Leak reveals key details of a new Vivo flagship phone

Just a few months after the launch of the Vivo X500, a handful of details of a successor have been revealed in a leak. The key specs, which were posted on Weibo, say this is an iterative update to the X500.

Posted on Weibo by Digital Chat Station, the specs are reported to be those of the Vivo X500s, even though the source didn't directly say so. It will launch as a successor to the Vivo X300s that was released earlier this year.

According to the source, the Vivo X500s will have a 6.85-inch LTPO display with a 2K resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. This makes it much larger than the Vivo X500 and Vivo X500 Pro (available on Amazon.de for €1,399), which have a 6.59-inch and 6.36-inch display respectively. However, it matches the Vivo X500 Pro Max in size, and might as well be the same panel.

The Vivo X500s will have a 64MP periscope telephoto camera just like the standard and pro models, leaving the 200MP periscope camera to the Vivo X500 Pro Max. Unfortunately, the specs of the other cameras were not revealed.

The source also revealed that the phone will be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 9 series prcoessor but doesn't say if it is the Dimensity 9600M in the Vivo X500 or the more powerful Dimensity 9600 Pro in the pro models. Digital Chat Station also stated that Vivo will launch the X500s with a big battery to match its large display, but we will have to wait for another leak or a certification to know the exact battery capacity.

When the Vivo X500s will be released remains unknown, but going by the X300 and X300s, there should be at least five months between the X500 and X500s. So it might arrive in Q1 or Q2 2027, maybe alongside the X500 Ultra, whose release timeline was revealed recently.