Vivo Xshot review: A 2014 photographer's phone with a 13 MP OIS camera and Hi-Fi DAC.
Vivo's 2014 camera flagship.
Xshot was an early Vivo camera phone — a Sony IMX214 with OIS, hardware shutter and Hi-Fi DAC. Photography-focused before Vivo's X-series fully matured.
01Display
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2014 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
64/10064/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
03Performance
60/10060/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2014.
04Battery
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.
05Build
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.
06Value
58/10058/100 puts it above the 53-point average for flagship phones of 2014.
- Sony IMX214 with OIS at f/1.8 — among the best of 2014.
- Hardware camera shutter button.
- Hi-Fi DAC for audio.
- Snapdragon 801 + jack.
- Only 2 GB RAM.
- 2,600 mAh battery.
- 5 W charging.
- Funtouch 1 was rough.
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 92-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .