Should You Upgrade From the vivo V50?

How the vivo V50 compares with phones you can buy today: how long it still gets updates, what a new phone would add and what you’d give up. Every number comes from official specs and update policies.

Operating system
What matters most (optional)

Your phone

vivo V50

Announced Feb 2025 · 1 year old

7.0
Security updates
Until around 2029
OS upgrades
Until around 2028

Our take

Worth considering

Security updates end around 2029 Newer phones are about 4.3× faster The best upgrade scores 3.8 points higher on performance and 2.4 on camera

Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.

Upgrades we’d look at

We don’t have a US launch price for the vivo V50, so we compare it with upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset. Choose “Any price” above to see every phone.

Same family

vivo V70

7.8Price unknown

What you’d gain

  • 1.4× faster
  • Camera score: 6.6 → 7.3
  • Display score: 8.2 → 8.9
  • Battery: 6,000 → 6,500 mAh
  • Security updates until around 2032
  • Telephoto lens (3× optical zoom)

What you’d give up

Nothing we can see in the specs.

Best upper mid-range upgrade

Motorola Edge 70 Pro

8.2Price unknown

What you’d gain

  • 2.4× faster
  • Camera score: 6.6 → 7.8
  • Display score: 8.2 → 8.9
  • Battery: 6,000 → 6,500 mAh
  • Security updates until around 2031
  • Telephoto lens (3.5× optical zoom)

What you’d give up

  • No charger in the box

Step up: flagshipBest camera

OPPO Find X9 Ultra

9.4Price unknown

What you’d gain

  • 4.3× faster
  • Camera score: 6.6 → 9.0
  • Display score: 8.2 → 8.9
  • Battery: 6,000 → 7,050 mAh
  • Security updates until around 2032
  • Telephoto lens (10× optical zoom)

What you’d give up

  • No charger in the box
  • Heavier: 189 → 236 g

Best battery

POCO F9 Ultra

9.3Price unknown

What you’d gain

  • 4.3× faster
  • Camera score: 6.6 → 8.7
  • Display score: 8.2 → 8.7
  • Battery: 6,000 → 8,050 mAh
  • Security updates until around 2032
  • Telephoto lens (5× optical zoom)

What you’d give up

  • No charger in the box
  • Heavier: 189 → 235 g

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Scores, speed and updates come from official specs, chip benchmarks (Geekbench 6, 3DMark) and the makers’ update policies. How we rate phones

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vivo V50 upgrade FAQ

Is the vivo V50 still supported?

vivo promises 4 years of security updates for the vivo V50, counted from its announcement in February 2025, so they should continue until around 2029. It gets 3 years of OS upgrades, until around 2028.

What is the best upgrade from the vivo V50?

Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra, with a PhoneRanked score of 9.4 vs 7.0 for the vivo V50. The newest model of the same family is the vivo V70. The best upper mid-range upgrade is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro. We don’t have a US launch price for the vivo V50, so we looked at upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset.

How much faster is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra than the vivo V50?

Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the OPPO Find X9 Ultra is about 4.3 times as fast as the vivo V50. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 10,941 vs 3,230, and in the 3DMark Steel Nomad Light graphics test 2,706 vs 490.

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