The vivo Y500 Pro is a little flagship with a budget price! This phone features a high-resolution main camera, a high-quality AMOLED display, a massive battery, and many other good features that will last you all day long.
Design
Colors and Physical Dimensions
You can get the vivo Y500 Pro in four colors: Gold, Green, Pink, and Black. It measures 160.23 x 74.51 x 7.81 mm and weighs 198.6 grams, which isn’t too heavy considering its massive battery.
Built Like a Tank, But It’s a Phone
Now, this is where the Y500 Pro blows me away: the durability. They didn’t just meet industry standards; they smashed them. It actually has the Industry’s first national standard reliability certification after passing five military-grade environment tests. I’m talking about surviving a 10-minute call test from a ridiculous -30°C to 50°C!
The screen uses Diamond Shield Glass, which they claim improves anti-drop ability by an astonishing 150%. Drop protection is genuinely worry-free.
For water, the IPX8 water resistance is insane: submerged in 1.5m of water for 300 minutes (ten times the norm!). And get this: IPX9 water resistance means it’s totally safe, even from hot water like in the shower. You can even use it for Underwater Photography and it has a speaker drainage feature.
The internal structure is beefed up with an upgraded alloy frame (a 33% increase in alloy frame strength) for robust bending resistance, protected by a Sandwich Motherboard Shock Absorption Structure. You really feel like you don’t have to baby this phone.
Display
Size, Resolution, and Refresh Rate
You get a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It’s not just HD, it’s 1.5K resolution (2800 x 1260 Ultra HD) with a sharp 460 PPI.
What really makes the vivo Y500 Pro’s display pop are the super-narrow 1.37mm bezels, giving you a fantastic 94.17% screen-to-body ratio. The screen is protected by tough Diamond Shield Glass. Everything you look at is going to be crisp, vivid, and incredibly responsive.
Brightness levels are good, hitting a 1600 nits global peak brightness. But the true win for anyone staring at their phone all day is the 3840Hz ultra-high-frequency dimming.
Camera
200MP Sensor Meets OIS
For photography, the Y500 Pro is obsessed with detail and stabilization. The star of the show is the main sensor: a Segment-first 200MP Samsung HP5 large-sensor camera (f/1.88, with AF). This big sensor captures so much light and detail that you can literally see fine hair and pores, day or night.
That 200MP resolution is fantastic because it gives you huge cropping freedom for secondary composition while keeping the quality high. The rear camera configuration includes the 200MP main camera and a fixed-focus 2MP bokeh camera (f/2.4).
The zoom is surprisingly effective, leveraging the vivo telephoto enhancement algorithm to clarify distant details from 10x all the way up to 30x digital zoom. I also appreciate the dedicated portrait modes, especially the classic 85mm focal length for high-definition portraits with beautiful bokeh.
Up front, the 32MP lens with an f/2.5 aperture is good for confident close-ups and video calls.
Stability is handled by the OIS on the main camera, which supports CIPA 4.0 camera-level stabilization. Video stability combines OIS + EIS for smooth 4K video recording.
Performance
Dimensity 7400 Chip (4 nm)
Let’s talk about the Y500 Pro’s processor. Under the hood, we’ve got the Mediatek Dimensity 7400 chipset, built on a 4 nm process. It’s an Octa-core setup paired with the ARM Mali-G615 MC2 GPU. Honestly, this phone is quick. It hits an antutu benchmark score of 1 million, meaning it handles heavy tasks and supports 120-frame HD for ‘Honor of Kings.’ Plus, they optimized it for an 8% reduction in power consumption during daily use.
Memory and Storage Options
You can get it from 128GB 8GB RAM up to a high-end 512GB 12GB RAM option. It uses LPDDR4X RAM and UFS 2.2 storage, so speed and multitasking aren’t an issue.
Battery
Capacity and Endurance
I saved the best for last in terms of hardware: the battery. Fitting this huge cell into a slim body is truly the phone’s greatest trick. The vivo Y500 Pro has a 7000mAh battery using advanced third-generation silicon negative electrode battery technology. This is a 1500mAh increase in capacity compared to the previous model, despite the size constraints.
They built this thing for endurance, claiming 60+ months ultra-long life, maintaining 80% or more health after 1,300 complete charge and discharge cycles. Cold or heat doesn’t seem to bother it either, sustaining 26.75 hours of continuous long video playback in 40°C high temperature!
Charging and Emergency Features
When you do need charge, the 90W fast charging is quick; just 10 minutes gets you 4.4 hours of video viewing. Plus, you can even share that massive power since it supports OTG reverse charging to charge your other gadgets. But my favorite feature: even if you hit a terrifying 1% charge, you can still sustain a phone call for 4 minutes or keep your ride-hailing app open for 20 minutes. That’s genuine peace of mind.
Software
OriginOS 6 and 60 Months of Smoothness
The vivo Y500 Pro runs on OriginOS 6, based on Android 16. What’s really compelling is their pledge of 60 months of long-lasting smoothness, which shows serious confidence in their engineering.
Connectivity
Signal and Network Reliability
Connectivity is solid. The 360° symmetrical wall-penetrating antenna really seems to boost the signal, up to 118% stronger in some tests, and the AI network smart selection helps you always lock onto the best option. High positioning accuracy is achieved with Dual-Frequency GPS + Dual-Frequency BeiDou.
Security and Ports
The phone features an in-display fingerprint sensor and supports facial recognition. You get Bluetooth 5.4, Type-C USB 2.0. As expected, there is no 3.5mm jack.
Conclusion: My first look at the vivo Y500 Pro
You want to know my opinion about this Phone? For the price of a budget phone, you can get a mid-range phone.
The vivo Y500 Pro is a little flagship. It’s not just about the big numbers like the 200MP OIS camera and the Dimensity 7400 chip; it’s about what they did with the foundation. They successfully built a smartphone that actively fights phone anxiety with that massive 7000mAh battery and military-grade IPX9/IPX8 durability. With the 60-month smoothness guarantee, this really feels like a device you can buy and forget about for the next four or five years.
