Vivo X100 Ultra review: A 200 MP periscope and a 1-inch main — the telephoto camera king of 2024.
The telephoto camera to beat.
X100 Ultra is what happens when Vivo stops compromising: a 1-inch main and a 200 MP periscope that crops cleanly to 7× and beyond, tuned by ZEISS, fed by a dedicated ISP. For reach and detail it out-shoots every 2024 flagship including the S24 Ultra. The catch is buying one — it never left China officially.
01Display
90/10090/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.
02Camera
96/100At 96/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2024 — 8 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
90/10090/100 trails the 93-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.
04Battery
84/10084/100 trails the 88-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.
05Build
86/10086/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.
06Value
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.
- 200 MP 3.7× periscope — the best long-zoom of its year.
- 1-inch ZEISS main sensor.
- 8K ZEISS video and a dedicated V3+ ISP.
- QHD+ 3,000-nit panel, IP68, Wi-Fi 7.
- Heavy 232 g brick.
- China-only — no official global release.
- Funtouch/OriginOS is an acquired taste abroad.
- 3 OS 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 40-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .