Vivo X500 Camera Leak Reveals Pro-Level Photography With 64MP Periscope Lens

For weeks, the 50MP-and-64MP camera combination everyone was excited about belonged to the Pro model. A new leak says the standard Vivo X500 gets it too.

Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station – who previously shared details on the Vivo X500 Pro Max – has now shared what appears to be camera specifications from an engineering prototype of the standard Vivo X500. The phone is tipped to feature a 50 MP Sony primary camera with a 1/1.28-inch sensor, a 50 MP ultrawide sensor, and a 64 MP Sony periscope telephoto camera with a 1/2-inch sensor and a 70 mm-equivalent focal length.

That is the detail worth pausing on. This is essentially the same core camera configuration reported for the Vivo X500 Pro back in late May – down to the exact same sensor sizes and the same rumored Sony IMX06H periscope module. If accurate, Vivo is not reserving its best non-Pro Max camera hardware exclusively for the Pro tier this generation – the standard Vivo X500 Pro Max gets a genuinely comparable setup.

What Is Actually New in Today’s Vivo X500 Camera Leak

The tipster added that telephoto macro support has not yet been confirmed but is likely to make it into the final product. That is the one specification still genuinely open – everything else in today’s leak lines up closely with what has already circulated about the Pro model for over a month.

How the Standard X500’s Camera Compares to the Pro

Here is where the picture gets genuinely interesting rather than repetitive. Leaks from May pointed to the X500 Pro carrying the identical 50MP 1/1.28-inch primary sensor with LOFIC technology – the same dynamic-range technology that debuted on the Xiaomi 17 Ultra – paired with a 64MP Sony periscope telephoto offering roughly 3x optical zoom.

If both leaks hold up, the practical difference between the standard X500 and the X500 Pro’s camera system may come down to LOFIC support specifically, rather than sensor size, resolution, or periscope hardware. LOFIC – Lateral Overflow Integration Capacitor – technology specifically improves highlight retention in high-contrast scenes, preventing blown-out skies or lost detail in bright backgrounds. Whether the standard model’s leaked 50MP primary includes that same LOFIC capability has not been specified in today’s report.

The genuinely differentiated camera hardware this generation appears reserved for the X500 Pro Max, which earlier leaks suggest will carry a considerably larger 200MP 1/1.4-inch periscope sensor – a meaningful step up from the 64MP unit shared by both the standard X500 and the X500 Pro.

The Rest of the Standard X500 – What Else Has Leaked

Earlier leaks from separate sources point to a 6.59-inch 1.5K OLED display, a Dimensity 9500-series chip, and a 7,500mAh battery. Fast charging details have not surfaced yet.

That 7,500mAh figure is significant on its own. A capacity of roughly 7,500 mAh would put the X500 among the highest-capacity flagships currently available anywhere – a substantial jump that likely relies on the same silicon-carbon battery chemistry driving similar capacity increases across the Chinese flagship market this year.

Where the Standard X500 Sits in a Five-Model Series

The Vivo X500 is reportedly one of five models in the series – a notably large lineup even by the standards of Chinese flagship launches, which typically ship in three or four variants.

Based on everything leaked so far across separate reports, the emerging series structure looks roughly like this: the Vivo X500e as a smaller or more affordable entry point, the standard X500 covered in today’s leak, a more compact Vivo X500 Pro with a reportedly downsized display relative to its X300 Pro predecessor, and the X500 Pro Max sitting at the top with the largest periscope sensor and MediaTek’s most advanced Dimensity 9600-series chipset.

That structure suggests Vivo is segmenting this generation primarily by chassis size and chipset tier rather than by camera capability at the mid-tier – with the standard X500 and Pro sharing near-identical core camera hardware while differing more meaningfully in display size, chipset generation, and overall positioning.

When to Expect the Official Launch

None of these specifications have been officially confirmed by Vivo. The X500 series is expected to launch around September or October 2026, with earlier 91mobiles reports pointing to a September debut and more recent GSMArena reports suggesting October.

Given how closely today’s standard X500 camera leak mirrors specifications already reported for the Pro model in May, the most useful takeaway for prospective buyers right now is this: if camera hardware is your primary purchase driver this generation, the meaningful upgrade tier to watch is not standard-to-Pro but Pro-to-Pro-Max, where the periscope sensor size actually changes.

“The tipster added that telephoto macro support hasn’t been confirmed yet but is likely to make it into the final product.” – Digital Chat Station, via Gizbot, July 3, 2026.