Vivo X300 Ultra Is Official: Near 1-Inch 35mm Camera and New 200MP Zoom
VivoTuesday, 31 March 2026 at 09:50
Vivo just launched the X300 Ultra, and the camera story is the whole point. This isn't a dramatic redesign — it's a focused refinement of a system that was already genuinely excellent, with targeted upgrades that matter to serious photographers.
The 14mm + 35mm + 85mm trio stays. Everything around it got better.
Key Points
- New 35mm main camera uses a 1/1.12-inch 200MP Sony Lytia 901 sensor — nearly 1-inch and four times the resolution of the X200 Ultra's main cam
- 85mm telephoto upgrades to Samsung ISOCELL HP0 with twice-faster autofocus, 3° Gimbal-Grade OIS, and CIPA 7.0 stabilization rating
- Two new teleconverters: "Cannon 400" at 400mm/17.4x and "Lipstick 200" at 200mm/8.7x
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 6,600mAh battery with 100W wired and 40W wireless charging, 6.82-inch 3168x1440 Ultra XDR AMOLED
- Global launch confirmed — a first for the Ultra series — in Green, Silver, and Black with up to 16GB+1TB configuration
vivo X300 Ultra specifications
- 6.82″ ( 3168×1440 pixels) 2K LTPO AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio screen with HDR10+, 144Hz refresh rate, 2160Hz PWM dimming, DC-like dimming, Armor Glass protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 840 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB RAM LPDDR5X Ultra Pro Quad-Channel, 256GB / 512GB / 1TB (UFS 4.1) storage
- Android 16 with Origin OS 6
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 200MP camera with 1/1.12″ Sony LYTIA 901 sensor, f/1.85 aperture, OIS, 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera with f/2.0 aperture; 200MP 1/1.4″ Samsung HP0 ZEISS APO periscope telephoto camera with f/2.67 aperture, OIS, 3.7x optical zoom, telephoto macro, Zeiss T* coating, ZEISS optics, and VS1+ imaging chip
- 50MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
- In-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, infrared sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers, Hi-Fi audio
- Dimensions:162.98×76.81×8.19mm (Black) / 8.49mm (Green and Silver);Weight: 232g (Black), 237g (Green, and Silver)
- Dust and Water resistance (IP68 + IP69)
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS: L1+L5, Beidou: B1C+B1I+B2a+B2b, GLONASS: G1, Galileo: E1+E5a+E5b, QZSS: L1+L5, NavIC: L5, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen1, NFC
- 6600mAh battery with 90W ultra-fast flash charging, 40W wireless charging and reverse wireless charging
The Main Camera Upgrade Is Significant
The X200 Ultra's 35mm main sensor was 1/1.28-inch at 50MP. The X300 Ultra replaces it with a 1/1.12-inch 200MP Sony Lytia 901 — nearly a full inch of sensor and four times the pixel count. That combination means dramatically more light capture and resolution headroom for cropping and post-processing.
The new 1G+6P lens coating reduces reflectivity by 20%, which directly improves flare and ghosting in challenging lighting. CIPA 6.5 stabilization rating on the 35mm lens is professional-grade territory. The aperture dropped from f/1.69 to f/1.85 compared to the X200 Ultra — slightly dimmer, but the larger sensor more than compensates in low light.
The 85mm Telephoto Gets Smarter
Two hundred megapixels at 1/1.4-inch stays the same resolution and sensor size, but Samsung's newer ISOCELL HP0 brings meaningful practical improvements. Sixty autofocus updates per second is twice what the previous sensor managed — that's a real-world difference in tracking moving subjects. The new 3° Gimbal-Grade OIS hitting CIPA 7.0 is the best stabilization rating on any smartphone telephoto right now.
Again, aperture dropped slightly from f/2.27 to f/2.67. The OIS improvement likely offsets that in most shooting scenarios.
Two New Teleconverters and a Color Science Overhaul
The "Cannon 400" and "Lipstick 200" teleconverters extend the 200MP telephoto to 400mm and 200mm respectively. Paired with a new Photography App featuring 3D LUT support and ACES-compatible log video, vivo is clearly targeting professional creators who want a legitimate cinema workflow from a phone.
The new color science pipeline uses a 50MP True Color Lens with 12 spectral channels for pixel-level accuracy — technical, but the practical result is more accurate and personally tunable color output than any previous vivo device.
Global launch is confirmed. That's new for the Ultra line and significant for international buyers who've been watching from the sidelines.
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