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♡Slippery as can be (in the reviewed colorway) [source: gsmarena]
Ultrawide camera not all that wide [source: gsmarena]
Uninspiring selfie camera, 1080p video only [source: gsmarena]
The Vivo X100 Pro does not have FM Radio [source: online-sciences]
It does not offer a barometer or a temperature sensor [source: online-sciences]
It does not contain expandable memory via a card slot [source: online-sciences]
It offers a bit heavy weight of 221 g or 225 g (7.80 oz) [source: online-sciences]
It does not have a 3.5mm jack [source: online-sciences]
While the Vivo X100 Pro uses a vapour chamber cooling solution, like many flagship phones, it was unable to prevent the Dimensity 9300 from overheating [source: ackodrive]
Thermal throttling kicked in much faster than on competing chips with a more balanced core setup [source: ackodrive]
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♡With a floating lens periscope that delivers near perfect portraits, the Vivo X100 Pro is a phone photographer's dream [source: stuff]
Another year, another vivo flagship with an impressive camera setup, top-class display, and an alternative high-end chipset - the X100 Pro just went global [source: gsmarena]
Featuring a trio of 50MP cameras, an advertised 3000-nit peak brightness screen, and an all-big-core Dimensity SoC, the latest and greatest in the company's X-series sure sounds exciting [source: gsmarena]
The camera system is headlined by a 1-inch sensor that vivo lists as 1/0.98" [source: gsmarena]
A periscope telephoto camera takes the zoom level to 4.3x optically, while an autofocusing ultrawide rounds off the opposite end of the competent triple setup [source: gsmarena]
The display maintains the 6.78-inch diagonal of the previous generation, and the resolution remains unchanged too, but vivo is boasting a peak brightness of up to 3000 nits [source: gsmarena]
The other big deal is the Dimensity 9300 chip - where the small cores are now big cores too, and the bigger big cores are four times as many as you'll find in the latest Snapdragon [source: gsmarena]
Another noteworthy upgrade this time around is the increase in battery capacity - the X100 Pro comes with a 5,400mAh powerpack in a sea of 5,000mAh-or-smaller competitors [source: gsmarena]
Standout design. Thoroughly excellent display. Better-than-most battery life, speedy charging. Super-powerful chipset, surprisingly good stability. Superb camera system, particularly great telephoto for both far and near subjects [source: gsmarena]
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The Best Phone Of 2023: #2
GSMCritic Camera Rate: 100
DXOMark Rate: 150
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