In Vivo’s diverse product lineup, the Y series has become a popular choice for many users due to its attractive design and lower price point. Data shows that the Vivo Y series user base has exceeded 300 million, not only because of its “durable, user-friendly, and easy-to-use” characteristics but also because Vivo consistently brings experiences that surpass expectations to the Y series, creating more surprises for its users.
The Vivo Y300 Pro is priced at approximately $299. Prices may vary slightly depending on the region and retailer.
Creating surprises is not just about quickly adopting capabilities from flagship models but also about Vivo introducing the latest technologies first in the Y series. With the latest Vivo Y300 Pro, Vivo has introduced several cutting-edge features not found even in flagship phones, making the Y300 Pro a new generation “class-leading pioneer.”
Design that surpasses expectations
By introducing more new technologies in the Y series, Vivo significantly enhances the product’s competitiveness. In terms of appearance, the Vivo Y300 Pro becomes the first Vivo phone to adopt an equal-depth quad micro-curved screen design, further elevating the product’s aesthetics.
Previously, most Vivo Y series phones used flat or dual-curved screens. The newly introduced equal-depth quad micro-curved screen design aims to balance the display quality of flat screens with the aesthetics and feel of curved screens. When the screen is lit, the equal-depth quad micro-curved design makes the image appear to float on the screen like a water droplet, creating a more immersive viewing experience.
Vivo has made the Y series screen a class-leading feature. The screen specifications are impressive: 6.77 inches, with a manual maximum brightness of 800 nits and a global maximum brightness of 1300 nits. The resolution is 2392×1080 with a PPI of 387. It also includes eye protection technologies such as blue light filtering, anti-flickering, and intelligent brightness adjustment, making it highly competitive.
The Y300 Pro features a rounded design from screen to frame to back panel, providing an excellent in-hand feel. The screen’s black border is well-controlled to prevent accidental touches during use. This screen effectively combines the advantages of flat and curved screens, greatly enhancing the Y300 Pro’s competitiveness.
For the back panel design, the Vivo Y300 Pro continues the design philosophy of its flagship models. The camera lenses and flash are arranged in a circular imaging module, surrounded by a transparent ring that the company calls the “jade ring” design. This transparent ring adds to the overall quality feel of the device.
The Y300 Pro comes in four colors: Titanium, Cream White, Ink Black, and Jade Gold (the version we have). The Jade Gold version features a cyan-green back cover with internal textures that give it a jade-like quality, making it look elegant in hand.
While adopting flagship-level design, the Vivo Y300 Pro’s thickness and weight are well-controlled. The Jade Gold version has a thickness of 7.79mm and weighs 194.6g, making it comfortable to hold without feeling too heavy.
From a design perspective, Vivo’s introduction of the equal-depth quad micro-curved screen in the Y300 Pro is a pleasant surprise for consumers. Typically, the latest technologies and most eye-catching designs are first introduced in flagship models before gradually being incorporated into other series. However, Vivo’s choice to debut this new screen in the more accessible Y series not only significantly enhances its competitiveness but also exemplifies the company’s “user-oriented” value.
6500mAh Blue Ocean battery for worry-free use
Six months ago, the 6000mAh high-capacity battery in the Vivo Y200 GT left a deep impression on us. Adding a high-capacity yet slim battery to a phone is almost like having a built-in small power bank, allowing heavy phone users to use their devices worry-free. In the Vivo Y300 Pro, the battery capacity has been increased to 6500mAh without increasing the body thickness.
What level is a 6500mAh battery? We tested the Y300 Pro by setting the screen brightness to maximum and adjusting the graphics quality and frame rate to the highest settings while running “Honor of Kings.” After half an hour of gameplay, the battery only dropped by 5%, meaning that even if you play until forced to take a break, the Y300 Pro would still have plenty of battery life left.
The ability to increase the capacity to 6500mAh without increasing body thickness is due to Vivo’s comprehensive upgrade of the device’s internal structure. For the battery, Vivo engineers restructured the graphite, adding a layer of higher energy density graphite under the fast-charging graphite. They also compressed the negative electrode plate to reduce its thickness and etched the graphite to increase the contact area for ion transfer. Coupled with a large-pore separator membrane, this allows more ions to participate in the work, thus upgrading the battery.
Additionally, Vivo improved the battery packaging technology and motherboard structure. The battery protection board is stronger and smaller, while the device’s motherboard is shortened while maintaining performance, allowing for a larger capacity battery in the limited space.
The 6500mAh high-capacity battery is sufficient to ensure worry-free all-day use for the vast majority of users. Even for scenarios requiring long periods of high screen brightness and continuous navigation, such as food delivery or ride-hailing services, the Y300 Pro can operate continuously for over ten hours.
Along with the high-capacity battery, the Vivo Y300 Pro comes with 80W fast charging, and the battery can maintain over 80% capacity after 1700 charge-discharge cycles. This power level is leading among products in the same price range. Vivo also provides “zero-power fast start,” which can light up the logo in just 4 seconds when the battery is completely drained, eliminating the need to wait. Furthermore, Vivo has comprehensively optimized the system. By rewriting the Android kernel, it can block third-party applications from running in the background, making the system background lighter and reducing power consumption in the screen-off state.
The introduction of the 6500mAh large battery in the Y series demonstrates Vivo’s determination to popularize high-capacity batteries. As more phones with large-capacity batteries become available to users, the mobile phone usage experience is set to change.
A more durable class-leading experience
Different users have different usage scenarios for their phones. However, at the core, every user wants their phone to be a more durable product. After all, no one wants their phone to be fragile and break down with just a small bump.
The Vivo Y300 Pro continues to use the sturdy, drop-resistant rock structure. Its body interior uses highly elastic shock-absorbing materials that provide all-around protection for the screen edges. The internal components of the body also have a sealing design to prevent malfunctions caused by impacts.
For the easily breakable glass, Vivo also provides ample protection solutions. The screen glass uses twice-reinforced Gorilla Glass, which has higher hardness and can resist scratches and falls to some extent. The pre-applied screen protector also uses a layered design to reduce the risk of screen breakage when the phone falls on concrete surfaces. If the screen protector is damaged, users can go to Vivo offline stores for a free replacement. Depending on their membership level, Vivo users can enjoy 1-6 free screen protector replacements within a year.
Besides the screen, the Vivo Y300 Pro also supports IP65 dust and water resistance, meaning the phone can resist dust and accidental water exposure in daily life.
For scenarios users frequently encounter, such as weak signals and hands-free calls, the Y300 Pro has also been comprehensively optimized. It has faster network recovery in elevators and underground parking lots, and supports up to 200% volume amplification for hands-free calls, making the Y300 Pro experience more worry-free.
In terms of chipset, the Vivo Y300 Pro uses Qualcomm’s first-generation Snapdragon 6, a 4nm process chip that can meet various daily usage scenarios.
A new generation “class-leading pioneer”
The Y series has a wide user base and is one of Vivo’s most important product lines. To provide more users with competitive and good experiences, the Y series not only needs to quickly “inherit” more technologies from flagships but also needs to “debut” new features to exceed user expectations.
In the latest Y300 Pro, we see the aesthetically pleasing and comfortable equal-depth quad micro-curved screen and the 6500mAh super-large capacity blue ocean battery. The arrival of these new technologies greatly enhances the competitiveness of the Vivo Y300 Pro, making it a true new-generation class-leading pioneer.