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Disruptive camera phone that promises to beat iPhone and Galaxy now official
Disruptive camera phone that promises to beat iPhone and Galaxy now official: meet Vivo X90 Pro Plus
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Not all heroes wear capes, and not all great camera phones carry the Samsung, Apple or Google brand.
The new Vivo X90 Pro Plus is the latest iteration in one of the most exciting camera phone series and it is just as innovative as they get. The X90 Pro Plus just went official in China and it is truly one of the most compelling flagships around.
The main star of the show is a 1-inch main Sony sensor, much larger than what you get on the iPhone 14 Pro Max or Galaxy S22 Ultra. Just look at this one number for the new sensor: it has 77% bigger photosensitive area compared to the 1/1.3" sensor on the predecessor (and on most other mainstream flagships).
And while Vivo is not the first company to use that sensor, it has perfected it, so much so that the company has the confidence to say that this camera is the “King of one inch sensors”.
This main camera comes with a fast, f/1.75 aperture lens, maximizing the light that reaches the sensor, plus Vivo uses a special lens coating with Zeiss T* technology that reduces glare and ghosting. The company says the lens has an extremely high Abbe rating, a measurement of light dispersion. The higher the number, the better, and in the case of the Vivo X90 Pro Plus it reaches 81.6, while your typical plastic lens is usually rated at around 30.
In addition to the main sensor super star, you also have not one, but two telephoto cameras. The first one is rather unique: it's a 50mm portrait lens with f/1.6 aperture and fixed focus, and those who value portrait photography would really appreciate this "nifty fifty" lens.
The second one is a periscope style 3.5X zoom lens with a 64MP sensor. Vivo uses some software magic and supports up to 100X digital zoom. Vivo is not the first with such a camera, we came away extremely impressed with the 3.5X camera on the Huawei Mate 50 Pro, which also goes to 100X, so we are very hopeful this one is even better.
All of the cameras except for the ultra-wide come with optical-image stabilization (OIS), which is especially helpful on the zoom lenses.
On the list of its camera superpowers, Vivo lists the following:
- handheld astrophotography
- tilt-shift "miniature blur" mode
- horizon correction for shooting skyscrapers and tall buildings
- lens flare portrait mode
- freeze subjects in low light
Of course, we can talk a lot about the features, but here are some camera samples that Vivo has shown the media to illustrate what this new phone is really capable of:
