Vivo X50 Pro Review: Gimbal Camera Works, But There’s More To Like Elsewhere.
Vivo X50 Pro Review: Gimbal Camera Works, But There’s More To Like Elsewhere. The Vivo X50 Pro. Last month, I tested the Vivo X50 Pro, a mid-tier smartphone released for the China market with a headline-grabbing hardware innovation: Its main camera is built on a miniature-sized three-axis gimbal that fits inside the phone’s 8mm body. Vivo launched the global version of the phone for various markets in Europe and Southeast Asia, which I’ve been testing for the past week. There’s no difference between the China and global version in terms of hardware, so the pros and cons of the gimbal camera in my thorough video test still apply here to the global version. But after using the phone fully for a period of time now, I’m impressed by the rest of the package: the X50 Pro is one of the best mid-rangers out right now. Let’s talk the gimbal first. I explained the gimbal camera technology more closely in my previous article, so I’ll just summarize here: a gimbal is...