The Vivo X300 Ultra is a powerful camera phone aimed at videographers

Chinese phonemaker Vivo has been pushing nan limits of smartphone photography successful nan past fewer years. However, nan readiness of its phones — for illustration past year’s X200 Ultra, pinch its beefy add-on telephoto — has been intermittent successful nan West.

The institution says nan X300 Ultra its first world flagship launch, though there’s still nary connection connected a US motorboat aliases pricing astatine nan clip of writing. Like nan latest phones from Xiaomi and Oppo, Vivo is besides obsessing complete larger camera sensors, peripherals and a dizzying array of method photography specs, pinch a peculiar attraction connected cinematic video recording.

Collaborating pinch Zeiss again, nan X300 Ultra features a “triple premier lens” camera strategy pinch 85, 35 and 14mm balanced focal lengths. This tin beryllium punched up to 400mm balanced pinch a caller telephoto extender, nan messily-named Zeiss Telephoto Extender Gen 2 Ultra, whose value is besides chartless for now.

Even without that add-on, Vivo has built its 85mm balanced 200-megapixel telephoto camera to grip astir of your zoom-heavy shooting moments. A “gimbal-grade” APO (apochromatic) camera is designed to correct colour fringing and stabilize your shots. These are some emblematic issues erstwhile utilizing higher zoom levels. In a dedicated “snapshot” mode, Autofocus search will moreover activity astatine 60 fps, which I’m excited to test, arsenic nan telephone tin besides sprout astatine up to 12 fps. Vivo says its optical image stabilization tin correct up to 3 degrees of movement.

Other cameras are likewise powerful, spec-wise. The 35mm balanced Zeiss “Documentary” camera uses a 1/1.12-inch 200MP Sony sensor and is apparently engineered for beardown low-light capacity and image shooting, pinch an f/1.8 aperture. Finally, there’s a 50MP ultrawide rounding retired nan camera lineup.

All 3 rear cameras support up to 4K 120fps 10-bit log video and nan aforesaid successful Dolby Vision. Vivo says nan X300 Ultra will seizure “film-like” colour capacity without nan request for editing. If you want to excavation into editing, however, it supports 10-bit log video for much move scope and colour depth.

Vivo is going difficult connected video capture. The X300 Ultra's caller “pro video mode" has an upgraded monitoring characteristic that supports users’ civilization LUTs, showing a real-time preview of really it will look while signaling successful log. Vivo’s log format is besides compatible pinch ACES workflow, making it easier to merge nan X300 Ultra alongside different cinema cameras.

To make it easier to usage for hypothetical master shoots, Vivo has collaborated pinch camera-peripheral shaper SmallRig connected a video-rig kit. This includes an expandable camera cage pinch quick-release ports (alongside aggregate acold footwear mounts), dual handgrips and moreover a beingness shutter power and zoom buttons. There’s besides a cooling instrumentality to support nan X300 Ultra signaling astatine precocious solution for extended periods.

It’s different a flagship telephone everyplace else, pinch a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen5 processor and a 6.82-inch show astatine 3,168 x 1,440 resolution, topping retired astatine an industry-leading 144Hz refresh rate. The X300 Ultra besides supports up to 100W FlashCharge and 40W wireless charging (with compatible Vivo chargers) and a immense 6,600mAh battery.

We’re readying to trial nan X300 Ultra successful nan very adjacent future. At nan clip of writing, nan institution is keeping pricing and motorboat dates to itself. We’ll update this communicative erstwhile we perceive those important details. It’s besides apt to look contiguous title from related marque Oppo, which has besides been teasing an ultra loop of its latest flagship phone, nan Find X9 Ultra.

For now, Vivo says nan X300 Ultra will motorboat crossed Asia, arsenic good arsenic parts of Europe (Austria, Spain, Poland, Hungary, nan Czech Republic, Italy and Russia) and respective different countries, including Brazil. And yep, nary US, Canada aliases nan UK connected that list.