Vivo has locked in June 26 for the X Fold6, ending a teaser campaign that’s been trickling out specs for the better part of a week. The Chinese launch kicks off at 7:00 PM local time, and the company isn’t waiting until then to start taking money \u2014 pre-orders are already open on vivo’s own China store and across Tmall and JD.com, with early reservation holders entered into a draw to win the phone outright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The detail worth pausing on isn’t the date. It’s the chip. For the first time in the X Fold line, vivo has walked away from Qualcomm. Every foldable before this one ran Snapdragon silicon: the X Fold5 on the 8 Gen 3 and the X Fold3<\/a> on the 8 Gen 2. The X Fold6 instead runs MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 Super Edition, a variant that vivo says was built specifically for large-screen foldables rather than pulled off the shelf. According to the company’s numbers, the Super Edition pushes peak NPU performance up to 111% higher than the standard 9500 while cutting AI power draw by 56%. Vivo also suggests the switch freed up budget to spend where a foldable actually earns its keep: the hinge, the display glass, and the cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n