Vivo has a pocket gimbal camera, a new foldable, and a wide flagship in the works

Vivo is reportedly working on three new flagship products following the X500 series, including a pocket gimbal camera, a new foldable phone, and a wide-screen smartphone. A new leak has revealed some of the hardware details, along with a possible launch window for the first device.

The information comes from tipster Digital Chat Station, which claims the three products are the next major additions to Vivo’s flagship lineup. The company has yet to confirm any of them.

Vivo’s pocket gimbal camera could arrive first

The pocket gimbal camera is expected to arrive around the end of this year, making it the closest of the three products to launch. According to previous reports, it could feature a 200MP Sony LYT-901 sensor.

Unlike Vivo’s existing smartphones with built-in gimbal stabilization, this would be a standalone camera. The company has enough experience with the technology to make this happen. It first introduced micro gimbal stabilization behind a phone’s main camera with the Vivo X50 series.

The second product is a foldable smartphone, like the Vivo X Fold 7, which the tipster says is already ready. It reportedly runs on Qualcomm’s 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. The phone is also said to have a wide inner display with no visible crease and a 200MP camera with gimbal stabilization.

Vivo’s current foldable is the Vivo X Fold 6, which uses MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 Super Edition. It is the first model in the X Fold lineup to use a MediaTek chip, so the reported Qualcomm processor would mark a return to Snapdragon silicon for the next model.

The leak does not mention the phone’s name or when Vivo plans to release it. However, the wide-screen design fits with an earlier report about Vivo and Honor working on wider book-style foldable phones. The report suggests Vivo is exploring a different form factor for its next foldable.

The third device is a wide-screen smartphone, whose development is reportedly moving ahead at a faster pace. It is said to feature a flagship Dimensity 9-series processor, a custom 16:9 display with narrow bezels, and a 200MP camera with a large sensor.