Vivo X Fold3 series, vivo Pad3 Pro and TWS 4 will arrive on March 26

Vivo has just confirmed the launch of the new Vivo X Fold3 series. The company’s next range of foldable smartphones will finally debut in China on March 26. The company will too bring your new one Vivo Pad3 Pro tablet and Vivo TWS 4 ANC on stage.

The Vivo X Fold3 series and more Vivo devices will launch on March 26 in China

The company’s vice president and general manager of brand and product strategy Jiajing Dong revealed that the X Fold3 series will be the brand’s first foldable with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. It’s worth noting that Vivo will maintain this lineup’s legacy of bringing some of the biggest foldable displays around. The Vivo X Fold3 is rumored to come with an 8.03-inch Samsung E7 display. The phone will continue the Vivo and ZEISS partnership and bring the Zeiss T* lens. The phone will feature a 50MP primary camera, a 64MP periscope telephoto lens, a 50MP ultra-wide camera and Vivo’s proprietary V3 imaging chip.

The Vivo X Fold3 series will bring Kaiyu Architecture, Vivo’s fancier name for solid phone construction. There will be construction improvements to maintain the reliability of the internal and external screens and ensure that every part of the phone is durable. The handset will come with an IPX8 rating for water resistance.

The foldable smartphone will also feature a 6.53-inch FHD+ AMOLED external display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It will come with up to 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1 TB of UFS 4.0 Storage. The phone will run on OriginOS 4 based on Android 14. It will have a 32 MP front camera for selfies and video calling. Interestingly, Vivo will bring two selfie cameras, one for the internal display and another for the external screen. Below is a quick rundown of some of the phone’s rumored specs.

Rumors Summary of Vivo X3 Fold specifications

• 8.03-inch (2480 x 2200 pixels) 2K+ 1-120Hz Samsung E7 AMOLED LTPO Display, HDR 10+, Dolby Vision
• 6.53-inch (2748 x 1172 pixels) FHD+ AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate
• Octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 4nm mobile platform with Adreno 750 GPU
• 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 1TB UFS 4.0 storage
• OriginOS 4 based on Android 14
• Two SIM cards
• 50MP camera with OV50H sensor, OIS, Zeiss T* coating, V3 chip, 50MP ultra-wide camera, 64MP 3x periscope telephoto camera, OV64B sensor
• 32MP front camera inside and outside
• Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor in the display inside and outside, infrared sensor
• USB Type-C audio, stereo speakers
• 5G SA/NSA, dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 5.4, GPS (L1 + L5 Dual band), NFC, USB Type-C
• 5800mAh (typical) battery with 120W fast charging, 50W wireless charging, reverse wireless charging

Vivo Pad and Vivo TWS 4

Apart from the new foldable smartphone, Vivo will also launch its new Vivo Pad3 Pro with a host of improvements over its predecessor. As usual, the tablet’s focus is on productivity and performance. It will bring a huge 13-inch 3.1K display with a 144 Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the tablet sports the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 SoC like the Vivo X100 Pro. It runs on Origin OS 4 based on Android 14. The tablet will also feature an 11,500 mAh battery and 8 speakers and will include support for Vivo Smart Keyboard 3 Pro and Vivo Pencil2. For those who don’t know, the Dimensity 9300 is MediaTek’s high-end chipset with four ARM Cortex-X4 cores for exceptional performance.

The company will also introduce the Vivo TWS 4 earphones. They will feature the first ceramic tungsten acoustic diaphragm, which is said to be a major “cornerstone for the TWS series.” It will offer support for 44db, ANC, AI Vocal Enhancement, Ambient Sound Transmission and Wind Noise Resistance.

The Vivo TWS 4 Hi-Fi version will feature the third-generation Qualcomm S3 audio platform. It supports 44ms low latency, AI fit detection and weighs only 4.8 grams per bud. The tips are claimed to weigh just 4.8 grams per tip. They will ship with 45 hours of total and 11 hours of standalone battery life.