vivo X100 is the vivo’s newest entrant in the flagship category and is also the successor to the vivo X90 Series we saw last year. Today, vivo India launched
vivo X100 is the vivo’s newest entrant in the flagship category and is also the successor to the vivo X90 Series we saw last year. Today, vivo India launched its two vivo X100 Series smartphones in India – vivo X100 Pro and vivo X100, both in the flagship category. The vivo X100 Pro is the top-of-the-line sibling while the X100 is slightly a tone-down variant of it. Features and highlights of the vivo X100 include MediaTek Dimensity 9300 SoC, 120 Hz flat LTPO AMOLED display, 50 MP IMX920 ZEISS camera, 16 GB RAM + 512 GB storage option, 120W charging, Android 14 out-of-the-box, and more. Here’s what we have to say about the smartphone in our vivo X100 review.
The vivo X100 stands out with its matte-glass-finish Moon Halo premium design promising a stunning and solid build quality. vivo highlights the use of aerospace-grade mirror-finished stainless steel, a 2.5D rounded Corning Gorilla Glass Lens, and Luxury-Grade Sunburst Texture on the phone. The vivo X100 shares the design traits with its upper-end sibling i.e. vivo X100 Pro.
The vivo X100 is slim (8.49 mm), offers a curved screen, and provides a great touch experience. The overall design is notably premium with a sleek matte finish on the glass back and robust metallic frames on the sides. It comes in two color variants – Asteroid Black, and Startrail Blue which you can see in the images below.
The vivo X100 sports a 6.78-inch flat LTPO AMOLED display with 10-bit color depth (1.07B colors), 1.5K Full HD+ resolution (2800 x 1260 pixels, 452 ppi pixel density), 120 Hz refresh rate, and as much as 3,000 nits brightness. Other display features include a 2,160 Hz ultra-high frequency PWM dimming, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, HDR10+, XDR Engine, Sun Halo Camera Module, and IP68 dust and water-resistant design.
Moving to the bottom of the smartphone, you get a USB Type-C port, a microphone, and a loudspeaker (stereo, one at the earpiece). No 3.5mm audio jack for earphones/headphones is available, you have to use a Type-C to 3.5mm converter (not provided in the box). Moving to the top side, you can see a Professional Photography label and another microphone. You get a power key and volume control on the right while nothing is on the left side. The 5G SIM tray has no microSD card support and it offers dual 5G SIM connectivity with dual 5G standby and support for VoLTE.
The vivo X100 runs on the new Android 14 platform out-of-the-box with the latest vivo’s FunTouch OS 14 interface. With the new Android, the X100 packs a bunch of the latest features from the OS while adding more to it from its FunTouch OS 14 perks. The Android security patch on the phone is dated as of 1st November 2023. vivo India guarantees a substantial software support window for the X100, promising a minimum of 3 generations of Android OS upgrades and 3 years of security updates. This commitment ensures users can receive upgrades to Android 15, 16, and 17 along with security updates for 3 years.
The new FunTouch OS 14 on the vivo X100 performs smoothly and offers a lightweight experience, thanks to the combination of a 120 Hz refresh rate, a swift processor, and optimized software. Aside from all the stock Android 14 features, the FunTouch OS also enhances user experiences by offering additional features, customizations, optimizations, security, and more. The new version introduces improvements and a host of customizations and features compared to its predecessor i.e. FunTouch OS 12 which is based on the Android 13, there are noticeable changes and enhancements in the updated iteration.
With the FunTouch OS 14, you can do a lot including the ability to customize the lock screen, UI color, dynamic effects, and always-on display, aside from using the gestures, ultra game mode, and various other built-in functionalities.
