Vivo X200 Pro Review: Is it Best Flagship Phone for 2025?

The Vivo X200 Pro is one of the final phones to launch before 2025. It’s another flagship rival to the likes of Oppo’s FX8 Pro, powered by the same MediaTek Dimensity 9400, boasting a massive fast-charging 6,000mAh battery and clever Zeiss camera tech. But is the Vivo X200 Pro really all that? I’ve had my SIM stuffed in there for well over a week now, using it as my full-time phone. So here’s my full review.

Design and Build

Vivo X200 Pro is an absolute chuner and it’s proper hefty as well. From the front, it’s incredibly similar to a lot of other recent flagships, including the Oppo FX8 Pro and the OnePlus 13. Once again, you’ve got a quad-curved screen, slightly sloping on all four edges, giving the impression that the display is hovering above the rest of the phone. The bezels are pretty skinny, as you’d expect from a flagship and there’s a weeny selfie cam orifice. So, that front end is pretty much all screen.

You’ve got yourself a shiny brushed metal frame, which is thankfully highly smudge-resistant. Vivo’s design does a reasonable job of masking the worst of those greasy prints but you’ll need to give it the occasional sleeve buffing to keep it looking as neat and tidy as possible.

More concerning is the fact that the back end is incredibly slippery, which certainly doesn’t help with the grip situation. But help is literally at hand, courtesy of the absolutely fracking enormous camera bump. It’s not really a camera bump; it’s more of a camera tumor that’s gotten wildly out of control. However it does work as a handy finger shelf, Very useful for one-handed use, it makes it a lot more comfortable and helps prevent the Vivo X200 Pro from flying out of your grasp.

The Vivo X200 Pro comes in three color choices: titanium, black, or blue. I definitely prefer the blue of this trio—it’s just got a bit more going on. This titanium model isn’t really doing anything for me; it looks a bit plain, a bit bland, with absolutely nothing going on there.

Touch wood, the Vivo X200 Pro seems pretty rugged. In my time with it so far, not a single scratch, scuff, or nick to speak of on the back end or the frame. You’ve got a screen protector slapped on the front end, and like the FX8 Pro, this is IP69 rated. So, with water, no worries at all.

Display And Audio Quality

As for the display, it seems to be almost the same screen tech as the old Vivo X100. As far as I can tell, it’s another 6.78-inch AMOLED with a 2800×1260 pixel resolution. Even though it’s a proper whopper, visuals are sharp when you’re kicking back with a movie or picking out finer details in your photos. You can stream HDR10+ content, and this time the X200 steps up with Vision support, something the X100 lacked.

I found the screen comfortable enough for low-light use and had no issues in bright daylight either. This display is powerful enough to counter glare. It’s LTPO tech, scaling from 120Hz down to 1Hz, and features 2160Hz PWM dimming as well as various eye protection modes to prevent fatigue.

The X200 Pro’s stereo speaker setup is impressive too. Max out the volume, and it’s perfect for those glorious times of year when it’s socially acceptable to be a little drunk at noon. The speakers are plenty powerful, so you can hear everything even in a busy kitchen without needing Bluetooth headphones. Just jack up the volume—job done. There’s no support for Dolby Atmos, but instead, you get Super Audio, which tweaks the audio output to match whatever you’re doing.

Software and FunTouch

I’ve had no troubles whatsoever with the built-in fingerprint sensor here on the EV X200 Pro. It’s an ultrasonic effort, so it takes an accurate 3D map of your fingerprint. it’s super responsive and I’ve had no issues with it, even when my hands have been a little wet or grubby. You’ve also got a Face Unlock as a backup which works well, even when it’s pretty dark.

On the software side, you have the latest Android 15 with the FunTouchOS launcher the best-named launcher, although I don’t quite get on with it as well as I do ColorOS or OxygenOS, for instance. The good news is it doesn’t mess around with the stock Android vibes too much. You’ve got your Google Discover feed, your apps tray and your drag-down notifications bar with all of your toggles. However, the settings menu certainly still needs some love—it can be a bit tricky to find certain bits you’re searching for. Some submenus, like “Dynamic Effects,” just look incredibly bland, although I very much appreciate having the option to change up all of these animations and different options.

Certainly, one of FunTouchOS’s strengths is the ability to customize all of these individual animations and pretty much everything else to a stunning degree. Unfortunately, the Vivo X200 Pro is absolutely loaded with crapware. I wanted to instantly delete all of it but I kept it on here. The likes of Trip.com, Facebook, LinkedIn, and all the usual offenders are here.

Also, some of the most alluring and fantastic features of Android 15, which I really enjoyed on the Pixel 9 series smartphones when they finally got that update, simply aren’t here on the X200 Pro, like the brilliant audio submenu pop-out thing. It’s just the boring, standard Android one.

On the flip side, FunTouchOS does add a couple of extra features that are pretty damn good, including a dedicated gaming mode, which is miles better than the Pixel’s Android version. Unfortunately, the software support is somewhat lacking on the X200 Pro compared with its flagship rivals from the likes of Oppo, Google, and Samsung. We’re talking just three Android OS upgrades and four years of security and software patching. Of course, that’s not terrible by any means, but it’s worth bearing in mind if you don’t fancy upgrading your device for a while.

Also, you don’t get as much AI shenanigans here as some other flagships. You’ve got the standard Android Google stuff, like a bit of Google Assistant and, of course, “Hey, mate Gemini.” You’ve also got yourself an AI photo enhancer which, to be perfectly honest, doesn’t really do a huge amount. Although, if you really can’t stand other people, the AI Rear feature is fantastic as always—it can turn even a busy London scene into something vaguely apocalyptic.

Performance

The performance was one of the areas where I really wanted to put the Vivo X200 Pro through its paces because it’s powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400. That’s the same chipset found in Oppo’s FX8 Pro, which delivered excellent performance, even when gaming on the most intensive titles. This is backed in this phone with 16GB of RAM.

The good news is that everyday usage is absolutely smooth. Yes, indeed, when playing demanding Android titles like Weather and Waves, the Vivo X200 Pro handles it all with no worries. You can max out the graphic settings, bump everything to the highest level, and still enjoy a frame rate that stays pleasingly fluid, sticking around 60 frames per second most of the time.

Thankfully, while the old X100 phones would heat up badly after just 20 or 30 minutes of gaming, there are no such issues here. The phone does warm to the touch after an hour and a half of gaming, but it doesn’t get uncomfortably hot. It doesn’t stay quite as cool as the Oppo FX8 Pro, but it’s far from troublesome.

As previously mentioned, you also get the dedicated FunTouch gaming mode, which boosts performance. Features like the visual enhancement tool make visuals brighter, bolder, and poppier. Other tools include frame rate boost and super-resolution mode, though sadly, neither is supported in Weather and Waves. Additionally, there are plenty of other tools, like a notifications blocker and an esports mode, which activates various settings to keep your game running smoothly without distractions.

Battery life

When it comes to the battery tech, well, this kind of partly justifies the fact that the X200 Pro is an absolute chunker, because you do get a whopping 6,000mAh capacity cell stuffed inside that thick old chassis. That’s one of the largest capacity batteries you’ll find in any phone out there, outside of dedicated gaming smartphones. Unsurprisingly, the battery life was very good indeed—I finished most days with around 30% life remaining. That’s with standard use or 6 to 7 hours of mixed use, including video streaming, audio streaming in the background when the phone was hibernating, a fair bit of camera play, etc.

The only day I pretty much wiped this thing out from 100% to 0% just before bed was a quite intensive one. To be fair, I spent around an hour playing Weather and Waves, about half an hour Skyping the family, and again plenty of audio streaming even when the phone was idle. So, if you’re a power user more demanding than the average folks out there, the Vivo X200 Pro should definitely satisfy.

When you do need to juice this phone back up, well, it’s actually a downgrade for charging. You’ve got 90W flash charge support here on the Vivo X200 Pro, but let’s face it—despite the large capacity battery, it still charges pretty quickly, certainly compared with a lot of rivals from Google, Samsung, etc. You’ve also got slightly slower wireless charging than before at 30W.

The main problem I had with the X200 Pro was that whenever I stuck it on the charging stand, it wouldn’t form a good connection. I’m guessing it’s because of the stupidly massive camera bump, so cables were the only way to go for me, sadly.

Cameras

Vivo’s Zeiss collaboration remains strong, and the X200 Pro’s camera sees significant improvements. It’s the first smartphone to feature Sony’s 50MP LYT 818 sensor, offering great low-light performance, though not quite on par with the best, like the Xiaomi 14 Ultra. Expect some soft snaps in low-light, but overall, the focus handles most scenarios well.

Keep in mind, the watermark is on by default, and the default shooting mode is Vivid. You can switch to Zeiss Natural for more realistic images. Zeiss’ T* coating reduces flaring and light issues, outperforming the iPhone’s efforts.

Vivo X200 Pro features a 50MP ultra-wide sensor and a 200MP telephoto sensor with impressive zoom, even at night. Delivers crisp detailed images and is fun for portrait shots. The V3 Plus imaging chip enhances 4K cinematic portrait video, with Dolby Vision support up to 60 FPS on all lenses, plus options for 8K video.

The 32MP selfie camera supports 4K at 60 FPS, but portrait video is limited to Full HD. The AI eraser is useful for editing, though overall, the software isn’t as advanced as on a Pixel or Find X8 Pro.

Conclusion

The Vivo X200 Pro overall is an absolute cracker, it’s a good deal cheaper than the likes of the Oppo FX8 Pro, etc. The performance is fantastic, the battery life is excellent, you’ve got a gorgeous screen and the design is very similar, certainly from the front end, to a lot of other flagships, though the back isn’t quite as appealing. The camera tech is also a bit of a banger as well, certainly as far as the telephoto smart score. it’s one of the better smartphone out there that I’ve tested recently. Personally, I don’t get on with FunTouch, despite its awesome name, quite as well as I do with the likes of iOS and OxygenOS. So certainly, the OnePlus’s and the Oppo’s, etc., have an advantage there. I also personally prefer just the stock Pixel experience anyway.

85%

85%

The Vivo X200 Pro is a flagship contender for 2025 with great performance, amazing cameras and an good Amaoled display picture quality. However, minor drawbacks in software and ergonomics keep it from being the absolute best.

• Design and Build

  8
• Display and Audio

  9
• Software and UI

  7.5
• Performance

  9
• Battery Life

  8.5
• Cameras

  9