VIVO X70 Pro review

 

this is the vivo x70 pro a premium

mid-ranger from vivo we've already

reviewed the flagship model of this

series the x70 pro plus but the x70 pro

is more affordable are the trade-offs

worth it though and will for juhura siddeki

and let's find out in our full review

the vivo x70 pro is a phone that's been

out for a few months already but could

be a good deal for someone looking for a

camera centric mid-ranger

the back seems like frosted glass but is

actually made of a substance called

fluoride the glass camera bump is on the

bigger side and sticks out of it but

it's nothing so over the top like the

plus model which had a sort of mirror

next to it

overall the x70 pro feels quite premium

and at the same time lightweight and

easy to wield you don't get any ingress

protection here though unlike the pro

plus which is ip68 rated the display

here is a bit different too it's a

curved 6.56 inch amoled with a 1080p

resolution and a fast 120hz refresh rate

this is opposed to the 6.78 inch ltpo

amoled on the x70 pro plus which has a

qhd resolution and 10 bit color

still this display is more than adequate

the fast refresh rate smooths out your

swiping and scrolling and you also get a

responsive 240hz touch sampling rate

there's also hdr10 plus support and

content looks great here color accuracy

can be excellent depending on your color

profile and settings and max brightness

is impressive too we measured a max of

460 nits with a manual slider and a

boost up to around a thousand in auto

mode and bright conditions

the vivo x70 pro does fall behind

competitors and even the pro plus model

when it comes to audio instead of stereo

speakers there's just a single one it

earned a score of good on our loudness

chart but the bass and mids were lacking.

Music.

another difference we'll touch upon is

the chipset rather than a snapdragon 888

like the flagship model the x70 pro has

a mediatek demand c1200 it provides high

level performance but it's not quite

flagship grade

still while in benchmarks the x70 pro

does struggle to keep up with the

flagships in real world use it's snappy

enough

it does seem to be quite power efficient

too the x70 pro has a 4 450 milliamp

hour battery and it was able to score an

excellent endurance rating of 123 hours

much more than the plus model

the charging speed is respectable too

with the bundled 44 watt adapter we were

able to charge from zero to 64 in half

an hour

the interface here at least on the

international version of the phone is

vivo's fun touch os 12 based on android

11. it's highly customizable with

options to change the home screen the

lock screen and even animations to your

liking

there's also an always on display which

again is very customizable

and there's an ultra game mode which

provides do not disturb options and

others as well such as allowing a game

to run in the background even with the

screen off

while you don't have a card slot for

expandable storage you can opt for 128

256 or even 512 gigs on board and waking

up and unlocking the phone is done with

an under display fingerprint reader

which is fast and reliable

you could argue that the most impressive

feature of the x70 pro is its extensive

camera setup for a mid-ranger it

features a gimbal stabilized 50

megapixel main cam and two telephotos a

12 megapixel one with two times zoom and

an 8 megapixel five times periscope zoom

finally you get a 12 megapixel ultra

wide cam

12.5 megapixel photos from the main

camera look good they have balance

sharpening with a natural rendition of

foliage and the colors are punchy but

not over the top

dynamic range is wide enough and the

resolve detail is impressive

our main nitpick is that the photos are

a bit softer than some competitors

two-time zoomed photos are excellent

with a lot of detail wide dynamic range

and punchy colors and they're sharp too

if there's plenty of light the five

times periscope zoom matches the great

detail and sharpness of the other

telephoto cam and dynamic range is

pretty good

in less ideal situations though the

photos come out considerably softer and

noisier but they're still decent

shots from the ultra wide cam have

processing that doesn't really match the

other three cameras colors are less

vibrant and the dynamic range is

narrower still there's plenty of detail

and the distortion correction does a

great job

and since the ultrawide has autofocus

you can take close-up macro shots with

it these are detailed and sharp way

better than what you get out of the

dedicated macro cams on competing phones

in low light photos from the main cam

are really good they aren't the sharpest

around but have impressive dynamic range

and contrast natural looking colors

well-contained noise and plenty of

detail

the dedicated night mode is really fast

to process each shot but its effects are

pretty subtle sharpness is improved in

darker parts of the image and the

shadows are brightened a bit

low light shots from the two times

telephoto cam are pretty good the

processing is in line with the main cams

with accurate colors nice contrast

plenty of detail and well-developed

shadows

night mode doesn't seem to make much of

a difference on this camera in fact

these photos might even be less sharp

the five-time zoom camera struggles

after dark taking photos that are muddy

noisy and soft

night mode does improve the contrast and

sharpness a little but it's not enough

to make a good photo

the ultra wide cam holds up pretty well

at night while dynamic range is narrower

and colors are less punchy than the main

cams you still get an okay level of

detail and surprisingly good sharpness

turning on night mode doesn't provide

much benefit if any and these photos are

noticeably softer for some reason

selfies come from the 32 megapixel front

facing cam and these are a bit

disappointing while there's a good

amount of detail wide dynamic range and

accurate colors the photos are soft and

a bit noisy

videos can be recorded with the main cam

and up to 4k resolution at 60fps 4k

video quality is disappointing while the

fine detail is there the video is soft overall

the exposure is a bit too bright and

there's poor contrast too

but thanks to the gimbal the 4k videos

are nicely stabilized with smooth enough

walking and pans

there is an ultra steady mode that adds

electronic stabilization to the mix but

is capped at 1080p resolution and the

results aren't that much smoother

the other cameras don't support 4k

recording at all they can only shoot in 1080p

generally the results aren't impressive

but they are usable

so that's the vivo x70 pro it has a

premium and rather compact design a nice

curved amoled screen and excellent

battery life and of course there's a

very versatile set of cameras that take

great still photos

however compared to the pro plus or even

some cheaper alternatives there are some

shortcomings here you don't get

waterproofing stereo speakers or a

flagship chipset and the quality of

video recording leaves more to be desired

but still it's pretty hard to find a

mid-ranger at this price with such

diversity when it comes to steel

photography and if that's what you're

after the x70 pro is worth looking into

thanks for watching guys stay safe and

see you on the next one