# Vivo X500 Ultra Leak: Three 200MP Periscope Sensors Still Being Tested

URL: https://technosports.co.in/vivo-x500-ultra-leak-three-200mp/  
Published: 2026-07-19  
Updated: 2026-07-19  
Author: Raunak Saha

*Vivo X500 Ultra Leak:*Vivo’s next camera flagship is still very much a work in progress behind closed doors. A fresh leak suggests the company hasn’t locked in its telephoto hardware for the X500 Ultra yet, and is instead running three different 200-megapixel periscope sensors through testing before deciding which one makes the final cut.

## What the Leak Claims

According to tipster [Digital Chat Station](https://www.weibo.com/), a reliably sourced leaker for Chinese phone hardware, Vivo’s engineering team is currently evaluating three periscope telephoto sensors of different physical sizes.

| Sensor Size | Approach |
| --- | --- |
| 1/1.12-inch | Larger, more aggressive telephoto performance |
| 1/1.3-inch | Balanced middle option |
| 1/1.4-inch | Smaller, more balanced trade-off |

The trade-off at play is a familiar one in smartphone camera engineering: a bigger sensor gathers more light and generally performs better at long focal lengths, but it also demands a larger, more complex camera module, which pushes back against phone thickness and design. The smaller options sacrifice some of that telephoto headroom in exchange for a slimmer, more manageable build.

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## This Isn’t the First Camera Rethink for the X500 Ultra

This leak builds on an earlier report from June, which claimed Vivo had scrapped plans for a dedicated 10x periscope camera on the X500 Ultra entirely. At the time, Digital Chat Station said Vivo cancelled a 10x telephoto prototype and pivoted instead toward a single 200MP periscope sensor paired with in-sensor zoom technology to cover the telephoto range digitally rather than through dedicated optical hardware. Together, the two leaks paint a picture of a camera system still very much in flux, with Vivo weighing sensor size, cost, and design constraints against each other well ahead of any final decision.

This kind of iterative, still-undecided hardware testing isn’t unusual for a flagship this far from launch, and it echoes the same pre-launch uncertainty we’ve tracked in our coverage of [the Realme C100x and other recent camera-focused launches](https://technosports.co.in/) and the broader [wave of 200MP sensor adoption across China’s flagship camera phones](https://technosports.co.in/) this year.

## When’s the Actual Launch?

Don’t expect this one soon. The X500 Ultra is unlikely to arrive in 2026 at all, with a first-half 2027 launch expected for both China and global markets, following Vivo’s usual X Ultra release cadence. That gives Vivo plenty of runway to keep testing hardware before anything is finalised.

## The Takeaway

Nothing about the X500 Ultra’s camera system is locked in yet, and this leak, however credible the source, is really a snapshot of an ongoing engineering decision rather than a confirmed spec. With a launch still roughly a year out, expect the sensor story to keep shifting before Vivo settles on a final configuration.

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