Vivo V30 Pro Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Vivo V30 Pro - overpaying for beauty?

The V-series of smartphones from the Chinese company Vivo has always attracted buyers due to its carefully thought-out design with balanced technical characteristics. However, the price of such devices sometimes does not quite correspond to the functionality provided. The hero of today's review, unfortunately, does not destroy the existing paradigm.

The appearance of the new product is definitely its strong point. The original block of photomodules will help you recognize the device from thousands of analogues; both the colors of the glass rear panels and the minimal display frames evoke positive impressions. It's a pity that the metal edging is still replaced by plastic. The 6.78-inch AMOLED screen has a resolution of 2800x1260 pixels and, as a result, excellent clarity of the displayed image. Other indicators do not disappoint. The flagship brightness reserve of 2800 nits, excellent smoothness of content at a 120 Hz image refresh rate, a high-quality built-in fingerprint scanner and an effective oleophobic coating even on the protective film make the AMOLED panel very competitive.

The MediaTek Dimensity 8200 processor is one of the most relevant solutions in terms of performance and energy efficiency. The combination of the chip with 8GB/12GB of RAM and the Mali G610MC6 video accelerator allows you to achieve instant launch of applications, smooth operation of Android 14 and, of course, flawless functioning of literally all modern Android games. The resource intensity of projects like Fortnite and Diablo Immortal will not be an obstacle to obtaining a stable frame rate at any graphic settings. The battery has grown to 5000 mAh, autonomy has increased by 10-15% compared to its predecessor. Now 8-9 hours of active screen time will not be uncommon. Also worthy of compliments are fast wired charging with a power of 80W and a permanent memory capacity of 256/512GB (UFS 3.1 format).

The main photo module is the new 50-megapixel Sony IMX920 with hybrid stabilization, supported by a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens (2X Zoom) of the same 50 megapixels. The device can easily be considered a camera phone, because it is excellent at shooting distant objects, evening shots, and recording video in 8K resolution. The stereo sound is good, the volume is high, the bass is present. Contactless payments NFC, 5G modem, dust and splash protection according to the IP54 standard add to the list of advantages, but the disadvantages include the lack of a global version of the phone, which is why there is no FDD-LTE B7, which is important for 4G communications in many European countries and CIS, and there are also untranslated service applications and individual menu items. As a result, we have a fairly interesting gadget, the obstacle to which in gaining popularity will be the inflated price tag.