Out of all the phones that crossed my desk this year, I used Vivo's X200 Pro the most. It has one of the best camera packages of the year, and only the China-exclusive X200 Ultra and Find X8 Ultra did any better in this area. And while Funtouch OS gets a lot of criticism, I prefer it to ColorOS, so that wasn't an issue.

With the X300 Pro, Vivo isn't changing the fundamentals. The design is roughly the same, it doesn't feel any different in daily use, and if you're in Asia, you get a bigger 6,510mAh battery that should last two days between charges. The cameras get a predictable boost, and they manage to take better photos and videos than the X200 Pro, which is all the reason I need to switch to the X300 Pro as my daily driver going forward.

Oh, and Vivo is bringing the device to western

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