Android Advisor - UK (2021-08)

ISSUE 88 • ANDROID ADVISOR 57

There are only two compromises
here. One is that unlike a few high-end
phone displays this year, the X60 Pro
doesn’t support a true dynamic refresh
rate, so it can only cycle between 60Hz
or 120Hz. That denies you the power-
saving potential of other panels, which
can refresh slower when appropriate.
Perhaps more importantly, the
display is only Full HD+ resolution, while
some similarly priced rivals offer higher
resolution QHD+ panels. For most
people this really won’t matter – the
higher pixel density is very difficult to
spot in screens this size anyway – but if
you’re weighing up the X60 Pro versus

other flagships, this is one

of the compromises here.

PERFORMANCE

Specs is another area

where Vivo has made an

interesting compromise.

Instead of the top-tier

Snapdragon 888 chipset

found in most 2021

flagships – including

the X60 Pro+ – the X60

Pro is powered by the

Snapdragon 870.

This is essentially an

over-clocked version of

last year’s flagship chip,

the 865, and is itself a

replacement for the Samsung Exynos

1080 chipset that the X60 and X60

Pro use in China. That’s all a bit inside

baseball though, so here’s what really

matters: you still get 5G and you still get

incredible performance, even if it’s not

technically the best performance around.

Geekbench 5 (multi-core)

Vivo X60 Pro: 3,445

Vivo X60 Pro+: 3,781

OnePlus 9: 3,492

Samsung Galaxy S21: 3,263

Xiaomi Mi 11: 3,684

Oppo Find X3 Pro: 3,360

Vivo X50 Pro: 1,888

This is a great-looking display.