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Vivo X500 Pro Max

Released October 2026 · Full specs on GSMArena · Updated Nov 2, 2026

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Consensus of 3 reviews. How this is calculated.

SmartWorld83
Trusted Reviews68
The Verge19
Each dot is one review, adjusted for how that publication usually scores; the line is our consensus. The closer the dots sit to the line, the more the reviewers agree.

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Bottom line: Suits buyers who want top photography, a large battery and a bright high-refresh display, and can pay a premium. Trade-offs include a large, heavy body, high price, and possible throttling under sustained load; Trusted Reviews also recommends the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max as more…

Summarised with AI from the 3 reviews below — each one is linked in full.

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Key specs

Released
October 2026
Launch price (USD)
$2,000
Launch price (Europe)
€1,799
Form factor
Standard
OS
Android
Display
6.9″
Main camera
50 MP
Telephoto lens
Yes
Battery
7,800 mAh
Wired charging
90 W
Chipset
MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
Base storage
256 GB
Weight
225 g
Water resistance
IP69
Software updates
7 years
Sold in
Europe · not in US

What the reviewers said

The Verge US

0/10Nov 2, 2026

A strong camera phone with excellent telephoto and dynamic range, but it steps back from the X300 Ultra's distinctive main and ultrawide cameras.

  • Fantastic telephoto camera shared with the Ultra
  • Main camera offers 17 stops of dynamic range
  • Big 7,800mAh battery lasts two days
  • 1440p 144Hz OLED display
  • Strong performance, comparable to the Ultra
  • Ultrawide camera sensor is much smaller and weaker
  • Drops the X300 Ultra's 35mm main camera for 24mm
  • Expensive at €1,799 (about $2,000)
Read the full review at The Verge →

Trusted Reviews UK

3.5/5Oct 27, 2026

A huge battery, excellent display and versatile cameras, but throttling, camera bugs and software quirks make it feel unfinished next to the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max.

  • Very large 7800mAh battery lasts about two days
  • Excellent 1440p 144Hz LTPO display, 2000 nits across panel
  • Versatile Zeiss triple camera with strong daytime results
  • Programmable shortcut button with flexible functions
  • Fast 90W wired charging
  • Aggressive throttling hurts sustained gaming performance
  • Zoom lens slow to focus, blurry at first
  • Night and Landscape mode didn't work as expected
  • Speakers tinny with weak bass
  • Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is more polished alternative
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SmartWorld IT

8.5/10Oct 27, 2026

Vivo's top camera phone, with outstanding photo and video quality and a strong display, though it is large and expensive.

  • Best-in-class camera quality, especially the 200MP zoom
  • Excellent video recording, including 4K 60fps
  • Fast charging and strong MediaTek 9600 Pro performance
  • Bright LTPO AMOLED display at 144Hz
  • Improved stereo audio over predecessor
  • High price
  • Large and heavy, 225 g and 8.1 mm thick
  • Software could be improved
  • Selfie camera only sufficient
  • RAM reduced to 12 GB from 16 GB
Read the full review at SmartWorld →

Verdicts, pros and cons are short summaries in our words of each publisher's review; scores are as the publisher gave them. Specs are taken from the reviews' spec boxes — where they differ, we show the value most of them give; price is the US launch price of the base model. Read the originals for the full picture.