Vivo V25 Pro review: Dimensity 1300 portrait phone with curved AMOLED and color-changing back.
Why pick the V25 Pro?
The V25 Pro's photochromic back panel — it darkens under UV light — was a gimmick that worked: buyers showed it to friends, friends asked which phone, and Vivo sold a million units in the first quarter as the portrait phone with the party-trick design.
01Display
84/10084/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2022.
02Camera
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2022 — 6 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2022 — 10 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2022.
05Build
78/10078/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2022.
- Color-changing back is a real conversation starter
- Eye-AF selfie tech genuinely useful
- Curved AMOLED feels premium
- Mono speaker at $499 disappoints
- No headphone jack
- Funtouch OS slow with security updates
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 7-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .