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The Hindu
21-07-2025
- The Hindu
Vivo X Fold 5 Review: A new benchmark for foldables
Vivo's approach to foldable phones has been nothing short of phenomenal as it presents the new X Fold 5 as its most refined phone yet. Launched alongside the Vivo X200 FE, the new X Fold 5 challenges the newly launched Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a more affordable price. However, it retains the same processor which was introduced in its predecessor, the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro, launched in 2024. Priced at ₹1,49,999 for the 16 GB/512 GB variant, the Vivo X Fold 5 isn't that cheap either but, promises an ultra premium experience with a futuristic design, marathon battery life and impressive cameras. So, does the Vivo X Fold 5 deliver on those promises? Let's unfold this review and find out. Design Gone are the days when foldable used to be bulky. The Vivo X Fold 5 breaks that stereotype, effortlessly with just 217 grams of weight which is evenly distributed. I reviewed the Black variant of the phone which has a sleek aesthetic with a frosted matte glass back that repels fingerprints and a circular camera module that adds character without too much protrusion. In the hand, the device feels impressively slim and balanced. When unfolded, the X Fold 5 measures just 4.3mm thin, unfolded, and 9.2mm when folded. Vivo has kept the edges rounded in X Fold 5 which is good and there's no gap when the two screens meet. Vivo used an advanced Armor aluminium frame and improved hinge mechanism in X Fold 5, which claims 6 lakhs opening/closing. The hinge operates smoothly and can hold the display at various angles, useful for flex-mode viewing or hands-free video calls. It gets IP5X, IPX8, and even IPX9 ratings for durability and protection against dust, full water immersion, and high-pressure water jets. In contrast, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 only features the IP48 standards which makes it only water resistant. (For top technology news of the day, subscribe to our tech newsletter Today's Cache) All buttons sit on the right edge, the volume rocker and power button, which doubles as a fingerprint scanner, which I don't like personally. Vivo has ditched the in-display ultrasonic sensor for a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. Interestingly, there's a Smart Key on the left panel, which is a programmable button, like the Plus Key on the OnePlus 13s, that can be assigned to actions like torch, notifications, launching camera or any app or toggling specific features. Display Vivo equipped the X Fold 5 with two AMOLED displays. The outer screen is a 6.53-inch AMOLED with a good bar like 21:9 aspect ratio. I found typing on this outer display quite comfortable. It is wide enough that UI elements don't feel cramped. The outer panel is sharp with a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz for silky smooth scrolling. It's also incredibly bright, peaking up to 4,500 nits for HDR content or even under the sun. I had no trouble reading text or viewing photos. Open the device, and you're treated to an expansive 8.03-inch inner display that turns the phone into a mini tablet. This foldable OLED panel offers a 120 Hz LTPO refresh rate and a crisp resolution. Colours on the inner display are vibrant and punchy, matching the outer screen's calibration closely so you get a consistent look. Both panels support Dolby Vision and HDR10+, making media consumption a delight. It has up to 4,500 nits peak brightness on the inner screen as well which is more than sufficient. The screen crease where the inner display folds is present, but it's relatively subtle. When viewing content head on, I barely noticed it; only at off-angles or when swiping exactly across the middle I did feel the crease. The hinge's new droplet design helps keep that crease shallow and also allowed the device to fold flat without a gap. The ultra thin glass layer on top of the inner display gives it a smooth feel. The inner display has an anti-reflective coating, cutting down on glare and supports a split screen and multitasking interface. OS and AI Vivo X Fold 5 operates on Funtouch OS 15 based on Android 15 out of box. It is clean, intuitive and packed with useful features. The UI feels polished with smooth animations and the interface is better optimised for the foldable form factor. You get a persistent taskbar at the bottom when using the big inner screen, making it easy to switch apps or drag them into split-screen. Vivo has also integrated some smart AI-driven features to enhance productivity. One standout is the Origin Workbench mode. When you swipe in from the bottom right corner, the current app shrinks into a floating window, revealing a sidebar where you can open up to four more apps in mini windows. Vivo promises four years of Android updates and five years of security patches in X Fold 5 while Samsung's offers 7+7 policy. I was a bit disappointed that it ships with Android 15 and not the new Android 16, especially since Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 comes with Android 16 out of the box. Performance Under the hood, the Vivo X Fold 5 packs last year's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM. It was surprising to see Vivo not using the Snapdragon 8 Elite, commonly found in most flagships launched this year. But, this has certainly helped Vivo contain X Fold 5 under ₹1.50 lakh. I honestly did not feel any lack of power during day-to-day use,. The X Fold 5 zips through everything. The apps launch quickly, the UI transitions are buttery, and even the multitasking didn't slow it down. It has got a 512 GB UFS 4.1 storage for quick file transfers. The Adreno 740 GPU handled intense games without any difficulty. Graphics stayed smooth and the phone only warmed up moderately after continuous gameplay but the vapour chamber cooling system helps here. Overall, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 isn't the newest silicon available but, it has proven its worth in X Fold 3 Pro. The new Vivo X Fold 5 goes through productivity tasks and holds its own in gaming, making it a reliable powerhouse for both work and play. Camera The Vivo X Fold 5 boasts a triple 50 MP rear camera setup co-engineered with Zeiss. The primary shooter is a 50 MP Sony IMX921 sensor with OIS. This is the same sensor used in Vivo's X200, and it shows. Daylight photos are excellent, rich in detail, with a wide dynamic range and natural colours. In most scenarios, the main camera delivered images that could rival slab flagships. The images retain a more realistic look without overdoing things. Low light performance is particularly impressive. The combination of OIS and a large sensor means the X Fold 5 can afford longer exposures in Night Mode without blur. In near-dark scenes, it pulled in a surprising amount of light, street lamps and neon signs were well-controlled with minimal flare due to Zeiss T* lens coatings. It's on par with the likes of Vivo X200 Pro and Galaxy S25 Ultra. There's a 50 MP ultrawide lens that captures a 114° field of view. During daytime, ultrawide shots exhibit the same general colour tuning as the main camera, which is great, no jarring shifts in colour or exposure. The 50 MP periscope telephoto camera does its job perfectly. Vivo has fitted the X Fold 5 with a 3x optical zoom lens using a Sony IMX882 sensor with OIS. This lens is fantastic for portraits and distant subjects alike. The 3x zoom shots come out sharp. The telephoto rendered facial details and textures brilliantly with a pleasing natural bokeh separating the subject. The high resolution also means you can push beyond 3x. I got surprisingly good results in 5x and even 10x shots in daylight. At 10x, quality starts to dip with a bit of noise and some blown highlights in challenging lighting, but it's definitely usable for casual sharing. For context, Samsung's Fold 7 sticks with a 10 MP 3x telephoto. All rear cameras benefit from Zeiss colour tuning. There's even a Zeiss mode in the viewfinder for more colour accurate and natural shots. Skin tones especially looked excellent with Zeiss mode, making the X Fold 5 a capable device for portrait photography. Upfront, the X Fold 5 actually has two 20 MP selfie cameras, one on the outer display and one embedded under the inner display. The cover screen's 20 MP selfie camera performs well. Selfies came out sharp and well-exposed, with a fairly wide field of view fitting in groups easily. Portrait selfie mode does a decent job with edge detection. The under-display camera on main screen is also 20 MP, but don't let the number fool you. Its quality is more limited and fragile. For selfies, I recommend using the rear cameras with the cover screen as a preview. Battery The Vivo X Fold 5 holds a massive 6,000 mAh battery, the largest ever in any foldable phone. It translates into fantastic battery life because foldables have historically struggled to last a full day due to their power-hungry big screens, but the X Fold 5 flips the script. In my time with the device, I consistently ended days with around 30-35% charge remaining with heavy usage, including 5-6 hours of screen-on time mixed between the outer and inner displays. This phone's battery life goes unchallenged in the foldable arena. Complimenting it, Vivo's 80 W wired charging support fills the X Fold 5 from 0 to 50% in just around 30 minutes, and a full 0-100% charge took an hour. For added convenience, the X Fold 5 also supports 40 W wireless and 10W reverse wireless charging, which is an added advantage. Verdict Vivo has crafted a foldable that doesn't have compromises and it just stands out. The design is brilliantly executed with an ultra thin, lightweight build that is comfortable to use. The displays are gorgeous and spacious, the battery life is amazing for a foldable, and the cameras truly shine among foldables and bar phones, alike. The core experience of using the Vivo X Fold 5 is nothing short of delightful. From binge watching, to shooting emails, to capturing stunning photos, this device handles it all with aplomb. Vivo has emphatically delivered on making the foldable a matured product rather than a novelty. In conclusion, those willing to invest in the Vivo X Fold 5 will find it rewarding. Surely, it's not perfect. The X Fold 5 sticks with last year's processor and launches on Android 15 instead of 16 out of the box. Starting at ₹1,49,999, the Vivo X Fold 5 sits firmly in ultra premium territory yet it manages to feel like a value proposition against its primary rival, the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
Hindustan Times
07-07-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Vivo X Fold 5, X200 FE launching in India on July 14; Amazon microsite now live
Vivo is gearing up for the launch of its two new devices, the Vivo X Fold 5 and Vivo X200 FE, in India on July 14. The company earlier confirmed that both devices will be available for purchase on Vivo India's official website, as well as on major online retailers Flipkart and Amazon. Now, dedicated microsites for each device are now live on the above e-commerce platforms. These microsites offer users an early insight into the devices' features and specifications ahead of their launch. Let's take a look at what's coming. Vivo X Fold 5 and Vivo X200 FE are set to launch on July 14 in India. (Vivo) Vivo X Fold 5 The Vivo X Fold 5 is designed as a foldable smartphone with a compact form factor. When folded, it measures 0.92 cm in thickness, weighs 217 grams, and expands to 0.43 cm when unfolded. The device houses a 6000mAh dual-cell battery with 80W wired charging and 40W wireless charging support. It incorporates advanced battery technology, including second-generation semi-solid electrolytes and fourth-generation silicon anodes. Vivo claims the battery life can deliver up to 80.6 hours of music playback, 13.2 hours of video conferencing, and nearly nine days on standby. Also read: Vivo X Fold 3 Pro vs Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Foldable smartphones of 2024 compared For photography, the Vivo X Fold 5 features a triple camera setup developed in collaboration with ZEISS optics, which includes a 50MP telephoto camera with optical image stabilisation (OIS) and a Sony IMX882 sensor, a 50MP primary Ultra-Sensing VCS Bionic camera with a Sony IMX921 sensor, and a 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 120-degree field of view and autofocus. It also comes equipped with additional features, including freeze resistance at temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius, an AI Smart Office mode for productivity, a customisable shortcut button, and AI Image Studio tools like Magic Move for photo editing. Also read: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 likely to be world's slimmest foldable- Here's what we know Vivo X200 FE On the other hand, the Vivo X200 FE aims to target users looking for a slim and powerful smartphone on a budget. It features a 6.31-inch display, weighs 186 grams and is 0.799 cm thick. The device is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus processor, which reaches a peak clock speed of 3.4GHz. Vivo X200 FE will be available in three colour options: Amber Yellow, Frost Blue, and Luxe Grey. The device also carries IP68 and IP69 certifications for dust and water resistance. For optics, the Vivo X200 FE features a 50MP main camera with OIS, a 50MP telephoto camera, and an 8MP ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field of view on the rear in partnership with ZEISS. The device supports ZEISS Multifocal Portrait modes with multiple focal lengths and Bokeh styles. Vivo X200 FE houses a 6,500mAh battery with 90W fast charging support. Also read: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Vivo X200 Pro: The ultimate flagship battle Vivo X Fold 5, Vivo X200 FE: Pricing (Expected) The Vivo X Fold 5 is expected to be priced at around Rs. 1,39,999, while the Vivo X200 FE is anticipated to start at Rs. 54,999. Launch offers could potentially lower the X200 FE's price to under Rs. 49,999.
Phone Arena
01-07-2025
- Phone Arena
Samsung just sabotaged the Galaxy Z Fold 7. What now?
We are just days away from the Galaxy Z Fold 7's official announcement on July 9, but the upcoming foldable phone's fate has already been sealed for me: it's a disaster in the making. I'm going to cut to the chase here and not waste any more time with world building. It's the purported battery size that concerns and infuriates me at the same time. The rumor mill is telling us Samsung is not eyeing a battery increase for its ultra-thin new foldable phone , meaning it will mirror the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and come with a 4,400 mAh battery, or worse, even a smaller one. And looking at the fuller picture, many might jump in to defend Samsung with the notion that, yes, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is significantly slimmer than any of the company's prior foldables, so there was just no physical space left for a larger battery, you see. That would have been accurate and understandable years ago, when Li-ion batteries were more constrained by space. However, it's mid-2025, and this problem has already been solved, seemingly by everyone but Samsung. There's an easy solution to the battery issue on foldable phones that almost all current devices have already solved, and it's called silicon-carbon batteries. These are denser than the standard lithium-ion batteries and conserve more energy in the same-sized battery cell, allowing phone vendors to do crazy things like putting a 5,600 mAh battery inside an ultraslim 8.93 mm foldable phone . Those are the exact specs behind Oppo's exceptional Find N5 foldable, which feels like a much more complete foldable flagship. The Vivo X Fold 3 Pro I've been using for the past few months? A bit thicker at 11.2 mm, but still packing a large 5,700 mAh battery, and that's a phone that's more than a year old. Actually, come to think of it, most of Samsung's rivals are already actively using silicon-carbon batteries on both foldables and traditional flagship phones, delivering wonderful battery endurance in bodies that are often slimmer than their Samsung counterparts. But what could be the real reason Samsung simply doesn't want to give people what they want and match the exploits of all China-based foldable phone makers out there? At this point, it appears that the real reason could be the higher costs of silicon-carbon batteries and Samsung's unwillingness to soak them up or past them over to consumers. The South Korea-based giant is either unwilling to pay the licensing fees for the patented tech, and that is hurting the appeal of its otherwise decent phones. We've been stuck with 5,000 mAh batteries on the flagship Galaxy S Ultra lineup for half a decade already, and the competition has not only caught up, but is already lapping Samsung. Even Apple, which is usually so averse to hardware innovation, is dangerously close to topping Samsung's batteries not only in overall endurance, but in terms of capacity, too. Could Samsung be betting on a home-grown solution? The company unveiled a solid-state battery back in 2024, which aims to give us super-stable batteries that are way less prone to "accidents", but they only max out at 200Wh/l, which isn't very inspiring when you compare a lithium-ion battery's range between 250 and 700 Wh/l. This means Samsung's solid-state batteries are a long way from being actual alternatives to conventional lithium-ion or silicon-carbon batteries; SSBs are also seemingly way, way more expensive at the moment, so pretty far away from mass production and the prime time. Another obvious reason for Samsung's apparent unwillingness to give us good batteries in phones could be the now ancient Galaxy Note 7. Back in 2016, an ill-fated manufacturing defect with the batteries of the S Pen phone caused many units to overheat and catch on fire, and the reason for that was the specific curved shape of the device, which required an odd-shaped battery cell. This led to the unfortunate discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7. Samsung has apologized one too many times about this mishap over the years, and we've already accepted the apology. It even introduced an industry-leading 8-point battery safe check back in the day, which is still relevant to this day. However, it's 2025 now, and it's time for the company to move on and once again start experimenting with batteries. Safely, of course. But let's get back to the Galaxy Z Fold 7 , a device that is set to do so many things right and yet skimp on one of the more crucial ones yet again, potentially leaving us with a foldable phone very close to greatness, but not quite there just yet. Samsung kept an ear close to the ground and will finally give us an actually good and thin design, get rid of the useless inner selfie camera, and will finally employ an actually useful cover screen. Pair that with the flagship-grade Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and the decent One UI interface, and you get a strong rival for the title of "best foldable in the US". We'll see how the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will fare. However, on the global stage, there are poised to be much better options from a hardware perspective. Devices like the Oppo Find N5, Honor Magic V5, and the Vivo X Fold 5 are already quickly stepping up to eat Samsung's lunch. Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
India Today
26-06-2025
- India Today
Vivo X Fold 5 breaks cover, will take on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 with best-in-class IP rating and massive 6,000mAh battery
Vivo has launched the Vivo X Fold 5, its latest book-style foldable with a bunch of big upgrades and world-class features, including a top-level IP rating and a ginormous battery. Launching first in China, the X Fold 5 is soon expected to break cover internationally given that its predecessor, the critically acclaimed Vivo X Fold 3 Pro, was made available in markets like India. In fact, speculation is rife about Vivo launching it in India, possibly within the next few weeks, alongside another phone called the Vivo X200 FE. It will take on Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is set to launch globally on July X Fold 5 is a technological marvel in many ways. It doesn't try very hard to become the thinnest, or even the lightest foldable in the world, but goes the other way by offering quality-of-life upgrades that would increase utility and make foldables work more like regular devices. To that effect, Vivo has made the world's first commercially available foldable phone with IPX8 and IPX9 Plus ratings, meaning that it is safe against submersion and water jets, at least in theory. The phone is also rated IP5X for dust ingress. You're not advised to go about slam-dunking your fancy foldable to test its limits, but it's nice to know it can go the distance the off chance you come face to face with something of going the distance, Vivo also put a 6,000mAh battery inside the X Fold 5, which, per our knowledge, is the largest on any commercially available foldable phone today. There are in fact two separate cells – 3,275mAh and 2,725mAh – based on the latest Silicon-Carbon technology driving the phone and, hopefully, it will deliver on the longevity front. The X Fold 3, too, had a substantial 5,700mAh battery, but it's interesting that Vivo was able to make it bigger in this generation. The overall charging speeds have come down though. The X Fold 5 supports 80W wired and 40W wireless charging (this was 100W and 50W in the X Fold 3 Pro).Despite the increase in battery size and more powerful IP rating, the footprint hasn't gone up. Vivo has made two types of finishes: titanium and more regular white and green pine. The former measures 9.2mm when folded and 4.3mm when unfolded (it weighs 217 grams) while the other two come in at 9.7mm folded/4.55mm unfolded and 226 grams, respectively. The screen size hasn't changed. You still get a 6.53-inch cover display and an 8.03-inch inner display which is now protected by the second-generation Armour Glass. This main display is an LTPO OLED with a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz and peak local brightness of 4,500 nits. The processor, too, remains unchanged. The X Fold 5 comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 much like the X Fold 3 photography, the Vivo X Fold 5 has a trio of cameras on the back which is a combination of a 50-megapixel Sony IMX921 sensor with f/1.57 wide lens with OIS, a 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 sensor with an f/2.55 3x periscope lens with OIS, and another 50-megapixel ultrawide with a 15mm f/2.05 lens. The setup is tuned by Vivo X Fold 5 starts at CNY 6,999 (roughly Rs 83,670) for a version with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and goes up to CNY 9499 (roughly Rs 1,13,550) for 16GB/1TB. It is currently available for pre-order in China with general availability pegged for July 2.- Ends advertisement
Phone Arena
18-06-2025
- Phone Arena
After years of doubt, I finally found a foldable worth using daily (Spoiler: It's not a Samsung or a Pixel)
As a tech reviewer, I've had access to foldable phones for years, ever since the first Galaxy Z Fold wowed and impressed. But over the years, I've seldom played with one, and I purposefully abstained from putting my SIM card inside a foldable and using it as a daily driver. The reason was, well, pretty logical in my mind: none of the foldables I saw in person didn't feel like a superior device to the conventional flagships I could use. Something always felt off. Some had unsightly display creases that totally broke the immersion, others were lacking either in the battery life or the camera areas, which are always crucial, some had unusable interfaces, and others were just peculiar in the negative sense of the word. My point being, no foldable really enticed me to use it as a daily driver, until I stumbled upon this "older" device released back in 2024. The phone I'm currently talking about and the one I'm obsessed with right now is the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro, and it's easily among the best foldables to this day. It definitely is a more complete phone than any Galaxy Z Fold you can get, that's for sure. Here's my colleague Preslav giving the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro a heatlthy skeptical look. But believe me, my friend, this is the foldable that could finally make even you switch from your precious Samsungs. (Image by PhoneArena) To explain why I rate this foldable much higher than, say, the Galaxy Z Fold lineup, which is what most people think of when they hear " foldable phone " , I will do what I do best and give you a quick review of the phone in question. The first thing that blew me away with this Vivo was the design. We start off with a pretty thin body that measures 4.7 mm unfolded and 10.2 mm folded. It's not the thinnest foldable around, true, but it's still super-thin and sleek. When you use it folded with a case on, it feels just as large as an iPhone 16 Pro Max with a case on. Moreover, at 236gr, this phone is lighter than some iPhones I've used. Both objectively and subjectively, it's a beaut' (Image by PhoneArena) I particularly loved the aspect ratio of the phone itself. At 21:9, it's perfectly functional and notably more useful than the Z Fold's narrower outer screen. The X Fold 3 Pro is perfectly usable even in its folded state, so you're not forced to unfold it every time you want to use it. The crease on the inner screen is there, you can sometimes see it when a reflection hits, but you can barely feel it when you move your fingertips on top of it. That's just the solution I love with foldables, as the necessary drawback of a crease is almost negligible here. In addition, the hinge is super-strong and solid, unlike the flimsy ones on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. There's also a simple but very useful hardware mute switch, which is super-convenient. The there's the interface. Laugh all you want, but I'm convinced that Vivo's oddly named Funtouch OS is among the best custom Android skins. It's functional, feature-rich, and manages a sleek interface style devoid of any fleeting design trends. There are tons of useful features sprinkled throughout the interface, which is usually the case with phones hailing from China, but interestingly, Funtouch OS is probably the least "Chinese-looking" phone skin I've laid my eyes upon. For example, Xiaomi's HyperOS or Oppo's ColorOS are instantly recognizable with their near-identical iOS-like styling that oozes with everything but originality. Funtouch OS is more understated as it's definitely closer to stock Android yet still has its own, rather unique UX design. Classy notifications (with colorful icons, mind you), a unified notification shade that simply revels in efficiency, and all the latest Android features you've come to expect are currently here. There are many personalization and customization features, with Funtouch OS' Dynamic Effects offering some of the deepest and most intriguing ways to shape the interface to your liking. You can change the home screen entering animation, the fingerprint icon and recognition animations, the charging and USB insertion animations, the ambient light effect when receiving a notification, and so much more. A proper treasure trove for customization freaks like me! There are some AI features, but they are mostly forgettable. As long as I have access to Gemini and ChatGPT, my AI needs are sorted, and I have hardly needed anything more. I absolutely adore the foldable-specific features here, like swiping up an app to open it in split-screen or run in a floating window, as well as the neat dock at the bottom. If you quickly close and open the foldable, you can easily open most apps in split-screen, and that's genius. Position the phone half-open on any surface, and you get a customizable standby clock. Okay, technically, we don't get the latest hardware inside the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro: there's "only" a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip inside instead of the more powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite. Is that a problem? Absolutely not! The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is still a flagship chip that marries superb raw power with decent enough efficiency, despite clocking it slightly lower scores in the synthetic benchmarks. The performance is top-notch in almost any task you might think of, and I could even emulate some of my favorite PC and PS3 games with respectable frame rates (thank the gods for Android emulation). The phone is equipped with 16GB of RAM, which is great in itself, but Vivo also lets you use up to 16GB of the 512GB of storage as additional memory, totalling to around 32GB of available memory. This allows the phone to hold so many apps in its memory that I'm sometimes surprised that apps I haven't used in a day or so were still held in the memory. This is perfect for heavy multitaskers, which I apparently am. There's somehow a 5,700mAh battery fitted on the foldable phone . Vivo has used a second-gen carbon-silicon battery which boasts 780 Wh/L density. I will be honest with you, I don't know what that means exactly at the top of my mind, but I can attest to the decent battery life of the phone itself. With a mixed folded/unfolded use through the day and usually moderate usage, it's easily a day, day-and-a-half phone. What I like even more is the fast 100W charging. Pop the phone on the charger, go make yourself a brunch and some coffee, and voilà, it's typically trickling at around 80%, which is more than enough to last you a day. There are also two ultrasonic fingerprint scanners here, one on the internal screen and another one on the external display. That's a rarity, with many manufacturers opting for either an ultrasonic/optical or a single capacitive fingerprint in the power button. Speaking of the displays, both are superb. Colorful OLEDs with just the right amount of customization allowing you to fine-tune the color temperature and tone, very high peak brightness and low enough minimum one, with a smooth 120Hz refresh rate. Absolutely top-notch! Not the very best, but good enough for me (Image by PhoneArena) Although it received a fairly middle-of-the-road score in our PhoneArena camera tests, the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro camera still amazes me to this day. It reminded me that the best camera is the one you have on you, but also the one you know the strengths and weaknesses of, allowing you to squeeze the best possible results with what you have available. Hardware-wise, it's a pretty respectable triple camera setup with a 50MP main camera with a large sensor, a 50MP ultrawide, and a high-res 64MP telephoto with 3X optical zoom that uses sensor cropping to zoom even further without any noticeable image quality loss. I routinely take photos at between 6X and 10X, and the quality is more than acceptable (taking your kid to the park apparently involves a lot of zooming in to capture all the shenanigans). I absolutely adore the number of features and hidden functionalities available in the camera app. Apart from the standard photo, video, Pro shooting, and portrait modes, this phone also lets you take tilt shift photography, dabble into astrophotography (with AR constellation support), have access to many portrait modes emulating the look of some classic Zeiss lenses like Distagon, Sonnar, Planar, Biotar, and so much more. There's a proper macro mode here, which uses the correct camera (it's the telephoto one, not the ultrawide). You can also customize the cinematic video mode look by applying custom or some preloaded LUTs, apply a slow-shutter effect, and generally feel like an aspiring cinematographer. All cool beans! Although it's not the best camera around in terms of pure quality, it's just enough for me. More often than not, it's not the camera hardware, but the creativity that takes a better photo. he hinge is perfect. Once more for the Galaxy Z Fold users in the back, THE HINGE IS PERFECT (Image by PhoneArena) The things I don't like? The phone can capture up to 8K@30fps videos, but the quality is just okay. There's a big difference when you switch between the different cameras when taking a video, which doesn't always look great. Newer Vivo phones also have the very useful Live Photo feature, which works just like on the iPhone and captures a short video before and after you hit the shutter button, but the X Fold 3 Pro only allows this in its dedicated Snapshot mode. In it, none of the standard camera features are available, so it's mostly a wasted functionality here. Other foldables like the Oppo Find N5 support regular Live Photo capture in all standard still photography modes, so excuse me if I'm a bit envious. The phone is only IPX8, not IP68. While that's normal to expect from a foldable, I would have loved some minor dust proofing, at least IP48 matching the Galaxy Z Fold series. The glass on the outer screen, while having super-strong shatter resistance (at least according to the official specs), the outer glass isn't very scratch-resistant. While I pamper it, I can notice some micro scratches here and there, which isn't inspiring a lot of confidence, as I now have to consider getting a 3D glass protector from Chinese online retailers. The audio quality isn't too good as well, but that's usually the case with foldable phones . The dual stereo speakers inside are tiny due to the cramped space inside, which could be some of the reasons why the audio is simply lacking in terms of strength and presence. You eventually get used to it, but if someone plays the same audio track on a Galaxy flagship or an iPhone, it would be a night-and-day difference. And yes, the pricing isn't the most affordable. Currently, you can find the phone going for around $1,300 from reputable online retailers that specialize in reselling Chinese phones, but the price was higher last year. Now that I've used the phone, I'm fully convinced it's worth it, though: the value you get out of the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro definitely beats those equally expensive newer foldables out there. Currently, I have no plans to stop using this device. It has everything I could possibly want from a phone, be it a foldable or a regular one. Given the increasing pace of rumors regarding the upcoming Vivo X Fold 5 (the company conveniently skips the "4" iteration of the phone as is the Chinese tradition), I am fully expecting to be shock-and-awed by Vivo's next-gen foldable phone and would absolutely rattle up the chain of command so that I can review it as soon as it enters the PhoneArena premises. As a conclusion, I've you've been hesitant to try out a foldable phone , make sure to look past the usual suspects coming from Samsung and Google. Chinese manufacturers are playing in another league altogether, and I'd never swap the X Fold 3 Pro for a Galaxy Z Fold. 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