vivo unveiled the X500 family last month in China, and it has already been revealed that the European launch event will take place on October 27. A new leak today tells us about the European prices of the devices, but there is a twist – apparently only two of the three models are available in Europe.
The ‘vanilla’ X500 may not launch in Europe at all. There’s a slim chance it could arrive later, but according to a usually reliable source, it won’t land at the same time as the X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max. Speaking of which, the X500 Pro will reportedly be priced at €1,399.
It will be offered with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for that price, and it is not clear if more configurations will also be available. The phone will have two color options in Europe – Moonlit Black and Sunny White.
Meanwhile, the X500 Pro Max is priced at €1,799 with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and comes in Moonlit Black and Starry Grey. If you want the Pro Max with the Photographer Kit, that will set you back a whopping €1,999.
Of course, this is unconfirmed information, but earlier this month, a leak also spelled out the European prices for Oppo’s Find X10 series, which will land on the continent on October 21, and they are actually very similar – the Find X10 Pro Max and the vivo X500 Pro Max can actually have the exact same price in Europe, and ship with exactly the same amount of RAM and storage.
If all these rumors come true, the latest flagships from Oppo and Vivo will be €50 cheaper in Europe than the iPhone 18 Pro Max with the same amount of storage. All this is to say that the new reality of smartphone prices in the EU these days is pretty crazy.
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