
vivo unveiled at its 2023 Imaging Conference its new 6nm-based V3 chip as well as a periscope lens with the new “Vario-Apo-Sonnar” standards developed in partnership with ZEISS.
The V3 chip introduces a new multi-concurrent AI-ISP architecture and second-generation Frame Info Tunneling (FIT) technology. These upgrades enhance the user experience, enabling features like 4K cinema-like bokeh, automatic subject focus detection and switching, cinema-like skin optimization, and cinematic color processing. This makes vivo the first Android phone maker to enable 4K cinema-quality portrait video with post-processing functions.

vivo also revealed more details about its collaboration with ZEISS, announcing a periscope lens design with the new “Vario-Apo-Sonnar” standards. APO design is considered to have the level of the industry’s top-quality control of chromatic aberration. For the very first time, the APO design will be adapted to a mobile imaging system enhancing a high performance zoom quality.

For vivo’s upcoming X series flagship model, ZEISS T* Coating will be equipped with Multi-ALD technology to enhance further the image clarity by reducing center reflectivity from 0.2% to 0.1% on the visible light spectrum.
During the event, vivo also announced the winners of the 2023 VISION+ Mobile PhotoAwards, with Indonesia photographer Jiehan Herry Saputro ’s “Let Me Fly” crowned the Best Photograph of the Year.

Since its inaugural launch in 2020, the VISION+ Mobile PhotoAwards program has received nearly one million submissions from over 40 countries and regions.