Category: Smartphones & Gadgets

Design-wise the Vivo X90 Pro jogs my memory a little bit of the lately launched OnePlus 11 flagship. There’s the halo-formed digicam module on the rear, together with a textured vegan leather-based panel. The digicam module is crafted with stainless-steel and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass and an anti-reflective coating on prime. The ZEISS emblem rests on the backside of the flash.

At nearly 215 grams, it’s not the lightest cellphone round however a few of you would possibly just like the heft. The solely bodily buttons lay on the precise bezel – quantity rocker and the ability button. The SIM port and speaker grille are positioned on both facet of the charging port on the backside. 

Display

The smartphone has a sizeable 6.78-inch show, making it prime for leisure. The display screen curves a good bit to wrap across the edges, lending a little bit of smoothness to the scrolling expertise. However, this backfires a bit because it distorts my view across the edges whereas recording video. T

he show affords a refresh price of as much as 120Hz, making infinite scrolling and gaming look fairly snappy on the smartphone.

Camera 

When you recognize ZEISS optics is concerned, you may safely assume there’s some good pictures coming your manner. There are three lenses within the major digicam setup – a 50MP major (Sony IMX989 1-inch sensor), one other 50MP f/1.6 2x portrait lens and a 12MP large-angle lens. The 1-inch IMX989 major sensor, owing to its measurement, permits for better gentle sensitivity. As a consequence, the digicam delivers actually good images even in low-gentle conditions.

The 50-megapixel portrait digicam is geared with optical picture stabilisation and swing effortlessly between between highlighting both the topic or the background in portraits. True to its phrase, the vivo X90 Pro carried out stunning effectively in low-gentle situations, not simply brightening up poorly-lit frames outside however doing so impressively with minimal noise. Unlike most different smartphones, the virtually no shutter lag as I click on away on evening mode, the pictures are captured snappily whereas nonetheless managing to remain sharp. 

The digital zoom, nonetheless, will get a bit of underwhelming past 4x zoom with a ton of grains within the picture. 

The ZEISS Cine-Flare Portrait – a brand new picture characteristic – provides a pleasant-trying flare after I click on some portraits with robust backlight. There are extra choices to mess around with together with Biotar, Planar, Distagon, & Sonnar flare choices that are carryovers from the earlier gen digicam – however can now be used with the entrance digicam selfies as effectively. 

Astrophotography fanatics can check out the Handheld Astro mode in addition to the Supermoon mode, which didn’t give me the sort of spectacular outcomes that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra did after I shot a full moon. The Handheld Astro mode would positively have resulted in higher photographs if I have been travelling to the mountains , or perhaps a getaway with manner much less gentle air pollution at evening.

There’s additionally a Pro Sports and Night sports activities mode with zero shutter lag movement snapshot characteristic that mixes the excessive-velocity shutter and movement detection algorithm, which may immediately freeze the body, making topics look clear with none blur in movement situations.  

Tech Specs 

The vivo X90 Pro is powered by prime-of-the-line MediaTek Dimensity 9200 chipset, which scores round 11,69,009 factors in artificial benchmarking exams (AnTuTu), discovering itself sandwiched between the upper scores of the Samsung Galaxy S23 and the S23+ and simply above the likes of the OnePlus 11.

This coupled with the Pro Imaging V2 chip makes for a twin-chip flagship which efficiently bypasses any lags or stutters in actual-life utilization. There are not any heating points both with prolonged streaming or video-gaming. Overall, there’s nearly no room for complaints in relation to efficiency.

The gadget runs on EnjoyableTouch OS 13 – based mostly on Android 13 – and I’m not an enormous fan of the person interface because it comes with an excessive amount of bloatware, most of which may’t be uninstalled. What helps a bit are a number of the extra helpful options packed in – break up-display screen utilization, gesture-based mostly app launchers and in depth personalisation for the UI. There’s just one variant obtainable with 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. 

The vivo X90 Pro options assist for an e-SIM must you need that, and carries an IP68 score, which implies it’s waterproof in recent water to a most depth of 1.5 metres for as much as half-hour, and is protected against mud. 

Equipped with a 4,870 mAh, one of the crucial spectacular facets of the cellphone is how insanely rapidly it fees totally. Thanks to the 120W charger, within the field, it takes nearly half an hour to go from zero battery to 100%. I may actually get used to this!

Verdict 

To let you know the reality, I used to be so taken in by all the things that the Zeiss-powered digicam may do, that I spent most of my time exploring its pictures capabilities. And, this isn’t to say that the smartphone doesn’t have another side that shines. It’s simply that the digicam shines so brilliant, all the things else takes a little bit of a backseat.

Should you purchase this smartphone? If you’re keen to take a guess on this tech underdog, and ignore any annoyance that the UI would possibly deliver your manner, by all means, sure! At the tip of the day, it does ship on plenty of the guarantees Vivo makes on this pictures-ahead smartphone.