Vivo X500s tipped to feature 64MP periscope camera, Dimensity 9-series chip

Digital Chat Station has shared a new leak about an upcoming S-series flagship that is believed to be the Vivo X500s. The exclusive tip outlines a large-screen all-around flagship with upgrades to the display, chipset, camera, and battery. The post does not name the phone, but the timing and a follow-up comment point to Vivo’s next S model.

Leaked specs point to a larger display than the Vivo X300s

According to the tipster, the S-series flagship features a 6.85-inch 2K+ 144Hz LTPO flat screen, a 64-megapixel mid-size sensor periscope telephoto, the Dimensity 9 flagship platform, and a larger battery. DCS describes that Dimensity 9 silicon as the next Dimensity 9-series flagship chip, and says the package is meant to redefine the all-around large-screen flagship phone.

The previous Vivo X300s, which launched in China in March, uses a 6.78-inch 1.5K flat AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate, the Dimensity 9500, and a 7,100mAh battery. Its telephoto camera is a 50-megapixel Sony LYTIA 602 periscope with 3.5x optical zoom. If this leak is about the X500s, the new model would move to a slightly larger 2K+ panel, a newer Dimensity 9 chip, a 64-megapixel mid-size periscope, and a bigger battery.

There were doubts this may not be the X500s, since the X300s used a smaller 6.78-inch display. In the comments under the post, a user said Vivo is no longer making a small-screen Pro, and DCS replied that the S variant is being built as a large-screen all-in-one phone. That reply suggests the Vivo X500s will come with a bigger display than the previous generation.

This is not the first mention of that 6.85-inch 2K+ 144Hz panel. An earlier October leak from the same tipster already described an engineering sample with that display as a possible X500s, without naming the phone or sharing other specs. Today’s post fills in the chipset, telephoto, and battery details that were missing then.

The main Vivo X500 series has already launched in China, and Vivo India has set November 26 as the local launch date. The company has not confirmed an X500s. If it follows last year’s pattern, a spring window would be the logical next step, though the leak does not mention a date.