Vivo’s next compact flagship appears to be taking a very specific route: plenty of camera hardware, but not the headline-grabbing 200MP sensor some people may have expected. A fresh Vivo X500 Pro leak claims the phone will land with MediaTek’s next-generation 2nm Dimensity 9600 series chip, a 50MP main camera, a 50MP ultrawide, and a 64MP periscope telephoto camera instead of the usual megapixel arms race.
If the details hold, Vivo is carving out the same kind of premium-but-not-bloated niche that rivals like Samsung and Xiaomi have been circling for years: a smaller flagship with serious imaging chops, not a phone that needs a backpack. The same leak also suggests the 200MP sensor may be reserved for the larger X500 Pro Max, which would keep the family neatly tiered by camera ambition as well as size.
Vivo X500 Pro camera hardware
According to the report, the engineering prototype is being tested with a 50MP primary camera using a 1/1.28-inch sensor and LOFIC technology, plus a 50MP ultrawide. The telephoto unit is where things get more interesting: the leak says Vivo is using Sony’s new IMX06H sensor for the 64MP periscope camera, with around 3x optical zoom.
- Primary camera: 50MP, 1/1.28-inch sensor, LOFIC
- Ultrawide camera: 50MP
- Periscope telephoto: 64MP, Sony IMX06H, around 3x optical zoom
Display, battery and software details
Other reports say the Vivo X500 Pro will use a 6.37-inch flat OLED LTPO panel with 1.5K resolution, along with a 7,000mAh+ battery. That combination would make it unusually dense for a compact flagship, but that’s the trade-off if you want endurance without jumping to a much larger chassis.
On the software side, the phone is expected to ship with OriginOS 7 based on Android 17. The Vivo X500 Pro leak points to a September launch in China, with a global debut planned for November or December.
What the Vivo X500 Pro leak suggests about the lineup
The absence of a 200MP camera on the Pro model is probably not an accident. It gives Vivo a cleaner ladder across the series, with the Pro aimed at buyers who want a compact flagship and the Pro Max positioned as the full-fat camera option. The bigger question now is whether the X500 Pro can deliver strong zoom and low-light performance without leaning on monster sensor marketing to do the heavy lifting.