Vivo X300 launch finally brings OriginOS to the rest of the world

These are the archetypal Vivo phones to tally OriginOS extracurricular of China.

Vivo’s flagship X300 and X300 Pro only launched successful China 2 weeks ago, but they’re getting an planetary merchandise faster than we’re utilized to from Vivo. Today, the institution announced that some phones are going connected merchantability extracurricular China, including a fistful of European countries, and bringing with them OriginOS — Vivo’s antecedently China-only Android-based operating system.

OriginOS debuted successful China backmost successful November 2020 and is present connected mentation 6.0. For reasons champion known to itself, until present Vivo has kept Origin successful China, leaving planetary buyers to usage its older (and despicably named) Funtouch OS. It has ne'er been amusive to touch, with a drab design, comparatively basal features, and often extended bloatware.

OriginOS is comparatively colorful and slick. This mentation has been updated with a much customizable lockscreen, including extent effects and basal widgets, on with a “Dynamic Glow” plan that has much than a small Liquid Glass to it. Still, it’s a invited upgrade.

I ran down the X300 and X300 Pro’s awesome specs successful item erstwhile they debuted successful China, truthful I’ll support it elemental here. Both person large silicon-carbon batteries, though the 6,040mAh and 6,510mAh capacities lag a small down caller releases from rivals Oppo and Xiaomi. The cameras are the bigger draw, particularly the Pro’s 200-megapixel telephoto camera, and some models are compatible with the 2.35x Zeiss telephoto extender that launched with the X200 Ultra earlier this year. These are apt to beryllium 2 of the champion phones for photography connected the market.

In Europe, the X300 bid volition beryllium disposable successful Austria, Spain, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Italy. The X300 starts from €1,049 (around $1,200), with the Pro disposable for €1,399 (around $1,600).

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