ISSUE 88 • ANDROID ADVISOR 67on top of Android 11. Funtouch is a
pretty busy operating system, with
plenty of custom Vivo apps, pre-installed
bloatware, and the company’s clunky
virtual assistant Jovi.
On the other hand, if you buy
the phone in the UK or Europe you’ll
actually get a slightly different software
experience. For its European phones
Vivo strips Funtouch back to the basics,
bringing it much closer to Google’s stock
Android experience and clearing away a
lot of the unnecessary extras.
While I haven’t tested that on this
phone, I have on other European Vivo
devices, and there really is very little to
complain about. It’s a slick, minimalist
software experience that’s close to
Google’s own. Vivo has also promised
three years of Android OS and security
updates for the
X60 Pro, which is
excellent for the
Android market. It
has in the past been
aggressive with its
Android update
schedule too, so
I would expect
fairly rapid updates
to new Android
versions when
they’re available.VERDICT
The X60 Pro is a confident flagship from
Vivo, and one that makes interesting –
and usually smart – compromises in order
to accentuate its strengths.
Those are primarily its design and
build – for my money pretty much the
best of any flagship smartphone this
year so far – and its camera module,
where the main lens keeps up with the
competition, and the gimbal stabilization
makes it the best of the lot for video.
You won’t get a high resolution
display – though at this price only the Mi
11 really offers that – and you’ll have to
put up with a fractionally slower chipset.
The lack of wireless charging or an IP
rating are probably more off-putting than
either of those, and anyone ordering
outside of Europe should probably seeVivo has promised three years of Android OS and security updates
for the X60 Pro.