Vivo X300 Pro Price and Availability
The X300 series was officially launched in India on December 2, 2025 and comes in a single configuration 16 GB RAM + 512 GB storage. It is available in Elite Black and Dune Gold colour options with a retail price of Rs 1,09,999. Pre-bookings for the X300 Pro started soon after launch, and sales commenced on December 10, 2025, via official retail channels, including the Vivo India website, major e-commerce platforms, and offline partner stores.
Design and In-Hand Feel
If you’ve seen the X200 Pro, the X300 Pro will feel instantly familiar from the back as the X300 Pro does not abandon Vivo’s circular camera identity. The camera module is still large and immediately recognisable, but the rest of the phone has been modernised to meet the 2025 benchmarks of smartphones – a slab. The frame, back and display are now all flat, with rounded corners that stop it from digging into the palm. The Dune Brown colour variant, which we tested, has a matte, light tan tone that hides fingerprints and looks understated.
Despite the bigger camera bump compared to the X200 Pro, at 226 grams, the weight distribution seems to have improved. The phone does not feels as if it is about to tip forward when held from the bottom. On a table, the camera ring still lifts the phone up, but in hand the balance is more confidence-inspiring. The chassis uses an aluminium alloy frame with glass on both sides, and the phone carries IP68 and IP69 ratings, so everyday water exposure and even high-pressure jets are officially accounted for. The X300 Pro uses what Vivo calls ‘Diamond Armor Glass’ on the front a strengthened glass designed to give extra drop resistance compared to ‘conventional glass.’ According to Vivo, this glass offers ‘110 % stronger drop resistance’ compared to typical glass. We did not test this claim, but the device does feel sturdy in hand. However, we recommend using a case.
Vivo X300 Pro’s In-Hand Feel
A small but important addition this year is the shortcut button on the left. This is a welcome change that we have seen in a lot of 2025 smartphones like the OnePlus 15 and the Oppo Find X9 Pro.
Originally inspired by the iPhone’s action button and then improved upon. Here, long press and double press can be mapped separately. We set one combination to ring/vibrate/silent and the other directly to turn on the flashlight, and this quickly became muscle memory. It is more flexible than the implementation on some rivals because it can even jump to specific in-app actions, not just launch apps. Since this phone does not come with a dedicated camera control button like the Oppo Find X9 Pro, users can use the shortcut button to boot up the camera.
Display and Audio
The X300 Pro sticks to a 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED panel with a 1.5K resolution and 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate. On paper, it looks very similar to the X200 Pro. In practice, a few things stand out.
First, the bezels. Moving to a flat panel has allowed Vivo to shave off some chin and side bezel, so the phone feels more ‘all screen’ than before. Second, brightness: Vivo claims up to 4,500 nits peak, and while those numbers are usually reserved for tiny HDR highlights, the panel is comfortably bright outdoors. HDR10+, HDR Vivid and Dolby Vision support mean Netflix HDR content looks right up there with the best panels from Samsung and Apple.
Colour tuning is slightly different from last year. The X200 Pro leaned a bit warmer by default; the X300 Pro’s default profile feels cooler and more neutral. You can still dive into the settings and tweak it, but out of the box, the phone now feels closer to what most people would call ‘natural’.
Device security is also sorted with the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor which is quick to register and unlock the device.
Audio complements the display well. The stereo speakers are loud, clear and surprisingly full, and in side-by-side listening they hold their own against mainstream flagships. Haptics have also been tightened; feedback feels crisp and integrated into the UI rather than an afterthought. Taken together, the X300 Pro delivers a very convincing media experience.
OriginOS 6: Fluid, Ambitious, Still Maturing
The X300 Pro is the first global Vivo flagship to ship with OriginOS 6 based on Android 16, with a promise of five major Android upgrades and seven years of security updates. Moving from FunTouch to OriginOS is a bigger change than the version number suggests. Animations are smoother, with a ‘spring’ effect that tracks finger movement closely and avoids the abruptness we saw on older builds. Unlocking with the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, swiping across home screens and opening apps all feel consistently fluid.
The OS is also packed with features. The lockscreen offers extensive customisation, including depth-aware clock layouts and flip-card wallpapers that react to tilt and can use live photos or short clips. Origin Island, Vivo’s take on a systemwide floating utility, is more useful: you can drag a bunch of photos into it and directly drop them into apps like Instagram, mail or messages; or drag an address from a web page straight into Maps. It’s one of those features that starts as a demo and quickly becomes part of your workflow.
On the ecosystem side, Office Kit allows a Windows PC or Mac to mirror the phone’s screen, drag files back and forth and sync notes. Easy Share brings a one-tap file transfer experience between Vivo phones and even iPhones via an app. It’s not at Apple ecosystem levels yet, but for an Android OEM, it’s genuinely practical.
There are still rough edges. During our testing, navigation directions sometimes stayed pinned in Origin Island even after a route was ended. You still get Vivo’s own V-App store and some pre-installed third-party apps. Most of these can be uninstalled or muted. None of this is a deal-breaker, and while OriginOS looks much cleaner than Funtouch, the iconography and overall visual refinement still don’t feel as timeless as iOS or Android skins like Google’s Pixel UI and Samsung’s OneUI.
Performance, Thermals and The Dimensity 9500
The X300 Pro is one of the first phones to ship with MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, also seen in the OPPO Find X9 Pro. It follows an all-big-core CPU design and is built on a 3 nm process. Compared to the Dimensity 9400 inside last year’s X200 Pro, synthetic benchmarks show healthy jumps in both CPU and GPU performance, and MediaTek claims much better efficiency.
In our usage, the phone behaved exactly like a modern flagship should. Apps opened quickly, multitasking between heavy apps did not result in reloads, and the system remained consistently smooth. The combination of LPDDR5X RAM and dual UFS 4.1 storage meant game loading and large file operations felt snappy.
In real-world gaming, the X300 Pro feels more like a ‘sensible flagship’ than an all-out gaming phone. BGMI and Delta Force run smoothly, and visually demanding titles like Wuthering Waves or Genshin Impact are handled fine at high settings, but you can see the frame rate fluctuate a bit during long sessions as the phone chooses to keep thermals in check. Vivo appears to prioritise temperature control over absolute peak frame stability, and the dual vapour chamber cooling helps keep the phone from becoming uncomfortably hot.
For day-to-day use – multitasking, photo editing, shooting 4K/8K video, processing 200 MP files – we never felt held back. Apps stay in memory thanks to aggressive background management, and OriginOS is quick to reload heavy tasks.
Battery Life and Charging
Battery is another area where Vivo has quietly iterated. The X300 Pro gets a 6510 mAh silicon-carbon battery, up from 6000 mAh on the X200 Pro. In our usage – lots of camera testing, social media, some gaming, navigation and 5G – we consistently got around 8+ hours of screen-on time on the global-spec device, usually ending the day with 25–30% left. It’s very solid, and given the capacity, it was already expected to get closer to 8–8.5 hours regularly.
Charging remains a strong point. Wired charging is rated at 90W, and wireless charging has been bumped from 30W on the X200 Pro to 40W here, with reverse wired and reverse wireless still present. In our tests with the bundled charger, the phone went from single digits to full in approximately 40-50 minutes.
The larger capacity and improved chemistry should, at least on paper, also help longevity, though that is something only long-term use can prove. Plus reverse wireless makes it much more flexible than an iPhone when you’re travelling with earbuds, watches or a second phone.
Camera Hardware and The Multi-Chip Pipeline
The real story of the X300 Pro is still the camera system. The rear setup comprises a 50 MP main camera using a Sony LYT828 sensor, a 200 MP periscope telephoto with 3.7x optical zoom, and a 50 MP ultra-wide with autofocus. On the front, the selfie camera jumps from 32 MP on the X200 Pro to 50 MP with autofocus and a wider field of view.
Behind these sensors is a complex imaging pipeline. Vivo’s VS1 imaging chip handles pre-processing of the raw sensor data, including dynamic range in the viewfinder. The Dimensity 9500’s ISP then kicks in, and a V3+ imaging chip carries out post-processing tasks such as tone mapping, portrait background blur and noise handling. There is also a jointly developed DX5 tiny NPU focused on focus tracking and motion freeze for the 200 MP camera.
The result of this multi-chip design is visible as soon as the camera app opens. The preview stays smooth even in complex scenes, and after we press the shutter, there is a brief pause while the system finishes processing, followed by a final image that is noticeably crisper and more balanced than the raw capture looked in the viewfinder.
Real-world Camera Performance
In daylight, the main camera delivers detailed, natural-looking images. Compared to the X200 Pro, there is less reliance on heavy sharpening and contrast. Fine textures hold up better, and dynamic range has improved, especially in high-contrast scenes with bright skies and shadows. In many cases, we found the X300 Pro’s main camera output more convincing than the default 24 MP photos from the iPhone 17 Pro Max, especially when pixel-peeping edges and textures.
Portrait mode is a highlight. Edge detection around hair and complex outlines is extremely consistent, and the Zeiss-inspired colour profiles allow subtle shifts in mood without turning people into caricatures. In humanistic camera mode, the interface is built around focal lengths rather than arbitrary zoom steps, which makes the phone feel closer to a small dedicated camera in use. Compared directly with the Galaxy S25 Ultra and OPPO Find X9 Pro, the Vivo’s portraits generally had more natural background blur and finer subject detail, even if rivals occasionally matched or bettered it on skin tone accuracy.
Vivo X300 Pro Performance
Zoom performance is where the X300 Pro stands out. Even without any accessory, 3.7x to around 10x shots carry strong detail and relatively low noise, in both daylight and low light. At 10x, the telephoto camera usually produces a cleaner, more usable image than the iPhone and Samsung equivalents, although Vivo’s processing can sometimes smooth skin a bit too aggressively. At higher magnifications, the advantage grows, especially for static subjects such as buildings and signs.
The optional telephoto extender kit takes this further. Mounted over the periscope module, it turns the system into roughly a 200 mm base lens, capable of going to much higher equivalent focal lengths. We used it for wildlife photography in Mauritius and came back with images of birds and animals that, at first glance, could easily be mistaken for DSLR shots. Feather detail, eye reflections and natural depth-of-field from the optics all contribute to a look that is hard to associate with a phone. Large 200 MP files at long focal lengths preserve enough detail to withstand heavy cropping.
Vivo X300 Pro Telephoto Extender Kit
Low light still shows both strengths and limitations. The hardware and Zeiss optics keep lens flare in check, and the phone often resolves more detail in shadows and distant buildings than an iPhone 17 Pro Max or Galaxy S25 Ultra. However, in very dark scenes with intricate textures, the X300 Pro’s noise reduction and sharpening can occasionally create patterns and halos that are visible at 100 per cent zoom.
Video performance has improved significantly. The rear cameras can shoot up to 8K, but in practice 4K 60 and 4K 120 fps were the most useful. Stabilisation at 4K 60 is excellent, with walking footage looking smoother than expected, and audio recording quality is high, with clear voices and balanced ambient sound. Dolby Vision and 10-bit Log recording give content creators flexibility, and portrait video now goes up to 4K 60 on both front and rear. In many daytime situations, the X300 Pro’s video stands comfortably next to the iPhone’s, although Apple still holds an edge for ultra-wide video and some zoom video scenarios.
The 50 MP front camera is a substantial upgrade. It is wider, sharper and more colour-accurate than the previous 32 MP unit, and autofocus makes framing easier. Daylight selfies look detailed without excessive smoothing, and low-light selfie video is one of the best we have seen in this class. Early firmware on our unit did show some minor jitter in front and rear video stabilisation in certain conditions, which we would expect Vivo to address with updates.
Verdict: A Serious Alternative To The Usual Flagships
In India, the X300 Pro sits around Rs 1,09,999, comfortably above the X200 Pro’s launch price and in direct competition with the likes of the iPhone 17 Pro Max and Galaxy S25 Ultra. That positioning invites scrutiny across every aspect, not just the camera.
On the positive side, Vivo has done more than simply tweak the optics. The in-hand feel is better, the display is cleaner and more neutral, the speakers and haptics are stronger, and OriginOS 6 finally gives Vivo a software layer that feels genuinely modern and fluid rather than a reskin of older ideas. Performance from the Dimensity 9500 is fast enough for any mainstream workload, and the new battery chemistry with faster wireless charging reduces real-world charging anxiety.
The camera system, however, is still the main reason to pick this phone. Versus last year’s X200 Pro, there are clear gains in dynamic range, front camera quality, low-light consistency and longzoom detail. Compared with the iPhone 17 Pro Max or Galaxy S25 Ultra, the X300 Pro repeatedly comes out ahead in portraits, long-range zoom and the combination of detail and subject separation. The optional telephoto extender kit is not for everyone, but for users who enjoy wildlife and travel photography, it turns the phone into something unique in the current market.
There are trade-offs. OriginOS 6, while smoother and more feature-rich than FunTouch, still shows occasional bugs and UI quirks that the most polished ecosystems ironed out years ago. The sheer number of camera modes, Zeiss profiles and options creates a learning curve that casual users may not fully climb. In extremely dark scenes, the image processing can still push sharpening a little too far. Vivo still needs to prove long-term software reliability and resale value in the second-hand market compared to Apple and Samsung.
Taken together, though, the X300 Pro feels like the most complete flagship Vivo has produced so far.
For users who live deep inside Apple’s ecosystem or who care primarily about the most stable AAA gaming performance and accessory ecosystem, an iPhone 17 Pro Max will still make sense. For users who want the best all-round camera package on an Android flagship today, with serious zoom capabilities and a genuinely distinctive imaging character, the Vivo X300 Pro deserves to be very high on the shortlist.
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