vivo X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max hands-on review

21 September 2026



Vivo X500 Ultra is rumoured to run on Origin OS 6, based on Android 16. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chipset, coupled with up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, will power the handset. Furthermore, it is anticipated to include a triple-rear camera setup with a 200MP sensor and a 50MP front camera.This device will feature a 6.8-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It may pack a 7,000 mAh battery with 100W wired fast charging. In addition, the handset will also offer 5G connectivity, an optical fingerprint reader, Wi-Fi 7, NFC, Bluetooth v5.4, and a USB Type-C v3.0 port.

    Anonymous, 26 Sep 2026Feeble response. Stop deflecting with things not relevant. yeah bro, keep yapping

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      jiyen235, 23 Sep 2026stick with your 100 dollar phones then. "if you nee... moreFeeble response.

      Stop deflecting with things not relevant.

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        • 25 Sep 2026

        How to interpret the camera specs of the x500 base in relation to the x300/pro

          jiyen235, 24 Sep 2026notebookcheck says the selfies are jn1 selfies only the ... moreI don't know about the selfie camera but the ultrawide is supposedly jn5 in the two pro models according to many Chinese reviewers. I originally meant the ultrawide rather than the selfie although i didn't clearly state it

            Aierlan, 24 Sep 2026Weikihome only mentioned the main camera sensor in his videonotebookcheck says the selfies are jn1 selfies

            only the find x9 ultra and x300 ultra seem to have jn5 and even then only the find x9 ultra has a wide view.

              jiyen235, 24 Sep 2026thanks for the update, i'll wait for wekihome to confirmWeikihome only mentioned the main camera sensor in his video

                Anonymous, 24 Sep 2026As much as I hate apple products, in terms of Video there i... morenot miles behind, just like 10% or so worse. Mostly worse at low light and not even due to video quality when still, the problem is panning and movement. Apple has the least jitters and the most stable output. They have the smallest crop yet the most stable shot somehow.

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                  jiyen235, 23 Sep 2026also, vivo being better isnt really a flex? they were bette... moreAs much as I hate apple products, in terms of Video there is nothing that comes close to them. Not even Vivo or Oppo ultras. I have an X9 Ultra and it's miles behind in daylight video quality and processing.

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                    Roy, 22 Sep 2026Bought the X300 pro last year and dodged a bullet. The new ... moreyou dodged a much bigger battery too

                      Aierlan, 24 Sep 2026I think the two pro models are using jn5 this year. At leas... morethanks for the update, i'll wait for wekihome to confirm

                        jiyen235, 23 Sep 2026in daytime i prefer the vivo half the time but in low li... moreI think the two pro models are using jn5 this year. At least all the tech sites and reviewers who mentioned it are saying that the pro models are using jn5 and the standard x500 is still using the jn1 e.g. Xiaobai stated it in his review. Vivo didn't publish the sensor info on their website though so hard to check officially

                          Anonymous, 23 Sep 2026If you pixel peep that much and need the resolution just ac... morestick with your 100 dollar phones then.

                          "if you need that much power get a pc"
                          "if you need more battery get an energizer"
                          "if you need a smaller phone get a keypad phone"
                          "if you need better cameras get an actual camera.

                          Any number of excuses can be made. Buzz off.

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                            Anonymous, 22 Sep 2026They just the chinese fangirls hating on samsung as always ... moreNo one will hate samsung if they offer same camera sensor as chinese flagship for the price they asking
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                              "Perhaps the biggest new technical video features are 17 EV TrueDynamic Log Videos, 10-bit 4:2:2, ACES support, official DaVinci Resolve color transformation and 4K@120fps 10-bit Log direct output"

                              Great. This means you can natively convert the colour space/gamut from Vivo's own into something that is more commonly used (e.g. Sony's S-Gumut3.Cine/S-Log3), therefore any LUT/other workflows you've created for your existing camera would most likely work without a lot of issues. Of course, this doesn't prevent you from grading LOG videos shot by phones from other brands in DaVinci, but you would need to apply a multi-step colour space transform using specific DCTL files provided by the respective manufacturers to even start grading. DJI already showed us how a LOFIC sensor is a game changer for video editing so this kind of partnership is pretty exciting.

                              I hope more manufacturers will follow the same suit and start partnering with video editing software like this. Sony and Apple never had to do this since Blackmagic supported their LOG formats (S-Log3 and Apple LOG) for quite some time already.

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                                jiyen235, 23 Sep 2026in daytime i prefer the vivo half the time but in low li... moreIf you pixel peep that much and need the resolution just actually buy a smaller ILC camera . You will get far better pictures.

                                Images sent via messaging apps directly are dumbed down anyway. Even if you download with no loss via software or cable then upload without loss then most people looking at them are using small screens so don't get the benefit.

                                Phone cameras are still very much convenience cameras for images that do the job, the quick text rather than a long email.

                                The issue is they are still one area that brands can market on as making a difference.

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                                  Chinese phones become extremely expensive

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                                    Anonymous, 21 Sep 2026Origin OS 7 is a huge disappointment. Check out Vivo subre... moreThis coupled with Ai-ification of the camera output makes a fool put of anyone buying a Chinese phone.
                                    I’d rather buy a 10 year old Galaxy or iPhone.

                                      Zuzuz, 22 Sep 2026From the early tests done against the newest Apple 18 serie... morealso, vivo being better isnt really a flex? they were better than apple since the iphone 13 in the rear cams but the videography is 1 or 2 generations behind when using the Pro phones, only the Ultras are equivalent.

                                      I dont get why you're so defensive, i cant even criticise without getting "um apple is worse here xir". They can be better but they intentionally make it worse, im going to complain about it. The jump between generations is low in camera quality but prices go up, neither speakers nor haptics get dramatic improvements and they cheap out on the display, why should i praise them?

                                      The X200 Pro by itself was the best cameraphone overall and had the best battery life so the speaker and haptics shortcomings could've been forgiven. The gap between ultras and pros has only grown further with each generation.

                                        Zuzuz, 22 Sep 2026From the early tests done against the newest Apple 18 serie... morein daytime i prefer the vivo half the time

                                        but in low light or hdr situations the vivo's jn1 is TRASH. The difference between jn1 and jn5 is like a 1/2" vs 1/3" sensor. They cheaped out and they dont process it as well as apple either. My X200 Ultra at night or middling lighting is not that good, too noisy. You cant process the noise away without scrubbing out details or putting in AI details. The X500 Pro already has horrendously AI-ified details on faces. Against the Ultras it'd be like night and day even with the same sensor.

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