Vivo X500 series India launch date officially revealed, brings new red variant

Vivo has officially confirmed that the X500 series will launch in India on November 26, 2026. In a new post on X, Vivo India said the wait has led to something extraordinary and shared a teaser that shows the lineup in three colors, including a new red variant. The date follows earlier teasers in the country and lines up with previous reports that the lineup would arrive by the end of November.

Vivo confirms the X500 series will launch in India on November 26

The wait has led to something extraordinary.
And the moment is almost here.
A new world of possibilities awaits.

The #vivoX500Series launches on 26 November 2026.

#vivoIndia #BornToCreate

— vivo India (@Vivo_India) November 12, 2026

The official post refers to the X500 series and includes a 15-second teaser, but it does not name which models will go on sale in India. The clip shows a red finish on the standard X500, which uses a smaller circular camera module with a separate flash. That red variant has not been offered in China and does not appear to be on sale in Europe or Southeast Asia either.

Earlier coverage pointed to the Vivo X500, X500 Pro, and X500 Pro Max all arriving together, and a recent India teaser appeared to highlight the Pro Max with a 400mm-equivalent Zeiss telephoto extender. In China, Vivo launched all three phones on September 21. The standard X500 uses the Dimensity 9600M, a 6.59-inch 144Hz 1.5K OLED display, a 50-megapixel main camera with a 64-megapixel telephoto, and a 7,500mAh battery, starting at 5,499 yuan (~$821).

The X500 Pro and X500 Pro Max are the world’s first phones with the 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro. The more compact X500 Pro has a 6.36-inch 144Hz LTPO display, a 50-megapixel main camera, a 64-megapixel 85mm telephoto, and a 6,510mAh battery, starting at 6,499 yuan (~$970) in China. The X500 Pro Max steps up to a 6.85-inch 2K 144Hz panel, a 200-megapixel Zeiss APO telephoto, and an 8,000mAh battery, from 6,999 yuan (~$1,045).

All three support 90W wired and 40W wireless charging, and they launched in China with OriginOS 7 on Android 17. The Pro models also made their European debut on October 27, and the lineup has started reaching Southeast Asian markets as well. Vivo has not announced Indian pricing, memory configurations, or a sale date, and the models seen in earlier teasers should still be treated as expected rather than confirmed.