, OIS + 48MP f/2.2 IMX598 ultra-wide-angle w/ AF + 12MP f/1.9 IMX663 Portrait w/ gimbal OIS + 8MP f/3.4 5x periscope w/ PDAF, OIS + ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating + Color temperature sensor + dual LED flash
Selfie Camera: 32MP f/2.5
Battery: 4,700mAh w/ 80W fast charging, 50W fast wireless charging
OS: Android 12 w/ Funtouch OS 12
Connectivity: WiFi 6, 5G SA/NSA, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.2 (SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC), NFC, GPS (L1 + L5), GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, dual SIM (nano)
Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic
Others: Large-area ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, face unlock, IP68 water and dust resistance, IR Blaster, stereo speakers, HiFi Audio, X-axis linear motor, top-class cooling system, USB-C, Colors: Cosmic Black
Dimensions: 164.57 x 75.30 x 9.10 mm
Weight: 219 g
Price: PHP 59,999
Our thoughts
The vivo X80 Series is truly the latest and greatest from the company yet and it proved that it could go toe-to-toe with the other heavy hitters that are even more expensive.
The company refined its designs, improved overall performance, made the charging experience better, and came up with arguably the best back camera configuration on a phone yet with the X80 Pro.
Personally, I'm super impressed with the vivo X80 Pro and this is currently my most recommended phone for those that are looking to own a high-end Android device.
To check the vivo X80 out, you may visit these links:
Website: https://bit.ly/vivo-X80Launch-WEB-PR
To check the vivo X80 Pro, check the links below:
Meanwhile, those who are interested may also avail the phones via credit card or Home Credit's installement plans. Learn more here.
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