First looks: Vivo X300 and X300 Pro zoom in on 200MP photography

Vivo today (13 October 2025) officially announced its 2026 flagship-tier Android smartphones, the X300 and X300 Pro.

These phones mean a lot to Vivo, having partnered with a variety of brands to make them come true: it uses Sony and Samsung for camera sensors, ZEISS for its bokeh, portrait, telephoto correction and tuning, MediaTek for their processors, and BOE for their LTPO displays., For us, it signals how photography continues to be a non-negotiable feature in high-end handsets.

Vivo X300 and X300 Pro

We knock out the similarities first. Fundamentally, the two phones offer similar user experiences with the use of a flagship-tier MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, promising CPU improvements of 32% (single-thread performance), 17% (multi-thread performance), and 37% lowered power consumption during peak performance.

What Vivo wants you to know is the deep customisations it has requested from MediaTek. These include an in-house Blueprint V3+ chip to boost image signal processing workloads, the use of the BlueImage Extreme engine, an NPU-powered algorithm for millisecond-level subject tracking during photography, and 200% better tracking stability.

In combination with the phones’ ZEISS APO lenses and camera imaging sensors from multiple partners, the added photography perks from the processors result in a CIPA 4.5 rating for the Vivo X300’s image stabilisation, and a CIPA 5.5 rating for the Vivo X300 Pro’s.

Both phones also carry an Android 16-based OriginOS 6 operating system, which implements a host of processing smarts (Ultra-Core Computing, Dual Rendering, Memory Fusion) to reduce delays in the most critical aspects of daily phone use, like swapping between apps and added intuitive animations or symbols for settings.

While the two devices are different sizes (X300 is a petite 6.31-inch with 2,640 x 1,216 pixels, and X300 Pro is a bigger 6.78-inch with 2,800 x 1,260 pixels), both phones share the same display features. They are both 8T LTPO displays by BOE with 2,160Hz PWM dimming, 1-nit brightness for nighttime use, 120Hz refresh rates, and support for HDR10+ as well as Netflix HDR. These panels are also rated by SGS for low blue light emission and certified with TÜV Rheinland’s flicker-free ratings.

Since the Vivo X300 is smaller, it naturally has a 6,040mAh battery while the bigger Vivo X300 Pro packs in a 6,510mAh one. Still, the brand made sure both have the same 90W wired and 40W wireless charging capabilities.

The rest of its components, like its USB-C with 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity, Bluetooth 5.4, 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, on top of durability in the form of IP68 and IP69-rated dust and water resistance, makes it clear that these phones mainly differentiate via its imaging package. Even then, it’s not by much, since Vivo wants them to be the “dual kings of 200MP ZEISS imaging”.

200MP in more ways than one

The Vivo X300 uses a 200MP main camera backed by a 1/1.4-inch Samsung HPB sensor (f/1.64 aperture), a 50MP telephoto camera using Sony LYT-602, and a 50MP ultrawide containing Samsung’s JN1 sensor.

Vivo X300 Pro flips it around a little. The 50MP main is a Sony LYT-828 (f/1.57 aperture), with a 200MP Samsung HPB telephoto, and a 50MP Samsung JN1 ultrawide camera.

All its cameras are backed by ZEISS lenses, with their telephoto shooters using APO lenses for correcting chromatic aberration.

The placement of their respective 200MP sensors is deliberate: Vivo intends to maximise the high pixel count to make it much easier for users to simply “shoot first, crop later” in those respective shooting ranges, encouraging its users to shoot at 200MP first so that they can use one photo to create several differently composed photos with ease.

This is on top of a huge number of camera optimisations, such as the classic ZEISS-styled bokeh effects and dual-view stage video for two-sided video recordings. The X300 Pro additionally gets added optimisation for long-range birding, sporting, and flower shots, with support for 4K120FPs video recording that’s compatibl with Dolby Vision and 10-bit log.

Pricing and availability

With the recent update from IMDA’s equipment registry, we know the Vivo X300 and Vivo X300 Pro will eventually make their way to Singapore, but the local availability and pricing details are not out yet. We’ll update as soon as we hear something.

In China, the Vivo X300 starts at CNY4,399 for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage version (~S$802.82), while the Vivo X300 Pro starts at CNY5,299 for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant (~S$967.07).

The Vivo X300 series also offers an optional (separately sold) ZEISS 2.35x Telephoto Extender and Photography Kit for X300 or X300 Pro users seeking an added boost to their shooting grip and zoom distance.