Google Pixel 9 Pro XL vs Vivo X100 Pro blind camera comparison: round one

Welcome to the 91mobiles Blind Camera League! Here, we’re putting the camera capabilities of smartphones from various price ranges to the test across different scenarios. And the best part? You, our readers, are the judges! Simply choose the images you prefer, and the phone with fewer votes will be eliminated. The winning phone moves on to the next round, facing off against other winners until only one champion remains.

Round one flagship competitors:

In the first round, we have the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL (review) and the Vivo X100 Pro (review) battling it out for the title of Best Flagship Camera Phone. Check out the blind camera comparisons below, and vote for your favourite photos!

• Group A: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
• Group B: Google Pixel 9 vs Apple iPhone 16
• Group D: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 vs Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Camera specs at a glance:

Before we begin our blind camera test, let’s review these phones’ on-paper specs. Since it is a blind camera test, we have renamed the phones “Phone A” and “Phone B.” The names will be disclosed once the poll ends after a week.

	Google Pixel 9 Pro XL	Vivo X100 Pro co-engineered with ZEISS
Primary camera	50 MP, f/1.68 with Octa PDAF & OIS	50 MP (Sony IMX989), f/1.75 with PDAF & OIS
Secondary camera	48 MP (ultrawide), f/1.7 Quad PDAF with Autofocus	50 MP (ultrawide), f/2.0 with Autofocus
Tertiary camera	48 MP (5x periscope), f/2.8 Quad PDAF with OIS	50 MP (Sony IMX816, 4.3x periscope), f/2.5 with OIS
Front Camera	42 MP, f/2.2 with PDAF	32 MP, f/2.0

Daylight HDR

To test the HDR capabilities of the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro, along with other parameters like colour management, and sharpness we took this daylight shot from each of them.

Ultrawide

These ultrawide shots are from our office on both phones to test the distortion aka perspective correction, colour consistency, HDR processing, etc.

Zoom

These zoom shots from the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro from the same spot.

Portrait

This portrait was captured from the same distance and at the same focal length, from both phones simultaneously.

Selfie

Here are the selfies from both the phones beside each other, to test the front camera on parameters like colour management, focusing capabilities, HDR processing, and more.

Low light without night mode

The low-light pictures are from the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro, without night mode to test their low-light capabilities.

Low light with night mode

Here are the night mode samples from both the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro, in the same conditions.

This wraps up our blind camera comparison between the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and Vivo X100 Pro. Now, it’s time to pick the images you like more, by casting your vote in the polls attached to each segment. We will keep the polls open for exactly a week. Come back on Friday, November 15th to see which of the two advances to the next round.

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