Vivo X100 Ultra expected to offer promising Zeiss telephoto camera specs with new, large 200 MP Samsung sensor

The Vivo X100 Pro has a small but loyal fan base outside China; after all, the quality of the current Zeiss-optimized triple cam is among the best that the smartphone market currently has to offer, especially in the phone zoom sector. Things have been quiet recently regarding the X100 Pro+ or Ultra model, which may well be launched in May 2024, at least in China. as we believe a global launch is rather unlikely.

The well-known, well-informed leaker and blogger Digital Chat Station recently leaked a few concrete specs for the Vivo X100 Ultra and deleted the exciting information shortly afterwards, as is often the case, but a screenshot from the edit history on Weibo (see below) provides very promising technical data for the upcoming ultra-periscope camera. According to this, Vivo is installing a new, previously unreleased 200 MP sensor from Samsung, specifically the ISOCELL HP9 (aka S5KHP9).

At 1/1.4 inches, it would be the largest sensor surface to date in a smartphone and, with an aperture of F/2.59, hardly lose any light intensity compared to the Vivo X100 Pro. An equivalent focal length of 85 mm is likely to result in an optical magnification of around 3.7x, slightly less than the Vivo X100 Pro but significantly more than the Honor Magic6 Pro, which also uses a very high-resolution telephoto sensor. According to the leak, the Vivo X100 Ultra's zoom camera will be able to take real 200 MP photos, and a macro function is also supported - the image quality here is said to be 1A.