Among the variety of smartphones that enter the market every year, there are pearls that surprise with their fatality. For example, such were iPhone smartphones of the first and fourth generation, Samsung Galaxy of all generations, Sony Xperia up to the third generation, the first Asus Zenfone, and even a separate material by Konstantin Ivanov was released on this topic, with the which one I recommend become acquainted. What unites them? The answer is very simple and consists of a few prerequisites: it is the most advanced technology enclosed in an attractive case made with quality materials. This deadly combination forced and still pushes people to take a rash step and spend stashed money on really important things, like utility bills, new tires for a car, take out loans, save on caviar, and so on to buy a new miracle of technology . Against this background, the new brainchild of the Chinese company Vivo seems to be a candidate for becoming an iconic smartphone of the beginning of 2023, especially since the X90 Pro Plus can already be bought in Hong Kong for about 70,000 rubles in local dollars. So let’s get started.
Specifications
The younger versions of the Vivo X90 series are shown for comparison. Of course, if the company deprives the most “simple” flagship smartphones of the latest technical achievements, it immediately compensates for them. For example, an increase in battery capacity and an increase in recharging speed in exchange for a periscope camera that is not in demand by everyone (provides flawless optical zoom). This demands respect.
Registration
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From the front, almost all smartphones look the same, only the screen is in front of the eyes. The back panel in our time is the only place where the designer can win back. And everything is fine here, direct associations are evoked with a bottle of elite eau de toilette, long-standing cognac in a box or a pack of expensive cigars. Just pull the “tape” at the top of the case to breathe in the aroma of Cuba. Copy B brands can only dress up a smartphone in a backless dress, figuratively speaking, it’s hard to do anything more alluring to a potential client who is able to buy a smartphone for 70,000 rubles. The texture under the skin (plastic) in the red and black versions only adds to the effect of the high cost, and the smooth “blue” (preliminary data) seems to be thrown like a spit in the direction of people who have no taste. But this, of course, is a matter of taste, write if you disagree.
Screen
This is perhaps another highlight of the Vivo X90 Pro Plus, as it uses the best AMOLED panel to date, called the Samsung E6. Its distinctive features are solutions for the extermination of old sores, here PWM that does not kill the user’s eyes, flicker from 1440 to 2160 Hz and other modern achievements: brightness up to 1800 nits, adaptive refresh rate controlled by LPTO 4.0 and so Up. The user should notice the difference with the AMOLED panel from Samsung, installed in flagship smartphones purchased 3-4 years ago, especially in low light conditions.
cameras
I think no one will stop if I say that the Vivo X90 Pro Plus has the best set of cameras to date. But the main highlight, perhaps, is the 1-inch IMX989 module from Sony itself. I don’t know about the others, but I’m with it noticed six months ago, before the release of the “first carrier” in the face of Xiaomi 12s Ultra. Later revision only confirmed the importance of getting the maximum amount of light into the lens and the inefficient method of software image enhancement at this stage. So, six months later, we again have a smartphone with such a camera, but this time Vivo programmers helped optimize the resulting picture, hiding their work under the Carl Zeiss fashion nameplate. Below are photos from various verified sources (verified 7 times):
Examples of night videos:
Performance and memory
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is an improved version of the first generation, surpassing it by 10-30% in all characteristics. It is less hot, less voracious, etc. Although the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 installed in the simplest versions of the Vivo X90 series is not much inferior to it, the difference in all tests is from 0.5 to 1%, which is within the statistical error and may indicate poor optimization of the tests themselves . There is nothing to say about memory, we recently discussed with you that LPDDR5X is too close to LPDDR5 and the main memory type is the same for the entire X90 line.
How much does it cost and when will it be on sale?
At the time of writing, the Vivo X90 Pro Plus smartphone is only sold in China. Within the next month or two, it will appear on European and Asian markets. Particularly cynical is the company’s decision not to sell this smartphone in North America. What is that? Afraid of repeating Huawei’s fate? Or the aftermath of the global shift to the east (with many pro-Western lawmakers expelled at the last Communist Party of China (CPC) congress)? Maybe we will understand this year. Speaking of sales in Russia, information has not yet been found.
Conclusion
Why was so much attention paid to this particular smartphone? The answer is very simple: high technology cannot but fascinate. The really beautiful case of the Vivo X90 Pro Plus smartphone contains all the best that can be found at the moment. This is such a wonderful combination that any technology lover will love it. And if you think that there are other smartphones capable of shooting night video in 4K resolution (albeit with a frequency of 30 fps) in this quality, then be sure to write about them.
