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Smartphone Photography Must-Haves Can Be Found in vivo X80 Series

Following the global launch of the flagship X80 series, vivo received unanimous recognition from its partners, photography enthusiasts, and fans because of the promising premium mobile experience that it offers. This includes developed chip V1+ as well as the major upgrades in the overall imaging performance powered by ZEISS.

vivo X80 series is a “Night Vision” Device

With the X80 Series, vivo maintains outstanding night scene camera performance that improves clarity for backlit images and improves tones that better reflect what the human eyes can see. This is one of the highlights that make it the best among its class.

X80 series is also able to capture city night scenes while retaining the original look and feel of the scene. Thanks to its ZEISS lens, calculation, algorithm, and vivo’s self-developed chip.

Self-developed chip V1+, a hardware-level computational photography leader

The vivo X80 series is equipped with the latest iteration of vivo’s imaging chip, the vivo V1+ chip. This supports real-time night scene algorithm deployment which gives users a smooth photography experience at night. The V1+ chip on the all vivo X80 series can support real-time black-light night vision, allowing users to see a clearer and brighter real-time preview in dark environments.

In the X80 series, the main chip is responsible for regular shooting, while in high-intensity computational photography situations such as night video shooting, the self-developed chip V1+ is responsible for lighting, noise reduction, and real-time preview. This distribution collaboration can effectively reduce energy consumption and improves computing efficiency.

V1+ chip takes the algorithms that consume the most energy and requires the most performance, and hardware sizes them into its own platform. Hardware-level algorithm encapsulation can ensure that the operation works and its performance can be maximized.

V1+ finally encapsulated three of the most complex algorithms of 3D real-time stereo night scene denoising, MEMC frame insertion, and AI super segmentation in the current mobile image, realizing the cooperation with the main SoC to greatly activate the hardware efficiency, the data throughput speed can be effectively maintained at about 8GB/s, and the energy efficiency is improved by about 300%, and the power consumption is reduced by about 72%.

Integrated dual-core coordination with the most profound SoC

The addition of the self-developed chip V1+ enables vivo X80 series to obtain the pattern of “one body and two chips”, which also makes the synergistic interaction between the main chip SoC and the self-developed image chip more possible. In order to achieve the “night vision” effect, vivo has carried out the very closest collaboration and joint innovation with chip manufacturers more than ever.

Take Mediatek Dimensity 9000 as an example. The chip itself has strong basic performance and AI-specific processing capabilities. Combining these features, vivo and Mediatek conducted in-depth cooperation, and finally, the V1+ chip and Dimensity 9000 reached a close imaging collaboration.

The close cooperation between the two chips enables the two chips to play their respective roles, reducing the waste of power consumption while ensuring a better night vision effect and showing technological advantages.

One night photo, using a multi-dimensional night view algorithm

In terms of algorithms, the vivo X80 series has been upgraded with more advanced night view algorithms. For example, the super night scene RAWHDR3.0 algorithm can be moved from the YUV domain to the RAW domain to obtain better brightness and tone performance, so that the night scene processing process is more reasonable and the color adjustment under the night is more detailed.

vivo optical system, the leader in the field of mobile image

The imaging device is the window between photography and reality, and is the basis of realizing the function of the “night vision device”. vivo has deep cooperation with Zeiss, which makes the whole series of vivo X80 lenses meet the standard of Zeiss T* coating, so as to ensure white balance, color accuracy, glare resistance, and other indicators to meet the image standards of vivo.

In terms of sensors, vivo X80 Pro has equipped with an exclusive customized GNV super big sensor, while the X80 is the first SONY IMX866 RGBW oversized sensor. Behind the sensor models, there are many innovative technologies that people are not yet familiar with. For example, vivo once again broke through the limits of GN1 by customizing the filter and adopted a high specification lens combination of 1G +6P, as well as the top coating process. Each lens module carried by the vivo X80 series is customized, reflecting vivo’s excellence in the hardware area, and has become one of vivo’s symbols.

vivo X80 series excellent reputation for the “night vision” effect

The X80 Series’ “night vision device” received high praise such as “taking good night photos with ease”, “the best camera phone”, “portable night vision device” and so on. And vivo continues to bring users impressive technology must-haves to empower them and nurture their passion for mobile photography.