Another week, another new smartphone—there’s no shortage of Android handsets the whole year round, and this time it’s Vivo that’s taken up the spotlight with the launch of two new phones under its X200 series, the X200s and X200 Ultra. Speaking of the latter, Vivo is marketing the X200 Ultra as a high-performance flagship camera phone, taking on the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro, for example.
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While all this sounds exciting, it should be noted that the X200 Ultra is exclusive for buyers in China, so unless you’re willing to import a unit from overseas it seems like getting your hands on one in the UK is out of the question. Nevertheless, it would be rather remiss of us to ignore the X200 Ultra’s launch—here’s what you need to know about Vivo’s newest premium-tier Android phone.
Like a lot of other Android flagships this year, the X200 Ultra runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, which is found in other high-end flagship devices. This is paired with a choice of several memory and storage configurations, with either 12 or 16GB of RAM and 256GB up to 1TB of internal storage. The phone also comes with a 6,000 mAh battery which supports 90W wired and 40W wireless charging speeds. It’s a lot of what you’d expect a flagship to have, although the highlight of the X200 Ultra is its camera setup, which will get to in a bit.
Go over to the front and you’ll find a 6.82-inch LTPO AMOLED display, which comes with a sharp QHD+ resolution, and gets rather bright at up to 4,500 nits of peak brightness—this makes it ideal for use in outdoor situations, and the 120Hz refresh rate also makes for a more immersive user experience when zipping through the user interface and different apps and menus.
For photography, Vivo has added a dedicated “V” key on the side of the phone, which can be customized and used as a shutter key. Inside, the X200 Ultra comes with two chips which handle camera processing—this consists of the V3+ and the VS1, the latter of which works on elements like exposure, image stacking, focus and more. Meanwhile, the V3+ takes care of stuff like image sharpening, noise reduction in low-light images, and more.
For the actual camera hardware, there’s a 50 MP main camera that uses a Sony LYT-818 sensor with a 1/1.28-inch size and f/1.7 aperture, a 200 MP telephoto camera (with a Samsung ISOCELL HP9 sensor) with a 1/1.4-inch size and 85 mm equivalent focal length, while a 50 MP ultra-wide camera and 50 MP front camera round up the bunch. There’s 4K video recording support which caps out at 120 frames per second, with Dolby Vision when recording at a lower 60 frames per second.
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Vivo adds that an optional Photography Set will be available, featuring a teleconverter lens that provides an additional 2.35x zoom. This will supposedly boost the telephoto camera’s magnification up to a 200 mm equivalent focal length. The set also includes other lenses, straps, a USB-C grip case, and a built-in 2,300 mAh battery.
