Vivo X30 Pro Hands-On: Exynos 980 SoC, 5G Connectivity, And 60X Zoom

Recently, Vivo officially introduced to the market two new phones of the X series line at the event in China. These two new smartphones are called Vivo X30 and Vivo X30 Pro with many similarities. For example, they are both 5G smartphones and carry Samsung’s Exynos 980 SoC.

First, Vivo X30 and Vivo X30 Pro have identical exterior designs. Therefore, this article, I will share with you the photos of the Vivo X30 Pro. As you can see, the phone has a punch-hole display with the cut-out being placed in the top right corner. According to Vivo, the hole has a diameter of 2.98mm, which is the smallest in the market. The back of the device is made of glass and comes in three color options: Pink, Blue, and Black.

On the front, Vivo X30 Pro has a 6.44-inch Super AMOLED panel, supporting Full HD + resolution (2400 x 1080 pixels). We also have an optical fingerprint sensor intergrated under the screen. According to the manufacturer, this is a new GX sensor with a 61% increase in the scanning area and a super-fast recognition speed of 0.29 seconds. Unfortunately, the standard model is only equipped with the previous generation optical fingerprint sensor.

Vivo X30 and X30 Pro are the first Vivo phones to be equipped with Exynos 980 processor. This is also the first SoC that the Korean company has built a 5G modem, manufactured on the 8nm process. The chipset has a total of 8 cores, including two Cortex-A77 clocked at 2.2GHz and six Cortex-A55 clocked at 1.8GHz. The phone is available in either 6GB RAM / 128GB storage or 8GB RAM / 256GB storage models.

Thanks to the Exynos 980 chip, Vivo X30 Pro will support 5G network in two modes, SA and NSA, with download speeds of up to 2.55Gbps. In addition, the phone will also have other familiar connections such as WiFi 2.4GHz / 5GHz / 5.8GHz, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC and 3.5mm headphone jack.

Vivo X30 Pro is equipped with a battery of 4,350 mAh capacity, supports fast charging Flash Charge 33W via USB-C connector. For stable performance, it has liquid cooling technology. More interestingly, Vivo's X30 series will be the first phones to come pre-installed with the FunTouchOS 10 interface based on Android 9 Pie and have Multi-Turbo 2.5 built-in.

The biggest highlight of the Vivo X30 Pro is the camera. We have a 4-camera setup on the rear of the device, including a 64MP main sensor with f / 1.8 aperture and 26.4mm focal length, an ultra-wide 8MP f / 2.2 sensor with a field of view of up to 122 degrees, a 32MP depth sensor with f / 2.0 aperture and 50mm focal length; and 13MP periscope lens for up to 60x zoom.

The phone supports night photography with Super Night Scene Mode 2.0, which reduces multi-frame noise and allows brighter and more detailed night photography. On the front, the Vivo X30 Pro will have a 32MP selfie camera, f / 2.45 aperture located inside the right hole of the screen.

Vivo X30 Pro is expected to go on sale in China from 24 December for a starting price of CNY 3,998 (around Rs. 40,600) for the 128GB storage model. You can go for the higher option with 256GB of storage for CNY 4,298 CNY (around Rs. 43,600).