The Vivo X300 FE goes on sale in India on May 14, and pre-bookings are already live on Amazon, Flipkart, and the Vivo India Store starting at ₹79,999 for the base 12GB/256GB variant.
If you’re planning to buy offline though, the numbers look a lot more interesting. According to tipster Sanju Choudhary (
The Deal Breakdown
Start with the ₹79,999 launch price. A card discount of ₹7,999 brings it down to around ₹72,000. Stack a store discount of ₹5,000 to ₹6,000 on top, and you’re at roughly ₹65,999 to ₹66,999 before any exchange offer. Add a ₹5,000 exchange bonus and the effective price drops to ₹60,999 to ₹61,999.
The ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 kit is also available in combo for around ₹13,500, against its standalone price of ₹15,999.
Store discounts and exchange bonuses can vary by retailer, so worth confirming before you head out.
What You’re Getting
The X300 FE is Vivo’s compact flagship for 2026 and it’s built around three things: cameras, battery, and size (check out our review).
The camera system is ZEISS-backed with a 50MP primary sensor, a 50MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom and OIS, and an 8MP ultrawide. The telephoto is the headline here, using the IMX882 sensor, the same one in the X300 Ultra. There’s also a 50MP front camera with autofocus. The ZEISS tuning shows up most in colour accuracy and detail at longer focal lengths.
The display is a 6.31-inch LTPO AMOLED with 1.5K resolution, 1Hz to 120Hz adaptive refresh, and HDR10+ support. Compact by today’s flagship standards, and the thin bezels mean the screen-to-body ratio doesn’t suffer for it.
Power comes from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, paired with LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. The 6,500mAh battery is unusually large for a 6.31-inch phone, and it charges at 90W wired. The phone carries both IP68 and IP69 ratings, so it’s rated for high-pressure water jets on top of standard submersion protection.
Software is Android 16-based OriginOS 6, and Vivo has committed to five years of OS updates and seven years of security patches.
Should You Buy It
At ₹79,999, the X300 FE is a reasonable proposition given what’s on the spec sheet. At ₹61,999 to ₹65,999, depending on how you stack the offline discounts, it becomes a much easier call. A compact flagship with a serious ZEISS telephoto, a 6,500mAh battery, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 at this price doesn’t have many direct competitors right now.