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Vivo X27 review: A pop-up-camera AMOLED flagship with 48 MP and 22.5 W charging.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2019·$510
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#62 of 101
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A pop-up selfie X-series.

X27 used a motorised pop-up selfie module for a notch-free AMOLED, paired with a 48 MP rear cam — a stylish 2019 mid-flagship statement.

01Display

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED, notch-free
Size6.39 inches
Resolution2,340 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Main48 MP, f/1.8 (Sony IMX582)
Ultrawide13 MP
Depth5 MP
Selfie16 MP, motorised pop-up

03Performance

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

ChipsetSnapdragon 710 (10 nm)
RAM8 GB
Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

70/100

70/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Capacity4,000 mAh
Wired22.5 W Dual-Engine

05Build

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 71-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.

06Value

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

What works
  • Motorised pop-up selfie cam.
  • 48 MP main + ultrawide.
  • Notch-free AMOLED.
  • Hi-Fi DAC + jack.
What doesn't
  • SD710 mid-tier.
  • Pop-up mechanism wear.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Funtouch heavy.
Cross-shop it against
Xiaomi Mi 9T
$349 · 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 101-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .