vivo’s next Ultra could drop the 200MP main camera of the X300 Ultra, according to a new Digital Chat Station post. In his telling, the L910 does double duty: it is the 50MP main sensor and also sits behind the ultrawide lens, while a periscope module takes care of zoom. His post didn’t name the model, so the X500 Ultra is an inference from his habits. vivo has confirmed none of it.
The tipster puts the main sensor at 1/1.28 inch. He says the engineering sample posted the highest result in a CMOS image sensor test, and he claims no other phone combines a big sensor with LOFIC-based HDR across the whole sensor, and he name-checks DeepPix technology. What the zoom lens is, he did not say.
LOFIC, short for lateral overflow integration capacitor, is a way for a pixel to store extra charge before it clips, so bright highlights keep their detail. Sony’s LYTIA L910 was unveiled in June as its first phone sensor with it, using 1.22μm pixels. Sony’s claim is a dynamic range of up to 100dB from one exposure.
The X300 Ultra, by comparison, combines a 200MP main camera with a 50MP Sony LYT-818 ultrawide. Swapping to two L910 sensors would give up resolution on the main camera in exchange for a newer chip that shows up twice. The telephoto is the open question: previous tips suggested vivo was testing a handful of 200MP candidates.
An earlier tip had put the X500 Ultra’s launch in March or April 2027, in China first. vivo launched the X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max earlier, and the Ultra would sit above them. Until vivo shows the phone, treat all of this as a claim.
