that you'll probably notice
about the vivo x70 pro plus when you get your mitts on it is that this is one
heavy morpho even with my obviously very well developed muscular structure this thing felt like a proper brick it's certainly one of the heaviest
smartphones of 2021 thus far right up there with gaming phones like the black
sharks and the red magics and near 7 inches in size the x70 pro plus is a
proper handful too there's a one-handed mode to help out but you'll want to use
both mitts for the most comfortable experience vivo has once again opted for
a rather clean and simple design that glass arse is mostly plain and also only
available in this somber black finish which is a bit of a shim but at least
the matte surfacer means that oily fingerprints and other scuffs are kept
well at bay but so far touchwood also seems pretty damn hardy no scratches or
any other damage to remark upon after a week of use you got full ip68 water and dust resistance here the vivo x70 pro plus as well and a pre-installed screen protector for extra peace of mind there's even a protective case bundled
in the box as well so all good on that front now android 11 is customized here
via the amusingly titled fun touch os 12 launcher which isn't too dissimilar to
rivals like color os and miui imagine android is big old tasty chocolate cake
and then the fun touch os launcher is basically a heap of whipped cream and
sprinkles and jelly tots that's just been slapped on top and your reaction is
probably going to go one or two ways really going to be like oh that's a bit
much isn't it or oh goody bring on the diabetes personally i like jelly tots
about as much as i enjoy being poked in the eye with a fork and in this
decidedly dodgy analogy the jelly tots are definitely the huge pile of crap
wear the vivo has shoved on boards thankfully though all of that third-party bollocks can be booted swiftly off the vivo x70 pro plus if you
don't want it and let's face it you want so in the end it's basically just a
minor inconvenience kind of like plucking jerry tots off of a cake see the metaphor does kind of work if you don't think about it too much or at all all right so i know that so far fun touch may actually sound about as much
fun as bowel cancer but to be fair it does add some pretty worthwhile features
including a perfectly respectable gaming mode some handy gestures like the shaky torch effort and that's slightly awkward to activate one-handed modes and no complaints with that in-display sensor either this works a
treat even when your hands are dry and scabby or a wee bit moist certainly good news in a world where frequent hand
washing and sanitizing is strongly recommended still and of course you'vegot face and lock on top of that as long as you're not wearing a face mask and
vivo has shoved gigs of ufs 3.1 storage onto the x70 pro plus that'll take some fill-in for most people unless you're shooting a lot of 8k home movies for instance in which case you're gonna be quite gutted to hear that there's no micro sd memory card support to expand that space media fans will get all hot and sweaty at the very site of that epic 6.78 inch amoled
screen it's a wqhd panel although you will have to activate that resolution in the display settings if you want to enjoy the supremely crisp visuals while
you're there you can also tinker with the color output so it's easy on the eye
or straight up makes your peepers bleed with luscious vivid visuals there's no
hdr streaming support in netflix at the time i shot this video but hopefully
that will be coming soon and besides that and the slight intrusion of that
selfie orifice there's really verylittle to moan about here at all it's a
great screen no doubt bump the brightness up to maximum levels and
everything is clearly visible you've also got 120 hertz refresh rate support
as well for keeping everything nice and smooth and guess what that even works in third-party apps and the x70 pro pluses display is truly edge to edge as well this is actually dipped slightly around those edges but thankfully i had no
issues with my palm fat intruding on the desktops or my apps while i was skimming around so no issues with responsiveness i also enjoyed the stereo speaker arrangement here which pumps out sound at a decent volume without borking the quality and annoyingly and somewhat predictably the x70 pro plus commits the usual flagship premium cardinal sin of ditch and the headphone jack so you've got to depend on the bluetooth stream and if you want to get a good bit of music action on the go thankfully the bluetooth connection was very dependable indeed strong range on it and no breakup in the audio even in quite a busy area now performance comes courtesy of
the fresh five nanometer snapdragon 888 plus chipset with a mighty 12 gigs of ram to
keep things running smooth plus virtual memory as a backup all of which makes the vivo x70 pro plus one of the most powerfully spec smartphones of 2021 it is a proper beefcake i don't think i saw a single stumble the entire time i was using it no matter what i was up to that kind of performance is perfect for
gaming with the most demanding titles running beautifully even if you jack up
the graphics settings to maximum levels and thankfully unlike many phones running the standard snapdragon 888 platform i didn't notice any overheating
here at all even a proper long session on genchin impact didn't phase the vivo
x70 pro plus and i experienced absolutely zero issues with connectivity
here on the vivo x70 pro plus as you would expect whether you're on the wi-fi or good old lte with of course 5g support chucked in as you would expect
and i was also very happy with the battery performance as well you've got a 4 500 milliamp capacity cell shoves inside of the x70 pro plus is mighty
frame i thought i'd really put it through the test so i maxed out all the
display settings or 120 hertz the wqhd resolution yada yada made sure they
always on display active as well and i found i got around six hours of screen
on time per day and that's with plenty of camera use you know using it as a sat
nav lots of music streaming in the background all that good stuff and when it does finally need a top up or you got that 55 watt flash charge support which is proper nippy and even better 50 watt wireless charging as well if you've
actually got a chi wireless charging pad that can handle that and reverse
wireless charging as well in case you've got some earbuds or some other accessory that uses wireless charging too now one of
the most hyped features of the vivo x70 pro plus is that camera tech
something that vivo has been optimizing with each subsequent generation now a lot of the staple camera hardware packed into this thing is the same or similar
to previous flagships so for instance you've got that zeiss t-star glass for
the lenses which can help to prevent ghosting and other light related issues
when you're shooting in really bright conditions and you've also of course got
vivo's five-axis gimbal stabilization tech on board to help you get sharp
shots even in really low light now with help from that clever hardware the vivo
x70 pro plus is 50 megapixel samsung gn1 sensor combined with the v1 image
processor spuffs out gorgeous looking picks in practically any conditions my
photos were packed with fine detail and colors that look the same on that mighty display as they did in real life even in strong daylight i was impressed with the results here practically no flaring or saturation to speak of and in more
ambient light when shooting indoors or in the evenings you can once again
expect a crisp photo with limited noise and accurate color reproduction while there is a night mode on board to brighten up the scene the auto mode i
found by itself did a proper decent job i also enjoyed the pro plus 48 megapixel
ultrawide gimbal camera which once again captured both bright and dark scenes with strong results although colors are slightly warmer especially when things get dim and for even greater flexibility try switching to the 8 megapixel
periscope lens with its three time so ptical zoom which is great for getting
detailed photos from a distance and the last of the lenses here is a dedicated
12 megapixel portrait shooter and certainly i have no complaints with my
portrait picks kids and pets in fact in general are captured cleanly as long as
they are bouncing around like absolute mentalists and as usual you got but tons
of different bonus modes and tools to piss about with inside of that vivo
camera app i don't need to stay clear of like the beautifications that ai was
this tended to produce less accurate realistic results we do have a pro modes
if you want to get involved uh tinkering with the white balance the iso levels get a very precise kind result and as you can see plenty of extra stuff that
you can piddle about with two including of course the obligatory ar sticker
bollocks oh i love it so much like most flagship phones these days the vivo x70
pro plus can record video at up to 8k resolution but i stuck with 4k for most
of my testing time as i don't have an 8k display and honestly what's the bloody
point at ultra hd resolution my footage looked good when beamed to my tele box you've got plenty of detail punchy colors and highly respectable image
stabilization of course complete with horizon level and stabilization to keep
things from bouncing around when you are moving and shooting you can swap between all three lenses on the fly and the audio also came through nice and cleanly and last up the vivo x70 pro plus 32 megapixel selfie cam is again a bit good whether shooting in low light orbrighter environments basically i
struggled to find much to complain about
with this camera tech at all it's reliable at pretty much any time of the day even on full auto and that right there is my full final frank review of the vivo x70 pro plus after using this my full-time smartphone for a week and i
gotta say it's one of the most premium androids out there it ain't cheap that's for damn sure but i certainly really really enjoyed it and if you want after
something that's got top level performance dependable battery life
strong media chops and an excellent bit of camera tech then you can't really go
wrong pretty much the only downsides or the lack of the expandable storage no micro sd support and the lack of a headphone jack as well but that is the
same committed by pretty much every flagship smartphone out there borrowing
the sony xperia ones so that's what i think anyway be great to your thoughts
on the vivo x70 pro plus and the standard pro down below as well i've done a side-by-side unboxing and comparison with the pro and the pro plus you can see exactly what the differences are the pro plus is definitely a solid
upgrade over the original pro uh in terms of the camera tech uh the performance and quite a lot of other areas as well stay tuned for lots more
foreign launches before 2021 finally does one got quite a lot still in the
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