SpecEagle review · Vivo

Vivo V23 / V23 Pro review: 2022 colour-changing glass back.

Item: Vivo V23 / V23 Pro
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2022·$450

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#1 of 23

Tier

Mid-Range

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Vivo V23.

Vivo's 2022 V23 Pro pioneered fluorite UV colour-shift glass back — gold turns green in sunlight + 50 MP eye-AF selfie.

01Display

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2022 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED 90 Hz

Size6.56"

Resolution1080 x 2376 FHD+

02Performance

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2022 — 14 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetDimensity 1200

CPU3 GHz octa-A78+A55

RAM12 GB + 256 GB

03Camera

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2022 — 8 points above the cohort average.

Main108 MP OIS + 8 MP UW + 2 MP

Front50 MP eye AF + 8 MP UW dual

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2022.

Capacity4,300 mAh

Charging44 W

05Software

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 73-point average for mid-range phones of 2022.

What works

Fluorite UV colour-shift glass back (gold→green sunlight).
50 MP eye-AF selfie + 8 MP UW dual.
Dimensity 1200 5G.
12 GB + 256 GB.

What doesn't

Glass back fragile.
4,300 mAh average for 5G.
Funtouch heavy.
$450 mid-range pricey.

Cross-shop it against

Infinix Zero 30 5G

$330 · score 78/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 23-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .