This Top Android Phone Camera Just Got Even Better

There are immoderate segments of nan smartphone marketplace that are still hammering location nan connection astir really awesome their cameras are. While Samsung seems to person switched to AI, we’ve seen immoderate monstrous efforts from nan Honor Magic 7 Pro, nan Xiaomi 15 Ultra and that different Chinese giant, Vivo.

T3’s Tech Editor Mike Lowe has spent plentifulness of clip with nan Vivo X200 Pro, saying “this Vivo has wholly blown my mind”. Well, nan Vivo X200 Pro isn’t nan company’s apical offering successful this family, pinch nan Vivo X200 Ultra owed to beryllium announced connected 21 April successful China - wherever this telephone is apt to remain.

That could beryllium a immense shame, because it’s going to return nan cameras up a notch pinch an accessory that mightiness pique your interest. I had to double-check nan dates to make judge this wasn’t an April Fool’s prank, but Vivo has teased an outer telephoto lens for this phone.

The guidelines telephone is expected to travel pinch 3.7x periscope zoom sitting connected a 200-megapixel sensor, but this lens accessory from Zeiss is said to connection an f/2.3 200mm lens, nan balanced of 8.7x optical zoom.

The specifications person been shared by Han Boxiao, Vivo merchandise manager, on Weibo (via Android Authority). It’s said that location are 13 lens elements successful nan lens which efficaciously doubles your zoom range. The root says that 35x is "highly usable”.

(Image credit: Vivo)

(Image credit: Vivo)

(Image credit: Vivo)

It does look that nan Zeiss agelong lens simply slots complete nan existing camera and it’s not clear if there’s thing to clasp it successful place, aliases if you conscionable usage it for illustration a telescope. The sample images shared are impressive, though by nan clip you get to nan 70x zoom, you tin spot nan limitations successful nan system.

It’s besides been confirmed that nan Vivo X200 Ultra will person an imaging kit, giving you a grip for nan telephone to widen those photography skills. All these accessories are great, but if you’re lugging astir a grip and a lens, past possibly you’d beryllium amended disconnected conscionable buying a camera instead.

(Image credit: Vivo)

What to expect from nan Vivo X200 Ultra

The Vivo X200 Ultra is said to person a 6.8-inch AMOLED show and beryllium powered by nan Snapdragon 8 Elite, which immoderate would reason is an upgrade from nan Dimensity 9400 spot that powers nan Pro.

The cameras are said to see a 50-megapixel 35mm main camera, pinch a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto and 50-megapixel ultrawide. There’s different 50-megapixel camera connected nan front.

A 6000mAh artillery is expected to powerfulness it, pinch 100W wired charging. Whether this telephone will ever make it retired of China remains to beryllium seen, but there’s surely thing absorbing going connected for photographers.