On April 3rd, the vivo X Fold3 series foldable smartphones officially went on sale. Among them, the vivo X Fold3 starts at 6999 CNY, while the vivo X Fold3 Pro starts at 9999 CNY.
According to previous reports from PConline, the vivo X Fold3 series emphasizes "thinness" and "performance" and is currently vivo's most important folding product line. Specifically, the vivo X Fold3 weighs only 219 grams, with a thickness of 4.65mm when unfolded and 10.2mm when folded, making it the lightest horizontally folding screen phone currently available. The more powerful vivo X Fold3 Pro weighs only 236 grams, and also boasts excellent weight and thickness control among folding products.
Additionally, the vivo X Fold3 series introduces the "Armor Wing Architecture" specifically developed for foldable screens. The inner screen features UTG ultra-thin glass, while the outer screen is customized with "Armor Glass," boasting 11 times improved resistance to drops compared to the previous generation. Moreover, the new device incorporates an "Armor Back Cover," enhancing impact resistance by 15 times compared to its predecessor, achieving military-grade impact resistance.
The vivo X Fold3 series also adopts an ultra-lightweight carbon fiber skeleton, reducing weight by 37% compared to metal skeletons. It has passed the TUV Rheinland 500,000-fold folding certification and obtained dual SGS five-star certifications, ensuring safety and reliability.
In terms of battery life, the vivo X Fold3 series features an industry-first semi-solid-state battery, which maintains high endurance even in low-temperature environments. The vivo X Fold3 is equipped with a Blue Ocean battery equivalent to 5500mAh, supporting 80W wired fast charging; while the vivo X Fold3 Pro boasts a Blue Ocean battery equivalent to 5700mAh, supporting 100W dual-core flash charging + 50W wireless flash charging, along with 5W reverse charging.
Imaging has always been a crucial strategy for Vivo's journey towards high-end branding, and this holds true for the Vivo X Fold3 series as well. According to previous reports, the Vivo X Fold3 features a rear camera setup with a 50-megapixel tri-camera system, including a 50-megapixel super-sensitive VCS biomimetic main camera, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 50-megapixel professional portrait lens. On the other hand, the Vivo X Fold3 Pro is equipped with a 64-megapixel Zeiss super telephoto lens, supporting 3X optical zoom, 10X high-definition zoom, and a maximum of 100X digital zoom.
In terms of photography, the vivo X Fold 3 Pro supports long-range urban night scenes, DSLR-level long-range macro blurring, and folding debut long-range suspension sunsets. For portraits, the vivo X Fold 3 Pro debuts with a Zeiss full-focus portrait master, supporting portrait shooting in focal lengths of 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 100mm. Additionally, the vivo X Fold3 Pro is equipped with the vivo self-developed image chip V3, debuting support for 4K cinematic portrait videos, 4K video blurring and beautification, master-level focus switching, and six distinctive cinematic effect formulas.
In terms of performance configuration, the vivo X Fold3 Pro features a foldable screen smartphone equipped with the third-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 flagship chip, coupled with LPDDR5X+UFS4.0 flash memory combination. Additionally, the device adopts the "Ultra-Wide Smart Cooling System", with a VC+ graphite cooling area exceeding 20,000 square millimeters, providing heat dissipation assurance for performance release; the vivo X Fold3 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform, paired with LPDDR5X+UFS4.0 flash memory combination, forming a "performance iron triangle".
The vivo X Fold3 series comes with an 8.03-inch Samsung E7 AMOLED display, boasting a peak brightness of 4500 nits and supporting a refresh rate of 120Hz, 8T LTPO technology, and a high-frequency PWM dimming of up to 1920Hz. Additionally, it features an X-axis linear motor, NFC, Wi-Fi 7, wireless lossless Hi-Fi, stereo dual speakers, triple microphones, infrared remote control, wireless lossless Hi-Fi, independent mute key, and side-mounted capacitive fingerprint sensor among its peripheral configurations.
The vivo X Fold3 series is now officially available for sale on all online platforms. During the initial sales period, customers can enjoy various purchase benefits, including a 180-day replacement guarantee, interest-free installment payments for up to 24 months, and a trade-in subsidy of up to 2000 CNY for old devices. Interested individuals can visit the vivo official store or third-party shopping platforms for more information.
