vivo V60 Review – Beautiful Blue Midranger with ZEISS Cameras tested

The successor to the vivo V50 that was launched earlier this year in March, the vivo V60 builds on the same formula with a spec bump to a new chipset and some minor refinements all around to the hardware including a larger battery for better endurance while keeping the price the same.

We managed to get our hands on a sample for field testing and after taking it around for a whirl, here’s our vivo V60 review where we share if the new phone is worth the upgrade.

vivo V60 Review – Build and Design

The vivo V60 is aesthetically similar to its predecessor the V50 save for a reworked camera housing and slightly increased weight on account of the larger battery capacity although this varies slightly depending on which of the three colourways you get. 

Our vivo V60 review sample in Light Blue as well as the signature Berry Purple both have a similar looking dual-camera housing and a glass backplate which makes it about 7.65mm thin and weigh 200g though the vivo V60 variant in gray has a different camera housing and a plastic backplate,  letting it shave the weight down to just 192g and the thickness down slightly at 7.53mm while being functionally identical to the blue and purple coloured versions.

Aesthetics aside, the chassis of our vivo V60 review sample retains a robust IP68/IP69 dust and water resistance rating, allowing it to shrug off up to 2 metres of immersion in freshwater for up to 30 minutes at a time.

On closer inspection, the backplate of our vivo V60 review unit has an iridescent shade of light blue that has a gold tinged sheen when held up to the light, lending it a very distinctive look. The camera housing itself has a similar pill-shaped design as its predecessor but instead of cramming both sensors into one large housing, vivo has split both of its 50MP ZEISS cameras into separate housings while emplacing a new 8MP ultrawide camera that sits its own just off to the side above the Aura Light flash. 

The lower housing contains the 50MP ZEISS Super Periscope Telephoto camera which offers up to 3x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom while the other is a 50MP ZEISS Main Camera that comes with OIS and a Sony IMX766 sensor.

The rest of the design has fairly similar placement as the vivo V60 with a USB-C port, a grille for the speaker and a nano SIM card tray while the right side hosting a power button and volume rocker. Up top, you get two holes for a speaker that combines with the downward-firing model to create a stereo pair.

Up front, the vivo V60 has a similarly sized screen as the prior model with a 6.77-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution, a 120hz refresh rate and which is protected by Diamond Shield glass for added resistance to scratches and drops. A tiny punch hole up top houses a single 50MP f/2.2 ZEISS camera for selfies akin to the older model. 

Of note here is that the Diamond Shield Glass that is made by Schott offers 37% better drop resistance compared to its predecessor. That’s not all, vivo has gone to great pains to engineer a shock absorbing design for the chassis to improve drop resistance from all angles including elevated corners for the frame and a cushioning layer made of high-elasticity materials to mitigate impact.

Unfortunately, this was not something we could test personally seeing as our vivo V60 review sample unit was a loaner.  As a nice touch, the brand also bundles in a free casing and a charger too on top of the usual USB-C cable, SIM eject pin and warranty paperwork.

vivo v60 review – Benchmarks and Specifications

On the hardware front, our vivo V60 review unit comes with a modest spec bump for the chipset, featuring a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 over the Gen 3 processor used in the earlier V50. This is paired with 12GB LPDDR4X RAM augmented by up to 12GB of virtual Extended RAM off the onboard 256GB storage.

A variant with 8GB RAM and 256GB is also available as an online exclusive for RM100 less along with a higher end version with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage for RM2,399 which is the same price as the earlier V50. Of note is that the vivo V60 has a slightly larger 6,500mAh battery with 90W wired fast charging; its predecessor only had a 6,500mAh cell. Here’s a recap of its specifications:

Price	RM1,999 (12GB RAM / 256GB), RM2,399 (12GB RAM/512GB storage), RM1,899 (8GB RAM, 256GB storage)
Display	6.77-inch AMOLED, 1080 x 2,392 pixels, 120Hz refresh rate, 5,000 nits peak brightness
Processor	Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
OS	Android 15 w/ MagicTouch OS 15
Memory	12GB LPDDR4X RAM w/ 256GB UFS 2.2 storage (review sample), 512GB UFS 2.2 variant available + 8GB LPDDR4X RAM /256GB UFS 2.2(online exclusive)
Cameras	50MP f/1.9 w/ OIS + 50MP f/2.7 w/ 3x periscope telephoto + 8MP f/2.0 ultra wide [rear] / 50MP [front]
Battery	Battery 6,500mAh w/ 90W wired charging
Size/Weight	163.5 x 77 x 7.8mm / 200g

Like its predecessor, the vivo V60 runs on Android 15 with their FunTouch 15 OS overlaying it and the brand has assured that the phone will have 4 years of OS and 6 years of security updates. Unfortunately, FunTouch is still replete with significant amounts of bloatware straight out of the box including their own app V-Appstore as well as a slew of preinstalled apps including Shopee, Agoda and more though it’s not something you can’t resolve with a judicious bit of house cleaning.

On the bright side, the phone features Google’s Gemini AI assistant so you’re able to make verbal inquiries and get answers for trivia and the like.

When subjected to benchmarks, our vivo V60 review unit got the following benchmarks:

3D Mark Steel Nomad Light	672
3D Mark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited	676
3D Mark Wild Life Extreme	1,815
3D Mark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited	1,813
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1,260
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	3,645
Geekbench 6 OpenCL	4,636
Geekbench 6 Multicore	6,756
PC Mark Work 3.0	11,128

The Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset does not support the Vulkan API so it wasn’t able to run some 3D Mark’s Solar Bay benchmarks. While we weren’t able to compare it side by side with its predecessor, the phone proved to be fast and responsive in regular usage scenarios and was able to handle Delta Force and Genshin Impact on default settings without issue. 

The usual multitasking and productivity tasks ran smoothly and the vivo V60 acquitted itself well in day to day use. Battery life will vary depending on usage but going in at full tilt nets you a comfortable full day of use though a more moderate usage profile with less gaming and general usage gets you about two days worth of endurance.

vivo v60 review – Cameras

When it comes to camera performance, the vivo V60’s rear cameras offer a host of notable improvements helped in part by vivo’s collaboration with ZEISS especially in regards to their colour science and the implementation of an improved ZEISS Multifocal Portrait mode that allow for very shareworthy shots straight out of the phone.

In ZEISS Multifocal portrait mode, you’re able to choose from a 23mm, 35mm, 50mm, 50mm and much like the vivo X200 Pro flagship phones, a half body 85mm and close waist-up 100mm mode for intimate portraiture. 

The provided 8MP ultra wide angle camera has some applications for capturing scenery shots but the majority of your shots will be using both 50MP ZEISS cameras and the front-mounted 50MP ZEISS selfie camera. Shots from the rear ZEISS camera for most scenarios including scenery, food and the like are clean, crisp and detailed out to 3X zoom in both daylight and low light with good shots at 10X zoom offering surprisingly good results. 

Where our vivo V60 review sample excelled though is portraiture and if you’re looking to mostly capture human subjects, you’ll love what ZEISS Multifocal Portrait has to offer and shots offer beautiful bokeh for backgrounds, good skin tones and the classic ZEISS aesthetic. The front camera also offers clean, delightful looking selfies too with good quality video for live streamers and for video calls.

Another rather novel addition to the point is the addition of an AI Four Seasons Portrait that leverages AI to alter captured shots to resemble Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter by appropriately altering the foliage and surroundings to match the appropriate season. When tested, the phone yielded impressive results that gave normal scenes a surreal, unusual touch.

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You can essentially capture a street in downtown tropical Malaysia and then alter it to resemble something right out of the depths of winter. It’s not a feature you’ll likely use on a regular basis but it’s a fun feature to have.

Should you buy the vivo V60?

The vivo V60 packs a durable IP68/IP69-rated chassis, a vibrant display, and ZEISS-tuned cameras capable of excellent portrait shots and a useful 3x telephoto zoom – features often seen in pricier phones. Coupled with above-average battery life, it stands out as a strong midrange option, especially for users who value portrait photography.

vivo V60 review sample courtesy of vivo Malaysia. For more details and to purchase please visit https://www.vivo.com/my/products/v60