With that all said, the Vivo X90 Pro is undoubtedly one of the best camera phones around in 2023. Performance Finally we get to arguably Vivo’s key weak point in its ongoing attempts to break into Western markets: software.

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For designated devices, you can enjoy in warranty repair, out of warranty repair and software upgrade services at any vivo authorized service center in the country/region where it is officially sold. While Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets have traditionally been the more popular to use in flagships, competing chipmaker MediaTek has made great strides in recent years, especially at the top end of the market. Smaller tweaks are also needed, with rough translations in some places and the odd use of ALL CAPS in certain areas of the Settings menu that doesn’t look too polished, but these are relatively minor niggles.The Dimensity 9200 doesn't quite hold its own in multi-core workloads, but a clear positive for MediaTek is that Arm's Immortalis-G715 clearly offers a similar level of power as the Adreno 740, and you'll notice the difference when gaming. All three lenses benefit from Vivo’s partnership with Zeiss with the company’s patented Zeiss T* lens coating, along with the ability to capture a more muted, true-to-life image with Zeiss’ Natural Colour 2.0 tech, as well as unique shooting modes including Miniature Effect and Cine-flare Portrait effects that can produce some fun results in the right hands.

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The 50MP main camera is joined by a 50MP telephoto with OIS and 2x optical zoom, and a 12MP wide-angle lens with a 108-degree field of view. Up front, you get a 32MP camera with a fixed focus that can shoot 1080p videos. Weird name aside, FunTouch OS has a bit of a bad reputation for being one of the worst skins available for Android smartphones – though I must say that the company has come a long way with the software in the past few years.

Elsewhere, the X90 Pro has all the hardware features you'd want in a high-end phone. There's 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of UFS 4.0 storage as standard on the global versions, and that's more than adequate for most users. It comes with global Sub-6 5G bands, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, AptX HD audio codec, and all the radios for various GPS systems around the world. The in-screen fingerprint sensor is among the fastest of any phone I used, and the optical module isn't prone to errors. nits peak brightness isn’t bad, but again, you can find slightly better elsewhere such as on the Galaxy S23 Ultra if you often need to use your phone in bright, direct sunlight. Battery life is up there with the rest of the flagships in 2023 despite having a slightly smaller 4,870mAh than the 5,000mAh battery found within high-end competitors including the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and OnePlus 11. However, as with those devices, the Vivo X90 Pro doesn’t struggle to last all day – even when really putting the phone through its paces.

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The Geekbench 5 single-core score of 1381 beats the competing OnePlus 11’s 1165, though a multi-core score of 4177 falls slightly behind OnePlus’ 4856. However, when it comes to graphics performance Vivo comes out on top with a score of 3679 to OnePlus’ 3532 in the 3DMark Wildlife Extreme benchmark. Having used all the major Android releases over the course of 2023, it's clear that the X90 Pro can hold its own against the best Android phones. I like the direction Vivo is taking with the X series, and while earlier models focused a bit too much on the camera prowess to the detriment of other areas, that isn't the case on the X90 Pro — this is a well-rounded device that doesn't have any major shortcomings.

Now, the caveat here is that the 120W charging mode is disabled by default, so you'll need to go into the settings to enable it. Vivo offers the Balanced mode out of the box, and in this setting, the charge doesn't go beyond 30W. Vivo's 120W tech is mature enough that there are no issues in using it daily, but if you're worried about battery degradation, the Balanced mode is an ideal solution.