Upper mid-range · 2024

vivo V30 Pro

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro Camera shares the vivo X100'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

5000 mAh 80W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 50 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the vivo V30 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

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1197 nits

HDR

HDR10+

HDR

Protection

Schott α glass

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

3,575

Graphics test

3DMark 1,815 (Wild Life Extreme)

CPU

8-core, 3.1 GHz

GPU

Mali-G610 MC6

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

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

Software & updates

Android 14, up to 2 major Android upgrades, Funtouch 14 · 2-year support

End of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 14, up to 2 major Android upgrades, Funtouch 14

Software support

2 years of updates

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

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

50 MP f/1.9

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.0

Front camera

50 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX920, 1/1.49", 1.2µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

vivo X100 , vivo X Fold3

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh · 80 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Lab active use

13:25h

Wired charging

80 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Good (-27.5 LUFS) · Hi-Res

Loudspeaker

Good (-27.5 LUFS)

Speakers

Mono

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 12/256GB · 12/512GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

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 full · 5G works

Full

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, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

188 g · 7.5 mm · IP54

Height

164.4 mm

Width

75.1 mm

Thickness

7.5 mm

Weight

188 g

IP rating

IP54

Sensors

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

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, 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 16

Trades blows 2 wins 2 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 1.9M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs Flagship tier

Heavier in hand

188 g vs 170 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S24

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Longer tested battery life

13h 25m vs 12h 6m active use · 80 W vs 25 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

980k vs 1.9M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

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

Heavier in hand

188 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

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Full specifications

Display

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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