Vivo X60 Pro - Blitz Review.
- Pranav AVN
- May 10, 2021
- 4 min read
Updated: Jun 17, 2021
Introduction
The Vivo X60 Pro seems to be the most value for money flagship in 2021. Whilst not missing out on any critical feature, it still manages to keep its price down. But is it worth it?
Build
This phone not only looks stellar but feels premium in-hand too! Glass adorns both the sides, with the rear panel having a matte finish. Unfortunately, the beautiful design elements won't stay pristine for long, as the both the glass panels are extreme fingerprint magnets. The phone feels strong and dense, but don't be fooled by this as it is a Glass Sandwich device, and would shatter if dropped from a height.
As this is still a relatively new device, there aren't many 3rd Party cases on the market for it, but thankfully, Vivo does provide a TPU case in the box. Similar to other in-box cases, it is not adequate to protect the phone, but hey, something is better than nothing.
The front has the beautiful 6.5 inch 1080p 120Hz AMOLED panel with a very tiny punch-hole where the front camera resides.
The rear is home to the amazing Zeiss co-developed Camera Module, which protrudes quite a lot from the rest of the back panel. This means that a case is a must-have, especially if you tend to place your phone on flat surfaces.
Display
This phone calls home to a 6.55 Inch 1080p 120Hz AMOLED Display, and if the technical specifications are to indicate anything, it is that this is an amazing display.
In typical AMOLED fashion, it reproduces variations in brightness and saturation in such pristine quality. The contrast ratios are simply out of this world. If you tend to consume a lot of media on your phones, this would not leave you wanting more.
Out of the box, the device comes set up in the "Normal" colour mode, which is typical AMOLED colours. But, for the purists, it also has a "Professional" mode which makes the colours very accurate and the contrast is a bit dialed down.
The 120Hz refresh rate is buttery smooth, and small things from scrolling through Twitter to gaming feels better than ever before.
The phone also sees a punch-hole on the top of the screen, where the 32MP front camera resides. The punch-hole itself is not that distracting and is pretty tiny when compared to other phones with the punch-hole setup.
The In-Display Fingerprint scanner is of the optical variety, and while not being the fastest on the market, it is very accurate, consistently unlocking the phone without throwing up an error.
Performance
This phone is powered by the Snapdragon 870 SOC with the Adreno 650 GPU. The variant we tested was equipped with 12Gb of RAM and 3Gb of "Virtual RAM".
As the specs suggest, this phone is a beast. When it comes to daily tasks like browsing through social media applications and media consumption, it does not even break a sweat.
The phone opens apps, even before the animation of the app opening finishes playing, and things like that make your experience truly amazing.
Even when tasked with much more intensive workloads like long term camera usage and heavy gaming, it keeps its cool, literally.
The phone did not heat up significantly and the performance did not seem to degrade with time. Demanding tasks were accomplished with ease and the phone felt home doing such activities.
Cameras
Every phone has its USP, and the cameras are this phone's USP. Needless to say
it performs amazingly well.
The phone has a triple camera set up on the back which comprises a
48 MP Sony IMX 598 with an f/1.5 Aperture equipped with the Gimbal Stabilisation technology.
13 MP Telephoto Sensor with an f/2.5 Aperture (50mm equivalent)
13 MP Ultrawide with f/2.2 Aperture.
Only the Primary sensor has any sort of stabilisation tech.
The Gimbal Stabilisation involves using small motors to counteract your movements to try to keep the camera stable, and it works like a charm. Everything from Photos to Videos captured on the main sensor are buttery smooth.
The images and the videos that this capture are in typical smartphone fashion. The colours and the contrast are hyper-real while still looking tasteful.
The images produced by the different sensors are not consistent though. The Primary sensor captures cooler images with lots of quality whilst the other sensors capture often oversaturated and over-sharpened images.
The videos that this phone shoots are also nothing ground-breaking, with decent dynamic range and colour reproduction. It does not shoot any form of 10-bit HDR Videos and 8k resolution videos.
Battery
This phone is equipped with a 4200Mah Battery. Considering the hardware it packs, it wouldn't be wrong to assume that this phone wouldn't last very long. But you would be fooled if you do so.
Even with heavy usage the phone lasted me an entire day and the included 33W Fast Charger makes sure that in the event of the phone about to die, it would be able to be used again in no time.
Software
The phone came out-of-the-box with Android 11 installed with Vivo's FunTouch OS 11.1.
It is a mix of both stock android and stylised skins, with some apps having a near-stock UI and other's having Vivo's Material Design style. It uses lots of Google Integration like the QuickStep Launcher and Google Calendar. But that is not to say that it does not have any Vivo specific apps.
It has apps like Vivo Cloud, Vivo.com and two bloatware folders called Hot Apps and Hot Games. In such an expensive phone it is saddening to see such cheapening software, but overall FunTouch is very very good.
The UI is not consistent but it has a lot of customisation, so we recommend spending a bit of time with the phone to familiarise yourself with it before drawing any conclusions.
Conclusion
The Vivo X60 Pro is an amazing device. From its build to the display to the cameras, everything is just perfect. The only thing that is not up to the mark is the software, and we can only hope it gets better with updates.
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Thanks for reading!
About the Author:
Pranav is a Film-maker who makes Tech Videos on YouTube.
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