Vivo X500 Pro vs Vivo X300 Pro: 5 Biggest changes you can expect in India
The Vivo X300 Pro launched in India at Rs 1,09,999, and its successor will launch in India on November 26 at 12 PM. Vivo has not said what the Vivo X500 Pro will cost. It has shown a smartwatch, a camera extender, and a teaser on X. The X500 Pro is the compact one this year, so the 200MP telephoto that defined the X300 Pro now sits on the Pro Max. We put the X500 Pro and the X300 Pro side by side across display, cameras, battery, processor, and design to see what has changed and whether the new model is a meaningful upgrade.
1. Display: smaller panel, higher refresh rate
The Vivo X300 Pro has a 6.78-inch 1.5K LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 4,500 nits of peak brightness. The Vivo X500 Pro will come with a 6.36-inch 1.5K LTPO AMOLED display that runs from 1Hz to 144Hz, with HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and the same 4,500 nits of peak brightness. So the refresh rate goes up, the size comes down by 0.42 inches and brightness stays where it was. The resolution stays at 1.5K. Anyone who wants a bigger screen is pointed to the X500 Pro Max, which has a 6.85-inch 2K panel.
2. Cameras: a 64MP telephoto replaces the 200MP one
This is the change that will get the most attention. The X300 Pro has a 50MP Sony LYT-828 main camera, a 50MP Samsung JN1 ultrawide and a 200MP Samsung HPB periscope telephoto at 85mm with 3.7x optical zoom. The Vivo X500 Pro keeps the 50MP main camera and the f/1.57 aperture with gimbal-like OIS, on a 1/1.28-inch Sony LYT-910, and moves to a 50MP Samsung JN5 ultrawide.
The telephoto drops to a 64MP Sony LYT-610 on a 1/1.95-inch sensor, with an f/2.52 aperture, OIS and 3.5x optical zoom at the same 85mm. A 200MP sensor leaves more pixels to crop into than a 64MP one, so the gap matters most for digital zoom beyond 3.5x, and only test results will show how large it is.
The front camera stays at 50MP. For India, Vivo’s teaser says the 400mm ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 Ultra is for the X500 Pro Max, and a 200mm Gen 2 extender is expected for the X500 Pro.
3. Battery: same capacity in a smaller phone
Battery is the one department where the numbers do not move. The X300 Pro has a 6,510mAh battery with 90W wired and 40W wireless charging, and the China and global X500 Pro has the same capacity and the same charging speeds. What changes is the body around the battery, because that capacity now sits in a phone with a 6.36-inch screen instead of a 6.78-inch one. Vivo has confirmed the India battery capacity on their website, and it will come with a 6510mAh cell. The X500 Pro Max has a 7,800mAh battery for buyers who want more.
4. Processor: Dimensity 9500 gives way to the 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro
The Vivo X300 Pro runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, which is based on a 3nm process, with one core at 4.21GHz, three at 3.5GHz, four at 2.7GHz and an Arm Mali G1-Ultra GPU. However the Vivo X500 Pro is one of the first two phones with the Dimensity 9600 Pro, which is built on 2nm and has two Arm C2-Ultra cores at 4.55GHz, three C2-Pro cores at 4.35GHz, three more at 3.1GHz and an Arm Mali-G2 Ultra NX GPU.
Software moves from Android 16 with OriginOS 6 on the X300 Pro to Android 17 with OriginOS 7 on the X500 Pro, which lists up to five major OS updates. Both phones use Vivo’s V3+ and VS1 imaging chips.
5. Design
The Vivo X300 Pro is 7.99mm thin and weighs 226g, with a glass back and IP68 and IP69 ratings. On the other hand, the Vivo X500 Pro is 8.12mm thin, and it also carries IP68 and IP69 ratings. X500 Pro will also come with a bigger vapour cooling chamber.
Vivo also confirmed that there will be only two colours of the device: Apex Orange and Eternal Black.
Vivo India has confirmed the X500 series for November 26 at 12 PM, and the series is expected to include the X500, the X500 Pro and the X500 Pro Max. The X500 Pro’s India price is not been announced. The X300 Pro launched in India at Rs 1,09,999 for the 16GB and 512GB model. However, with chipset prices going up, it remains to be seen how much Vivo will charge for its upcoming phones.