Even I cannot believe it has been a whole year since the
vivo X Fold3 Pro global edition was released. Without a doubt, this has been the best fold phone I have ever owned. Any doubts I may have had when I purchased this device have long gone.
The crease when unfolded, remains barely discernible and like the day I received it. The innovative carbon fibre hinge is as good as new. Most impressively, the 5,700 mAh Si/C Li-Ion battery that sees me, on average, through 56hours of combined use and charges 0%-100% in just 31 minutes still shows as Healthy.
The 8.03" , inner, (unfolded), screen and 6.53" cover screen at 4,500 nits peak brightness have to be seen to be believed and perform well even in bright sunlight.
Perhaps one of the things I find most useful are the under screen ultrasonic fingerprint readers on both the inner and outer displays which have worked both quickly and flawlessly. The same goes for the built-in infra red, IR, blaster.
Last but not least, the cameras on this make even a photography dummy like myself, look good. Way better than other phone cameras that I have used in the past.
When this model first launched, I said at the time that vivo had thrown everything including the kitchen sink at it and that still holds true with features and capabilities that other manufacturers are only just starting to catch up with. In fact, for the first time ever, I am not tempted by any other fold phone, either on the market or rumoured, not even the forthcoming vivo Fold5 which is virtually identical to the Fold3 Pro but with no under screen fingerprint readers and slightly slower charging. See,
here.
I can only but hope that vivo brings out a Pro version later in the year.