vivo V27 Pro review – GSMArena.com reviews

Introduction

The vivo V27 trio is finally official and it’s quite fascinating – there’s the regular V27 with a focus on rear camera quality, then the dimmed V27e and boosted V27 Pro with flagship-grade performance and video quality. premium camera on both sides. Today we are going to explore the most interesting member – the vivo V27 Pro.

The new vivo V27 Pro is a notable upgrade over the previous V23 Pro and V25 Pro. While they were both camera-centric midrangers, this one tops them with supposedly better camera kits and a flagship-grade chipset. It also has a larger display, and yet it manages to retain the signature thin and light design.

Let’s start with the design – it’s reminiscent of the V23 Pro and V25 Pro as it uses the same color changing rear panel and remains at just 7.4mm thick. But the vivo V27 Pro comes with a larger 6.78-inch AMOLED display with 1080p resolution and 120Hz refresh rate.

One of the most important key features is the new chipset – the MediaTek Dimensity 8200 – a SoC made on a more efficient 4nm process, compared to the 6nm Dimensity 1200 and 1300 inside previous models. It offers great improvements in CPU and GPU performance, supports new RAM and storage, there is a better ISP and expanded connectivity options.

The camera has also been upgraded – there’s a trio of cameras on the back with a 50MP OIS primary, 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro shooters. The selfie camera is quite promising – a 50MP eyeball with a wide-angle lens and autofocus support – an improvement over the V25 Pro, but a bit behind the front 50MP flash setup + 8MP + dual LEDs on the V23 Pro.

The vivo V27 Pro is powered by a 4600mAh battery and supports 66W fast wired charging. The new smartphone runs the latest vivo software, which is Android 13 with Funtouch 13 at the moment.

Specifications vivo V27 Pro at a glance:

• Body: 164.1 x 74.8 x 7.4mm, 182g; glass front, glass back, plastic frame.
• Display: 6.78″ AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1080x2400px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 388ppi.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 8200 (4nm): Octa-core (1×3.1 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3×3.0 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G610 MC6.
• Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM; UFS 3.1.
• Operating System/Software: Android 13, Funtouch 13.
• Rear camera:Wide (main): 50MP, f/1.9, 1/1.56″, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 16mm, 120˚, 1/4″, 1.12µm; Macro: 2MP, f/2.4.
• Front camera: 50 MP, f/2.5, (wide), AF.
• Video capture:Rear camera: 4K@60fps, 1080p@60fps; Front camera: 4K@60fps, 1080p@60fps.
• Battery: 4600mAh; 66W wired, 50% in 19 min (advertised).
• Various : Fingerprint reader (under display, optical); NFC.

There are a few things we hoped to see, but didn’t – some sort of splash guard and officially rated stereo speakers. We think it’s time for the V-Series to finally have stereo speakers.

And now, let’s unbox the vivo V27 Pro.

Unboxing vivo V27 Pro

The vivo V27 Pro is packaged in a long silver box. It contains the phone itself, an 8A USB-A to C cable and an 80W FlashCharge power adapter. the manufacturer doesn’t mind shipping the phone with an overqualified adapter.

That’s not all, of course. The retail package also offers a soft transparent case and a thin protective film, which has already been applied to the phone before it left the factory.