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The Vivo V60 has been launched in India, carrying the legacy of the V-series lineup forward with wedding photography modes. The handset comes with several enhancements over its predecessor, Vivo V50 (review), which we reviewed earlier this year. The Vivo V60 boasts a camera setup with a dedicated telephoto lens, identical to the Vivo X200 FE, widely regarded as one of the best photography smartphones in its price segment. The smartphone also offers the latest Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC under the hood and a massive 6,500mAh battery in one of the slimmest designs out there.
These upgrades come at a cost, as the Vivo V60 is priced at Rs 36,999. But is it worth the asking price? We explore that in our Vivo V60 review. Read on to find out.
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Verdict
The Vivo V60’s upgrades make it a compelling choice in its price segment, particularly for those who value design and battery life. It’s sleek, stylish, and durable, yet still houses a massive 6,500mAh battery that delivers excellent endurance. Performance is solid, if not class-leading, and the Zeiss-backed cameras excel in daylight and creative modes. However, low-light performance and the cluttered camera app keep it from being a complete all-rounder.
Refreshed design
The Vivo V60 marks a shift from the oversized camera module of its predecessor, adopting a more compact and refined design. It now features a pill-shaped protruding camera island, accompanied by an adjacent camera ring and Aura Light. While the setup closely resembles that of the Vivo X200 FE, the V60 takes it a step further by colour-matching the module to the phone’s body. This subtle detail allows the camera to blend more seamlessly with the overall design, giving the phone a sleeker, more cohesive look.
| Smartphone | Thickness | Weight | IP Rating |
| Vivo V60 | 7.53 mm | 192 grams | IP68 +IP69 |
| OnePlus 13R | 8.0 mm | 206 grams | IP65 |
| Realme GT 7 | 8.30 mm | 206 grams | IP69 |
That said, Vivo could have done a slightly better job with the Zeiss branding on the camera module. On the Auspicious Gold we received for review, the branding feels overly vibrant and slightly at odds with the phone’s otherwise understated aesthetic. I genuinely appreciate the subtlety of this colourway; it’s not a loud or flashy gold, but rather a muted tone that leans towards a soft orange. Adding to its appeal is the smooth, velvety finish on the back panel, which resists fingerprints and smudges remarkably well, helping maintain a clean, refined look.
The Moonlight Blue variant, on the other hand, has a textured finish at the back. If you are looking for something subtle, the Mist Grey variant is worth considering.
Vivo also claims that its V60 is the most durable smartphone in the V-series lineup. The handset boasts Schott Core glass protection, which is said to be 37 percent more drop-resistant than the previous-gen Schott Alpha glass. The smartphone also features a comprehensive cushioning structure, rated to absorb shocks that might shatter the screen from accidental drops and falls.
While we didn’t have the heart to push it to the extreme, we did submerge the Vivo V60 underwater for a while, and it held up exceptionally well. This performance can be credited to its IP68 and IP69 ratings, which make the device withstand depths of up to 1.5 metres in fresh water for as long as 120 minutes. This is a first for a smartphone. No other handset has survived for more than 30 minutes.
Vivo has managed to achieve all this, and more, while keeping the phone impressively slim and lightweight. The V60 stands as the slimmest smartphone to house a 6,500mAh battery, measuring as low as 7.53mm in thickness. Its weight ranges from 192 to 201 grams, with excellent weight distribution that makes it comfortable to hold, even during extended use.
The handset features contrasting curved edges, though flat edges would have offered a better grip. That said, Vivo includes a case in the box, which improves in-hand feel and makes the phone easier to hold. The volume rocker and power button are placed on the right spine and fall comfortably within the thumb’s reach, no finger gymnastics required.
However, I do have a couple of reservations about the in-display fingerprint scanner. For one, it’s positioned a bit too low on the screen, making it slightly awkward to reach. Additionally, the unlock speed leaves room for improvement; the phone takes nearly a second or two to recognise and unlock.
As for I/O, there is a USB Type-C port on the bottom edge for charging and data transfer. The phone comes with NFC support for digital payments.
Versatile & feature-rich cameras
For photography, the Vivo V60 sports a Zeiss-backed triple camera setup, comprising a 50MP Sony IMX776 primary sensor, an 8MP ultrawide lens, and a 50MP Sony IMX882 telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom. This setup is identical to the Vivo X200 FE (review), which has been one of the most promising camera smartphones out there, and you also get 4K video recording support and AI Four Season portraits that can capture images with four unique seasonal backgrounds: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The AI Four Season portrait feature works pretty seamlessly on the V60 smartphone as well.
Moreover, the V60 retains all the filters and camera modes from its predecessor, including Wedding Portrait Studio and Film Camera Mode. The latter applies different tones, such as a wedding filter, and offers customisable frames for adding a personal touch before instantly sharing your shots. The company has also added new tones and an exclusive ‘Wedding vlog’ for people who capture every moment at weddings and events.
The Wedding Vlog is part of the ‘Micro Movie’ mode, which lets you capture small, engaging videos with effects and music. These effects and music are automatically added to the Wedding Vlog filter to make them more enriching. The filter is ideal for capturing teasers or highlight moments from an event, saving the time you spend on post-edits before sharing them on social media platforms.
All these fancy modes come nicely together with the V60’s camera system, which is capable of shooting crisp shots with remarkable details and dynamic range. By default, the handset chooses vivid colours, making the images less realistic but more striking. For those seeking a more natural aesthetic, the camera app includes a Zeiss filter that delivers near-accurate colours, a feature purists will appreciate. There’s also a Texture filter, which further sharpens detail while giving colours a slight boost.
The addition of a telephoto lens on the Vivo V60 brings noticeably more detail to portraits, something that its predecessor lacked. That said, edge detection could still use some refinement. Vivo has also introduced a Stage mode, designed to capture detailed shots with up to 10x zoom. While it improves image quality by smoothing the frame and brightening the overall scene, the camera does not automatically switch to the 10x zoom lens when Stage mode is enabled.
Additionally, the smartphone’s 50MP primary camera captures highly detailed shots. However, skin tones tend to be overly contrasty, an effect that may appeal to social media users but sacrifices realism. Low-light performance also leaves room for improvement, with shots lacking both dynamic range and authenticity, and showing noticeable grain. Besides that, the camera app can feel slightly overwhelming, particularly for those moving up from a budget smartphone.
Vivo could have improved usability with a few small tweaks, such as preventing the app from reverting to default settings when switching between modes and setting focal points automatically for different bokeh styles. For instance, the V60 introduces two new bokeh styles: Sonnar for blue-yellow cinematic film style and Planar for leaf-like flares, optimised for 85mm and 100mm focal points, respectively. However, instead of applying these defaults automatically, the app requires users to manually select them before shooting.
Once you get the hang of the app, the Vivo V60’s cameras reveal themselves as some of the most versatile and feature-rich in the segment. The setup performs best in well-lit conditions, and its creative shooting modes, including different portrait styles, are ideally suited to social media users. The phone also offers an option to enhance image quality using AI photo-editing tools, including reflection remover, object eraser, and magic move, which work pretty seamlessly.
That said, the Vivo V60 isn’t the best camera smartphone in its price bracket. Here’s how its cameras stack up against those of the OnePlus 13R, which features a similar hardware setup.
Note: All camera samples were captured using the Vivo V60’s default settings, which favour vivid tones over natural colours.
Daylight
In daylight, the Vivo V60 captures cooler-toned images with better dynamic range and shadow detail, while the OnePlus 13R’s warmer profile delivers sharper shots but weaker contrast and range.
Neither smartphone delivers colour-accurate results, but the Vivo’s vivid profile produces images that are more visually striking than those from the OnePlus 13R.
Ultrawide
Both phones’ ultrawide lenses deviate from their primary sensors’ colour science. The Vivo V60 oversaturates but looks more appealing, while the OnePlus 13R’s sepia tint holds more detail and shows less edge distortion.
Portrait
Both phones use 2x telephoto zoom for portraits, with the OnePlus 13R offering more accurate skin tones, finer detail, cleaner edges, and steadier bokeh, while the Vivo V60 favours boosted colours for impact but sacrifices realism and consistency.
Selfie
In selfies, the Vivo V60’s superior 50MP sensor captures excellent facial detail and shadow depth, but the OnePlus 13R delivers more natural skin tones and cleaner background exposure.
Low-light (night mode)
In low light, the OnePlus 13R outperforms the Vivo V60, offering cleaner shots with better shadow detail, while the Vivo struggles with flares, grain, and colour accuracy even in night mode.
Familiar display
The Vivo V60’s display sees a modest brightness bump, rising from 4,500 nits on the V50 to 5,000 nits. Otherwise, its screen specifications remain unchanged. The handset features a 6.77-inch AMOLED panel with a Full HD+ resolution (2,392 x 1,080), an adaptive 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+ support, and a P3 wide colour gamut.
While we didn’t have the Vivo V50 to compare how much difference the increased brightness makes, the V60’s display still stood out as noticeably more vibrant and visually striking than rivals like the Realme GT7 and OnePlus 13R, which offer peak brightness of 6,000 nits and 4,500 nits, respectively. The colours also appeared natural in all types of environments, and the refresh rate also remained consistent across UI and supported apps. Although I wish to see a dynamic refresh rate on V-series smartphones someday, the adaptive refresh rate works fine too, adjusting to 60Hz, 90Hz, and 120Hz, depending on the kind of content on the screen.
Moving on, the Vivo V60 supports HDR playback on YouTube right out of the box, delivering punchy visuals with deep blacks and impressive dynamic range. The stereo speakers sound reasonably well-balanced, though they lean slightly towards higher frequencies at moderate volume. However, audio quality takes a hit at maximum volume, where noticeable distortion and cracking occur.
Long-lasting software support
The Vivo V60 runs FunTouchOS 15 on top of Android 15. While it would have been preferable to see the latest Android 16 out of the box, Vivo appears to be reserving that for its flagship X-series models launching later this year. Nonetheless, the V60 is slated to receive Android 16 along with three additional major OS updates, plus six years of security patches delivered via OTA updates. This is the most for a V-series smartphone, bringing its update cycle on par with the flagship X200 series.
| Smartphone | Pre-Installed Apps | Software Support |
| Vivo V60 | 54 | 4 Year OS Updates + 6 Year Security Updates |
| OnePlus 13R | 47 | 4 Years OS Updates + 6 Years Security Updates |
| Realme GT 7 | 59 | 4 Years OS Updates + 6 Years Security Updates |
The existing experience is also no different from the flagship and a slew of other mid-range and affordable smartphones launched since the start of the year. The UI looks relatively clean, but heavily customised and 54 apps are pre-installed. Out of those 54, eight are third-party apps, with millions of downloads and active users. However, you have the option to uninstall them for a cleaner app drawer.
The V60 comes with Vivo’s proprietary app store, browser, and iManager, which feel somewhat redundant alongside Google’s offerings. On the plus side, you get extensive customisation options, including a Themes app that lets you personalise the phone’s UI to your liking. The handset also packs several AI-driven productivity tools, such as AI Smart Call Assistant for real-time transcriptions, AI Captions for translations, automatic spam call blocking, and AI Image Expander for recomposing images. These features generally work as advertised, though there are occasional hiccups, require an active internet connection, and a Vivo account.
However, these tools can still be handy, and with future software updates, they will only get better.
Plays it safe in the performance department
The Vivo V60 is powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 SoC, which debuted with the Realme 15 Pro, priced starting at Rs 31,999. The new chipset is capable, but lacks the raw power that some of the other smartphones bring to the segment. The handset scores roughly 10 lakh on AnTuTu, while its Geekbench single-core and multi-core scores stand at around 1,300 and 3,500, respectively. These scores are good for multitasking, photo editing, and some high-end gaming, but if you are a power user or a pro-gamer, alternatives such as Realme GT7 and OnePlus 13R might be a better fit.
| Smartphone | Chipset | RAM |
| Vivo V60 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 | 8 GB / 12 GB / 16 GB LPDDR4X |
| OnePlus 13R | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | 12 GB / 16 GB LPDDR5X |
| Realme GT 7 | MediaTek Dimensity 9400e | 8 GB / 12 GB / 16 GB LPDDR5X |
The handsets not only outperform the Vivo V60 in performance-oriented synthetic benchmark scores, but also achieve higher results in the Burnout CPU throttle test. Be that as it may, the Vivo smartphone didn’t get uncomfortably warm with demanding workloads such as gaming. In fact, the handset’s thermal efficiency was better than that of its counterpart during our lab test. The V60’s temperature increased by 9.3 degrees Celsius after playing BGMI, Call of Duty: Mobile, and Real Racing 3 for 30 minutes each.
The Vivo V60 is available in multiple RAM and storage configurations: 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB, 12GB+256GB, and 16GB+512GB. We received the 8GB + 256GB variant for review. While the storage is not user-expandable, users have the option to expand the RAM virtually by 8GB.
Large battery, lasting power
The Vivo V60 packs a massive 6,500mAh battery, with 90W FlashCharge support, the largest ever in the V-series. This feat is made possible by the latest silicon–carbon technology, which stores more power than the standard Lithium-ion battery without the extra bulk. After testing the phone for over a week, I can confidently vouch for the smartphone’s battery life to last a full day after heavy usage of gaming, navigation, multitasking, and more. On moderate usage, the V60 is capable of lasting a day and a half between charges.
| Smartphone | Battery Capacity | Charging Support | Charging time (20% to 100% ) |
| Vivo V60 | 6500 mAh | 90W Flash Charging | 47m |
| OnePlus 13R | 6000 mAh | 80W Super VOOC Charging | 47m 17s |
| Realme GT 7 | 7000 mAh | 120W Ultra Charging | 27m |
In our lab test, the Vivo V60 delivered 30 minutes of YouTube video streaming with just a 1 percent drop in battery life. The gaming test saw the phone dropping an average of 5 percent battery after playing BGMI, Call of Duty: Mobile, and Real Racing 3 for 30 minutes each, which is decent for a non-gaming device. The phone supports reverse wireless charging, ideal for juicing up your secondary device, wearables and more.
When it comes to the V60 charging, it takes just 47 minutes to charge from 20 to 100 percent using the charger provided in the box. This is impressive considering the large battery pack of the smartphone.
Final Verdict
The Vivo V60 combines a premium, durable design with a surprisingly slim profile and a large 6,500mAh battery that delivers solid endurance. Its Zeiss-backed camera setup, complete with a dedicated telephoto lens and a suite of creative modes, especially for wedding and portrait shots, makes it a strong pick for social media creators, delivering striking results in good light. Software support is also the best we’ve seen in the V-series so far.
However, the busy camera UI, inconsistent skin tones, underwhelming low-light output, and a capable yet slower Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 keep it from being the performance or camera leader in its class. Rivals like OnePlus 13R still have the edge for raw speed and night photography.
If you value design, durability, battery life, and versatile daylight imaging over sheer power, the Vivo V60 stands out as one of the most stylish and creator-friendly phones in its segment.
Editor’s rating: 7.9 / 10
Reasons to buy:
- Slim, lightweight design despite massive 6,500mAh battery.
- Feature-rich Zeiss camera setup with creative shooting modes.
- Long-lasting battery with fast 90W charging.
- Extended software support, with 4 major updates, 6 years of security patches.
Reasons not to buy:
- Average low-light camera performance.
- Contrast-heavy skin tones may not suit all tastes.
- Chipset lags behind some competitors in raw power.
