Vivo’s product manager Han Boxiao just confirmed what we’ve been hearing in rumors. The upcoming X300 series will pack custom 200MP Samsung sensors, and they’re calling it HPB instead of the expected HP10. Let’s dive in this article, where i will discuss everything about the latest Vivo X300 and X300 Pro, including their camera specifications, features, and expected availability.
Vivo X300 and X300 Pro Rumors
The 200MP HPB sensor story
So here’s what’s interesting about this whole 200MP thing. Vivo seems to have worked with Samsung to create this HPB variant, where the “B” stands for Blue Factory, which is Vivo’s internal name. And this sensor comes with a large 1/1.4 aperture and can shoot both 23mm 200MP shots and 50mm 50MP ultra-HD images.
But to be serious, the smartphone camera game imo peaked a couple years back, and 200MP feels more like spec sheet flexing than actual innovation. Though i’d give it to Vivo, their camera processing has gotten genuinely impressive, especially after that Zeiss partnership started paying off.
Vivo X300 Main Camera Focus
The regular X300 will use this 200MP HPB sensor as its main camera. Vivo’s throwing in the same blue glass coating from the X200 Ultra plus Zeiss T* coating for better stray light control. They’re also claiming CIPA 4.5 image stabilization, which apparently beats even some Pro-level flagships.
The custom algorithm sounds promising too. They’re using some collaborative platform to boost computing power for high-pixel multi-frame fusion. Whether that translates to better photos in real life remains to be seen, but the X200 series definitely did manage to rank number 1 in our camera rankings, beating the Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The X300 will also get a 50MP ultra-wide and a 50MP 3X periscope telephoto using the IMX885 sensor. That periscope will support 70mm optical zoom and telephoto macro.
Vivo X300 Pro
Meanwhile, the X300 Pro will use that same 200MP HPB sensor, but for the telephoto lens instead of the main camera. This makes it Vivo’s fourth generation of 200MP telephoto, which is pretty ambitious. And Han Boxiao has claimed this telephoto lens achieves CIPA 5.5-level stabilization and calls it the “new king of telephoto lenses.” They’ve also developed a custom focus tracking engine to handle ultra-long-range motion capture. For the main camera, leaks suggest a 50MP LYT828 with 1/1.3″ sensor size. The telephoto lens gets Zeiss T* coating, APO certification for chromatic aberration control, and fluorite glass to minimize dispersion.
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Performance and AI Features
Both phones should run on the Dimensity 9500 chip that’s expected to launch in October. Vivo’s also including their VS1 pre-processing chip and V3+ dual-core architecture for image processing. Altough, we do not know what this chipset wll bring about, but its guaranteed it will be a significant upgrade over the last year’s 9400 and 9400+, which lagged behind the likes of SD 8 Elite. But, there seems to be no reason for me to think these incremental upgrade can have any significant changes in performance itself, altough, it can have affects on things like ISP, conenctivity and so on, as they are part of the same SoC afterall. Moreover, they’re planning to add AIGC modal large model support for landscape creation and AI customized beauty features, alothough the craze seems to be slowly fading away, many feeling these are all gimmicks with no day-to-day usage.
Vivo X300 Series Launch date and Availability
Vivo hasn’t announced official pricing yet, but expect these to compete with the Xiaomi 16 Ultra, Galaxy S26 Ultra, and iPhone 17 Pro Max when they launch. Based on the X200 series pricing pattern, the X300 could start around NPR 150,000, with the Pro version pushing closer to NPR 200,000.
But it remains to be seen if vivo can really consitently compete with Samsung and Apple in flagship spaces when its getting into seriously expensive territory for Nepal, whereas the last year’s X200 Pro’s near-190k price tag felt outrageous for most buyers. Vivo’s cameras are genuinely good, but convincing people to choose this over an iPhone at similar prices will be the real challenge.
- Meanwhile, check out out review of the X200 Ultra
