Vivo unveils X300 Pro and X300 with flagship imaging focus

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Monday unveiled the X300 series in Shanghai, introducing two flagship models that place imaging at the center of their design. The lineup includes the larger X300 Pro and a more compact X300, both powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 chipset and Vivo's V3 imaging coprocessor, running OriginOS 6 on Android 16.

Vivo said the series represents a push into high-end mobile photography by combining custom hardware and software. The X300 Pro pairs a large 11.28-inch Sony LYT828 main sensor with gimbal-style stabilization and a newly developed 200-megapixel Zeiss APO super-telephoto module that uses a large 11.4-inch HPB sensor co-developed with Samsung. The Pro also carries a 50-megapixel ultrawide unit and a 50-megapixel front camera. Its 6.78-inch LTPO OLED display supports 120Hz refresh, Dolby Vision and HDR10, and Vivo lists a 6,510 mAh battery with 90W wired and 40W wireless charging. The company says the Pro delivers strong benchmark performance, with AnTuTu scores above 4.1 million at room temperature, and an IP68/IP69 ingress protection rating.

The standard X300 compresses much of that imaging capability into a smaller 6.31-inch form factor. It...