The X80 Pro is Vivo’s latest flagship phone, and its most notable new hardware feature is a larger in-display fingerprint sensor. The active area is much larger than the small sensors found on most Android phones nowadays, making it easier to unlock the phone without having to look at the screen to align your thumb.
Aside from being physically larger, the scanner has several advantages. Instead of lifting and pressing the screen several times as with traditional phones, you can register each fingertip with a single press.
Even if your hands or the screen are wet, it works quickly. Because of the larger surface area, you can configure the phone to require two simultaneous fingerprints for an added layer of authentication.
The “3D Ultrasonic Large Fingerprint Sensor” technology is actually from Qualcomm, which calls it “3D Sonic Max” and boasted about it in a recent phone from Vivo’s gaming-focused sub-brand iQOO. The X80 Pro represents the most widespread application of this technology to date.
Vivo, more than any other company, has done the most to popularize in-display fingerprint sensors, having introduced the world’s first implementation on a shipping phone in 2018.
Vivo has shown larger scanning surface areas in “Apex” concept phones, including a “full-display” version in its 2019 model, but the X80 Pro is the first commercial device to ship with a module larger than the tip of your thumb.
Vivo is also becoming more well-known for its camera capabilities, which is emphasized on the X80 Pro.
The Zeiss-branded camera hardware (complete with trademark T* coating on the lenses) is similar to that seen on last year’s X70 Pro Plus, though Vivo has yet to announce a Plus version of the X80 Pro.
A massive camera bump houses a 50-megapixel main sensor, a 48-megapixel ultra wide, a 12-megapixel 2x telephoto, and an 8-megapixel 5x periscope telephoto. One difference is that the 2x lens now has optical stabilization in the style of a gimbal.
Vivo also employs a new custom imaging chip known as the V1 Plus. The V1 Plus’s hardware, like Oppo’s Mari Silicon X chip, is designed to handle image processing in difficult situations such as night-time video capture.
A “cinematic video bokeh” mode on the X80 Pro is designed to emulate the oval bokeh seen in scenes with shallow depth of field shot with Zeiss anamorphic lenses. According to Vivo, the chip also allows for lower power consumption.
Other specifications of the X80 Pro are typical of a 2022 flagship Android phone. A Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, 12GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage are included. The display is a 6.78-inch 1440p curved OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate. The battery has a capacity of 4,700mAh and can be charged at up to 80W via cable or 50W wirelessly via Vivo’s proprietary Flash Charge system.
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