Vivo X300 FE Full Review: Exceptional Battery, Real Trade-offs

What the Screen Does Well

The 6.31-inch OLED panel produces true blacks, vivid contrast, and colors that hold up in direct sunlight. Each pixel generates its own light rather than relying on a backlight, which gives the display a depth and purity that LCD panels cannot match. At 461 pixels per inch — a density that surpasses most competing phones at this screen size — text is razor sharp and photos look detailed in a way lower-density panels simply cannot reproduce.

The 120Hz refresh rate makes scrolling through social media, web pages, or long documents feel fluid and natural rather than stuttery. Think of refresh rate as how many times per second the screen redraws itself — at 120Hz, motion looks nearly twice as smooth as the standard 60Hz screens still found on many competing phones.

Confirmed Limitations

The X300 FE's display does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision — the three main standards that unlock richer color and contrast when streaming premium content from services like Netflix or YouTube. For most everyday use, the absence is invisible. For regular watchers of movies and streaming series, this is a genuine limitation worth weighing before buying.

The phone lacks an Always-On Display mode — the screen stays fully off when idle, and you will need to tap or raise the device to check notifications. The screen is flat rather than curved, which avoids accidental edge-touch issues and makes applying a screen protector a straightforward job.

The Rear Camera Setup

The X300 FE uses a triple-camera array across the back. Both the primary and secondary rear cameras resolve at 50 megapixels, while a third handles a narrower field of view at 8 megapixels. The primary shooter has the fastest aperture of the three at f/1.6, meaning it gathers the most light in low-light conditions where camera performance is most challenged.

Optical zoom extends to 3×, covering a focal range equivalent to roughly 23mm to 70mm in traditional photography terms. The 23mm starting point handles wide-angle shots naturally, and 70mm compression is useful for portraits and moderate telephoto captures without the distortion you get from a pure digital crop.

Phase-detection autofocus — the faster, more accurate variety that doesn't hunt or stutter — handles still photos, and continuous autofocus operates during video recording. Full manual control over ISO, white balance, and exposure is available for users who want creative control. Slow-motion video, time-lapse, panorama, burst mode, and HDR shooting are all supported.

Front Camera

The 50-megapixel front camera with an f/2.0 aperture is genuinely competitive for selfies and video calls. High resolution combined with a wide aperture produces well-lit, detailed self-portraits — not the soft, blurry front-camera results that budget phones frequently deliver.

The inclusion of a 3.5mm headphone jack deserves direct acknowledgment. It is increasingly rare in phones marketed as premium devices, and its presence here is a practical win. If you own wired headphones — whether a pair of quality earbuds, studio monitors, or audiophile-grade over-ear cans — you can connect them directly without a dongle, adapter, or extra cable to carry and lose. No Bluetooth latency. No adapter charging.

Stereo speakers deliver audio from two separate directions rather than a single bottom-mounted unit. For watching videos, gaming with the phone held horizontally, or taking video calls in a room, stereo makes a perceptible difference in immersion and positional clarity.

The phone does not support high-resolution wireless audio codecs like LDAC or aptX Adaptive, which means premium Bluetooth headphones will not deliver their highest audio quality wirelessly. For most listeners this distinction is genuinely inaudible, but dedicated audiophiles should note the absence before pairing a high-end set of wireless cans.