For those who’re in search of a brand new cellphone and your focus is energy, then the newly introduced Vivo X90 Professional Plus might be the handset for you, because it’s the primary cellphone to make use of the Snapdragon Eight Gen 2 chipset.

This flagship chipset is anticipated to energy a lot of 2023’s high Android telephones, together with the Samsung Galaxy S23 and the OnePlus 11, however Vivo appears to have gotten there first.

That’s not even the one main promoting level of the Vivo X90 Professional Plus although, because the cellphone additionally has a 50MP digital camera that makes use of an enormous 1-inch sensor. Whereas this isn’t the primary cellphone to make use of this sensor, it’s bigger than what you’ll discover in most smartphones, and images may probably even be higher consequently.

That’s joined by a 48MP ultra-wide digital camera, a 50MP telephoto digital camera providing 2x optical zoom, and a 64MP telephoto digital camera with 3.5x optical zoom.

Different specs embrace 12GB of RAM, as much as 512GB of storage, and a 6.78-inch 1440 x 3200 AMOLED display screen, with a 120Hz refresh price. The cellphone additionally has a 4,700mAh battery, with fast 80W wired charging and impressively fast 50W wi-fi, and it’s protected in opposition to mud and water, because it has achieved an IP68 certification.

It’s been launched in China, alongside the much less attention-grabbing Vivo X90 and Vivo X90 Professional. These telephones have a couple of variations to the Professional Plus, with probably the most vital one being that they use MediaTek’s newest Dimensity 9200 chipset as a substitute of a Snapdragon Eight Gen 2. It is nonetheless regarded as highly effective silicon, nevertheless it’s unlikely to match the Snapdragon.

Really shopping for any of those telephones may show simpler stated than accomplished, as they’ve to date solely been launched in China, the place the Vivo X90 Professional Plus begins at ¥6,499 (round $910 / £760 / AU$1,365).

There’s no phrase on if or once they’ll be bought extra broadly, however there’s a good probability that no less than a few of them will ultimately be bought within the UK, on condition that the Vivo X80 Professional is out there there. An Australian launch is feasible too, however the US is unlikely, as Vivo doesn’t have a lot presence there.

Evaluation: the primary of many Snapdragon Eight Gen 2 telephones

There’s no want to attend for the Vivo X90 Professional Plus to go on sale globally, as a result of earlier than lengthy there might be numerous different Snapdragon Eight Gen 2 telephones to select from.

As famous above, the Samsung Galaxy S23 line will most likely use this chipset, and the OnePlus 11 positively will, however that’s simply the tip of the iceberg.

We already know that a number of telephones within the Oppo Discover X6 and iQoo 11 traces will use the Eight Gen 2, and it’s trying very possible that the Sony Xperia 1 V, Xiaomi 13 vary, Motorola’s Moto X40, Nubia’s Crimson Magic 8, and extra will use it too.

In brief, should you purchase any of one of the best upcoming telephones that aren’t made by Apple, the Snapdragon Eight Gen 2 is the chipset they’re most definitely to have. As such, this standout function of the Vivo X90 Professional Plus is barely a limited-time unique and one that can possible quickly be commonplace, a lot to the advantage of shoppers in search of probably the most succesful new telephones.