Vivo X70 Pro sports a 6.56-inch E5 AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC. It comes in 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB and 12GB+256GB variants. The X70 Pro starts at a price of Rs 46,990 for 8GB Ram + 128GB Storage.
Vivo X70 Pro in Aurora Dawn colour | Image credit: Vivo
Vivo X70 Pro Specifications
Vivo has launched its most awaited flagship smartphones in India - X70 series: Vivo X70 Pro and Vivo X70 Pro Plus. With the launch of two new smartphones in the X70 series, Vivo has heated up the battle in the premium smartphone segment. One of the distinguishing features of Vivo is its special focus on the cameras and this focus is also being carried forward to the X70 series. Both new Vivo phones come with Quad rear cameras that have ZEISS Optics on top and include a proprietary image stabilization technology called Ultra-Sensing Gimbal. Complete specification of Vivo X70 Pro is mentioned below.
Body and Display
Vivo X70 Pro dimensions | Image credit: Vivo
Vivo X70 Pro comes with a 6.56-inch (16.65cm) E5 AMOLED Curved Capacitive multi-touch display with a resolution of 2376*1080 (FHD+). It features In-Display Fingerprint Scanning.
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Dimensions of the phone are 158.30mm×73.21mm×7.99mm for the Cosmic Black colour variant and 158.30mm×73.21mm×8.08mm Aurora Dawn colour. Cosmic Black colour variant weighs 183g and Aurora Dawn variant's weight is 184g. X70 Pro has Glass back material with Fluorite AG which Vivo claims will give "unforgettable touch of comfort".
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X70 Pro offers up to 120Hz refresh rate and up to 240Hz touch Sampling rate. By default, the screen refresh rate is set to Smart Switch mode where the refresh rate changes automatically to suit different user scenarios and reduce energy consumption. You can choose between Smart Switch, 60Hz or 120Hz modes in the system settings. In certain gaming scenarios, the sampling rate can go up to 240Hz.
Camera
Quad rear camera: 50MP+12MP+12MP+8MP | Image credit: Vivo
In terms of optics, the Vivo X70 Pro has a Rear flashlight and Quad rear camera setup that includes a 50 MP Sony IMX766V ultra-sensing gimbal camera with f/1.75 aperture which allows smooth video capture. The rear camera setup also includes a 12 MP ultrawide lens, and a 12 MP telephoto camera with 2x zoom, and an 8 MP periscope lens with 5x optical zoom and f/3.4 aperture. Rear camera lenses have certified compliance to ZEISS T* Coating which "reduces stray lights and ghosting effects for true colours".
Rear camera lenses have ZEISS T* Coating | Image credit: Vivo
One the front side, the Vivo X70 Pro has a punch-hole cutout for the 32 MP selfie camera with an f/2.45 aperture lens. The global version of the X70 Pro (which is what this blogpost is about) lacks the V1 imaging chip, that’s only for the X70 Pro+ and the Chinese X70 Pro.
Processor
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Vivo X70 Pro is powered by 6nm design octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 1200-Vivo 5G custom processor. Vivo claims that this processor has a 720,000+ AnTuTu score. According to MediaTek, the Dimensity 1200 has 1X Ultra Core: Arm Cortex-A78 up to 3GHz with 2X L2 cache, 3X Super Cores: Arm Cortex-A78 up to 2.6GHz and 4X Efficiency Cores: Arm Cortex-A55 up to 2GHz. It has Arm Mali-G77 MC9 GPU. MediaTek claims that "the 3GHz Arm Cortex-A78 provides the most immediate response, with up to 22% faster CPU performance while also being 25% more power-efficient versus the previous generation." This chipset has max memory(ram) frequency of 4266Mbps and supports Max Memory(ram) size up to 16GB. MediaTek Dimensity 1200 has Peak Download Speed of 4.7Gbps and Peak Upload Speed of 2.5Gbps.
Ram and Storage
This smartphone comes in 8GB Ram + 128GB Storage , 8GB Ram + 256GB Storage and 12GB Ram + 256GB Storage variants. In the X70 Pro, the UFS 3.1 standard translates to lightning-fast transfers and Extended RAM 2.0 technology allocates part of the ROM for RAM to increase RAM space up to 4GB for even smoother operations.
Battery and OS
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Vivo packs a 4,450mAh battery with 44W Flash Charge fast charging support in the smartphone. The X70 Pro runs Android 11 based on FunTouch OS 12.
Network and Connectivity
The smartphone features Dual SIM dual standby sim slot type and it supports 2G GSM, 3G WCDMA, 4G FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE and 5G: n3/n5/n77/78. Connectivity features include Bluetooth 5.2, USB Type-C, USB 2.0, support for OTG. For the Wi-Fi it has support for Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi Display and 2.4G/5G Wi-Fi MIMO.
Sensors
Vivo X70 Pro has Accelerometer sensor, Color Temperature Sensor, Ambient light sensor, Proximity Sensor, E-compass, Gyroscope sensor: Physical, Laser detection autofocus sensor, in-display fingerprint sensor and supports infrared remote control.
Vivo X70 Pro Price
X70 pro in Cosmic Black (left) and Aurora Dawn (right) colours | Image credit: Vivo
Vivo X70 Pro price in India starts at Rs. 46,990 for the base 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The smartphone also comes in 8GB RAM + 256GB storage option at Rs. 49,990 and 12GB + 256GB model at Rs. 52,990. It will go on sale in Aurora Dawn and Cosmic Black colours starting October 7 and will be available for purchase through Flipkart, Vivo India E-Store, and offline retailers.