Vivo X500 Pro Max revealed here are my favorite photos taken with the potentially iPhone-beating flagship camera phone

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Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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I tested the flagship Vivo X500 Pro Max in Shanghai, China here are my favorite photos.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Vivo reveals its new flagship X500 series of phones, with three new models The X500 Pro Max is the priciest model, succeeding the X300 Ultra It's no longer a secret that some of the
best camera phones are coming out of China, and Vivo is very much competing with Oppo and Xiaomi with its flagship 'X' series it has just revealed the latest crop; the X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max.

I'm at the launch event in Shanghai, China, and have already had 24 hours
with the Vivo X500 Pro Max, which effectively replaces last year's X 300
Ultra . Like the previous flagship, it features a triple front camera array comprising ultra-wide, main, and telephoto Zeiss optics, only this time, the main lens has a 24mm focal length, like most other flagship wide cameras (whereas the X300 Ultra stood out with a tighter 35mm main camera lens). The 3.5x telephoto lens has an 85mm equivalent focal length a well-loved focal length by portrait photographers and a mode which unleashes a 200MP resolution, while the 50MP boosted resolution is available for the ultra-wide and main cameras. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Tim Coleman) (Image credit: Tim Coleman) The Vivo X500
Pro Max photographer's kit, in lavish black presentation box. It includes two telephoto converters, grip, additional cases and more (Image credit: Tim Coleman) The 4.7x teleconverter lens (left), 2.35x lens (middle) and grip (right) (Image credit: Tim Coleman) Image 1 of 4 View Original Image 2 of 4 View Original Image 3 of 4 View Original Image 4 of 4 View Original I'll be bringing you an in-depth camera comparison soon with the Vivo X500 Pro Max, Vivo X300 Ultra, and the Oppo Find X9 Ultra (a top camera phone from last year) soon, plus more details on the former. In the meantime, I've included some of my favorite photos that I've taken with the X500 Pro Max already, so you can begin to see what it's capable of.

The X500 series was announced on September 21 and, at launch, is exclusive to China, with a wider rollout expected later, although it's unlikely to come to the US. With the Oppo Find X9 Ultra and Xiaomi 17 Ultra , both now available in the UK, I'll be keeping an eye out for Vivo's release plans with the X500 models. You may like The best camera phone 2026 Poco F8 Pro review: the best affordable flagship phone of 2026 The Honor Robot Phone is going viral, and commenters are calling it an 'innovation light-years ahead of iPhone' Vivo X500 Pro Max sample gallery I shot this photo using the phone's Portrait
mode. I set the bokeh effect to natural and maxed it to f/0.95. However,
bokeh effect edits can be made afterwards to photos shot with the Portrait mode (see photo of the phone, above) I could reduce the strength of the effect if I wanted to. (Image credit: Tim Coleman) The Landscape & Night mode enables high-resolution shooting. I upped the resolution to 50MP and used the B/W color style taking the exposure reading from the bright part of the sky to get the low key effect. (Image credit: Tim Coleman) I used the regular Photo mode here, and left the phone to its own devices, and the results are really good color is pleasant, and the HDR effect not overly aggressive. (Image credit: Tim Coleman) Image 1 of 2 The famous Bund skyline in Shanghai. I used a long exposure effect for the vista (Image credit: Tim Coleman) And here I add the 4.7x teleconverter lens, which works with the 3.5 zoom camera for a 400mm effective focal length. This was shot handheld and the image is still pretty sharp (Image credit: Tim Coleman) Image 1 of 2 View Original Image 2 of 2 View Original Image 1 of 2 The telephoto camera is a 3.5x zoom optic, with an equivalent 85mm focal length. (Image credit: Tim Coleman) Here I've used the 10x zoom setting, which is a digital zoom from the 3.5x telephoto Zeiss lens (Image credit: Tim Coleman) Image 1 of 2 View Original Image 2 of 2 View Original And here's a cute kitty with longest coat, well, just because! (Image credit: Tim Coleman) Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up
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