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Last year, we got our hands on what we
thought was the ultimate photography
smartphone, the Vivo X300 Pro. Together
with the Pro Photographer Kit that came
with the Vivo X300 Pro, was one very
capable smartphone for capturing photos
and videos, and all together as a
smartphone. Well, that’s until Vivo
Philippines announced that the more
capable X300 Ultra would also go on sale
in the country. Similar to the X300 Pro,
the X300 Ultra is also available with a
photographer kit which features Gen 2
Zeiss telephoto lenses. However,
the X300 Ultra is also a lot more
expensive. Still, for those of you
curious as to what the Vivo X300 Ultra
offers, let’s find out in this review.
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>> Since the Vivo X300 Ultra is part of the
X300 series, it’s no surprise that its
design is nearly identical to that of
the X300 Pro we reviewed last year. The
back panel features a large circular
camera island housing the triple rear
camera system. It’s a simple but
beautiful design with most of the
attention being drawn to the camera
island. The back panel is relatively
clean, featuring a simple two-tone
design. There’s also the Vivo logo on
the bottom left, which, if you’re
wondering why it’s oriented that way,
it’s because it helps makes the phone
look like a mini DSLR when the rest of
the photographer kit is fitted onto it
or when you’re shooting in horizontal
mode. Going back to the phone itself, I
think this fore shade of green looks
great as well. And if I’m not mistaken,
it’s the only color available. As
expected, the phone feels premium to the
touch featuring a metal frame and a
glass back panel. It’s a relatively
large phone, but the button placements
are very ergonomic. As usual, the volume
rocker and power button are on the right
side, while at the bottom, you’ll find
the USB C port, one of the two loud
speakers, and the dual SIM card slot.
The left side of the phone is clean,
while at the top there are a few more
holes for the speaker and the secondary
mic. Now, some might find the camera
island a bit bulky, but again, it just
takes a while to get used to. The only
minor issue we found with the X300
though is the thickness of the camera
island. It makes the phone feel very
top-heavy. Not to mention, it’s almost
impossible to make it lie flat if you
want to edit videos or play games. I
also found it concerning since it’s
likely the first part of the back that
would get hit if the phone gets dropped.
And while the island might be a bit
concerning when it comes to drops, the
phone itself is well protected from the
elements. It features an IP68 and IP69
rating for dust and water resistance.
This means this phone can take a quick
dip underwater and it’ll come out okay.
However, that’s for the phone alone. If
you have the photographer kit with you
along with the grip and the telephoto
lens, those don’t have the same IP
rating, so be careful. For reference,
the photographer kit comes with two
Zeiss lenses, a case with a PGYTECH
straps, along with an imaging grip kit.
The display of the Vivo X300 Ultra is
probably one of the best we’ve tried
this year. It’s a 6.83-in LTPO AMOLED
panel with a 144-Hz refresh rate and
support for Dolby Vision and HDR10 Plus.
It’s a very high-resolution display.
Interestingly though, this option isn’t
set as the default resolution. Users
will have to change it in the settings
from Ultra HD to Extreme HD to take
advantage of this setting. Outside of
the specs, it results in a more
immersive viewing experience. The colors
are very vivid and there’s a nice
contrast too, even in the default
natural color mode. Users who want the
colors to pop even more can switch to
the bright, but in our opinion, it makes
the colors a bit too saturated.
Whichever color option users choose
though, they’ll definitely enjoy
watching shows on this phone. And again,
it’s very enjoyable to do so. We could
easily pass the time watching our
favorite YouTube series on this phone or
anything we could think of watching. But
of course, where definitely sure users
will enjoy checking out the images and
videos captured using the cameras of the
X300 Ultra on this display. With the 144
Hz refresh rate, the animations are
smooth too and I’m sure gamers will
benefit from it the most. And given the
chipset it has, it’s great for gaming
but more on that later. As for the
speakers, they’re a bit decent for a
flagship level smartphone.
Interestingly, there’s no Dolby audio
here. And honestly, it’s not really the
best sounding speakers for a flagship
level smartphone. But at least there is
some good separation. More importantly,
the vocals are clear even if there is a
lack of bass. Not to mention, the
speakers are loud and there is no
distortion even when the volume is maxed
out, which is great. By the way, I
forgot to mention for biometrics,
there’s an in-display ultrasonic
fingerprint sensor and face unlock.
Unlocking the phone with ultrasonic
sensor is quick and highly reliable,
even allowing us to use it with damp
fingers. Moving on to our favorite
feature of the Vivo X300 Ultra, which is
undoubtedly the cameras. Vivo upgraded
the main and ultrawide on the X300 Ultra
from the X300 Pro. The X300 Ultra
features a 200 megapixel main, a 200
megapixel periscope telephoto, and a 50
megapixel ultrawide. For selfies, users
have a 50 megapixel front camera. No
question, that’s one stacked lineup of
cameras and it’s not just a specs
pusher. In real world use, the cameras
work amazingly well. Whether we’re using
the main, telephoto, or even the
ultrawide, the image quality is superb.
There’s no difference in quality when
switching lenses when we’re taking
photos, meaning the quality stays the
same all throughout. Even in low light
situations, there’s barely any
noticeable difference. All of the images
came out sharp and the colors are vivid
but they’re not overly saturated. It
even looks a bit moody even we’re just
using the default color profile. With
Zeiss tuned cameras, of course, there’s
also Zeiss color profile available. In
this color profile, the colors look a
lot more natural out of the box, but
users can fine-tune the settings even
more to suit their preference. The same
can be done for other color profiles if
you want a different look and feel to
the images. It’s not just the color
profiles you can play with around with,
though. There are various photo modes to
choose from, including street
photography and landscape and night.
[music] In these modes, users can
quickly switch to pro mode, allowing
them to adjust camera parameters even
further, such as shutter speed, ISO, and
the like. These modes help users frame
and capture photos better and even offer
different themes, or color profiles for
that matter, depending on the
conditions. However, sticking to regular
photo mode is great already, especially
if there’s not enough time to set up
proper shot. Now, for video, the camera
can record up to 8K at 30fps max.
However, we noticed that it doesn’t have
the best quality even with the high
resolution. And also, noticeably, the
stabilization isn’t that great in 8K. It
also eats up a lot more storage. With
that, most of the videos we shot were in
4K. Not to mention, Dolby Vision only
works in 4K resolution. Thankfully, even
at 4K 120fps, Dolby Vision still works,
giving users better colors and contrast.
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Similar to the images, the videos come
out sharp in 4K, and there is no
difference in terms of the quality when
you’re shooting with either of the three
lenses. For users who need a bit more
stabilization, there’s ultra
stabilization mode available, but it
limits video recording to 2.8K at 30fps.
Honestly, it’s not really needed unless
you have really shaky hands. Similarly,
there is also pro mode available,
allowing users to adjust the settings
manually. Videos can also be recorded in
log format giving users more control
over when adjusting settings in post.
Now, I know this is what probably one of
the longer camera segments for a review
and all of the adjustments and settings
can be overwhelming especially for those
who aren’t used to playing around with
the cameras. But for those who know how
to maximize it and know what they’re
doing, they definitely won’t be
disappointed with the cameras of the
Vivo X300 Ultra. Not to mention, those
who get the photographer kit can also
take advantage of two add-on zoom
lenses. There’s a 200 mm Zeiss lens with
2.35 times optical zoom and a 400 mm
lens with 4.7 times optical zoom.
Unfortunately, the focal length is
unchangeable. With that, we found the
200 mm to be the most useful to bring
around. There’s also the grip kit which
attaches via the USB-C port. With this,
makes the X300 Ultra almost like a
camera since the zoom function, shutter
button, and movie record are all easily
within reach. This makes it more
convenient to use as a camera especially
with the Zeiss lenses installed. The
only downside is that with these
attachments equipped, it’s more of a
camera now instead of a phone. So, it’s
not really practical to bring around
which we’ll get to later. Now, the
cameras might be the highlight of the
Vivo X300 Ultra but that doesn’t mean
it’s not a great phone to use on a daily
basis. It packs a lot of punch featuring
a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset along
with Vivo’s professional imaging chip
VS1
Plus which mainly helps with the
post-processing of photos. Our review
unit comes with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB
of UFS 4.1 storage. There’s no microSD
slot to expand storage further meaning
if users plan to take up a lot of raw
photos or log videos, it might run out
fairly quickly. With the chipset that
comes with, we’re no longer surprised at
what the X300 Ultra can handle. Needless
to say, all your productivity apps won’t
be an issue. Even if you leave them all
running in the background, you can
quickly switch back and forth between
them to pick up where you left off. Now,
when it comes to games, it could handle
them all well. We mainly played
Neverness to Everness on this phone, and
it didn’t have any problems running on
the max settings. There weren’t any
frame rate drops or lags, and the
loading times were fast, too. We were
able to explore the map and spend
countless hours on the game, mainly
because of how great NTE looked on this
phone. That said, if this phone could
run NTE without issues, we’re certain it
can handle almost all the games you can
think of. This goes for lighter titles
like Genshin and even ZZZ and even
Wuthering Waves. The only issue when
gaming is that the X100 Ultra has a
tendency to heat up. It’s not limited to
NTE, as we also felt the phone becoming
quite warm when we were only playing
Genshin. Thankfully, there’s no drop in
performance even when the phone started
to heat up. As for the benchmarks,
they’re on screen right now, and these
are some seriously impressive numbers.
The Vivo X100 Ultra runs on Android 16
skinned with OriginOS 6. It’s a
nice-looking OS, and it’s very easy to
use even for those coming from iOS like
me. There’s also the usual AI
functionalities like Google’s Gemini and
Circle to Search. You also get AI
features in the Notes app, which can
help with writing and expanding topics
for those who have those writer’s block.
Meanwhile, the AI editor in the gallery
is similar to most Android phones out
there, where users can retouch their
photos, delete people or objects in the
background, and expand the image. But,
given how amazing the photos are already
out of the box, there’s not a lot of use
for it except for removal. Fortunately,
there’s not a lot of bloatware on
OriginOS 6 on the X100 Ultra, and
they’re all neatly hidden in one app.
But, what we didn’t like is that we were
getting notifications and ads from the V
App Store. It was so annoying to just
keep seeing random notifications pop up
that we ended up turning off
notifications for that app. Now, in
terms of support, the OS supports up to
5 years of upgrades and 7 years of
security patches. For everything the
Vivo X300 Ultra can do, you’d expect it
to have a relatively normal battery
life, right? It packs a 6,600 mA hour
battery pack, and surprisingly, it lasts
a very long time. At 93% the phone says
it still has more than 2 days of battery
life left, which at first we thought was
quite optimistic. But even after using
the phone for an entire day to take
photos, videos, and watch YouTube, it
didn’t drain the battery that much. With
PCMark’s battery test we were able to
record 22 hours and 2 minutes of battery
life, which is amazing considering this
is just a 6,600 mA hour battery. The
only time the battery drained relatively
faster was when we were playing games
for extended periods of time.
Fortunately, there’s no need to worry
about charging since the phone features
100-W wired fast charging and 40-W
wireless fast charging. The X300 Ultra
also features reverse wired and reverse
wireless charging to help out your
homies. For connectivity, there’s eSIM
support, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC,
GPS, and infrared. Now, overall, the
Vivo X300 Ultra is a great phone,
especially for those who love taking
photos and videos. It’s a great
alternative to bringing a camera,
especially for those who want to travel
light. Not to mention the display is
beautiful, too. And with the capable
chipset, it can handle almost all the
games users can think of. For users who
want to enhance the photography and
videography experience further, they can
pick it up with the photographer kit,
which includes the lenses, case, and a
camera grip. If anything, the only thing
we didn’t like about the X300 Ultra are
the ads and notifications coming from
the Vivo apps, but thankfully these can
be addressed in the settings. Another
issue I’m sure most people would have
with the Vivo X300 Ultra is the price.
For those who thought the X300 Pro was
already expensive, well, this one’s a
lot more expensive. The Vivo X300 Ultra
starts at 109,999
pesos for the phone alone. Want the X300
Ultra Photographer Kit like ours?
This will set you back 149,999
pesos. [music] That’s more expensive
than some full-frame cameras on the
market today, which will undoubtedly
still capture better images, provided
the user has the skills. There’s also
the problem of
the size. If you have the photographer
kit installed, this isn’t technically a
phone anymore. It’s [music] a camera.
So, you have to consider, would you want
to bring it around
with these, or would you just get the
phone and get a camera as well, like a
point-and-shoot? Again, no doubt, that’s
a lot of money. And honestly, for those
who won’t be able to maximize the
potential of the X300 Ultra’s cameras,
this isn’t exactly the perfect phone for
you. But for those who want to take
photos and videos on the go without
having to bring a separate camera, or
choose not to have a separate camera
with them, the X300 Ultra is a great
choice, [music] no doubt about it. But
again, as I mentioned earlier, it
eventually becomes a camera with the
photographer kit. Still, what do you
guys think of the Vivo X300 Ultra and
the photographer kit available with it?
Would you pick up one of these, or
[music] would you spend money on a
full-frame camera instead? Whatever the
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Last year we dived into the Vivo X300 Pro, a phone that felt like a pocket DSLR with its massive camera island and Zeiss lenses. But what if we told you there’s an even more capable sibling? The Vivo X300 Ultra just landed in the Philippines, promising to double as a pro‑grade camera while still being a fully functional smartphone. In this video we break down what makes the Ultra stand out, how its new features stack up against the Pro, and whether the extra price tag is worth it for Filipino photographers and everyday users alike. Want to see if this phone can truly live up to the hype? Keep reading, and we’ll give you a sneak peek of its design, camera performance, and real‑world usability before you hit play.
What You’ll See in This Video
- **Design** – Almost identical to the X300 Pro, with a large circular camera island and a two‑tone matte finish that feels premium.
- **Camera Kit** – Comes with Gen 2 Zeiss telephoto lenses, adding more depth and versatility to the already impressive triple‑camera setup.
- **Build & Ergonomics** – Metal frame, glass back, and a fore‑shade of green that looks great on the phone itself.
- **Price** – More expensive than the Pro, but packed with features that might justify the cost for serious shooters.
- **Performance** – Still a fully functional smartphone, ready to handle everyday tasks while shooting pro‑grade photos.
Curious to see how the Ultra performs in real‑life shooting scenarios? Watch our full review now and decide if this camera phone is your next must‑have gadget.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is the Vivo X300 Ultra available in the Philippines?
A: Yes, it has just been announced for sale nationwide.
Q: How much does it cost?
A: Pricing starts at around PHP 70,000 – a bit higher than the X300 Pro.
Q: Does it come with a photographer kit?
A: Yes, the Ultra includes Gen 2 Zeiss telephoto lenses for extra versatility.
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