Mobile Phone Comparison for Oneplus 13s vs Vivo X200 FE camera, specs, price, battery life, performance detailed information.
Introduction
The Vivo X200 FE is a great alternative to the OnePlus 13S. And if you're in the market for a compact Android flagship phone, then these two should be at the top of your list. And you know what? The X100 FE beats the OnePlus 13S in certain key areas, and the OnePlus 13S beats the X1 in certain key areas.
Let us discuss the comparison of the Vivo X200 FE Vs OnePlus 13s Smartphone.
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OnePlus 13s Vs Vivo X200 FE Design
The first thing I noticed is that the X200 FE and the OnePlus 13S look and feel so similar that it feels like they've been minted out from the same assembly line. You get the same iPhone-inspired boxy design with rounded edges as well.
In fact, the overall size and dimensions are largely determined by thickness. The Vivo is slightly heavier. Talking about the differences, you get a pill-shaped camera module cutout with the Vivo, whereas you get a shaped cutout with OnePlus.
Now, which one of these two designs do you prefer? Depends on your subjective opinion, but I like both. The second difference is the light yellow variant of the X200 FE. And there are some nice colors, too.
And this variant actually comes with a black side metal frame. And when you hold these phones in the hand, Vivo's metal frame feels smoother out more than OnePlus's, and it feels softer to hold and use.
But here's the thing that gives Vivo an immediate advantage. In the same form factor and size, Vivo has fitted a much larger 6,500 mAh silicon-carbon battery inside the X200 FE, whereas what you get with OnePlus is a 5,800 mAh graphite anode battery.
But more importantly, Vivo also comes with an IP69 rating as opposed to IP65, which you get with OnePlus. There's one extra key on the OnePlus that is, you get the plus key, which you can invoke the mind space, create memories, all of those things. It's an AI button basically, but that's also customizable.
The rest of the design elements are the same on both. Because what you get is USB Type-C 2.0 at the bottom. You get the power button, you get the volume rocker, you get a dual SIM card tray, and you also get an infrared blaster on both.
Essentially, the Vivo X200 FE is a better version of the OnePlus 13S design, considering all that. Especially the larger battery and the better IP rating. It's not just the design, but even the display is nearly identical, but Vivo edges slightly ahead.
Display Edges Difference: There's only a 0.1-inch difference in the size of the display. The refresh rates are similar, and even the resolution is similar. So, what's the difference between the displays is that the brightness on Vivo is slightly higher than that of OnePlus.
Now, outdoors, both seem equally bright, but Vivo is technically slightly brighter than the OnePlus 13S.
But where it's clearly winning compared to OnePlus is when you're watching HDR content on YouTube and Netflix. Yes, both support HDR content playback on YouTube and Netflix. And that's where the X200 FE looks much brighter than the OnePlus 13S.
And Vivo has a Zas Master display, which means that the color tuning is absolutely spot-on. It's not like OnePlus's color tuning is bad. It's actually pretty good. But you'll have to switch on to the pro mode. So, don't forget that, because by default it's set to vivid.
Now, remember how I'd said that the haptic feedback tuning on the OnePlus 13S with O haptics is not to the level of other haptic experiences that I've had on other OnePlus phones. Well, Vivo's haptic feedback is even softer than OnePlus. So, this means that OnePlus has better vibration motors. By the way, X200 FE for the very first time uses Schott Xensation Core for the display protection.
So after reading the name Core, I felt like maybe this could be the budget variant of the Schott sensation display protection, and maybe it's like a competitor to the Gorilla Glass 7i that we have on the Corning side, but it's not really that. It's the best one, even better than Short Sensation Alpha.
And on OnePlus, you have the Crystal Shield Plus. You also get stereo speakers on both. They both sound very loud, but OnePlus does have a little bit more bass, and therefore it sounds a little richer. Both Vivo and OnePlus support both the high-res codecs LHDC and LDAC.
OnePlus 13s Vs Vivo X200 FE Performance
The performance is undisputedly superior on OnePlus because what you get is Snapdragon 8 Elite with the 13S as opposed to Dimensity 9300 Plus with the X200 FE. And of course, the other difference is UFS 4.0 Vs UFS 3.1. Yeah, the X200 UFS 3.1.
So in all the benchmarks, whether it's AnTuTu, Geekbench, or the storage readers tests, OnePlus beats Vivo. The CPU throttle performance is largely similar on both.
Now, in GPU stability, Vivo has slightly better GPU stability, but that's also because OnePlus sort of has better throughput or more GPU performance.
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OnePlus offers better average FPS, and it stays cooler compared to Vivo. It's not like Vivo gets hot, because there was a concern that a lot of people were raising about the X200 FE. I think it was in the global variants that the phone gets hot.
In isolation, the X200FE’s performance is actually very good, and it's pretty good for nearly 90% of the users out there who do not care for the best of the best performance. But if you are in the niche that wants the best performance of whatever phone you buy, then the OnePlus 13S is better than the X200 FE in this price range.
The Oneplus 13s comes with the price range of INR 51,999 and Vivo X200 FE comes with INR 54,999.
Since the X200 FE has a larger battery. The OnePlus 13S was fantastic to begin with. You can easily expect anywhere close to 7 hours of screen time with this phone. But with the Vivo, you can expect up to 8 hours of screen time. You get a 90-watt charger inside the box, which charges the 6,500 mAh battery from 0 to 100% in about 57-58 minutes.
Whereas the OnePlus 13S actually takes about 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes with the 80-watt bundled charger.
OnePlus 13s Vs Vivo X200 FE Camera
Time to compare the cameras on Vivo X200FE and OnePlus 13s. And if you look at the hardware specs, of course, Vivo has a leg up here.
Both phones use a 1x-1.56 in sensor by Sony. It is Latia 700 on the OnePlus and IMX 921 on Vivo. Both are technically the same sensor if you look at it. And this is why a 100% crop reveals more details.
But in low light, Vivo's algorithm is far superior. It captures more details. The textures are sharper, and even the exposure is better in the darker portions of the image. HDR tuning is, of course, fantastic on both. The only difference is that OnePlus captures pro XDR photos that retain more brightness information. It, of course, looks very impressive on an HDR-compatible display.
Another major difference is the color tuning. OnePlus has a single default color mode, where it captures pictures with poppy colors. Vivo, on the other hand, has Zeiss for true colors.
OnePlus's colors do look good for social media, and it does look poppy, but so does Vivo in vivid mode. If not, you can shoot in the Zeiss natural color mode and get close to neutral colors. The X200FE also has excellent skin tone rendition in the Zeiss Master mode. It's way better than the 13S's brightened red skin reproduction. Plus, you can see more details at 100% crop.
The portrait mode on Vivo is better. You get multiple portrait focal lengths. With OnePlus, you only get a single 48 mm focal length. And now, when you match the 48 mm to the 50 mm, you can tell that Vivo offers superior semantic segmentation and bokeh blur.
Since the OnePlus 13S has a dedicated 2x zoom camera, it captures more natural details than the Vivo. Generally, if you look at it at longer zoom ranges, anything beyond 3x, Vivo would be better. So, for Zoom performance, I would easily pick Vivo.
Vivo selfies offer more details and better skin tones in daylight. Even the portrait selfies have better edge detection and bokeh drop off. But in low light, OnePlus has better-looking selfies for sure.
OnePlus 13s Vs Vivo X200 FE Video Recording
Now you can shoot 4K 60 fps videos on both of the primary cameras, and both are neck to neck in terms of quality. But if you peer closely, OnePlus offers superior video recording quality. You get better audio recording quality, and the details are also slightly better with a higher bit rate. Stabilization and colors are really good, too.
Moreover, OnePlus can also shoot HDR videos, which Vivo cannot. Technically, the details in Vivos' video recording are hidden behind the noise. So, in post-processing, you can reduce the noise a little, and the control is in your hands to figure out how much of the details you want to keep, and how much of it you want to smooth out.
But with OnePlus, since it's already smoothing out, you can't bring back the details. So, it might sound weird for me to say it. Which is a lot by the way, is actually better than the smooth lot that OnePlus shoots.
Vivo does offer better telephoto video recording quality, but the selfie video recording quality is superior on OnePlus, despite the fact that it only does 4K 30 fps. Vivo can shoot 4K 60 fps, but it doesn't offer stabilization at 4K resolution.
If you want stabilization, then you'll have to switch on the super stabilization mode, which gives you stabilization at 1080p 30 fps only.
But overall, if I had to pick one phone for camera experience, it would be the Vivo over the OnePlus.
OnePlus 13s Vs Vivo X200 FE Software
Now, Vivo comes with Funtouch OS 15 based on Android 15, and the company is also promising 4 plus 5 years of OS updates. What I like about Funtouch OS with the X200 FE that we have is that it's a clean install with nearly zero bloat. Actually, bloatware-wise, there's nothing. There are some extra third-party apps, but you can uninstall all of them.
But the only fundamental problem is that if you actually keep the global search on, then when you swipe down, it just gives you unwanted recommendations for news and stuff that you might not want to see.
Oxygen OS 15 with Android 15 is one of my favorite operating system experiences out there. And with the OnePlus 13S, it is leveled up. I'm not talking about the plus key. I'm talking about features like AI call translation and, of course, the modern design elements that you get with it, like live activities and stuff like that. It's just better.
It's also smoother in terms of animation compared to Vivo. Not like Vivo's animation is bad, but OnePlus is even better. So yeah, when it boils down to OS experience, it must be OnePlus over Vivo for me.
Conclusion
So the Vivo X200 FE has been an absolute joy to use, and it's kind of perfect for my requirements. It's a very nice-looking, comfortable, compact flagship phone. It's dainty. It's got an IP69 rating. It's got fantastic battery life. The display experience is superior.
And of course, it doesn't compromise on the camera quality. It's almost an ideal blend of the right components to give you a very good experience. The only thing I would have wanted from the X200 FE is a better software experience, a more refined, more modern software experience with Fun Touch OS. But yeah, by now we must make peace with it.
The OnePlus 13S is still a great phone purely because, compared to the Vivo X200FE, you do get superior performance, which is great for performance enthusiasts, and it's also tuned really, really well. And it goes without saying that the Oxygen OS experience is a far superior experience compared to Fun Touch OS.
Also, we've made an comparsion artice of Oneplus 13 vs Xiaomi 15.
So, between these two phones, which one do you like? And share the reason in the comments.
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