vivo X300 Pro Photographer Kit Sells Out in Philippines

The vivo X300 Pro Photographer Kit has sold out in the Philippines before its June 5 pre-order deadline, clearing available stock on the P149,999 bundle that combined the X300 Ultra flagship with professional photography accessories. Two alternatives from the same lineup remain in stores: the X300 Ultra at P109,999 in Steppe Green, available through vivo concept stores nationwide and the vivo e-store, Shopee, and TikTok Shop, and the compact X300 FE at P54,999 in Mist Purple or Luxe Black.

The P149,999 Bundle That Ran Out

• P149,999 – Photographer Kit (X300 Ultra + full professional accessory rig)
• P109,999 – X300 Ultra, standalone, Steppe Green
• P54,999 – X300 FE, Mist Purple or Luxe Black
• P13,999 – ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2, sold separately

Pre-orders for the Photographer Kit, the X300 Ultra, and the X300 FE opened May 23 and were scheduled through June 5. The Kit cleared first. Beyond the X300 Ultra handset, the bundle contained 200mm and 400mm ZEISS telephoto extenders, a professional imaging grip, a tripod collar ring, and lens adapters. vivo Philippines’ official Photographer Kit launch announcement described the package as a production-ready rig designed for serious field shooting and cinematic workflows.

Pre-order buyers picked up additional incentives: a limited-edition vivo Watch GT 2, listed at P7,999 as a standalone purchase, along with an exclusive photography bag for orders through the vivo e-store. Home Credit Philippines offered installment terms for both the Ultra and FE at P76 per day over 18 months at 0% interest.

This was the highest price point vivo has tested in a Philippines smartphone launch. The X300 and X300 Pro, both released in November 2025 on MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chips, entered the market at P67,999 and P77,999 respectively. The X300 Ultra, which launched globally on March 30, 2026, arrived in Philippine stores in late May as the current top of the range.

vivo Philippines has not announced a restock date for the bundle. The 400mm extender that was inside the Photographer Kit is not currently listed as a standalone product through vivo’s Philippines channels. Buyers who want extended telephoto reach can add the ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 for P13,999, which gives either the X300 Ultra or X300 FE a 200mm-equivalent optical reach.

Triple ZEISS Lenses Across Three Focal Lengths

The X300 Ultra’s imaging system is what the Photographer Kit was built to showcase. vivo and ZEISS co-engineered a Triple ZEISS Master Lenses configuration around three separate optical units at fixed focal lengths: a 200-megapixel 85mm telephoto, a 35mm documentary lens, and a 50-megapixel 14mm ultra-wide. Each unit carries its own dedicated sensor and optical image stabilization, designed as three individual cameras rather than one primary sensor serving multiple cropped zoom positions.

The 85mm APO Telephoto

The 85mm camera is a ZEISS Gimbal-Grade APO Telephoto unit. APO, short for apochromatic, designates optical glass formulated to correct chromatic aberration across multiple wavelengths of light, eliminating the color fringing that telephoto lenses typically produce at high-contrast edges. The gimbal-grade stabilization is vivo’s rating for the optical image stabilization built into this lens, calibrated for handheld long-range shots that would otherwise need a physical camera stabilizer.

Paired with the ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2, the 85mm camera reaches 200mm-equivalent optical reach. The Photographer Kit’s 400mm extender pushed that further for buyers who secured it during the pre-order window. ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating covers the lens surface, reducing lens flare and surface reflections.

The 35mm Documentary Camera

The documentary lens is a 200-megapixel unit built on a Sony LYT-901 sensor. The 85mm telephoto uses a Samsung HP0 periscope sensor – a separate chip for a separate optical job, with no shared sensor space between the two high-resolution cameras. Two dedicated 200-megapixel cameras in one handset is a configuration rare at any price tier in the current flagship market.

ZEISS T* coating is applied to all three lenses across the Triple ZEISS system. vivo carried this coating through its broader X300 lineup from the base model upward, making it a consistent specification across the range rather than a feature isolated to the Ultra.

4K 120fps Log Video and On-Device Processing

The X300 Ultra introduces multi-focal 4K 120fps 10-bit Log video recording, available across all three cameras. Log format records a flatter color curve than standard video, keeping highlight and shadow detail that the standard dynamic range pipeline compresses. Filmmakers and commercial directors working in post-production have more retained dynamic range to apply custom color grades.

Processing runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. A VS1 imaging chip handles real-time pre-processing frame by frame before the V3+ chip manages post-processing. The battery is a 6,600mAh BlueVolt silicon-carbon cell, rated for 100W FlashCharge wired and 40W Wireless FlashCharge. The display is a 6.82-inch 2K AMOLED at 144Hz with 4,500-nit peak brightness, inside a body rated IP68 and IP69 for dust and water resistance.

The X300 FE’s Compact Build

The X300 FE is the slim end of vivo’s current X300 lineup: a single premium telephoto camera in a phone built for pockets the Ultra doesn’t fit. At 7.99mm thick and 191 grams, it carries SGS Five-Star Drop Resistance certification alongside military-grade drop protection. The FE launched simultaneously with the Ultra, sharing the same May 23 to June 5 pre-order window.

The FE’s chipset is the standard Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (3nm), a step below the Elite Gen 5 variant in the Ultra, running with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its camera setup centers on a 50-megapixel ZEISS Super Telephoto as the lead lens, alongside a 50-megapixel primary camera and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide. Full specifications are on vivo Philippines’ official X300 FE product page.

Stage Mode is the FE’s imaging headline: a dedicated shooting profile that uses the telephoto and stabilization to hold distant, moving subjects steady in the frame from a fixed position. Philippine arena and outdoor concert audiences, who typically sit 30 to 100 meters from the stage, are the obvious target. Both phones run OriginOS 6 (OOS6) on Android 16, with cross-device tools compatible with Apple hardware including iPad and Mac for file sharing across platforms. vivo commits to five years of OS upgrades and seven years of security patches on the X300 Ultra.

Reaching 200mm Without the Photographer Kit

The ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 remains available at P13,999 and works with both the X300 Ultra and X300 FE across photo, video, and Stage Mode. It weighs 153 grams and attaches via the lens adapter ring included in the package.

The telephoto extender gives photographers a powerful option to explore detail at scale, while keeping the experience mobile, intuitive, and exciting.

Liu Lu, Brand Marketing Director of vivo Philippines, on the extender’s design intent within the X300 lineup.

The extender pushes the X300 Ultra’s 85mm telephoto to 200mm-equivalent reach for distant sporting events, live performances, and wildlife. X300 FE buyers who add it reach a combined spend of P68,998. The 400mm extender that shipped inside the Photographer Kit is not listed as a standalone accessory through vivo Philippines’ current channels.

Premium Demand in a Budget-First Market

The Philippines smartphone market shipped 17.5 million units in 2025, with mid-range handsets accounting for nearly 42% of total unit shipments by volume, according to The Report Cubes. Budget-first brands drive the volume count: Transsion Holdings, the Chinese consumer electronics group behind Infinix, TECNO, and itel, held approximately 35% of total Philippines smartphone market share by Q3 2025, per the Philippines smartphone market report from Expert Market Research. Metro Manila and Luzon together account for roughly 58% of national smartphone shipments, concentrating most of the premium demand.

The premium tier, devices priced above $800 or roughly P46,000 at current exchange rates, grew 49% year-over-year in 2024, with Samsung Galaxy S-series and Apple iPhone hardware driving most of that increase. Samsung holds the largest authorized retail footprint in the Philippines across mid-range and premium tiers. Apple commands premium buyer loyalty concentrated among higher-income Metro Manila consumers, with iOS at approximately 11% of total Philippines smartphone market share.

vivo competes above mid-range but well below Samsung and Apple’s price ceiling. Its parent company BBK Electronics operates multiple phone brands across Southeast Asia; both vivo and sibling brand OPPO expanded service center coverage and retail partnerships into secondary Philippine cities through 2025, building distribution for higher-ticket devices outside Metro Manila. Analysts noted that vivo accelerated launches of affordable 5G-enabled devices in entry-level and mid-range segments in early 2026, even as the X300 Ultra pushed the brand’s price ceiling in the Philippines upward.

The X300 Ultra and X300 FE launched in India at Rs 1,59,999 and Rs 79,999 respectively in late May, days before the Philippine stores rollout. The X300 Ultra and X300 FE India pricing shows how vivo sequenced the two launches across markets in the same window. The Photographer Kit was the highest price point vivo has tested in a Philippines smartphone launch.

The bundle is sold out with no announced restock. The X300 Ultra and X300 FE are in active stock through vivo concept stores, the vivo e-store, Shopee, and TikTok Shop. Current pricing and accessory listings are on the vivo Philippines X300 series product page.