vivo V40 Pro

The V30 Pro had a terrific camera system, so Vivo didn't have to change things too much on the V40 Pro. You get a 50MP primary camera that uses Sony's IMX921 sensor with optical image stabilisation, a 50MP portrait Sony IMX816 lens with support for 2x optical zoom and 50x digital zoom, a 50MP wide-angle lens, and a 50MP selfie camera, for a total of four 50MP cameras, all backed by ZEISS. Vivo brought its partnership with ZEISS to the V series first with the V30 Pro and now to the V40 and V40 Pro, making it more accessible to the masses and giving the Leica-backed Xiaomi 14 Civi a run for its money.The ZEISS partnership enables the Vivo V40 series to offer features like Multifocal Portrait photography, which essentially lets you conveniently capture portraits and different focal lengths (24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 100mm). Then you have the ZEISS portrait styles such as Biotar, B-speed, Sonnar, Planar, Distagon, Cine-flare, and Cinematic that offer unique background blur styles to suit your taste. These are nice features to have, especially if you like to take a lot of portraits.DaylightThe V40 Pro's cameras are excellent in most conditions. In daylight conditions, the Vivo V40 Pro captures pleasing shots that are very social media-ready. The camera tends to boost colours like the reds and greens in the comparison shot below, whereas the Xiaomi 14 Civi goes for more natural-looking colours.PortraitThe Vivo V40 Pro is terrific for portrait shots thanks to the many ZEISS multi-focal options and bokeh styles to play around with. The quality of portraits is top-notch as you can see in the comparison shot below with the Xiaomi 14 Civi's portrait mode. While the Xiaomi 14 Civi does a good job of offering a natural background blur, the colour of the shirt, skin tone, and sharpness are better on the Vivo V40 Pro.The Aura ring light is handy when capturing portraits in low-light conditions or in situations where artificial light can seem overpowering.LowlightBoth the Vivo V40 Pro and Xiaomi 14 Civi perform similarly in low-light conditions in that they both do a pretty good job. The Xiaomi 14 Civi leans towards a warmer tone, while the Vivo V40 Pro takes a cooler photo. We found that the Vivo V40 Pro does a slightly better job at sharpness as it was able to capture the 'Halidram' text clearer, and it also captures the reds and greens more naturally.SelfieNext, we compared the 50MP selfie camera of the Vivo V40 Pro with the 32MP front camera of the Realme GT 6. Surprisingly, the Realme GT 6's selfie looked as sharp as what we got on the Vivo V40 Pro despite using a lower-resolution sensor. We also prefer the skin tones captured by the Realme GT 6 compared to the slightly brighter and more saturated colours captured by the Vivo phone.The Vivo V40 Pro can also capture macro photos, but you will need to tap the supermacro flower icon above the viewfinder to enable macro photography. The camera does not automatically switch to macro mode when taking close-up shots.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ chipset powering the Vivo V40 Pro was announced last year as a more powerful version of the older Dimensity 9200 SoC. Interestingly, the V40 Pro is the first model to launch with this year-old chipset in India. It offers a 10 percent CPU and GPU improvement over its predecessor. The octa-core chip offers a peak clock speed of 3.35GHz and that's enough power to make the Vivo V40 Pro one of the fastest phones in this segment, outscoring the likes of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3-powered Realme GT 6 in the sub-Rs 50,000 segment.In the AnTuTu benchmark test, the V40 Pro's Dimensity 9200+ outscored the Realme GT 6 and Xiaomi 14 Civi, both of which are powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. The score is also significantly higher than the Dimensity 8200-powered Vivo V30 Pro, which recorded 9,48,361 on AnTuTu.In the Geekbench test, the Vivo V40 Pro was lower than its rival in the single-core test but managed to outscore the other in the multi-core test, suggesting that the Vivo phone can handle complex tasks better.Even in our Burnout CPU throttle test, the Vivo V40 Pro managed to perform slightly better at performance throttling compared to the Realme and Xiaomi phones, though all three devices dropped down to around 40 percent of their peak performance under stress.Based on these benchmark tests, the Dimensity 9200+ seems to be a better chipset overall compared to the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. You can read our in-depth performance comparison of the Vivo V40 Pro with the Realme GT 6 and Xiaomi 14 Civi here. Talking about real-world usage, the Vivo V40 Pro felt extremely smooth. Animations are fluid and I did not face any noticeable lag while switching apps or browsing through them.Coming to the software side of things, the Vivo V40 Pro runs on Android 14 with Funtouch OS 14 on top. It comes with its fair share of pre-loaded apps, 50 to be exact, which is only marginally less than what the Realme GT 6 and Xiaomi 14 Civi come with. Funtouch OS might take a while to get used to for people not familiar with the OS. Swiping down from the top edge brings up the control centre and notification panel, you can customise the lock screen clock style and themes based on Material You, have a mini window pop-up for quick replies and access if you're in another app, and more.ModelPre-loaded appsSoftware updates (in years)Security updates (in years)Vivo V40 Pro5034Realme GT 65334Xiaomi 14 Civi5334

Vivo has bumped the battery capacity of the Vivo V40 Pro to 5,500mAh from 5,000 in the V30 Pro. This 500mAh increase is welcome as it should mean improved battery life in day-to-day usage. You can now comfortably go through over a full day of usage on a single charge and still have enough in the tank by the end of the night. In our PCMark battery test, the Vivo V40 Pro managed to last 14 hours and 36 minutes from 100 to 20 percent on 80 percent brightness. This is among the best in the sub-Rs 50,000 segment, with only the Realme GT 6T performing marginally better at 14 hours and 45 minutes.A quick top-up in the morning before leaving for work is enough to take you through a full day. The phone supports 80W charging much like its predecessor and can charge the device from 20 to 100 percent in about 37 minutes and it takes exactly 50 minutes to charge from 1 to 100 percent.Charging timeBattery percentage15 minutes30 percent30 minutes60 percent45 minutes90 percent50 minutes100 percent