Vivo X500 Pro Max Appears in IMEI Database With V2610 for Global Release

Q: With its 8,000mAh battery and 200MP camera, will this phone's final price make it an unobtainable luxury for most?

Yes—based on the leaks and current flagship pricing, the Vivo X500 Pro Max is likely to be expensive enough to sit beyond the mainstream market, though probably not completely out of reach for all premium-phone buyers. The strongest signal is its positioning. The X500 Pro Max appears to be Vivo’s top global model, with a 6.85-inch 2K 144Hz OLED display, a Dimensity 9600-series flagship chip, an unusually large roughly 8,000mAh battery, and a camera system led by a 200MP periscope telephoto sensor. Those are ultra-premium components, and they usually push a phone well above standard flagship pricing. The pricing context points the same way. Reports cited in the supporting material suggest the lower-tier X500 Pro could land around $830 in one configuration, while top-end flagships from major brands commonly run from about $1,000 to $1,500, with some niche premium devices going higher. Given the Pro Max’s larger display, bigger battery, and more ambitious camera hardware, a launch price above $1,000 looks plausible, and a range around $1,200 to $1,500 would not be surprising. That said, “unobtainable luxury” may overstate it slightly. Vivo has often priced aggressively against Samsung and Apple, so the X500 Pro Max could still undercut some rival ultra-flagships. But if the leaked specifications hold, it is shaping up as a high-end halo product, not a mass-market phone. For most buyers, the X500, X500e, or even the X500 Pro would likely be the more realistic options.

1 articles · Updated · gizmochina · Jun 24

Vivo’s X500 Pro Max has surfaced in the IMEI database, confirming the V2610 model number and signaling a global launch for the flagship.
The listing reveals no hardware details, but it clarifies that the Pro Max name is not limited to China after earlier uncertainty over its international release.
Global markets now appear set to get at least four X500-series phones — X500e, X500, X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max — with an X500 FE still unconfirmed.
Leaks point to a 6.85-inch 2K 144Hz OLED display, a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto camera, a Dimensity 9600-series chip and an roughly 8,000mAh battery.