We may earn a commission if you make a purchase from the links on this page. Vivo’s first folding phone, the X Fold, landed as promised and features three types of glass covers from the Xensation series developed by the Germans from SCHOTT, including the ultra-thin Flex (UTG) glass above the main screen. Samsung also uses the company’s UTG for its foldable series such as the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. The Xensation Flex is the only mass-produced UTG for foldable phones currently that can be chemically enhanced like Corning’s Gorilla Glass versions. SCHOTT also supplies the 6.52 “X Fold Exterior Screen Cover” and claims that the new Xensation α (Alpha) glass there “provides significantly improved drop resistance compared to lithium silicate (LAS) and aluminosilicate () AS).
Vivo X Fold screens
Both the 6.5 “120 Hz external display and the 8-inch main display are covered in SCHOTT glass, with the difference that the internal can be bent within a radius of 2 mm, allowing the Vivo to take advantage of a smart middle hinge plate that supports Fold the phone to be as flat as possible when the screen is unfolded and fall off when you start to close the phone for a tighter fit. Another virtue of the cover glass is that it allows the main screen 8 “2160 x 1916 pixels not only to be placed under a hard but flexible glass cover, but also the screen reflections are reduced to a minimum of 0.91%, while the maximum level brightness can reach over 1000 nits. In fact, according to Vivo X Fold third-party display reflection measurements: “0.91 percent reflection is a factor 5 times lower than most smartphone monitors, which have a reflection of about 4.5 percent. The ambient light reflections from the screen are then reduced by 5 compared to most smartphones.This provides a huge improvement in the screen performance in ambient light, including significantly higher color accuracy and contrast contrast in ambient light .. In short, the Vivo X Fold main screen has one of the best external visibility specifications on a phone right now, and not just a foldable one. In addition, the screen is of the LTPO variety that allows it to have a very detailed dynamic refresh rate of 1Hz-120Hz that Samsung has just introduced in the Galaxy S22 Ultra. The screen also covers the wide range of P3 colors with perfect individual calibration, as we expected from phones with the OnePlus, Oppo or Vivo brand names.
Specifications and Vivo X Fold camera
The rest of the Vivo X Fold specifications are equally top quality, as it is powered by the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, with a 12 GB RAM package, and at least 256 GB of storage. Where it really goes beyond the Galaxy Z Fold 3 once again, however, is the camera kit developed with ZEISS and with lenses covered by SCHOTT Xensation Up glass. Vivo has managed to install a complete flagship camera in the X Fold – a 50 MP main camera with Samsung’s ISOCELL GN5 sensor measuring 1 / 1.57 inches, with f / 1.75 aperture and optical image stabilization. The ultra-wide angle camera has a 48 MP sensor, f / 2.2 aperture and 114 degree lens. For zoom purposes, Vivo built the X Fold with a 3x telephoto lens for portraits and close-up zoom, as well as a periscope zoom lens that offers 5x zoom for these long-range spy shots. Compare that to the weak 12 MP kit in the Z Fold 3 and hopefully the rumors that the Z Fold 4 inherits part of the Galaxy S22 series camera hardware will turn out to be true, for the sake of Samsung itself. The Vivo X Fold Quad Camera Kit with Telephoto and Periscope Zoom To round out the list of great specs, at least for a foldable phone, the Vivo included a 4500 mAh battery that can charge 66 W with cable, as well as 50 W wireless charging, the fastest in the industry to date.
Vivo X Fold price and release date
The Vivo X Fold will be released on April 22 for the $ 1400 equivalent in its homeland, but when it makes its world debut, the price is likely to be 20% -30% higher, if history shows any indication. So we can expect a foldable phone that is priced similar to the Galaxy Z Fold 3, but offers much better specifications, so Samsung will improve its folding game better when the Z Fold 4 lands later this summer.
