Vivo V27 Pro Review

Introduction:

The Vivo V27 trio is finally official, and it's pretty exciting. there's the regular V27 that focuses on rear camera quality, followed by the toned V27e and beefed-up V27 Pro, both with flagship performance and excellent camera quality. Today we will review the most interesting member, the vivo V27 Pro.

The new Vivo V27 Pro is a significant improvement over the previous V23 Pro and V25 Pro. ​​​​​​​​While both focused on average cameras, it eclipsed them with seemingly better camera settings and a flagship chipset. It has a larger screen, while maintaining a thin and light design.

Let's start with the design. It resembles the V23 Pro and V25 Pro in that it uses the same color-changing back panel and is only 7.4mm thick. But vivo V27 Pro has a large 6.78-inch AMOLED display with 1080p resolution and 120Hz refresh rate.

One of the key highlights is MediaTek's new Dimensity 8200 chipset, built on a more efficient 4nm process than the 6nm Dimensity 1200 and 1300 of previous models. It offers significant improvements in CPU and GPU performance, supports new RAM and storage, has a better ISP, and has extensive connectivity options.

The camera has also been updated. there are three cameras on the back: 50MP OIS primary, 8MP ultra-wide and 2MP macro. The selfie camera is quite promising. The 50MP eyepiece with wide-angle lens and autofocus support is an improvement over the V25 Pro, but slightly less than the V23 Pro's 50MP + 8MP + dual-LED flash.

The Vivo V27 Pro is powered by a 4600mAh battery and supports 66W fast wired charging. The new smartphone runs Vivo's latest software, now with Android 13 Funtouch 13.

Vivo V27 Pro specifications at a glance.

• Body: 164.1x74.8x7.4mm, 182g; Front glass, back glass, plastic frame.
• Screen: 6.78 inch AMOLED, 120 Hz, HDR10+, resolution 1080x2400 pixels, aspect ratio 20:9, 388 pixels per inch.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 8200 (4nm): Octa-core (1 x 3.1 GHz Cortex-A78 and 3 x 3.0 GHz Cortex-A78 and 4 x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G610 MC6.
• Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB, 256GB 12GB RAM; UFS 3.1.
• OS/Software: Android 13, FunTouch 13.
• Rear Camera: Wide Angle (Primary) : 50 MP, f/1.9, 1/1.56" 1.0 µm, PDAF, OIS; Ultra Wide : 8 MP, f/2.2, 16mm, 120 ˚, 1/4", 1.12 µm; Macros : 2MP, f/2.4.
• Front camera: 50 MP, f/2.5, (wide), autofocus.
• Images. rear camera : 4K@60fps, 1080p@60fps; Front camera : 4K@60fps, 1080p@60fps.
• Battery: 4600 mAh; Wired power 66 W, 50% in 19 minutes (advertised).
• Various Fingerprint reader (under the screen, optical); NFC.

There are things we hoped to see but didn't: officially qualified mud flaps and a stereo speaker. We think it's about time the V-series got stereo speakers.

Now let's download Vivo V27 Pro.

Vivo V27 Pro Unboxing

The Vivo V27 Pro comes in a long silver box. It includes a phone, a USB 8 A to C cable and an 80 W FlashCharge power bank. Note that the vivo V27 Pro is limited to 66W charging, but the manufacturer doesn't seem to mind shipping the phone with a supercharger adapter.

Of course, that's not all. The retail package also includes a clear soft case and a thin protective film applied to the phone before leaving the factory.

vivo V27 Pro Unboxing - Camera phone with ring light.