Correction it has the Zeiss T* Coating! It's in super tiny letters next to the ultrawide camera. I need to get my eyes tested... In my defence Iwas looking for the same T* as my X100 Pro which lead me astray.

vivo really be killing it with their flagships recently. Great cameras on the X100 series, and amazing hardware on their foldable. They're gonna dominate the market soon!

I don't understand why Vivo and Xiaomi don't release their foldable phones globally. They are clearly making more superior foldables than Samsung.

Damn, can't believe you got a full review after it was announced like 3 weeks ago, especially since ure living in Europe. Very insightful as always and shocked at how fast you managed to get your hands on it.

My favorite Gadget reviewer on KZfaq, thank you for another great and hot review! I hope you review the X fold 3 vanilla model soon and, of course, a detailed comparison between these two! 🙌

Another ripper Chris. You are my favorite tech KZfaqr

Great review thanks. Vivo seems to nail it with their phones lately!

A very good and balanced review ! Thank you !

Thanks a lot for your video. The 1st English detailed review of the phone on youtube! I'm a proud owner of this amazing phone upgrading from a Vivo X fold +, big difference in size, weight and camera. Everything you need from a phone is provided by this masterpiece. I really wish it was a global phone to have android auto but anyways I'm coping with an android box connected to my car's infotainment.

Ready starting to want a foldable now

My favorite fold phone of 2024 Amazing unboxing and hand on review as always Chris Sir

It's crazy really. Really hope they always produce this banger line of specs atleast until the oryon core series.

I was waiting for your review since the phone was announced. I went to see this phone on some other tech reviewers which didn't have your quality and analysis... It's nice to know you're always reliable (in speed, analysis, honesty) I'm looking for my next phone, which will follow an old Redmi K20 Pro. Due to the camera, I would rather pick the X100 Pro or the promising X100 Ultra, even though the OnePlus 12 does interest me. Do you think you could include the latter in some next camera comparison? I believe it received camera updates, or is it just not as good as other phones? Thank you as always Chris!

Great review thank you

You may think that I'm crazy but every Chris review I expect the magic words "USB-C with video out". 😂😂😂😂

Another great review with insights! Btw, what kind of stylus we can use for this fold 3 pro? Does normal fold 3 also get stylus support?

Great review. I have som points to add. About Android auto.I have Huawei Mate 20X but chinese version, which got this year Harmony OS4 update, but still can install and use Google Play Store. I also was able to make Android auto works. It is just Android auto need some Google applications to run properely, and if you don't have Google Play store preinstalled in rom, you probably don't have them in system.But after you install all of them, Android auto works ok (you need Google playstore, google services, google calendar, google chrome, google app, and can try google assistent but for me "ok google" din't work in android auto). I also have OnePlus Open (same as Oppo Find N3), which got Android 14 update. The update improved the quality and consistency of the cameras. The cameras setup is the same as OnePlus 12 and phots are greate. I think Sony camera sensors are better than Omnivision, which are used in Vivo X Fold 3 as main camera. But still in terms of hardware, they are great foldable phones, the lacking part is Android and customization. There is Samsung still a bit ahead.

wish vivo was available in N.A market, getting tired of choosing between Samsung and google

Thanks!

Could you compare the cameras on this to the Oppo Find N3?

Great review. Any word on global rom? I am in the USA and I do like my Android Auto.

Great video, this is approching the perfection for foldable. The only china is sad. This HW with google or samsung and it would be perfect

Just gonna wait for google fold 9 and hope for the best

This seems like the new champion of foldables... Samsung must have the SPen slot for its next model, reduce the crease and make the order screen almost like a regular phone in order to somewhat differentiate itself and keep up.

Is this the best foldable on the market right now? Or can the honor magic v2 make its case?

Looks great

Hi Chris, I was waiting for your test of this phone and as usual you give a one of if not the best tech reviews. Which one do you think is the best foldable, the one plus open, the find n3 or this one. A camera comparison would be great

Hey, I saw on video from other youtuber 2Megapixels that lens switching to zoom works during video, while you state it doesn't. Did software update fix it? Maybe there is some settings that prevent it like HDR10 video capture?

How's it compare to OnePlus Open? I have an Open and love it.

Which has the better speaker and camera performance? Oppo Find N3 or Vivo XFold 3 pro?How

I have got X Fold 3, before this I had Samsung Fold 4, and I have to admit that, Vivo is 10 years ahead of Samsung. This thing is twice thinner and just fantastic

I wish they'd make them wider like with the google pixel fold. Superb phone, superb review.

Those crease is crazy

Hopefully global ROM not far away. Very nice review.

Bro do you think the thermals in this phone are a deal breaker?

@Techtablets Hi, does it have in the build in wallet the option to add access cards?

i wish you could open it next to the latest Samsung fold... to see how it is compared to it.... i find the Samsung too narrow, but i would like to compare it. Great video, thx a lot

Haaaaaaarrddeewaaarrr is aaaaweesssoooommm. Love it❤

Wonder what beautiful town the videos/photos were shot at?

Great review as always but you didn't get to test the stylus pen on the screen and its functionality. I will appreciate if you do so in your next video

Hey Chris did you have to do any battery saving changes per app at all? Or did notifications and everything else just work fine without any changes?

Have been a Z fold fan and currently have the Z fold 5. In your experience do you thing they would provide an OTA that would add Android auto at a later date? Do you thing the software is as polished as Samsung z folds? Last question have you had any more heating issues? Thank you in advance!

This phone looks awesome

What do you mean you don't have the zeiss *star coating? I already own this phone but iven if you look at your own footage the logo appears clearly at 6 o clock on the camera module, also if you to to gsm areana or i follower the official presentation keynote on vivo app it was already clear in the specs

I wonder wich smartwatch can connect and use with this phone

I love the fingerprint reader in the power button, like on my OnePlus Open.

Any comparison with samsung foldable ?

Just cant beat the Samsung Dex and features for this price range, still love my Fold 4, had a vivo before nothing but bloatware , although they definably do set the trend with tech innovation.

9:35 so Vivo also has the restriction as Huawei?

I know your issue with Netflix. You can solve it by going to Display & Brightness -- Display at the top of the screen -- choose Netflix and choose : display the front camera. You can do that for KZfaq too and all media apps.

When you say the Vivo X Fold3 Pro is here, where exactly is here? It's not for release here in Australia or anywhere else I can see, except China.

Can you confirm if Google pay works now in vivo fold 3 , China ROM?

what do you do with the phone after you have reviewed it? return? store?

How many windows you can open on Vivo display? I think on Samsung you can open 4..

good aad real reevew bro, BTW avarage Dad channel review this phone like god phone, I think he must be chinese a half maybe

Yeah this looks like a crazy good foldable option but it's still to expensive to risk grey importing for the average consumer outside of China imo.. if they launch it global it will be 2000+ so can't see that happening.. but maybe they will surprise me

Does mob payments work on this phone? Thanks! 🙂

20:08 is this software issue or just hand covering the microphone?

On my Vivo X Fold 3 Pro, with the latest system update I can see “HDR 10 - HEVC“ under the HDR Capabilities section on Netflix. I hope they will add official support for Dolby Vision in Netflix for the Vivo X Fold 3 Pro soon since the screen supports it. It also has an additional “HEVC (Secure)" under Supported Hardware Codecs. The blank space you encountered on KZfaq is probably because you had the “Hide the front camera" option enabled which adds a blank strip to hide the pinhole camera. Switching to Automatic fitting or Display the front camera should fix the issue. I hope you will release an updated version of the video as the info about the Netflix HDR, blank space on KZfaq, and the 'missing' Zeiss T* coating are no longer valid.

Are speaker good quality if not i will use my portable speaker .

Can it connect to Wear OS Smart watches?

According to the specifications, the onboard charging is rated at 100w, even though it comes with a 120w charger.

Xiaomi mix 4 or oneplus open 2 will be great competitors.

I think in a few years qe will see basic flip phones with good cameras for a reasonable price.

Damn this phone bit off the Oppo Find N3/OnePlus Open SO HARD with the circular camera module branded with a camera company's branding lol. Regardless, I'm so glad to see the folding phone market continue to expand and improve since when I got my Galaxy Z Fold2 back in 2020. Back then, the Fold2 was LITERALLY the ONLY option for a foldable in the U.S., which makes enough sense because Samsung was the first international phone brand to release any foldable phone, let alone a 2nd generation of one. China has definitely had more choice for longer but still, I love my OnePlus Open a LOT and seeing all these companies competing for the most optimal version of a foldable (to the point where soon there will be "budget" options with some brands) makes me kind of excited for 3 or 4 years from now when I upgrade my Open to a new foldable; because the difference between the Z Fold2 and the Open is night and day. I do find it kind humorous that it took Samsung until it's 6th iteration of the phone to figure out that people want a more usable front display with a proper 20:9 aspect ratio and not the slim candybar design that they've stuck with out of complacency in the international foldable phone market.

can we restore this phone from a google backup of a s24 ultra ?

Please can you review vivo pad 3 pro?

Hi , will this work with garmin smartwatches ,if not which one is best to buy …thanks

Does this foldable have second space?

Hi. Please whats maximum zoom for video. Its really bad zoom for longer distance. I ordered this boy but hopefully for some occasionally situation will be good.

Casually shows his Mercedes and proceed to not mention anything about it lmao.

So if they're is no HDR will the will all movies on Netflix play? I also have prime, hulu, vudu movies I have purchased would I be able to play them on this phone?

Mummi I want one!

I hope this come Global with AA, is it normal that vivo 100x Global is 300$ more expensive then chinese?

Looks absolutely amazing how much tech they've packed into a small package, but then again I just saw a review for a 49 inch monitor for $1100

Does Google pay work?

Hi. Which one would you take OnePlus open or vivo x 3 pro.its hard to decide

You can feel it , for me a no-go

Hi . can you please do one favour owners of vivo x fold 3 or pro. I recently received pro version but I noticed when I'm using camera and zooming etc some buzzing sound coming from inner unfold screen and back of camera module.it's noticeable only in quite place or if you have near by ear so if you have same.if no I will turn back.thanks

I own global Honor Magic Vs and I regret it! I'd happily switch to a Chinese ROM Vivo X Fold - because of the software being rather poor on the Honor (got that reviewed)

Good review. Still early this year, I hope all the main manufacturers take this as a compliment. Im really looking for this years models and hope there will be some innovation. The issue with this vivo fold is not a global version and it wont be released globally. For the price to get that can get a global version of foldable later on the year. Keep up the good work with the reviews 👍.

Crease is slowly getting more and more unnoticeable its slow evolution but its getting there

What phone is your daily driver. Should give us a video telling us and telling us why you chose this phone as your primary.

I want to know about the camera and I guess some features I know you told us about the camera but is the camera better than I'm sure it is the Samsung

I just want Google Messaging to work on it instead of their stock messaging app and I'd consider it.

The screens aren't 4500 nits. Manufacturers need to stop misleading customers. In certain HDR situations, like 1% - 2% of the screen can possibly hit that mark but that isn't the correct representation of full screen brightness. They need to list full screen brightness levels! When doing presentations or reviews please don't give consumers these ridiculous numbers.

So close. Get Android Auto working, X100 Ultra's camera, and all camera in video mode and it would be perfect

Does it support dutch language? Thx

I am disappointed with the heat, was hoping yo use it as an emulator beast. Might cook my hands a bit 😂😂 Still, great form factor and hits all the right extras! Now we need one like this released with a global version for us! Maybe in a year or two? Soon i will dive into the foldable world when something exactly like this becomes available in Europe.

Perhaps global version of this vivo fold 3 is much smoother and with much better multi tasking.

Very nice phone indeed. However i am going to keep my honour magic v2 which was essentially recieved for free with some goodies😅😅😅

Android Auto would work if you rooted and made Android Auto a system app but obviously there are other disadvantages to doing that

Nice but it has a whopping price. Are you sure it is 4500 nits? That would like looking at the sun.

Vivo x fold 3 pro vs oppo n3 fold?

I'm not attracted to the trend for roll-up screens because of their potential failure rate, personally I'd prefer this screen to be made up of two separate, well-fitted screens

Also a shame you cannot pair smartwatches like Galaxy Watch or other wear OS

Another drawback to mention with chinese roms is lack off smartwatch connectivity with wear OS.

watching this video on my newly arrived vivo x fold 3 pro

You said stylus support... 😊 In the beginning of the Video you said that the xfold 3 pro got stylus support. I have heard there is no stylus support? Do i have to enable it in the settings?

Does it support a stylus pen?