2024 Winners and losers: vivo

2024 began off smartly for vivo, which settled its longstanding patent problems with Nokia, clearing its technique to promote telephones in Western markets.

Nonetheless, its highest telephone of the 12 months did not succeed in markets outdoor of China.

Winner and loser: vivo X100 Extremely

The vivo X100 Extremely could possibly be the most efficient cameraphone in 2024. It has a excellent 50MP 1-inch sort primary wide-angle digital camera, and an excellent ultrawide and selfie up entrance. However its 85mm f/2.7 zoom digital camera, subsidized by means of a 200MP imager kind of the scale of the S24 Extremely’s primary digital camera is actually world-class.

The vivo X100 Extremely may be beautiful, brimming with high-end tech, and a contender for the most efficient display in a telephone.

However the almighty Extremely did not succeed in the worldwide degree, which supposed folks outdoor of China may just no longer revel in all that greatness.

Winners: vivo V40 and V40 Professional

The vivo V40 and V40 Professional are exemplary upper-midrange telephones. Sure, they are dearer than their competitors, however they justify it with higher digital camera methods (particularly the Professional) highlighted by means of a terrific 50MP 21mm f/2.0 selfie digital camera with AF.

Each telephones have giant 5,500mAh batteries with 80W charging and IP68/IP69 mud/water resistance.

vivo V40

vivo V40 Professional

Winners: vivo X200, X200 Professional, X200 Professional mini

The vivo X200 collection arrived against the top of 2024 with nice all-around specifications. All 3 have the potent and succesful 3nm Dimensity 9400 chipset, triple digital camera methods with superb zoom cameras, IP68/69 resistance to water and dirt, and massive 6,000mAh (Professional), 5,700 (Professional mini), and 5,800 (common) batteries with 90W charging.

The vivo X200 Professional and X200 at the moment are to be had globally, whilst the X200 Professional mini, unfortunately, will stay a China unique.

vivo X200 Professional

vivo X200

Winner: vivo X Fold3 Professional

The vivo X Fold3 Professional was once the primary actually skinny and lightweight book-style foldable with nice cameras when it arrived in March. Later, in the summertime, it all started promoting outdoor of China.

The X Fold3 Professional could possibly be the most efficient folding telephone in 2024. Many would imagine the Honor Magic V3 worthy of that identify, however the vivo X Fold3 Professional has larger shows, a significantly larger battery with a lot quicker charging, ultrasonic fingerprint scanners on each displays and higher cameras.

The vivo X Fold3 Professional may be best 236g and has IPX8 water resistance. There may be in point of fact not anything extra one may just ask from a folding telephone in 2024.

vivo X Fold3 Professional

Loser: iQOO 13

The iQOO 13 is a superb telephone and one of the crucial inexpensive Snapdragon 8 Elite fashions on sale as of late. So why did we label it a loser? It is a notable step down in digital camera {hardware} and function in comparison to its predecessor. The iQOO 12 had a larger sensor primary digital camera and a longer-reaching zoom with a larger sensor of its personal. To not point out the previous 3x zoom may just do closeup focusing, while this 12 months’s 2x can’t.

A telephone must fortify on its predecessor’s show, efficiency, battery lifestyles, and digital camera high quality – the iQOO 13 skips that closing section.

vivo iQOO 13

Nonetheless, it was once an excessively sure 12 months for vivo. And we think 2025 to be simply as sure. Then again, it looks as if the vivo X200 Extremely, which is shaping as much as be a in a similar way succesful cameraphone to its predecessor, to proceed its China exclusivity.

We will have to attend and spot however you’ll be certain that GSMArena might be right here, checking out the entire nice telephones coming in 2025. Keep tuned!