SpecEagle review · Vivo

Vivo X Fold review: Vivo's first book-style foldable with dual fingerprint scanners.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2022·$1500
Overall
86/100
Class rank
#4 of 20
Tier
Foldable
Buy?
Yes
The verdict, up front

Vivo enters the fold.

X Fold was Vivo's debut book-style foldable and the first with an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner on both screens. Its Zeiss quad cam with a 5x periscope made it the most camera-serious foldable of early 2022 — though it never left China.

01Display

91/100

91/100 puts it above the 88-point average for foldable phones of 2022.

Main8.03" LTPO AMOLED, 120Hz, 1916 x 2160
Cover6.53" AMOLED, 120Hz, 1080 x 2520
FoldInward book fold, liquid-cooled hinge

02Camera

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 82-point average for foldable phones of 2022.

Main50 MP Samsung GN5, f/1.75, OIS
Ultrawide48 MP, 114 deg
Telephoto12 MP 2x portrait
Periscope8 MP 5x, OIS
BrandingZeiss optics

03Performance

88/100

88/100 puts it above the 84-point average for foldable phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4nm)
GPUAdreno 730

04Battery

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 78-point average for foldable phones of 2022.

Capacity4600 mAh
Charging66W wired, 50W wireless

05Build

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2022.

What works
  • Dual ultrasonic fingerprint scanners — rare on foldables
  • Full Zeiss quad cam with 5x periscope
  • 50W wireless charging
What doesn't
  • Heavy 311 g
  • China-only launch
  • OriginOS niche outside China
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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 20-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .