Vivo X200 Ultra: Zeiss camera flagship launches with support for up to 8.7x zoom

After weeks of teasers, the Vivo X200 Ultra is finally official in China. At launch, the company compared this new flagship phone with the Sony A6700 mirrorless camera multiple times, touting the camera capabilities of the smartphone. Speaking of which, on the back, the device sports almost three equally sized cameras.

Among them, the primary camera of the Vivo X200 Ultra is the Sony LYT-818, with a 1/1.28-inch sensor size, 35 mm lens, and f/1.7 aperture. It's paired with another 1/1.28-inch Sony LYT-818, but the second one is an ultrawide camera with a 14 mm lens and f/2.0 aperture. The third is the 1/1.4-inch Samsung Isocell HP9, which has an 85 mm lens and f/2.3 aperture, and it serves as a telephoto camera.

Under the hood, the X200 Ultra features the Snapdragon 8 Elite, and it's paired with two in-house chips, VS1 and V3+. Among the two, the former is for image pre-processing, while the latter is for post-processing. Vivo says that this configuration gives the smartphone a significant boost in image quality compared to its predecessor.

Other camera-specific highlights of the Vivo X200 Ultra include 4K 120 FPS video recording capability from all three sensors, 4K60 LOG support, a high dynamic range of 14 EVs, and the ability to shoot 4K time-lapse.

As for the front, the Vivo X200 Ultra comes with a 6.82-inch display with a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate. This quad-curved LTPO display has a resolution of 3168 x 1440 pixels and a screen-to-body ratio of 93.3%. It's protected by Armor glass and supports Dolby Vision and HDR Vivid.

The other notable specs of the Vivo X200 Ultra include a 6,000 mAh battery with 40 W wireless charging and 90 W wired charging support (100 W Anker Prime charger curr.  $49.99 on Amazon), a 3D ultrasonic fingerprint reader, IP68 and IP69 water and dust protection ratings, and a stereo dual-speaker setup. Its base configuration, with 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, costs CNY 6,499 in China, around $890. There's another config available with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, which goes for CNY 6,999, about $959.

Vivo is also offering a Photography Kit for the X200 Ultra, which bundles with a Zeiss teleconverter lens to extend the range of the telephoto sensor to 8.7x. This kit costs CNY 1,299, about $178, and will be available in May 2025.