Vivo has announced through its official Chinese website, its latest X90 series. The highlights include a contender for best camera setup and the first to offer Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in its premium variant.

The X90 Pro+ Plus is the premium option for the series and is the only one to offer the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 platform. With the flagship mobile platform only recently announced, Vivo has taken the lead in releasing the first device to run it with X90 Pro+ available from December 6th. Apart from the expected performance upgrade, the new platform has AI integration for image enhancements and camera features. Vivo has decided to capitalize on this with an enhanced camera setup.

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The main shooter is a 50MP, 1-inch Sony IMX989 sensor and a secondary 50MP IMX758 2x telephoto shooter. There is also a 64MP 3.5x periscope camera and a 48MP ultrawide shooter with 114-degree field-of-view. The four-camera setup is housed in a camera lens-esque bump on the rear, with corner mounted flash. The cameras also have added features such as astrophotgraphy, a freeze motion mode in low light and, HDR video and a lens flare portrait mode.

With the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 onboard, it will be the first to utilize Qualcomm’s new 3D Sonic Max In-Display Fingerprint Sensor. It will run the Android-13 based Origin OS3. Storage options of 256 GB or 512 GB with UFS 4.0 flash storage for the fastest read and write speeds in the market. The display is a 6.78-inch 120Hz OLED screen with 3,200 x 1,440-pixel resolution and the device comes with IP68 rating. Powering it is a 4700mAh battery with 80W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.

Affordable but no push overs

While the X90 Pro+ promises to give the full flagship experience, the standard and Pro variants have a lot to offer too. Both devices come with the Mediatek Dimensity 9200 processor and a 6.78-inch 120Hz OLED display with lower resolution of 2800 x 1260 pixels. The Pro series steps ahead with the same 50MP one-inch main and 50MP 2x telephoto shooter setup in the Pro+. However, it does not have the periscope camera and has a third 12MP ultrawide shooter. It also offers a larger 4870mAh battery, 50W wireless charging and IP68 rating.

The standard option on the other hand has a 4810mAh battery with no wireless charging and an IP64 rating. The camera setup is also a step down with a 50MP IMX866 main, 12MP ultrawide with 108-degree field-of-view and 12MP 2x telephoto shooters.

All three devices come with Origin OS 3 based on Android 13 out of the box, a 32MP selfie camera in punch-hole cutout on the screen and a faux leather back. The vanilla X90 is available in four memory configurations of either 8 GB or 12 GB RAM with 256 GB or 512 GB of storage. The X90 Pro comes in 8 GB RAM with 256 GB storage, 12 GB RAM with 256 GB storage or 12 GB RAM with 512 GB of storage.

Pricing and availability

The X90 series is currently only available to the Chinese market starting 6th December 2022. All devices are available in Original black or Huaxia red color options, with the vanilla variant available in Ice Blue. Based on pricing in the Chinese market, the standard X90 will retail starting at approximately RM2340 (3699 yuan). The X90 Pro will retail approximately from RM3165 (4999 yuan) and X90 Pro+ from RM4115 (6499 yuan). For official updates on price and availability, visit the Vivo Malaysia Official Store and Vivo Malaysia Facebook page.

Sources: Android Authority, ArsTechnica