Vivos X90 Pro Plus Is The First Phone With A Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Chipset

Vivos X90 Pro Plus Is The First Phone With A Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Chipset
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Vivo today unveiled a trio of new flagship phones, led by the X90 Pro Plus with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip introduced last week. 8. Gen 2 is expected to arrive in a number of Android flagships next year, including Samsung's S23 series, but the X90 Pro Plus has the honor of being first. It also packs some serious camera hardware, making it one of the most ambitious smartphone cameras to date. Unfortunately, it will only appear in the Chinese market at the moment.

Vivo doesn't call the X90 Pro Plus 8 Gen 2 chipset, possibly due to its partnership with MediaTek, but the specs look connects the dots. The other two models in the series, the X90 and X90 Pro, use the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 system (similar to how the previous generation X80 Pro Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and X80 used Dimensity chips). All three models have a 6.78-inch 120Hz OLED panel, ship with Android 13, and have 12GB of RAM. serious things.

All three phones also have Zeiss-branded camera systems, with the Pro variants featuring a large Type 1 sensor. Vivo uses low-dispersion glass for the main camera lens. The company claims that along with the large f/1.75 aperture, it transmits 24 percent more light to the sensor than the "public" version of this Sony IMX989 sensor. All three have a fixed focus and 2x telephoto camera designed for portrait photography. The Pro Plus gets a second 3.5x telephoto lens with a 64-megapixel sensor, as well as a high-resolution 48-megapixel ultra-wide; The X90 and X90 Pro have a 12-megapixel ultra-wide.

Vivo X90 Pro Plus £6,499 (about $910); The X90 Pro and X90 will retail for £5,499 (about $770) and £4,499 (about $630), respectively.

Pre-sales for the X90 and X90 Pro begin today, with the X90 shipping on November 30 and the X90 Pro on December 6. The X90 Pro Plus will go up for pre-order on November 28 and will be available on December 6.

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