Upper mid-range · 2023

vivo V29 Pro

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro Camera shares the Samsung Galaxy A54's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 80W fast charging

Extras Optical zoom, Curved display

Watch out Plastic build

6.78″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8200 8 / 256 GB

4600 mAh 80W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 50 MP selfie

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In the Real World

See how the vivo V29 Pro looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.78″ · AMOLED · 1260 × 2800 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.78"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1260 × 2800 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

1029 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 8200 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.1 GHz · Mali-G610 MC6

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 8200 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

980,000

v10

GeekBench

3,764

Graphics test

GFXBench 43 fps

CPU

8-core, 3.1 GHz

GPU

Mali-G610 MC6

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

CPU layout

1x Cortex A78 3.1 GHz + 3x Cortex A78 3.0 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz

Software & updates

Android 13, up to 3 major Android upgrades, Funtouch 13 · 3-year support

Updates ending soon

How long the maker keeps shipping Android and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 13, up to 3 major Android upgrades, Funtouch 13

Software support

3 years of updates

Updates remaining

~0 year

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 50 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

OIS

Telephoto

12 MP f/2.0

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

50 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX766, 1/1.56", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Samsung Galaxy A54 , Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro

Slow motion

No, 30 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

4600 mAh · 80 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4600 mAh

Lab active use

12:07h

Lab endurance

12:07h

Wired charging

80 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Average (-30.0 LUFS)

Loudspeaker

Average (-30.0 LUFS)

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 12/256GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · Wi-Fi 5

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, NavIC System

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G works · 5G works No B20 or B7 — weaker indoor signal, and slower speeds where the network is busy.

Works

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B5, B8

4G B1, B3, B5, B8, B19, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n8, n28a, n40, n77, n78

Build & Design

188 g · 7.5 mm

Height

164.2 mm

Width

74.4 mm

Thickness

7.5 mm

Weight

188 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 15

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1260 × 2800 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution · 6.78″ vs 6.1″ screen

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

980k vs 1.5M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 188 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

18% larger battery capacity

80 W vs 25 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

980k vs 1.8M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Lower video ceiling

Telephoto vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 188 g vs 168 g

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Full specifications

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Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

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