Are you prepared to pay ₹79,999 for a cellphone? Are you prepared to pay ₹79,999 for an Android cellphone? Are you prepared to pay ₹79,999 for an Android cellphone which isn’t from Samsung? Are you prepared to pay ₹79,999 for a Vivo’s cellphone? Are you able to overlook iPhone 13 which prices nearly much like Vivo’s cellphone? Have you ever had a lot disappointment with an iPhone? Are you content to take a position ₹79,999 on a Chinese language smartphone model?
These questions majorly kind my evaluation of the Vivo’s newly launched luxurious, premium and flagship smartphone Vivo X80 Professional at present. Co-developed with ZEISS optics, the Vivo X80 Professional mainly boasts the optical developments it has to supply in its section. The Chinese language smartphone model, Vivo, launched the Vivo X80 Professional at ₹79,999 with 12GB RAM and 256GB of inner storage. Together with the X80 Professional, Vivo additionally launched the bottom mannequin, X80, beginning at ₹54,999 for the 8GB RAM and 128GB inner area. However, what does Vivo making an attempt to realize right here?
Vivo already knew that these questions will come at it submit the launch of X80 collection however the smartphone model might produce other ideas which we couldn’t know right here. The Vivo X80 Professional highlights stay its cameras, the corporate claims it. The smartphone comes with 4 rear lenses positioned on a digicam island. The cellphone comes with a 50MP primary digicam with optical picture stabilization (OIS), 48MP wide-angle digicam, 12MP Gimbal portrait digicam, an 8MP Periscope digicam, together with a 32MP entrance digicam.
To show its pictures and videography capabilities, Vivo included a separate picture processing chip known as the V1+. Vivo claims that this chip helps in reaching the correct amount of publicity and sharpness in movies and nonetheless photographs on the identical time. We can’t contest that declare as a result of we haven’t examined it.
Vivo has packed the X80 Professional with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, generally discovered within the premium smartphones beginning above ₹45,000 in India. Vivo’s personal sister manufacturers, Realme and iQOO have telephones with the identical chipset however below an affordable worth bracket. For instance, Realme GT 2 Professional worth begins at ₹49,999 for a similar chipset. Equally, the iQOO 9 Professional has the identical SoC however its worth begins at ₹64,990.
Even when we evaluate the OnePlus 10 Professional pricing with Vivo X80 Professional, the ten Professional worth begins at ₹66,999 with the identical processor for the 8GB variant whereas the 12GB mannequin retails at ₹71,999. Vivo has gone even past that pricing and launched the X80 Professional at ₹79,999 with none second variant. Just like the Vivo’s affiliation with ZEISS for the X80 Professional, OnePlus additionally prolonged its Hasselblad tie as much as the second era with OnePlus 10 Professional. Hasselblad can also be identified for its excessive precision lenses like ZEISS.
Until now we’ve solely in contrast Vivo X80 Professional with its sister manufacturers below the BBK clan however when it’s put towards the South Korean electronics main, Samsung, the competitors turns into even more durable for the previous. Samsung has extensive portfolio of premium, luxurious and flagship smartphones to make it laborious for the X80 Professional. Samsung’s newest Galaxy S22 collection holds related options to the X80 Professional however the model worth comes into play right here. Samsung Galaxy S22 collection additionally claimed to reinforce the low gentle pictures and taking pictures launched in February this yr.
Even within the absence of Huawei, HTC and Sony smartphones the journey of Vivo within the luxurious section isn’t going to a simple process. Over time folks have outlined manufacturers on their pricings; Xiaomi/Redmi most well-liked within the entry and funds section, Vivo/Oppo have been favourites within the mid-segment, OnePlus was the lone alternative in 30s and Samsung was most well-liked in Android smartphones if going as much as ₹50k worth section. Within the meantime, Apple reimagined itself and introduced its iPhones compared with the premium Android smartphones and thus resulted in great gross sales and demand from the customers in India.
Quite the opposite, Chinese language smartphone gamers, primarily BBK owned smartphone manufacturers, pushed them into the luxurious section however haven’t seen any of the success right here. Apple’s reverse engineering made them look pale in that section.
Vivo with its luxurious section method desires to consolidate iQOO within the mid-premium section right here. The section which OnePlus dominated as soon as. In the meantime, OnePlus began to convey mid-segment telephones within the type of Nord to increase its personal portfolio.
Vivo X80 Professional might be its pilot within the luxurious section however turning into over bold right here might disrupt its precise plan to cater to the mid-segment and premium consumers. And I will likely be happy to fulfill or find out about those that need a Vivo cellphone priced at ₹79,999 or until gifted by some. The ZEISS affiliation, everyone knows, isn’t new to the Indian smartphone trade. Erstwhile Nokia telephones have been well-known for its ZEISS lenses however that too didn’t work for it in the long term. Vivo X80 Professional could also be a superb cellphone however the model vale and notion within the luxurious section play essential function whereas investing. And easily, you can’t ignore iPhone 13 that prices much like Vivo X80 Professional!
Supply: Live Mint