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Vivo’s latest flagship telephone line arrived on the heels of the corporate’s greatest Android rival. The Chinese language telephone maker introduced the brand new X90 and X90 Professional on Friday, simply days after Samsung’s Galaxy S23 launch. The Vivo X90 Professional’s standout options are its 120-watt charger and the 1-inch Sony IMX 989 important digicam sensor. 

I had an opportunity to make use of the Vivo X90 Professional for practically per week. I examined the digicam, battery life and efficiency, amongst different options. The digicam serves up a flexible vary of photographs with good readability in the course of the day and evening. Images have a stunning depth of discipline.

Some pictures did not end up as vibrant as I might anticipated, nevertheless, which was a shock since this telephone is supplied with a 1-inch sensor. Bigger sensors are designed to permit extra gentle in, and due to this fact are supposed to enable for the manufacturing of brighter, clearer pictures. And but, as we all know from the Sony Xperia Professional-I and Xiaomi 12S Extremely, a 1-inch digicam sensor is not really an inch massive. However it’s on the bigger dimension for a telephone digicam.

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Vivo X90 Professional

Like

• Quick-charging
• Battery life
• Strong efficiency

Do not Like

• Extreme branding
• Branding bar
• Bloatware

For all of the hype Vivo created across the digicam, my favourite characteristic was quick charging, because of the 120-watt charger included within the field. I beloved the comfort of with the ability to cost my telephone absolutely in half an hour. A bundled quick charger distinguishes this telephone from these made by Samsung and Apple, each of which have stopped together with chargers within the field with their telephones. Not solely does Vivo supply a bundled charger, however that charger is impressively environment friendly when revitalizing a useless battery. 

Aside from the digicam and battery, the Vivo X90 Professional has all of the hallmark options of a high-end flagship in 2023. There is a 6.78-inch AMOLED show, three cameras headlined by two 50-megapixel cameras, a big battery and zippy 120-watt charging. Xiaomi’s 12T Professional has 120-watt quick charging too — it was my favourite characteristic on that telephone, regardless of its 200-megapixel digicam. 

It is value mentioning that the Vivo X90 Professional runs on the Mediatek Dimensity 9200 chip. That is a divergence from Samsung’s newest lineup of Galaxy S23 telephones, which run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon eight Gen 2. It additionally has an IP64 ranking for water- and dust-resistance, which implies it is protected absolutely from mud, however solely from sprays of water. I would not be snug carrying this machine round within the rain or by the poolside. Take observe, this can be a decrease ranking than the IP68 ranking on Samsung’s telephones, which might stand up to being submerged beneath water.

Pricing info is not obtainable presently, however anticipate a global launch in elements of Europe and Asia for the X90 collection. A US launch is not deliberate. For reference, final yr’s Vivo X80 Professional price £1,199 (which converts roughly to $1,460, AU$2,085) and the brand new Galaxy S23 Plus prices £1,049.

The Vivo X90 Professional’s odd design on the again

For a telephone in 2023, the X90 Professional’s design seems comparatively bizarre from the entrance. The oblong show has curved edges and a punch-hole cutout within the heart housing the selfie digicam. However flip it over, and you may see a slender bar working by means of the width of the chassis (beneath the digicam module). 

No, it isn’t a digicam bar as seen on Google’s Pixel 7 lineup, it is merely a flat bar emblazoned with the phrases “Xtreme Creativeness” working throughout the rear of the telephone. Frankly, it makes for a weird selection that undermines the general smooth design of the telephone. Above this perplexing bar, is the round digicam bump housing three lenses. There’s additionally daring Vivo branding on the backside, which I do not significantly take to however I can perceive why it is there.

The Vivo X90 Professional’s cameras have Zeiss lenses

Vivo touts this telephone as a chunk of professional pictures tools in your pocket, flexing its digicam partnership with Zeiss, a 176-year-old firm thought-about a pioneer in optical pictures. There are three cameras on the X90 Professional: a 50-megapixel important digicam, a 50-megapixel portrait digicam and a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens. The Vivo even has Zeiss’ well-known T-star coating on the lenses. The one different telephones presently bought with the coating are from Sony Xperia’s strains.

Images from the telephone look respectable. I really like how portrait images come out with a dramatic bokeh impact. Nonetheless, as I stated earlier, some images turned out to be extra shadowy than I might anticipated, given the sensor dimension. You possibly can see the cameras in motion beneath. 

Vivo X90 Professional battery

The X90 Professional has a 4,780-mAh battery, which may be replenished with a bundled 120-watt charger or a 50-watt wi-fi charger (bought individually). Vivo claimed the X90 Professional can hit a full cost in 29 minutes — and I can affirm that that is true based mostly on the 2 occasions I charged the machine from a useless battery (on balanced mode). This beats the cost time of the presumably pricier Galaxy S23 Extremely, which hits a 91% cost for its barely bigger battery in 30 minutes. 

The Vivo X90 provides two charging modes, quick charging and the aforementioned balanced mode, which is the default setting and is right for on a regular basis charging, in line with Vivo. Quick mode is meant to refill the telephone’s battery to 50% in eight minutes and 10 seconds, the corporate says. It is a characteristic that I might reserve for vital conditions after I must cost up a useless telephone ASAP.

In my expertise, the battery was long-lasting and never susceptible to straightforward drainage. I carried out CNET’s standardized battery endurance take a look at, the place I stay streamed a video, hopped on a video name, scrolled by means of social media, performed cell video games and listened to music on YouTube — all inside 45 minutes at 50% brightness. In that time-frame, the battery life went from 96% to 87%, which signifies the battery having a very good longevity.

Vivo X90 Professional processor is from MediaTek

Vivo swapped out Qualcomm’s Snapdragon eight Gen 1 processor, which powered final yr’s Vivo X80 collection for TSMC’s MediaTek Dimensity 9200 chip. By comparability, the Galaxy S23 runs on a personalized model of the the Snapdragon eight Gen 2 — the identical chip Vivo reserved for its highest finish Vivo X90 Professional Plus telephone.

The Dimensity 9200 is meant to supply extra environment friendly energy consumption and sooner processing. It is backed up by 12GB RAM and 256GB of storage. In my expertise, the X90 Professional ran easily and seamlessly whether or not I used to be streaming YouTube movies, chatting over video name or enjoying cell video games. You possibly can see the way it stacks up in opposition to some iPhone 14 fashions and the Galaxy S23 in our efficiency checks beneath. 

What Vivo modified within the X90 Professional

Vivo modified an array of options from final yr’s Vivo X80 Professional. Aside from swapping out the chip from Qualcomm to a Mediatek, Vivo ditched the ultrasonic fingerprint reader, telephoto digicam and diminished show decision. The ultrasonic fingerprint under-screen reader (3D Sonic Max ), which has a bigger lively space and requires solely a single faucet to arrange, set the X80 Professional aside from a variety of Android flagships, so was a disappointment to see it go. The X90 Professional has an optical in-screen fingerprint reader as an alternative which labored effective.

Do you have to purchase the Vivo X90 Professional?

The Vivo X90 Professional is a stable Android telephone — you possibly can’t actually go incorrect with its reliable cameras, quick efficiency and that candy quick charging. However since we do not have a value simply but for worldwide markets, it is laborious to say whether or not it is a good purchase when it comes to worth. The Vivo X90 Professional squarely competes in opposition to the Galaxy S23. It has sooner charging than most if not all of its Android rivals and likewise contains an inbox charging brick, which the Galaxy S23 collection lacks. However the Galaxy S23 collection has the next IP ranking and a telephoto digicam, which the Vivo X90 professional would not. It actually is determined by your particular person wants.

How we take a look at telephones

Each telephone examined by CNET’s evaluations workforce was really utilized in the true world. We take a look at a telephone’s options, play video games and take images. We look at the show to see if it is vibrant, sharp and vibrant. We analyze the design and construct to see how it’s to carry and whether or not it has an IP-rating for water resistance. We push the processor’s efficiency to the extremes utilizing each standardized benchmark instruments like GeekBench and 3DMark, together with our personal anecdotal observations navigating the interface, recording high-resolution movies and enjoying graphically intense video games at excessive refresh charges.

All of the cameras are examined in a wide range of circumstances from vibrant daylight to darkish indoor scenes. We check out particular options like evening mode and portrait mode and examine our findings in opposition to equally priced competing telephones. We additionally take a look at the battery life by utilizing it every day in addition to working a collection of battery drain checks.We take into consideration further options like help for 5G, satellite tv for pc connectivity, fingerprint and face sensors, stylus help, quick charging speeds, foldable shows amongst others that may be helpful. And we after all steadiness all of this in opposition to the value to provide the verdict on whether or not that telephone, no matter value it’s, really represents good worth.

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