The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is a balanced flagship phone, but can it compete with Ultra-branded camera phones from China? To find out, I pitted the best Samsung phone against the Oppo Find X9 Ultra, which is widely considered the best camera phone available right now. But while the Oppo flagship was the favorite going into my photo walk, the Samsung surprised me in a few ways.

With the S26 Ultra, the Korean giant doubled down on software and bundled it with larger apertures on two sensors, whereas Oppo went all-in on hardware upgrades and paired them with meaningful software advancements. It also added 10x optical zoom, making the Find X9 Ultra the only Ultra phone with this feature in 2026. Oppo says its 10x telephoto camera is 3x more light-sensitive than the Galaxy S23 Ultra's 10x camera.

The resulting camera system beats the Galaxy S26 Ultra in most scenarios, but Samsung's flagship phone surprised me on multiple occasions. It's certainly a better camera phone than the Galaxy S25 Ultra, despite having seemingly similar hardware.

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs. Oppo Find X9 Ultra: Specs

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra covers 13-111mm focal lengths. It has a 50MP 13mm f/1.9 ultra-wide camera with a 1/2.5-inch sensor, a 200MP 23mm f/1.4 main camera with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, a 10MP 67mm f/2.4 3x telephoto camera with a 1/3.94-inch sensor, and a 50MP 111mm f/2.9 5x periscope telephoto camera with a 1/2.52-inch sensor. It looks formidable until you see what Oppo has on offer this year.

The Find X9 Ultra covers focal lengths from 14mm to 230mm. It has a 50MP 14mm f/2 ultra-wide camera with a 1/1.95-inch sensor, a 200MP 23mm f/1.5 main camera with a 1/1.2-inch sensor, a 200MP 70mm f/2.2 3x telephoto camera with a 1/1.28-inch sensor, and a 50MP 230mm f/3.5 10x telephoto camera with a 1/2.75-inch sensor.

I took more than 500 photos on each phone and narrowed down this comparison to 25 images. Here's how the two Ultra phone cameras compare:

Main camera

Both Samsung and Oppo shoot pixel-binned images from their 200MP sensor by default. I recommend using a higher resolution mode (like 24MP or 50MP on the Galaxy S26 Ultra and 50MP on the Oppo), but I kept the default settings for this comparison.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra boosts color saturation to add a pop, whereas Oppo's shots look more natural. While I like Samsung's contrast, there's some artificial color sharpening going on, making it look less natural.

On the other hand, the Find X9 Ultra gives you a more pleasing bokeh, thanks to a bigger sensor. Both phones captured good amount of details, as you can see the texture on the leaves.

However, I prefer Oppo's color science and Master Mode, which give me natural tones with minimal phone-like color processing.

In evening shots, the Galaxy S26 Ultra gave my photos a teal hue, whereas the Find X9 Ultra had a pink hue. My skin tone was better captured by the Oppo phone, and it had more details. In comparison, the Samsung shot looks slightly noisy and less appealing overall.

Samsung has been working on improving its night mode photos for a few years now, and the Galaxy S26 Ultra beats its rivals in this scenario on most occasions. I want my low-light photos to look like low-light shots instead of artificially brightened photos. That's why I like Samsung's saturated colors on the entrance board versus Oppo's brightened picture quality at night.

However, if you switch to the Master Mode, things change drastically. The Find X9 Ultra handles night light well and doesn't overexpose the shots to brighten every detail. In my testing, Master Mode consistently delivered better results than Oppo's default processing, and I relied on it for night shots.

Telephoto cameras

This is one of the scenarios where Samsung surprised me. I like its cooler tone versus Oppo's warmer look, which gave my skin a yellow tint. It doesn't look bad, but I'm simply not that pale. Again, this could be fixed by using the Master Mode, but I expected better color science from the default processing. However, Oppo's shot captured rich details as compared to a slightly smoother-looking skin on the Samsung flagship.

In challenging lighting situations like the above, when the setting sun was directly hitting my face, Samsung processed the photo better than Oppo.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra managed to get the golden hour look, while the Find X9 Ultra's shot looks washed out. Both photos were captured with tap and shoot, so the focus was set, and the cameras didn't struggle to find the subject automatically. Again, I wish Samsung captured more details with a more natural-looking bokeh. It looks soft and slightly artificial in comparison to the Oppo's.

Oppo's bigger lens and smarter processing comes in handy when you need rich details in shots like above. Samsung struggled to focus on the thick webbing, while the Find X9 Ultra focused and captured even the single strands. And this extends to the 10x telephoto camera.

Oppo demolishes the Galaxy S26 Ultra in macro shots. This was a tricky subject because the small flower kept moving in the slightest breeze. I struggled to get it in focus with the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which it simply couldn't do. That's why I don't have a comparison photo for this shot. The Oppo Find X9 Ultra, by contrast, focused on the same subject with a single tap and even captured those white threads in the picture.

One of the reasons I love having big telephoto cameras, like the one on the Find X9 Ultra, is that they allow me to get so close to small subjects and capture things I'd never be able to focus on with my eyes. Oppo's macro mode is right up there with Vivo's, and Samsung doesn't have a match for it.

Ultra-wide camera

When it comes to my ultra-wide testing, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra was able to get more contrast and highlight the blues of the sky without blowing out the green leaves as the Galaxy S26 Ultra did.

Overall, I prefer Oppo's shot here because it has more details on the tree trunks and didn't overexpose the leaves. However, Samsung's processing focused on better exposing the leaves and didn't have the same halo effect as its rival.

Verdict

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra consistently captured richer details compared to the Galaxy S26 Ultra. However, the Samsung flagship stood its own and even beat the Oppo phone on a couple of occasions. While I prefer having bigger sensors, the Galaxy phone surprised me in the best ways.

That said, Oppo easily wins in most scenarios. It is, hands-down, the current king of smartphone telephoto cameras. TechRadar's Cameras Editor Timothy Coleman also compared the Find X9 Ultra to two dedicated cameras and concluded, "It feels like this flagship Chinese phone renders most travel zoom compacts redundant," which can't be said about the Galaxy S26 Ultra. The Master Mode is an added benefit if you like shooting film-like colors. I simply can't stop shooting with this phone.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra: Two-minute review

The Oppo Find X8 Ultra was one of the best camera phones to launch in 2025, but there was one big problem: you could only officially get it in China. Now, its successor has landed, and thankfully, this one's launching globally.

To make matters even better, the Find X9 Ultra has been upgraded in just about every conceivable way. It features the latest Snapdragon SoC, a bigger battery, a fresh Hasselblad-inspired design, and a faster screen with a new shape.

Really, though, it's the cameras that are the main attraction, and this is no small upgrade. The phone's main camera has been bumped up to 200MP, as has the 3x periscope telephoto lens. Meanwhile, the ultra-wide gets a significantly larger sensor, and the 6x telephoto has been replaced with a 10x unit.

The Find X8 Ultra was already amazing, but the X9 Ultra takes smartphone imaging to new heights. It has the best zoom of any phone I've tested, and captures stunning shots in all lighting conditions.

Plus, it benefits from Hasselblad-approved film simulations and stunning portrait mode effects. And that's before we get into its video chops, where the Oppo Find X9 Ultra boasts up to 4K 120fps recording with Log and Dolby Vision, with the ability to bake in LUTs.

If you want to take your video and photography capabilities even further, there's an amazing photography kit and teleconverter lens available for the Find X9 Ultra — but it doesn't come cheap. At the time of writing, I haven't put this kit through its paces, but the 300mm-equivalent teleconverter looks to be one of the most impressive offerings so far.

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra has been an absolute delight to live with, and I find myself with almost zero complaints. The software is brilliant, the battery life is solid, the performance is top-notch, and the cameras may be the best of any phone yet.

The only things that might deter some people are the physical size and weight of this phone, as well as its price. But if you want the best camera phone on the market, those are the sacrifices you have to make. In my eyes, the Find X9 Ultra is absolutely worth it.

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Price and availability

• 12GB + 512GB for £1,449
• Launched 'globally' for the first time
• Not available in the US

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is available to pre-order now in both the UK and Europe, along with most other regions globally — excluding the United States. The phone will be available at retail starting May 8, 2026, and it comes in two colours, either Tundra Umber (vegan leather) or Canyon Orange.

In the UK, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra is only available with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, but select markets will also be able to purchase a 16GB+1TB variety. The 12GB+512GB model will cost you £1,449, which is exactly the same price as the 512GB Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra.

It's a pricey phone, but with a stacked spec sheet and the most advanced camera hardware on the market, that was to be expected. You couldn't call it a bargain, but if you're a photography and video enthusiast, I think the cost of entry is well justified.

• Value score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Specs

Here’s a look at the Oppo Find X9 Ultra’s key specs:

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Design

• Hasselblad X2D-inspired design
• Tundra Umber and Canyon Orange options
• IP68 + IP69 dust and water-resistant

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is available in two distinct and bold color options for the global market. I opted for the Tundra Umber version, which takes design cues from Hasselblad's X2D medium format camera.

It has a brownish finish with a metallic sheen, covered by two panels of black vegan leather that mimic the look of a camera grip. The camera control button (or Quick Key) has Hasselblad's signature orange finish, and there's a subtle orange ring around the camera island, too.

The Canyon Orange version makes even more of a statement. It foregoes the vegan leather panelling in favor of a smooth glass back with a subtle swirling pattern. They both look stunning, but if you're a camera nerd, Tundra Umber is the obvious choice.

The X9 Ultra has a large circular camera module, just like its predecessor, but this one looks a little different. While the base platform is a circle, the glass lens covering is now a curved hexagonal shape. It's a somewhat unusual decision that I'm not entirely sold on.

I'm not sure of the exact reasoning behind it, but if I had to guess, I think Oppo is attempting to mimic the shape of the aperture opening on a high-end lens.

Taking clear inspiration from Apple's latest iPhones, and following in the footsteps of the X9 Pro, the X9 Ultra has its version of both an Action Button and Camera Control button. Of course, you get the usual volume rocker and lock button, as well.

I’m a big fan of these buttons on the iPhone, so I’m happy to see them here, too. Oppo could have done something a little more original, but there's no arguing with the utility.

The Action Button (or Snap Key, as Oppo calls it) has all the same functionality as Apple’s equivalent, but Oppo’s version of the Camera Control (Quick Button) is more limited.

You can still use it to open the camera app with a double tap, swiping it zooms in and out, and pressing it takes a photo. However, it's not customizable like Apple’s version. You can't use it to adjust your EV compensation, switch filters, or half-press it to focus. These features seem like they'd be easy enough to implement, but for some reason, Oppo hasn't done so.

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra has both IP68 and IP69 certifications. This means it’s effectively dust and waterproof, and it’ll even survive blasts from jets of hot water. Handy, if you ever accidentally run it through the dishwasher.

• Design score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Display

• 6.82-inch 144Hz OLED display
• Similar shape to the S25 Ultra
• 3,600 nits peak brightness

The first thing that struck me about the X9 Ultra’s display is that the corners have a much sharper radius than other phones in the Find X9 family.

It reminds me of the screen on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. It occupies a middle ground between sharp 90-degree corners and a softer, more iPhone-like curve.

The result is a display that feels noticeably larger than that of the Find X9 Pro, without actually taking up much more pocket space.

The downside is that it doesn't benefit from the same razor-thin bezels as the Pro model. They're still slim, but they're nowhere near as impressive.

Another standout is the fact that this phone has a 144Hz adaptive refresh rate, rather than 120Hz. I’d be lying if I said I could tell the difference, but if you're in the upper echelons of competitive gaming, you might appreciate it more.

Otherwise, the screen on the Find X9 Ultra gives you exactly what you'd expect from a top-tier flagship phone.

The colors are vibrant and accurate, the contrast levels are impeccable, and it gets more than bright enough to compete with strong sunshine.

If you're sensitive to flicker, you'll be pleased to learn that the Find X9 Ultra has a speedy 2160Hz PWM dimming frequency, too.

• Display score: 5 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Cameras

• 200MP main (f/1.5)
• 50MP ultra-wide (f/2)
• 200MP 3x telephoto (f/2.2)
• 50MP 10x telephoto (f/3.5)

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is almost more camera than phone, and with such significant hardware changes, there's a very good chance that this will be the most advanced camera phone of 2026. Every single camera has been upgraded over the Find X8 Ultra, which was already one of the best camera phones we'd ever tested.

On the rear, there are four cameras. The main camera has a 1/1.2-inch 200MP sensor with an f/1.5 aperture, the ultra-wide is 50MP f/2.0 with a larger 1/1.95-inch sensor, and the first telephoto is a 200MP 3x periscope f/2.2 with a massive 1/1.28inch sensor.

Arguably, it's the second telephoto that's the most exciting of the bunch. It's a 10x lens, the first we've seen on a flagship since Samsung ditched its own 10x lens on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Don't make the mistake of thinking this is an equivalent lens, though. Oppo says the Find X9 Ultra's second telephoto lens has 306% better light-gathering capabilities than that of the Galaxy S23 Ultra.

It's a 50MP unit with a 1/2.75-inch sensor and an f/3.5 aperture. Oppo is so confident about the performance of this new lens that it says it's like having the external teleconverter for the X9 Pro built in.

Of course, we can't forget about the selfie camera. This camera has also been upgraded, although the changes aren't quite so drastic. It's now 50MP, up from 32MP, and Oppo says the autofocus has been optimized, as has the image processing.

I won't beat around the bush; this is likely the best smartphone camera system I have ever used. The Vivo X300 Ultra provides some stiff competition, but without a dedicated 10x lens, it's easy to argue that the Find X9 Ultra is more versatile.

Regardless of which lens you use, and in all lighting conditions, you can expect exceptional detail and clarity. The combination of high-resolution sensors and optical reach means that this phone outclasses just about everything with its digital zoom — and if you want to go even further, you can add the external teleconverter lens.

The phone's default image processing gives you vibrant, sharp, and contrasty images, but if you want photos that look more like they were shot with a DSLR, you can switch to the Hasselblad Master mode.

Master Mode removes the HDR effect, has less digital sharpening, and uses zero generative AI in its processing. For this model, Oppo has added nine new film simulations that work in this mode, and each can be customized to your preference. I found that a lot of the film sims leaned too heavily on the cooler tones for my liking, but that's no issue, as I can just increase the color temperature myself.

There's also a new addition called Soft Light, which essentially mimics the effect of a Pro Mist filter. There are two strengths available, and both add some bloom to the highlights. It makes photos look like film stills, or like they came from a vintage camera, and I immediately fell in love with the effect.

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is just as ambitious when it comes to professional video features. Every lens can shoot at up to 4K 60fps in either Dolby Vision or Log, while the main and 3x telephoto can do so at 4K 120fps. You can preview your video with real-time LUTs or burn them into the final recording. There are three stylised LUTs as standard, but you can also import your own.

• Cameras score: 5 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Camera samples

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Performance

• Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset
• 12GB RAM
• 512GB storage

The Oppo X9 Ultra is powered by one of the fastest processors money can buy: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The global version only comes in one variety, with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage as standard.

Oddly, the Ultra model has less RAM than the X9 Pro, which has 16GB. Oppo hasn't mentioned the reason, but I think it's safe to assume that current RAM prices are to blame. Regardless, this disparity didn't seem to have a negative impact during my testing.

It probably won't shock you to learn that the Find X9 Ultra performs like the best of them. It feels super snappy, no matter what you're doing. That's partly thanks to the optimization and animation style of the ColorOS platform, and partly due to the amount of raw horsepower under the hood.

I played a few hours of Wuthering Waves on the highest graphical settings, and the Find X9 Ultra handled it perfectly. The phone's frame got quite toasty after a while, but it never became uncomfortable to hold, and the framerates remained rock steady.

Of course, if you're more interested in productivity than gaming, the performance of the Find X9 Ultra will help there, too. I was able to combine multiple clips of high-bitrate 4K video in Luma Fusion, and the phone barely broke a sweat.

It's also worth mentioning the speakers, as they're quite impressive. There's an audible improvement compared to the previous model, with better clarity at the top end and almost zero distortion at max volume.

• Performance score: 5 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Software

• ColorOS 16, based on Android 16
• New AI features
• Styling updates and Mind Space

ColorOS has been my favourite Android skin for a while now, and Oppo continues to improve it with new features. The basics remain the same, so if you used a recent Oppo, OnePlus, or Realme device, you'll have a good idea of what's in store.

Recent versions of the software have some very Apple-like touches, which seems to be a trend with Chinese brands of late. There are Liquid Glass-looking elements, a Dynamic Island clone, depth effects, and stretched clocks for the lock screen; even the UI for the Action Button looks identical to Apple's.

Again, no awards for originality, but I can't help liking what Oppo has done here. These features all look fantastic, and the Dynamic Island-like cutout is as useful as ever, allowing me to quickly get to my media playback, timers, and more.

As for what's new, there's a lock screen feature called Live Space, which looks very similar to Samsung's Now Bar. It's found in the same place at the bottom of your screen, but this one just displays notifications, rather than AI updates.

Oppo has also been hard at work on its AI Mind Space app. It's still in beta, but it basically works like Nothing's Essential Space or the Screenshots app on a Samsung or Pixel phone. It collects screenshots of important information and uses AI to organize them, summarize them, and make them searchable.

Oppo differentiates itself with the features it adds on top. If you often take photos or screenshots of your receipts, for instance, the new AI Bill Manager can help you keep track of your finances.

There's also a new feature called Mind Pilot, which lets you chat with Gemini, Perplexity, and Deep Seek, all from a single app. The idea is that Mind Pilot will match your query with the AI that's most suited to help.

It could be handy if you're a chatbot hopper, but unfortunately, on my prerelease software, Mind Pilot wasn't working correctly. It would match my query with an AI, but then the answer would never materialize.

There are some other features that aren't quite as new, but are still worth mentioning. I love O+ Connect, which is a piece of software that lets me control my Mac or PC with my phone, and vice versa. It even lets me copy and paste between the two, which is super handy.

There's also a feature called AI Speak, which reads websites aloud in a natural-sounding voice, no matter which browser you use. It's nothing new, but it's just as handy as ever.

When it comes to long-term support, Oppo pledges five years of major OS upgrades and six years of security patches to the Find X9 Ultra. That's behind the likes of Samsung and Google, but it's not a bad offering.

• Software score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Battery

• 7,050mAh silicon-carbon battery
• 100W wired charging
• 50W wireless charging

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra has a 7,050mAh battery, which is big, but bizarrely, it's significantly smaller than the 7,500mAh pack found in the Pro model. I suppose all of these giant camera sensors take up space that would otherwise be filled with a battery.

Still, that battery will last you a long time. I couldn't consistently squeeze two days of use from this phone like I could with the Find X9 Pro, but a day and a half was pretty typical with my usage.

Of course, your mileage with the Find X9 Ultra will vary depending on how you use it. The camera system seems to be the most power-hungry, followed by high-end mobile games, but that's not too surprising.

When it's time to charge, the Find X9 Ultra won't have you waiting for long. It supports speeds of up to 100W with the right charger, but you don't get one in the box, just a USB-C cable.

Just half an hour on the charger was enough to take this phone from zero to over 70%. However, that's with Oppo's official wall adapter; third-party chargers take far longer.

Wireless charging is also rapid. This phone can charge at 50W with one of Oppo's AirVooc chargers, which is incredibly convenient, but those chargers don't come cheap.

• Battery score: 4 / 5

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Oppo Find X9 Ultra review: Also consider

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is one of the best phones we've ever tested, but it's important to consider the competition, too. Here are a couple of competitors worth looking at.

How I tested the Oppo Find X9 Ultra

• Review test period: Two weeks
• Testing included: Everyday use, including web browsing, social media, photography, video calling, gaming, streaming video, music playback
• Tools used: Geekbench 6, 3DMark, native Android stats

I used the Oppo Find X9 Ultra as my main phone for around two weeks. I used it exactly as I would any other phone, taking lots of photos and videos, gaming, messaging, working, streaming video, and navigating with Google Maps.

I also compared the experience of playing graphically challenging games like Wuthering Waves to my experience on other Android flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Oppo Find X9 Pro. I ran lots of benchmarks on the handset, including 3DMark and Geekbench, to confirm my performance findings.

I tested the battery performance based on my real-world usage, and charging times were measured using an official Oppo charger and cable.

First tested April 2026

• The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is launching globally on April 21
• That 'global' launch probably won't include the US
• This could be the best camera phone we've ever tested

When it comes to mobile photography, we found that the Oppo Find X8 Ultra beat most rivals hands-down, but it wasn’t easily available outside China. The Oppo Find X9 Ultra, however, is soon launching globally — and it's likely to be even more impressive.

Pete Lau — the Chief Product Officer at Oppo — has posted on X that the phone will be launching globally on April 21. That’s the same date as the launch in China, so unlike some Chinese phones, we seemingly won’t even have to wait longer for a launch outside its home country.

That said, ‘global’ doesn’t necessarily mean the Find X9 Ultra will be sold everywhere — we wouldn’t expect an official release in the US, for example, based on past form, but there’s a good chance it will be available in the UK.

Big specs and a major upgrade

We also don’t yet know for sure what specs this phone will arrive with, but content creator Sanju Choudhary has posted a handy breakdown of the rumored upgrades, which include a new 200MP main sensor and a 200MP 3x telephoto camera, in place of 50MP modules on the current model.

That’s not the end of the Find X9 Ultra's camera story either, with the phone also rumored to have a 50MP ultra-wide, a 50MP periscope camera, and a 50MP selfie snapper.

Other rumored specs include a massive 7,050mAh battery with 100W charging, a top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, and a 6.82-inch 120Hz screen. So, this could be a real powerhouse of a phone.

But its cameras will likely be the stars of the show, with commentators describing the Find X9 Ultra as “a camera re-engineering project disguised as a phone.” So, in short, if you want a phone that doesn’t compromise on cameras, you might want to consider Oppo's incoming flagship for your next upgrade.

Still, it remains to be seen how good the Oppo Find X9 Ultra will be in practice, so stay tuned to TechRadar for our hands-on impressions once it launches.

What makes a perfect smartphone? Some users will want the best camera phone, some to the best gaming phone, others still will pledge loyalty to the best iPhones or best Android phones. There’s no one concrete answer to this age-old question, but if you ask me, OnePlus got pretty close with its latest flagship.

The OnePlus 15 is pretty much a paragon of modern phone design. It’s got a big, beautiful display, a capable triple-camera system, a sleek and durable build, a huge 7,300mAh battery, and the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. All this for $899.99 / £899: the OnePlus 15 really is about as good as it gets, hence our five-star OnePlus 15 review.

But now, thanks to new rumors, the possibility of something even better lurks on the horizon. According to tipster OnePlus Club (via GizmoChina), the next-generation OnePlus 16 could get its very own ‘Pro’ model, presumably named the OnePlus 16 Pro.

Though this rumored handset is probably a ways off yet (OnePlus only recently released the OnePlus 15 in the US), it’s likely to be one of the most powerful phones to ever hit shelves. OnePlus already equips each new generation of its flagship phones with great new hardware updates, so I imagine things would really have to kick up a notch to earn that ‘Pro’ moniker.

It can be hard to imagine what a new line of a next-gen phone series might look like; luckily, I know exactly where we – and, hopefully, OnePlus – can look for inspiration.

I’ve been daily driving the Oppo Find X9 Pro for a few months now, and am as enamored with it as I was on day one. As my recent Oppo Find X9 Pro review details, this is a monstrously powerful phone that goes further than any other I’ve used when it comes to photography, battery life, and display immersion.

The Oppo Find X9 Pro also looks a lot like the OnePlus 15 – tech fans and keen TechRadar readers will already know that the two brands are owned by the same parent company, BBK Electronics. This means that the two companies share plenty of software and hardware, leaving the Oppo and OnePlus experience feeling pretty similar.

However, Oppo has the upper hand over its more widely distributed sibling when it comes to super-premium Pro and Ultra handsets. The Find X9 Pro I’ve been using every day comes with a triple-camera system like the OnePlus 15, but with larger sensors across the board and a wild 200MP telephoto camera. Oppo also steals the title of battery champ from its sister brand, as the Find X9 Pro has a ludicrous 7,500mAh cell.

And there are further heights ahead – rumors of the Find X9 Ultra are now beginning to stir. If it follows the pattern of the Find X7 Ultra and Find X8 Ultra, the Find X9 Ultra could bring a 1-inch type sensor, and Android Headlines points to a fourth 10x telephoto camera. Sheesh. Oppo has never distributed its Ultra handsets to Western markets, but this is where OnePlus – with all of its clout and reputation – can really shine.

I could go on about my love for Oppo phones and the Find X9 Pro, but the reason I bring this all up is to illustrate that OnePlus already has a pool of ideas it can pull from to create a more powerful version of its flagship – it simply needs to take a peek at Oppo’s answer sheet.

And then there's the upcoming OnePlus Turbo 6 series, a gaming-focused take on OnePlus' flagship phones with 9,000mAh batteries – showing that OnePlus has already pushed the boat out in its domestic market of China.

Whether the OnePlus 16 Pro turns out to be the OnePlus Turbo repackaged for global markets, or a new model entirely, it’s likely to take the fight to the iPhone 17 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Google Pixel 10 Pro XL, and their successors.

The standard OnePlus 15 already goes toe-to-toe with these mainstream flagships, so there’s a good chance a Pro model could land with such impact that it changes how we appraise the best phones. And if a future Pro model continues the company’s pattern of undercutting the competition (by launching at, say, $1,099 / £1,099 / AU$1,849), then it could be an unbeatable recommendation for Android fans and a real temptation for Apple lovers.

For now, though, I’m sticking with my Find X9 Pro and hoping that OnePlus is either firing up its own development labs or doing some tasteful copying from Oppo. The above is based mostly on rumors for now, so do keep an eye on our list of the best OnePlus phones for any new models.

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Two-minute review

What makes a great sequel? Across film, gaming, and indeed smartphones, the best follow-ups carry forward and amplify the good things while dialing down any pretension. In the phone world, this means zeroing in on the features and functions that give a phone its purpose.

That’s exactly what Oppo has done with the Find X9 Pro. It takes everything great about last year’s Oppo Find X8 Pro and dials it up to 11, while ditching the idea that this is anything other than an iPhone 17 Pro Max for Android lovers. It's both simpler and somehow more obscenely powerful than its predecessor, and I, for one, love it.

Now sporting a drastically simplified flat-edged design, flat display, and top-left-mounted square camera housing, the Find X9 Pro resembles an iPhone more than any other Oppo phone before it, but the Chinese tech giant is banking on the idea that if you’re willing to spend pro-flagship prices on an Android phone, that’s not too big a deal.

For all its cool designs over the years, the Find X series has always been defined by hardware power – and more recently, extremely powerful camera systems – so it’s quite something that the Find X9 Pro still managed to surprise me with its specs sheet. The phone is one of the first to ship with the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, alongside a healthy 16GB of RAM, and a ludicrously large 7,500mAh silicon-carbon battery with 80W wired charging. It's almost excessively performant, but can get a bit hot in even moderate use.

But what about that camera system? The Oppo Find X9 Pro has a 50MP main camera, 50MP ultra-wide camera, and – brace for impact – a 200MP telephoto camera with 3x zoom. That super-high-res sensor allows for a 50MP crop at 6x, which helps make up for the loss of the dedicated 50MP 6x camera from last year’s model, and a 12MP crop at 13.2x zoom. And that’s not even mentioning the detachable 10x zoom lens – you’ll have to read on for my thoughts on that.

In adequate lighting, the main camera defaults to 50MP shots rather than binning to 12MP as most phone cameras do, and a special mode allows for 200MP full-res shots with the telephoto camera. The capability here is immense, but unfortunately, Oppo’s post-processing is still a bit too aggressive, sometimes veering into AI-flavored reconstruction.

For the Star Wars fans out there, the Oppo Find X9 Pro is the Empire Strikes Back of smartphone successors – bigger, brasher, and close to objectively better than last year’s Oppo Find X8 Pro. Yes, polishing the experience has buffed out some of the quirky charm of last year’s model – I especially miss the vinyl-like rear panel, which has been replaced with glass – but the final product is so much greater than the sum of its parts that this simply ceases to matter.

This is a superb phone that would immediately rank amongst the best phones on the market, were it not for its tragically limited availability. As with previous Oppo phones, no US release is expected.

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Price and availability

• Not available in the US
• Costs £1,099 / AU$2,299
• One configuration with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage

Despite launching “globally”, the Oppo Find X9 Pro is unavailable through official channels in the US. It is, however, available in the UK and Australia, where it competes with and slightly undercuts other large pro-grade flagship phones when it comes to price.

The Oppo Find X9 Pro costs £1,099 / AU$2,299 for its single configuration. For that, you get 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

At face value, that price is about right for a large Pro-labelled camera phone, but as usual, Oppo is actually offering great value for money. Compared to the iPhone 17 Pro Max – an obvious analogue to the Find X9 Pro, not to mention an influence – the Find X9 is £100 less with double the storage in the UK. In Australia, the Find X9 Pro comes in at AU$300 cheaper than the iPhone 17 Pro Max with 512GB of storage.

Let’s keep it real: the Oppo Find X9 Pro isn’t cheap, but it's a pretty good deal compared to its plus-sized, Pro-powered camera phone contemporaries. It’s a shame it’s not more widely available, which will probably keep it off our lists of the best camera phones, best AI phones, best Android phones, and more. I’d expect to see it top our list of the best Oppo phones soon, though.

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Specs

In this review, I’ll go through the Oppo Find X9 Pro’s features and capabilities in detail, but if you just want an overview of the phone’s key specs, check out the handy table below.

• Value score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Design

• Comes in two colors – Silk White and Titanium Charcoal (named as such despite the phone containing no titanium)
• Flat edges, flat display, flat rear panel
• Square camera housing

With its flat edges, rounded corners, and almost square camera housing in the top-left corner, there are no prizes for guessing where Oppo got its inspiration for the Find X9 Pro's design. This is probably as close as a phone maker can legally get to the iPhone before Cupertino starts asking questions.

Specifically, the Find X9 Pro resembles last year’s iPhone 16 Pro Max. Its Snap Key and Quick Button are echoes of the Action Button and Camera Control and serve similar, if not identical, functions, and the curvature and overall ergonomics of the phone are reminiscent of last year’s Apple flagship (why the "Snap" key doesn't control the camera is lost on me).

As on OnePlus phones, the Snap Key replaces the ringer switch from last year’s model. While I was a fan of the convenience of the ringer switch, the modularity of the new button helps to make up for it. It's set to the new AI Mind Space feature by default, but I mostly had it set to control the flashlight.

The Find X9 Pro is beautifully made. My review unit came in the striking Silk While finish with a matte glass rear panel and satisfyingly bold aluminum rails. I’m a big fan of how subtle the branding is, too. The Oppo logo and Hasselblad icon on the camera housing only show up as light hits them, which gives the phone a sense of prestige.

As for the front panel, the 6.78-inch screen is surrounded on all sides by 1.15mm bezels that barely feel present during use. A punch-hole selfie camera sits at the top of the display. There’s also the standard power and volume buttons on the right side of the phone, and a USB-C port on the bottom edge by the main speakers. Unfortunately, I noticed some wobble in the buttons after just a few weeks of use, which isn’t the most encouraging thing to see.

At 8.3mm, the Find X9 Pro is barely thicker than last year’s Find X8 Pro, but feels a lot heftier due to its flattened sides. I think this makes the phone easier to take photos with, considering the location of the Quick Button, but I’ve got large hands – your mileage may vary. Overall, the Find X9 Pro is a good-looking phone, but doesn’t leave as much of an impression as the marbled design of the Find X8 Pro or the faux-leather body of the Find X6 Pro before that. It trades originality for subtlety, and I’m not sure that’s an equivalent exchange.

• Design score: 3 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Display

• 6.78-inch display
• 1272 x 2772 resolution
• 120Hz refresh rate with 3600 nits of peak brightness

The Oppo Find X9 Pro’s display is second only to its camera system in the list of its best features. This is a huge, bright, sharp, and immersive panel that makes photos, videos, and games look vivid while providing plenty of room for browsing, scrolling, and even multitasking.

The Find X9 Pro’s display feels truly immersive. At 6.78 inches, it’s almost as large as the iPhone 17 Pro Max or Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, which have 6.9-inch panels, though to be honest, the Find X9 Pro is about as large as I’d want a phone to be. Its flat edges make the panel feel much more present and consistent than last year’s Find X8 Pro, but make using the phone a touch less comfortable, especially when dragging in gestures from the edges.

At a resolution of 1272 x 2772 pixels and a pixel density of 450ppi, the Find X9 Pro’s display is sharp and detailed, and its maximum typical brightness of 1800 nits is plenty bright for indoor or outdoor use (brightness peaks to 3600 nits for HDR media). It also gets down to a single nit at its minimum brightness – handy for use at night or in darker environments.

The display cycles at a static 120Hz, which works synergistically with ColorOS’ brilliant animation processing to offer a super-smooth UI experience. The display is unfailingly bright. Colors may be a touch less saturated than other flagship handsets, but not to a problematic degree. The settings app has a full section dedicated to color balance, too, so you can fine-tune the visuals to your liking.

The Find X9 Pro’s display is calibrated for balance out of the box, but the settings app is rich with color and brightness settings.

• Display score: 5 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Cameras

• 50MP main camera
• 200MP telephoto camera with 3x zoom
• 50MP ultra-wide camera
• 50MP selfie camera

The Oppo Find X9 Pro has one of the most powerful camera systems you’ll find on any phone. Its 50MP main camera with a large 1/1.28-inch sensor picks up an excellent amount of light and detail. Its 200MP telephoto camera, with 3x relative optical zoom, can take full-resolution photos and reach into double-digit zoom lengths with a solid amount of detail. Its 50MP ultra-wide camera is sensibly relegated to third place but still produces great pictures in good conditions, and its 50MP selfie camera is a real step up from the Find X8 Pro’s 32MP sensor.

Taking photos is comfortable and enjoyable with the Find X9 Pro. I’m a big fan of the Quick Button, Oppo’s answer to the iPhone’s Camera Control, which is easy to work with thanks to the phone’s general bulk and flat aluminum chassis. The camera app is clean and keeps all the important settings within immediate reach or under a single menu, while the large display makes for a great viewfinder. As for video, the Find X9 Pro can shoot at a maximum of 4K at 120fps, or 1080p at 240fps.

The Find X9 Pro will default to taking full-resolution photos with its 50MP main camera, as long as the phone judges there's enough light around. That leads to more detailed photos, but it also takes up more storage. Similar is the new 4K motion photo capability, which ups the resolution of the video clip taken with each image, but again takes up more space.

So far, so good, but there is unfortunately a catch – Oppo has filled its image processing pipeline with what appears to be some pretty aggressive AI, which is hard to anticipate and impossible to switch off. At all ranges, there's a chance your image may become a mess of swirls and smudges as the AI image signal processing tries to replicate what you saw through the viewfinder. This seems to happen whether the AI Telescope Zoom feature is turned on or off.

That means that photography on the Find X9 Pro is intermittently transcendent and frustrating. When it’s good, the Find X9 Pro captures brilliant photos that contend with those taken on the best camera phones – dynamic, rich in detail, and naturally vivid. But every now and then, you’ll scroll through the gallery and find something that looks like it came straight out of the early days of Dall-E mini. It’s not too common, but it is unpredictable, which is almost worse.

In terms of photo-focused accessories, the Oppo Find X9 Pro launches alongside the Oppo Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit, which requires the Aramid Fiber Photography Case. The kit centers on an attachable telephoto lens that extends the reach of the telephoto camera to 10x, resulting in genuinely breathtaking images. It’s a beautiful and confusing thing to capture this much detail with a phone camera system.

However, the teleconverter kit isn’t available in the UK or Australia, so it doesn’t impact the score here – you can read my Oppo Find X9 Pro camera impressions for more on that. Still, even without a huge attachable zoom lens, the Find X9 Pro’s camera system is brilliant – yet I can’t ignore how much its aggressive post-processing annoys me.

Oppo Find X9 Pro Camera Samples

• Camera score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Software and AI

• Android 16 with ColorOS 16
• Possibly the smoothest Android wrapper
• AI Mind Space is well executed

The Oppo Find X9 Pro ships with ColorOS 16, built on Android 16, and like ColorOS 15, it’s a smooth and well-formatted Android wrapper that takes obvious influence from iOS. You’ll notice Liquid Glass-style transparency effects, rounded square app icons, and a near-identical control center to the one found on an iPhone. But the outsider Oppo Find X9 Pro isn’t trying to compete with the iPhone – it’s trying to provide an alternative for Android enthusiasts, and under that lens, the aesthetic choices make sense.

If it seems like I’m being lenient on Oppo for jacking Apple’s style, it’s because I can’t get over how well ColorOS 16 runs. ColorOS (and by extension OxygenOS, the OnePlus equivalent) is the most performant and smoothest-running Android wrapper I’ve ever used. Thanks to parallel processing, several UI animations can run at the same time, and I like the way app windows and other elements react to your inputs.

This is the other end of the scale from the stiffness of Samsung’s One UI, and while some may find ColorOS feels a bit loose, for me, it’s the perfect way to keep things feeling fast and reactive.

That’s not to say ColorOS is perfect; there are some quirks. The one that appears most often is the Snap Key triggering things on screen – it seems the software registers a long press as some kind of input – not a dealbreaker by any means, but a strange oversight for a premium phone. And the Find X9 Pro comes with the usual folders of suggested apps (read: advertisements) and a handful of preinstalled bloatware apps, which is completely unacceptable on a phone that costs £1,099.

Unfortunate bloatware aside, the big-ticket software item on the Find X9 Pro is AI Mind Space, a transplant of OnePlus’ AI Plus Mind feature that launched earlier this year. The concept is a good one – a dedicated space for your various notes, screenshots, and digital ephemera that uses AI to pick out the important stuff.

AI Mind Space is bound to the Snap Key by default, with a short press taking a screenshot and scanning for information, and a long press recording an audio message. AI Mind Space can also be paired with Google Gemini to merge your assorted memories with the phone’s onboard Google AI tools. Even as an AI skeptic, I like AI Mind Space – it’s an intelligent and well-presented home for the disparate notes, screenshots, and audio recordings I make on a daily basis. You can also add your own notes to each memory, which is useful for context that the straightforward AI screenreader can’t gather.

It’s also worth giving O+ Connect a mention, Oppo’s app for cross-platform file management and remote control, specifically with Mac computers. It’s no replacement for AirDrop, but it is nice to have the option of easier cross-platform collaboration if you need to send something to a Mac-wielding friend or, like me, run a hybrid Android/MacOS everyday carry.

• Software and AI score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Performance

• MediaTek 9500 chipset
• 16GB of RAM
• Performs admirably in a variety of tasks

The Oppo Find X9 Pro is one of the first phones in the world to launch with the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset. Taiwan-based chipset manufacturer MediaTek has been a growing name in the mobile industry for a while, and the Dimensity 9500 delivers. The Find X9 Pro is fast and fluid in pretty much any scenario, and even with multiple apps open and on-screen I couldn’t find a way to slow it down.

For web browsing and social media, using the Find X9 Pro is like driving to the grocery store in a tank, but when things heat up, that extra power really comes in handy. Things do literally heat up, though, as I noticed the Find X9 Pro getting a bit toasty at times – understandable during long gaming sessions or when pushing the camera system, but a little puzzling when swiping through Instagram.

As for memory, the Find X9 Pro comes in a single configuration, with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and both feel plentiful. That large RAM budget gives the phone flexibility when it comes to multitasking and AI – I noticed that I rarely had to reload pages or apps. And 512GB of storage is, in my opinion, more than enough for any smartphone – though the camera’s high-resolution imaging modes will fill up that space pretty quickly.

Everything about the Find X9 Pro is just fast. The in-display fingerprint scanner is basically instant. Installing and opening apps is painless; I can hop into Call of Duty or Fortnite or Capcut and trust things will just work, which, to me, is the ideal phone experience. Accessing the camera is fast thanks to the Quick Button. And thus far, I haven't encountered any crashes or experience-breaking glitches. The phone does get hot intermittently, which I’m keeping an eye on, and if I can get really nitpicky, the speakers are a little too sibilant for my preference. Otherwise, the Find X9 Pro excels.

• Performance score: 4/5

Oppo Find X9 Pro review: Battery

• 7,500mAh silicon-carbon battery – almost as large as an 11-inch iPad
• 80W wired charging
• 50W wireless charging

The Oppo Find X9 Pro has a 7,500mAh silicon-carbon battery. There are no adjectives I could use to accurately convey how huge that is, so let’s get into some comparisons.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has a 5,000mAh battery, and the iPhone 17 Pro Max with e-SIM has a 5,088mAh battery. These are considered excellent battery capacities by phone standards.

The Oppo Find X8 Pro managed an impressive 5,910mAh, while the OnePlus 13, which we showered with praise for its fantastic battery life, has a 6,000mAh battery. That’s quite a bit larger than the average phone battery already, but the Oppo Find X9 Pro blows both of these flagships out of the water.

The Find X9 Pro’s battery is so large that it makes more sense to compare it to tablets. According to PhoneArena, the 2025 base-model iPad has a 7,698mAh battery, which is fractionally larger than the battery in the Oppo Find X9 Pro. Holding the two devices side by side makes this feel physically impossible, but Oppo has leveraged the energy density and capacity benefits of silicon-carbon technology to make it so. It’s a serious engineering win that other phone makers should look to for inspiration.

As you might expect, battery life is unfailingly excellent. I frequently got one and a half or even two full days of use from the Oppo Find X9 Pro, and support for 80W SuperVOOC charging (that’s proprietary Oppo charging tech, so not all high-wattage chargers will deliver it) meant top-ups were pretty swift too. I would often plug in the Find X9 Pro to charge, look away for what felt like no time at all, and come back to an additional 40% charge, and topping up from empty to full took no more than an hour.

• Battery score: 5/5

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How I tested the Oppo Find X9 Pro

I used the Oppo Find X9 Pro over the course of a month, putting it through daily use and a number of specific performance and charging tests. I made and received calls, chatted over SMS, WhatsApp, and social media, took plenty of photos and videos, and played games like Fortnite and Call of Duty Mobile. I also tried out AI Mind Space.

Before completing this review, I adopted the Oppo Find X9 Pro as my daily driver, then combined my experience with the phone with my journalistic training and knowledge of the phone industry to provide an accurate assessment.

• ColorOS 16 is rolling out to older Oppo phones
• It made its debut on the new Oppo Find X9 series phones
• This new update is Oppo's version of Android 16, and it adds many features

Following the recent debut of the Oppo Find X9 and Find X9 Pro, older models in Oppo’s lineup now have something to look forward to: the global rollout of ColorOS 16 (Oppo’s version of Android 16).

Find N5 and Find X8 devices started to see the update last week, and now anyone with Find N3, Find N3 Flip, or a Find N3 Pad 3 Pro can look forward to the update as it starts to drop this week.

Later this month Reno14 and then Reno13 devices will see the ColorOS update, before a slew of other gadgets get it in December and later “Q1 2026.” Oppo shared the details in the image below:

But what can these devices expect to see from the update?

AI Galore

Well, as we’ve come to expect from software updates in 2025, the answer is, of course, AI.

If you use your voice recorder regularly, AI recorder will automatically generate titles and summaries for the conversations – plus ColorOS can deploy artificial intelligence to automatically scrub noise while enhancing human voices to make the recordings clearer.

Your phone can also help you craft captions for your Instagram snaps using AI writer, or the same tool promises to be able to help you with more complex writing tasks like coming up with a project plan.

Then there’s AI mind space, which works particularly well with the Snap Key on the FInd X9 to make notes in this AI-powered diary, which collects voice notes, images, and other details – which AI like Gemini can then use to help you, say, plan a vacation based on the notes and websites you’ve saved to your Mind Space.

You can also expect new photo tools like AI Portrait Glow, which can help fix your photos’ lighting troubles, and a new all-in-one video editor that’ll help you adjust clips quickly – even turning videos into Motion Photos and vice versa.

Your edited photos (or unedited) images can then be put to use in the new Flux Theme homescreen designs. You can design the details to suit your desired aesthetics and needs, and I love how the AI can suggest smart edits and create depth on your screen by having text and elements sandwiched between foreground and background elements of your shots.

There’s Aqua Dynamics that serve as an alternative to a Dynamic Island / Now Bar, a new ‘Luminous Design’ that shares a few aesthetics with Liquid Glass (which isn’t inherently a bad thing as I think it’s done well), and speaking of iPhone there are some new integrations for people who use both Oppo and iPhone devices such as the ability to answer calls your iPhone receives on your Oppo.

That's a lot of updates, but there are a few other upgrades you can expect to boot. To check them out, you can see Oppo's full ColorOS 16 breakdown.

If you have a current-gen flagship – an iPhone 17 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, a Google Pixel 10 Pro, or one of the many other alternatives out there – you’ll know how hard it is now to take a terrible photo. Heck, even with the non-Ultra/Pro models, a terrible snap is more and more difficult to find.

Yes, it can still happen, but with fantastic camera hardware, excellent AI software helping to fix minor and even some major photo blunders, and remembering to take a few extra photos ‘for safety’ you can walk away from anything with at least one beautiful photo – if not several.

For me, that’s never more true than when I’ve tested the Oppo Find X9 Pro, which I got to put through its paces on a press trip to Mexico with the brand to celebrate the device’s launch.

Simply put, its triple snapper setup of a 50MP main, 50MP ultra-wide, and a 200MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom puts my daily driver – a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 – to shame, and I think the Samsung already took some pretty great photos.

Tack on the Oppo’s detachable zoom lens developed in partnership with Hasselblad – which brings your 3x telephoto snapper up to 10x optical zoom, perfect for long-distance shots and street photography – and it feels like there’s nothing you can’t do photographically speaking.

Well, unless you’re as much of a novice as I am, then you might feel like a superb camera is utterly wasted on you.

I’m very much a point-and-shoot-style photographer. I see something I like, and I take a picture to document my latest adventure.

The Oppo Find X9 Pro is excellent for this kind of photography, don’t get me wrong, but having seen how the other members of the media on my trip handled this tool, I know the camera phone is capable of so much more artistically.

I did my best to mimic some of the shots my fellow travellers took – either asking for photography tips or peering over shoulders to get a sense of what I should be attempting to capture – but one week of tutoring won’t make me a master.

And these ‘lessons’ focused mostly on framing and lighting. I still have no clue what all the Pro mode settings mean – what’s ISO?

All this is to say, the best camera phone hardware is already amazing, and significant hardware advances don’t feel like they’ll land soon unless more brands turn to external camera attachments. Though while these can be awesome, they can also be kinda clunky – as you’ll need to find somewhere to store the lenses when they aren’t in use.

Instead, I think we will and should see more advances like Camera Coach – a Google Pixel 10 upgrade, which has the phone’s AI direct you to take better photos.

Right now, the tool is admittedly quite basic (offering those simple framing pointers novices can grasp quickly), but I would love to see the Coach evolve over time, perhaps even respond like Gemini Live to real-time questions on how to make your shot look like your desired end goal.

This would feel like a much more genuine and still useful alternative to the AI phone camera editing tools we already rely on.

Phone cameras are already pretty superb to the point that they can be used on film sets or other major productions without people noticing a quality change. The limiting factor now is us, but hopefully that can change.

• The Oppo Find X9 and Find X9 Pro have landed
• The X9 Pro's highlights include a 7,500mAh battery and a 200MP telephoto camera
• Both phones also have a high-end MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset

Just a day after the OnePlus 15 arrived overseas, another major Chinese handset has been unveiled in the form of the Oppo Find X9 Pro, which has landed alongside the slightly lower-end Oppo Find X9.

And as impressive as the OnePlus 15’s specs sheet looks, the Oppo Find X9 Pro might have it beat. In fact, in some ways, it might have just about every Android phone beat, including the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Its highlights include an enormous 7,500mAh battery. This is one of the highest-capacity smartphone batteries we’ve ever come across, edging ahead of the also impressive 7,300mAh battery in the OnePlus 15.

The base Oppo Find X9, meanwhile, has a 7,025mAh battery, and both of these Oppo handsets support 80W wired charging, 50W wireless, and 10W reverse wireless. Their batteries also shouldn’t be quick to wear out, with Oppo claiming they’ll retain over 80% of their original capacity even after five years of use.

The other highlight of the Oppo Find X9 Pro is its 200MP f/2.1 telephoto camera, developed in partnership with Hasselblad, and offering 3x optical zoom. However, by cropping into the sensor, it can also take ‘lossless’ 13.2x zoom photos, which is further than most smartphone cameras can zoom.

The standard Oppo Find X9 instead has a 50MP 3x zoom telephoto camera, along with a 50MP main camera and a 50MP ultra-wide. The Pro model also has that ultra-wide sensor, but benefits from an upgraded ‘Ultra XDR’ main 50MP camera that features a customized 1/1.28-inch Sony LYT 828 sensor. Plus, you can also get a detachable zoom lens if you want to get even more out of the phone's cameras.

Packed with power and resistant to water

Other features of these phones include a high-end MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, 120Hz screens (in 6.59 and 6.78-inch sizes for the standard and Pro, respectively), and an impressive amount of water resistance, with IP66, IP68, and IP69 ratings. That combination protects them from powerful water jets, water submersion, and high-temperature spray, as well as dust.

Both phones are available now in the UK and Australia, with the Oppo Find X9 being sold for £899 / AU$1,799 (roughly $1,200) with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, while the Oppo Find X9 Pro costs £1,099 / AU$2,299 (roughly $1,460) and comes with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

You can pick between Titanium Grey and Space Black finishes for the Oppo Find X9, and a choice of Silk White or Titanium Charcoal for the Oppo Find X9 Pro.

If you’re in the US, you almost certainly won’t be able to buy these without importing them, though, as Oppo doesn’t release its phones there.

Due to an embargo, I can't share certain details or any opinions about the Oppo Find X9 or Find X9 Pro in this piece - we'll have more details on the new Oppo flagships as soon as we're able to share them.

Oppo has revealed its next generation flagships, the Oppo Find X9 and Find X9 Pro, and confirmed that both handsets will launch in global markets on October 28. Additionally, the Find X9 Pro will launch alongside a unique detachable zoom lens, the Hasselblad extender lens.

The baseline Find X9 comes with a 6.59-inch display, while the Find X9 Pro gets a larger 6.78-inch panel. Both phones have uniform 1.15mm bezels surrounding the screen.

The phones are both powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, improving on last year’s Dimensity 9400 chipset. Both phones come with large batteries, with rated capacities of 7,025mAh for the Find X9 and 7,500mAh for the Find X9 Pro. Crucially, both phones continue Oppo's longstanding partnership with Hasselblad, a camera maker responsible for some of the best professional cameras.

Back to that lens extender: the Hasselblad lens extender is a 3.28x telephoto zoom lens that screws onto a mount on a special photography case for the Oppo Find X9 Pro. The Teleconverter sits over the phone’s in-built 200MP 70mm telephoto camera.

Without the Teleconverter attached, that super-high resolution sensor allows for a 50MP cropped zoom at 140mm relative magnification, and a 12.5MP crop at 280mm relative magnification.

However, attaching the Teleconverter lens gives you the ability to take full-sensor pictures at 230mm magnification, cropped to 50MP at 460mm, and 12.5MP at 920mm. Of course, that’s not the same as using a dedicated sensor and lens at either simulated focal length, but its a heck of an improvement on typical digital zoom.

Due to an embargo, I can’t get into further detail about the phone’s camera system – but I can show you some samples that really illustrate the power of the Hasselblad extender lens. I also can’t share any opinions about the performance of the phone, so forgive my rather dry descriptions of what you’re seeing.

First up, here are some photos of a view of Canary Wharf – the first image is from the main camera, the second is from the telephoto camera without the lens extender attached, and the third is with the lens extender attached, magnification matched:

Here’s a crop-in of the two images:

While shooting the vista above, I noticed a particularly unbothered fox hanging out at a nearby pub. Here are some close-ups of the chilled canine:

How about some concert pics? Here are some action shots from a recent Sigur Ros performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London:

And here's a shot to illustrate how far we were from the stage:

Oppo Find X9 series launches on October 28

As mentioned, both the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro will launch in global markets on October 28, though we aren't sure of exact pricing and availability information yet.

Both the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro will launch running ColorOS 16, based on Android 16, and in a variety of color options; Titanium Grey, Velvet Red, and Space Black for the basic Find X9, and Titanium Charcoal and Silk White for the Find X9 Pro. It’s our understanding that the “Titanium” in these names refers only to the color, not construction materials.

We’ll have further details on the Oppo Find X9 and Find X9 Pro as soon as we’re able to share them. Until then, check out our Oppo Find X8 review and Oppo Find X8 Pro review for a reminder of last year’s models, or check in with our guide to the best Oppo phones for a look at the whole lineup.

Whenever I find myself testing an Oppo or OnePlus flagship, I look forward to using a camera feature called XPAN mode.

Inspired by the iconic Hasselblad XPAN camera from the late 1990s – famous for its ability to shoot panoramic images on standard 35mm film – this cinematic shooting mode lets you shoot ultra-wide frames with a 65:24 aspect ratio.

Oppo and OnePlus first brought XPAN mode to their flagship smartphones in 2021, when the brands' partnership with Hasselblad began, but it was hidden away inside their respective camera apps for the longest time. You had to go to the 'More' tab to access XPAN – and that's why so few Oppo and OnePlus users knew about it.

It was only with last year's Oppo Find X7 Ultra that Oppo finally allowed its users to add XPAN mode to their viewfinders. And, thankfully, OnePlus followed suit with the OnePlus 13 series this year.

I recently went back to using Oppo’s latest flagship, the Find X8 Ultra, on a trip to Sweden, and I re-realized why I love XPAN mode so much. It adds a signature touch to the flagship experience, and I recommend it to anyone who owns one of the best Oppo phones or best OnePlus phones. You'll soon see why...

I love XPAN mode for the vibe it brings

As mentioned, XPAN mode lets you capture ultra-wide, cinematic frames with a 65:24 aspect ratio. It's roughly the size of two standard 35mm frames side by side, which allows a single subject to get added context with more of its surroundings in the frame.

That ratio might sound odd or too wide, but I shot these photos on my trip to Sweden, and I’m going to frame at least a few of them:

On the Oppo Find X8 Ultra, you can capture XPAN photos on all of its lenses. So, you get the versatility of choosing from 15mm, 23mm, 70mm, and 135mm equivalent focal lengths in either colored or black-and-white modes.

I'm obsessed with XPAN mode because of the flexibility it offers with different perspectives. It adds that extra cinematic flair to the types of photos I love shooting: streets, patterns and lines, and human emotions.

In the above shots, I spotted a cute couple sitting and soaking up the place. For comparison, the 75mm (3x) photo conveys their emotions better than the 135mm image (6x), which looks like a movie still. But I then edited the latter in Lightroom and really leaned in to that movie-like vibe (see below).

I love how Oppo and Hasselblad’s color science comes across in these shots, which is only elevated in Lightroom.

In the shot above the couple, I was able to capture the moody sunset vibe thanks to the Find X8 Ultra’s soft processing of the streetlight colors, and the added pop to the warmth in the building's windows.

During sunset, you are bound to get movie-like frames and colors – all you need to do is pay attention to the framing.

In the above example, I edited a few XPAN shots, added four of them in a frame, and hope to print this for one of my personalized postcards.

The future of XPAN mode on Oppo and OnePlus phones

Oppo recently announced the extension of its partnership with Hasselblad, meaning future Oppo phones will retain features like Hasselblad Natural Color Solution, Hasselblad Portrait Mode, Master Mode, and, of course, my beloved XPAN mode.

Oppo is also rumored to be introducing a 200MP periscope telephoto camera on its next flagship phone, which could really test the limits of these Hasselblad shooting modes.

OnePlus, on the other hand, is expected to step away from Hasselblad color tuning in favor of an in-house imaging algorithm on the OnePlus 15.

That said, if you currently own a OnePlus or Oppo phone, I urge you to take more photos in XPAN mode. I love anything that helps me see the world differently, and XPAN does just that. It brings an amazing new perspective that I wouldn’t have paid attention to otherwise.

Of course, XPAN mode won’t suit every shot in your library, but if you love shooting landscape shots or street photos, this is the mode for you.

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Oppo Reno 13 Pro two-minute review

Before even picking up the test unit for this Oppo Reno 13 Pro review, I was ready to draft a headline comparing it to the recent Google Pixel 9a – after all, I spent much of my Reno 12 Pro review comparing that phone to the Pixel 8a, as their similar release window and price makes them natural Android rivals.

Last year, the victory easily went to Oppo, but in a surprise and potentially appeal-ruining blunder, the company has shot itself in the foot with the Reno 13 Pro.

First, some context: the Reno series of smartphones is the mid-range offering from Chinese manufacturer Oppo, and the 13 Pro is 2025’s top-end member of the family. It arrives alongside a non-Pro model, the Oppo Reno 13, and an even cheaper equivalent in the form of the Oppo Reno 13F. For all the flashy features of Oppo’s expensive Find X8 Pro or folding Find N5, I’ve long preferred its Reno models, given how often they've shaken up the mid-range Android market.

Unfortunately, that preference streak ends here: the Oppo Reno 13 Pro has seen a surprising increase in price over its predecessor – I’m not talking mere pennies, but a whopping £150 in the UK and AU$300 in Australia. Oppo sells full-blown phones in its A series that cost less than that price hike!

It’s hard, then, to compare the Reno 13 Pro to the Google Pixel 9a (which hasn’t seen a similar price hike this year), given that the Oppo device is significantly more expensive. This year’s victory goes to Google, it seems.

As a butchered Spider-Man quote goes, with great financial cost comes great expectations, and some of the budget trappings of the Reno family feel bizarre in a phone that’s now only a spitting distance from the Samsung Galaxy S25 in terms of price.

For instance, Reno phones are almost always stuffed with pre-installed bloatware, unwanted third-party apps, and games at first boot-up. That’s still the case in the 13 Pro, despite its shiny new price tag. Similarly, the lack of a microSD card is a notable omission for a phone that you may feasibly expect to use for professional work.

Lots of my issues with the Reno 13 Pro stem from this price-related disappointment, but in most departments, it's a great phone – it’d just be a Google Pixel-killer if it were cheaper.

In the camera department, for instance, the Reno 13 Pro has perhaps the best zoom capabilities of any mid-range phone, boasting 3.5mm optical zoom and three 50MP snappers (plus one 8MP ugly duckling). It brings some useful modes and features, too, including the novel underwater photography mode. If you like going swimming with your phone – and if you do, why? – this will be an interesting device for you.

The Reno 13 Pro is also really powerful, fast to charge (it boasts wireless charging), has a big and high-res display, and benefits from some of the best water resistance of any mobile on the market (as you’d hope, given the underwater photography feature).

There’s no doubt about it – this is a good smartphone. However, it could have been a great one if it wasn’t for the meaty price hike. I can see that high number putting some buyers off, and if you’re one of them, I don't blame you. Thankfully, the Reno 12 Pro is still being sold in most places.

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: price and availability

• Sells for £649 / AU$1,299 (around $830)
• Big price hike over Reno 12 Pro
• Available UK and AU, not US

Like most Oppo phones, the Reno 13 Pro rolled out slowly across the world, with this model first arriving in late 2024. In the UK and Australia, it went on sale in April 2025, but it hasn't been released in the US yet – and based on precedent, it likely never will.

You can pick up the phone for £649 / AU$1,299 (around $830), so it’s at the upper end of the mid-range Android phone market. The non-Pro model costs £499 / AU$899 (around $640), while the Reno 12 Pro went for £499 / AU$999 (around $640), so there’s a serious price jump between generations.

That price hike is quite a surprise, and it ruins the Oppo’s ability to honestly rival the Google Pixel 9a, which starts at $499 / £499 / AU$849. Long have the Reno Pro mobiles trounced their Pixel a-series contemporaries by offering better specs at a similar price, but that streak ends with the Reno 13 series, as it’s no longer comparable in terms of price.

And before you ask: the standard Reno 13 misses out on some of the best features of the Pro, like its zoom camera, big display, and wireless charging, so it’s not a viable Pixel rival.

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: specs

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: design

• Thin and light Android phone
• Comes in lilac or black
• IP69 protection

While the Oppo Reno 13 Pro doesn’t redefine the mid-range Android look that every manufacturer seems to trot out on autopilot these days, it does perfect it to a tee.

This is a thin and light device: its dimensions are 162.8 x 76.6 x 7.6mm, and it weighs just 195g, so it feels slender despite its big screen. The bezel is tiny, as is the front-facing camera cut-out, so the screen feels like it takes over the entire front of the device.

The back of my lilac model has a gently textured shine which blossoms in light (I didn’t test the other version, a black model). I like the look, even if most people will hide it in a case straight away.

The phone is so thin that you’d be forgiven for being surprised that it even has space for a USB-C charging port on the bottom – and there was apparently no room for a 3.5mm headphone jack or anywhere to put a microSD card.

On the right edge of the Reno 13 Pro, you’ve got a power button and volume rocker. Both were easily within reach for me, as was the in-screen fingerprint scanner, which worked reliably. The back of the phone has a camera bump for the three lenses and a fairly large flash module. It sticks out enough that the phone has no hope of staying flat on a table.

A pretty rare spec that Oppo has utilized in the Reno 13 Pro is IP69 protection. This standard has the same total dust protection that phones with the more common IP68 rating have, and also the same ability to survive being immersed in water for half an hour, but it has an additional assurance against high-pressure water jets and steam. Most devices that have an IP69 rating are intended to be used alongside medical or food preparation, and so few people will need it in their smartphone, but it’s certainly a nice layer of protection to have.

• Design score: 3.5 / 5

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: display

• 6.83 inches, 1272 x 2800 resolution
• Gorilla Glass 7i provides protection
• 120Hz refresh, high max brightness

The Oppo Reno 13 Pro has a 6.83-inch screen. That’s big, even by mid-range Android standards, and it’s one of the largest displays you’ll find on a phone without moving into Ultra or Pro Max territory.

The resolution is 1272 x 2800 or FHD+, which is pretty standard on smartphones these days. The refresh rate goes up to 120Hz, though by default it’s on an automatic mode that changes it based on your use, and I’d recommend sticking to this for battery life reasons.

Like its predecessor, the Reno 13 Pro has an AMOLED display with a nice, high 1,200 nits max brightness, support for HDR10+, and a color gamut of over a billion colors. Those are important specs for games and TV shows to look good on a mobile, for sure, and this device ticks all the boxes in that department.

Continuing the ‘protection’ theme from the Design section, the glass of the screen is Corning Gorilla Glass 7i. The unique selling point of this panel is that it’s more durable and scratch- and drop-proof, something which I (accidentally) tested quite a bit during the review period.

• Display score: 3.5 / 5

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: software

• Android 15 with Oppo's ColorOS 15 over the top
• Bloatware problem
• Familiar interface to Android users

As with most of its contemporary Android phones, the Oppo Reno 13 Pro comes with Android 15 pre-installed. Oppo has promised that the phone will get at least 3 years of updates, a restrained number in the ‘Android updates arms race’, but it’s better than nothing.

Layered over the top is Oppo’s Android fork, ColorOS, or ColorOS 15 to give it the full name. This version’s unique features include a plethora of pre-installed tools with the suffix ‘AI’ slapped at the end, like an image clarity upscaler and deblurring, plus a few other features you’ve seen before, like AI summaries, AI text replies, and text-to-speak from web pages. The last of that number is, at least, a handy accessibility feature.

Mostly, though, this is an Android fork that’ll feel familiar if you use any other manufacturers’ equivalent – I don’t use an Oppo as my day-to-day device, but the Reno 13 Pro's software still felt easy to jump straight into; I knew where all the features, customizations, and settings were.

Usually in the software section of Oppo reviews, I start by complaining about the bloatware; the fact that I wanted to vary my structure up doesn’t mean that it’s not a huge problem here. When you boot up the phone, you’re faced with an ungodly number of pre-installed Oppo apps, third-party services, and random games. Cue ten minutes of frantic deleting if you want your new smartphone to feel yours.

Bloatware is an infuriating but stalwart aspect of cheap and mid-range mobiles, but when you’re paying a premium price for a phone, you’re allowed to expect better.

• Software score: 3 / 5

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: cameras

• 50MP main, 50MP telephoto and 8MP ultra-wide cameras, 50MP for selfies
• Iffy AI features
• Small but appreciated improvements over predecessor

The debate about whether the Reno 13 Pro still counts as a mid-range phone notwithstanding, Oppo has consistently dominated the market for inexpensive camera phones, and it’s continued its lead with this new model.

Specs-wise, the Reno 13 Pro is mostly the same as its predecessor: you’ve got a 50MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 50MP telephoto camera, and a 50MP selfie camera. The main improvement is in that second snapper: it now has a 3.5x lens, and given how rare any kind of zoom lens is on a budget phone, that’s an achievement.

Zoom lenses are primarily used to close the distance from a far subject without relying on digital zoom, which simply crops an image and loses resolution quickly. But they’re also popular for photographers thanks to the depth-of-field they create on closer subjects, and the Reno 13 Pro is great for photography like that as a result.

Smaller but noticeable differences abound in the Reno 13 Pro: images are just as bright and bold as you’ve come to expect from a Reno, but there’s a little more detail in darkness, a little less grain in low-light areas, and a little more dynamic range to differentiate similar colors. The presence of something called a ‘color spectrum sensor’ may help in this area, or it could be better optimization and post-processing.

A few rough edges affect image quality slightly, and the more I used the Oppo, the more it became evident that this wasn’t quite a Samsung Galaxy or iPhone rival. The autofocus was rather unreliable, while Portrait mode returned mixed results in the bokeh department and zoomed-in images could sometimes lack quality.

I’m always excited to see the new photography modes introduced in camera phones, and the Oppo Reno 13 Pro didn’t let me down. It has an underwater mode which lets you utilize the mobile’s water protection for shots in the sea or a swimming pool (or in any other body of liquid, I suppose). It deactivates the on-screen button, so you have to use the volume rocker to take photos or videos, and when you’re done, it vibrates the phone to remove moisture. It’s a novel feature, and while it’s terrifying to dunk your phone into any kind of liquid, it did seem to do the job when I stuck my review sample in a container of water.

Beyond that, there’s the standard assortment of photo modes: standard, Portrait, night, and panorama. Video recording goes up to 4K/60fps and video modes include slow-mo, time-lapse, and dual-view.

The phone’s Photos app brings a few AI modes to help remove background people, remove reflections, and enhance clarity. The main one is obviously AI eraser, an answer to Google’s equivalent feature, but I wasn’t impressed by the results in the Oppo – it often failed to remove people, and when it succeeded, it did so by creating an obviously artificial background that looked worse than the offending photobombers.

• Camera score: 4 / 5

Oppo Reno 13 Pro camera samples

Oppo Reno 13 Pro: performance and audio

• Mid-range Dimensity 8350 chipset
• 12GB RAM, 512GB Storage
• No headphone jack, Bluetooth 5.4 and stereo speakers

The Oppo Reno 13 Pro comes with the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 chipset, a nice solid mid-range chipset that marks a pronounced improvement over its already-decent predecessor.

Multi-core benchmark tests for the new Reno on Geekbench returned an average score of 4042, which is over twice as high as the scores achieved by the 12 Pro’s Dimensity 7300 Energy – that’s less an iterative update and more a much better chipset.

As a result, the Reno 13 Pro is a dab hand at gaming and handling photo editing apps. It’s not the most powerful phone on the market, with some budget gaming phones getting scores in the 6000s, but it’ll do everything you need it to with aplomb.

The version of the Reno 13 Pro on sale in the UK and Australia has 12GB RAM and 512GB storage; in some regions, you can also get 16GB and anything between 256GB and 1TB storage, but not in the regions we cover.

Briefly mentioning audio: there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack, but the Reno 13 Pro supports Bluetooth 5.4. The on-board stereo speakers aren’t amazing, but they’re par for the course for phone speakers.

• Performance score: 3.5 / 5

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: battery life

• Big 5,800mAh battery
• Lasts for about two days of use
• 80W wired charging, 50W wireless

The Oppo Reno 13 Pro boasts a bigger battery than its predecessor, in line with market shifts that are making the 5,000mAh power packs of yesteryear look svelte. Instead, the 13 Pro has a 5,800mAh power pack, which roughly lasted for a day and a half during my testing, or two days if I used the phone sparingly.

The phone's charging speed is the same as last year's model, at 80W, which is nice and fast without being too fast (and by that I mean, speedy enough that you invariably damage your battery health by using it). Also back on the Reno 13 Pro is the ability to charge other gadgets by plugging them into your phone using a USB cable – this is really handy for people who need to charge their earbuds or smartwatch on the go.

New on the Reno 13 Pro is a surprisingly fast 50W wireless charging capability. That’s a premium feature that you don’t often see in mid-range mobiles, especially at such a high speed. However, a word of warning: the camera bump means you can’t put the phone totally flat on surfaces, which meant I could wirelessly power up the device on my charger.

• Battery score: 4 / 5

Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: value

With the Oppo Reno 13 Pro, you’re basically getting what you pay for: decent specs at a mid-range price.

I’m sad to have to write that, though, because Oppo Reno phones usually knock it out of the park in the value section. Instead, the Reno 13 Pro gets a passing grade and nothing more.

You can get almost-as-good phones for much less, including the Reno 12 Pro. And given that bona fide flagship smartphones only cost a small amount less these days, people who aren’t on a tight budget don’t have to pay that much more to get better.

• Value score: 3 / 5

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Oppo Reno 13 Pro review: Also consider

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How I tested the Oppo Reno 13 Pro

• Review test period = 2 weeks
• Testing included = Everyday usage, including web browsing, social media, photography, video calling, gaming, streaming video, music playback
• Tools used = Geekbench 6, Geekbench ML, GFXBench, native Android stats

I used the Oppo Reno 13 Pro for about two weeks before I started writing this review.

To test it, I used it as my normal phone. That means I played games, took photos, texted, and streamed lots of music with it, while seeing how well the battery performed as I did so.

I also tried some 'lab' tests, which included benchmarking, charging testing, and dunking the phone in a jug of water to see if it would take photos, or immediately get wrecked.

I come to this review having spent over six years writing and testing tech for TechRadar, with plenty of Oppo phones (including the first-gen Reno) among the devices I've reviewed.

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First reviewed April 2025

• Oppo has announced the new Reno 13 series of midrange handsets
• The Reno 13 Pro sports a 3.5x telephoto camera and IP68 / IP69 water and dust resistance
• Oppo seems to suggest a combination of these new features with a new underwater photography mode

As our Oppo Reno 12 Pro review details, a telephoto lens is a rare and valuable addition for a midrange handset. The Oppo Reno 13 Pro comes equipped with a 3.5x telephoto camera, nearly doubling the optical zoom reach of its predecessor, the Oppo Reno 12 Pro.

As far as we’re aware, the Reno 13 Pro’s 3.5x snapper gives Oppo’s latest leading mid-ranger more optical zoom reach than any other phone of its price.

Telephoto cameras are becoming more common on midrange handsets: we recently saw the launch of the Nothing Phone 3a and Phone 3a Pro, which respectively carry 2x and 3x telephoto cameras.

The 50MP 3.5x telephoto camera is joined by a 50MP main camera and 8MP ultra-wide camera, in an arrangement that follows Oppo’s track record of taking – let’s call it inspiration – from a certain Cupertino-based phone maker.

Design lineage aside, the Oppo Reno 13 Pro is also rated to IP69, and Oppo says the phone is resistant to being submerged in fresh water as well as heated jets of water – it’s as waterproof as a phone can get right now.

With these two features – an upgraded camera system and the best possible water resistance – Oppo has done the natural thing and devised a way to make the most of both at the same time. The Reno 13 Pro comes with a new underwater camera mode that utilizes the volume rocker to operate the camera when submerged.

This new mode allows users to take photos with the volume-up button, and start and stop video with the volume-down button, which I must admit is a reasonably intuitive control scheme – even if the idea of hopping in the pool, phone in hand, does still freak me out a bit.

We’ve seen phones with IP69 water resistance before, but it’s very rare that a phone maker actively encourages its users to take a dip with their device – let alone for the sake of a photo shoot.

The Oppo Reno 13 Pro, and its two siblings the Oppo Reno 13 and Reno 13F, have not yet received a release date or pricing – we’ll update this article when the details are confirmed. For now, be sure to check out our guide to the best Oppo phones and let us know what you think about the Reno 13 Pro in the comments.

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Oppo Find N5 review: Two-minute review

UPDATE 21 / 02 / 2025: Since the publishing of this review, Oppo has confirmed that the Find N5 will not be launching in the UK. We will update this review if and when availability information becomes known.

Additionally, the Find N5 supports 80W wired charging, not 90W as previously reported.

Oppo had one mission when making the Oppo Find N5: make the world's thinnest book-style foldable. It's a testament to the company's phone making skill that it not only succeeded, but produced such a powerful, enjoyable, and good-looking device along the way. For my money, this is the direction folding phones should be heading in, and using the Find N5 feels easier and more seamless than the folding devices I've used in the past. It's a strong contender for the best Oppo phone I've ever used.

The standout feature of the Find N5 is its design. The phone unfolded measures just 4.21mm thick, which is thinner than an iPad Pro and only beaten in the foldable space by the tri-fold Huawei Mate XT. It really is amazing to hold the Find N5 for the first time, and this slimness never stops being genuinely convenient. I'm here to tell you that this isn't a gimmick: the Find N5's profile is a big part of the reason the phone feels so useable. Even at a folded thickness of 8.93mm, it's barely bulkier than an iPhone 16 Pro Max. The displays are both great, and both the largest you'll find on a book-style phone, at 6.62-inches for the cover screen and 8.12-inches for the inner display.

The Find N5 has got the hardware power to challenge the premium slab flagships too. The Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage make the sole configuration a powerful one, and Oppo has made every effort to improve the historically middling battery life of the average folding phone with a huge 5,600mAh silicon-carbon cell. In the case of the Find N5, slim does not mean slow. Looking at the competition, the thicker and heavier Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, with its smaller battery and less powerful internals, seems a bit archaic by comparison.

It's not without compromise, though. In order to attain such a slim profile, the camera system has been scaled back compared to the previous generation Find N3 (still sold worldwide as the OnePlus Open) and results can vary from great to pretty undesirable. There are also a few software bugs, but I'm aware some of this will be due to developers not optimizing for the foldable form factor.

Overall, I'm very impressed with the Oppo Find N5. It's a huge step towards foldable devices that don't feel at all constrained by their form factor, with a barely-visible crease, two great displays, and a very reasonable battery life. Any imperfections aren't impactful enough to stop this feeling like the folding phone of the future. If it wasn't for its limited availability, the Find N5 would be a shoe-in for our list of the best folding phones.

Oppo Find N5 review: Price and availability

• International pricing TBC
• Availability TBC, not available in the UK
• Costs around £1500 in Singapore

Oppo hasn’t revealed pricing for the Find N5 yet, so we haven’t yet got a take on the value for money the phone offers. The phone has been confirmed to cost the equivalent of around £1500 in Singapore, but we're still waiting for further details.

As for availability, Oppo has no distribution in the US so it’s overwhelmingly likely the Find N5 won’t launch there. We aren’t quite sure of the full extent of the Find N5’s availability, either.

We’ll update this section once the phone’s pricing is officially available, but until then keep reading for a detailed review of the Oppo Find N5.

Keep in mind that if and when we hear of the Oppo Find N5's official availability and launch price in other regions, our overall verdict and score could change.

Oppo Find N5 review: Specs

Oppo Find N5 review: Design

• 4.21mm unfolded thickness, 8.93mm folded
• Comes in two colors, black and white
• Crease is barely noticeable

The Oppo Find N5 is one of the most impressively designed phones I’ve ever used – actually, rewind that – the Oppo Find N5 is one of the most impressively designed things I’ve ever used. Unboxing the phone for the first time was one of those rare “wow” moments: the Find N5 is truly incredibly thin. At a folded thickness of 8.93mm it’s about half a millimeter thicker than an iPhone 16 Pro Max, and at an unfolded thickness of 4.21mm it’s even slimmer than a 2024 iPad Pro. Holding it side-by-side with the 5.8mm-thick OnePlus Open (the previous generation Find N3 in all but name) really highlights the progress Oppo has made in the past two years.

The Oppo Find N5 also nails the ever-crucial hinge: Oppo is calling its hinge the Titanium Flexion Hinge, and what this means is that Oppo has used 3D-printed titanium alloy to create a hinge that’s more resilient and rigid while being 26% smaller than the previous generation. I noticed that the hinge has real resistance to it, feeling solid when open between around 20 and 120 degrees, and snapping open or shut on either side of this range. Oppo says the hinge should last for 10 years of normal use, though this will naturally vary between users.

The Find N5 opens nearly completely flat, and that smaller hinge makes less of an impression on the inner display, too – the crease is really only visible when the screen catches the light in a certain way, and it’s effectively invisible when you’re actually using the phone. Oppo says the crease on the Find N5’s inner display is 10% narrower and 50% shallower than the already impressively unobtrusive crease on the OnePlus Open. The crevice running down the middle of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 looks absolutely comical by comparison.

The rest of the chassis is made of aluminum, with a glass cover screen and fiber rear panel. The bezel around the inner display is made of a thick plastic that conceals strong magnets to hold the phone shut, and the inner display itself is covered in a plastic coating. I had no durability concerns with the sturdy outer frame of the phone the inner display can be dented by anything hard, even a fingernail, so be cautious. Buttons are standard fare, with a volume rocker, ringer switch, and power button doubling as a fast fingerprint scanner.

The Find N5 pushes the boat out in terms of water resistance, and as far as I’m aware is the first folding phone to carry both an IPX8 and IPX9 rating for protection against water ingress. There’s no certified dust resistance though.

Oppo has a great track record when it comes to aesthetics, and the Find N5 is no different. In global markets the phone is available in either Misty White or Cosmic Black, and the white unit I tested featured a cool marble effect similar to the pearlescent material used for the Oppo Find X8 Pro. It’s a subtle touch that adds a hint of luxury, and contrasts nicely with the slimmed-down black camera island. Ergonomically, the phone’s rounded edges make it reasonably comfortable to hold when unfolded and decently usable one-handed, at least for right-handed users.

If I had one note about the design of the Oppo Find N5, it’s that the edges are so slim that it can actually be a little tricky to get enough purchase to open the phone. Then again, there’s not much Oppo can do about that while continuing to make these phones thinner, which if you ask me is a much more important goal. Overall, the Find N5 is a marvel of engineering that feels good to use – you can’t ask for much better than that.

Design score: 5 / 5

Oppo Find N5 review: Display

• 6.62-inch cover screen
• 8.1-inch inner display
• Both screens are bright and sharp with 120Hz refresh rate

Though Oppo has leaned on the Find N5 being the “world’s thinnest book-style folding phone” in marketing, the displays here are class-leading in a different way. The Oppo Find N5 sports the largest displays on any phone of its type, with a 6.62-inch cover screen and massive 8.12-inch inner display, and both are sharp, bright, responsive panels that make just about anything look excellent.

The Oppo Find N5 features an 8.12-inch folding inner display, with a resolution of 2248 x 2480 pixels, peak brightness of 2100 nits, and variable refresh rate of 1-120Hz. At an almost-square aspect ratio of 9.9:9, the Find N5 is a great choice for watching videos, taking photos, and reading articles. This screen is a touch dimmer than the inner display on the OnePlus Open, which is noticeable but not an issue: I found the Find N5 to be more than serviceable in a variety of indoor and outdoor lighting conditions.

By surface area, the Find N5’ inner display is larger than an iPad mini’s, which makes it a great choice for multitasking. As for the cover screen, the Find N5 goes well beyond the idea of a backup panel, with a sharp and contrasty 6.62-inch panel that makes one-handed use not only viable, but genuinely enjoyable. Both displays support the Oppo Pen stylus, sold separately, which opens even more productivity possibilities.

The cover display boasts a resolution of 1140 x 2616 pixels, peak brightness of 2450 nits, and that same variable 1-120Hz refresh rate. At an aspect ratio of 20.7:9 it’s a touch slimmer than the conventional 19.5:9 employed by the iPhone 16 and Samsung Galaxy S25, but wider than the 22.1:9 cover screen on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.

Switching between the two displays remains as easy as opening and closing the phone. Opening the phone will instantly continue your activity on the inner screen, while jumping from the inner to outer screen requires a swipe up to keep things going. These are two great panels that really feel like they work together as part of one cohesive system.

Display score: 4.5 / 5

Oppo Find N5 review: Software

• Android 15 with ColorOS 15
• Great multitasking features
• Bloatware on a phone of this caliber is ridiculous

I’ve been a fan of the software experience on Oppo phones for quite some time now – ColorOS 15 (based on Android 15) is one of the cleanest, fastest, and most customizable implementations of Android on the market, and Oppo has gone out of its way to ensure the experience translates well to the folding form factor; the UI as a whole remains blisteringly fast. Default apps and AI are all fine, but I imagine most users will head for the pre-installed Google suite and Gemini for their general application and AI needs.

In many ways, ColorOS still feels like an imitation of iOS, and the projection of the OS onto the folding form factor can feel like a bizarro mashup of iPhone and iPad features. The three dot multitasking menu is here, directly lifted from iPadOS, and allows you to activate split screen or floating windows with as many as four apps at once (three in split view and one floating). Originality aside, this works very well, and I was surprised by just how much the Find N5 could handle. I also like the pop-up that appears when you switch between two apps frequently, which suggests putting the two in split screen.

There’s another unique productivity feature that Oppo has added to the Find N5, but it isn’t installed by default. The new O+ Connect app for Mac allows the Oppo Find N5 to control Apple computers remotely, with real-time screen mirroring and a virtual keyboard appearing on the phone screen. This, building on previous file sharing functionality between Oppo phones and iPhones and iPads via the same app. O+ Connect works wirelessly over LAN, though Oppo wouldn’t tell me the exact latency. I’m not sure how useful this is in practice, but the idea of seeing Adobe Premiere Pro or Ableton Live on such a small screen is genuinely novel.

As is standard with Oppo phones, the customization on offer is world-class, with gorgeous live wallpapers and various ways to change fonts and colors across the UI. Regrettably, though, the phone comes preloaded with a handful of bloatware apps that most people won’t use – frankly, it’s frustrating that a phone of this price and calibre comes with any bloatware whatsoever. This is a luxury phone: it’s more about respect for the customer than any sort of actual inconvenience. That said, once you get the app drawer looking how you want it, ColorOS sails smooth.

Software score: 3.5 / 5

Oppo Find N5 review: Cameras

• 50MP main camera
• 8MP ultra-wide camera
• 50MP telephoto camera with 3x zoom

The OnePlus Open – a.k.a the global version of the Oppo Find N3 – made waves by being the first folding phone to sport a properly flagship-grade camera system – it also had one of the largest camera bumps we’ve ever seen. With the Find N5, Oppo has prioritized a slim build to the point that the camera system has had to be scaled back. The cameras here are still usable, good even, but definitely where the compromises needed to produce the world’s thinnest book-style foldable are most acutely felt.

The Find N5 comes equipped with a 50MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera, and 50MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom. Across the board, we see a reduction in resolution compared to the previous generation, though the main and telephoto cameras have larger sensors (Oppo hasn’t shared the sensor size for the ultra-wide). This translates to brighter images at the cost of a bit of granular detail. The main camera is decent and reliable, producing expressive photos in daylight and holding its own in darker environments too. The reach and depth of field offered by the 3x telephoto camera is especially impressive, while the 8MP ultra-wide is a mystifyingly low-spec choice that is hard to get good images from.

The Find N5 also sports two identical selfie cameras – one punch-holed into each display – and they’re simply below par. Both are stuck at a measly 8MP and produce low-detail, low-contrast images. As the Find N5 is a folding phone, you can of course take selfies with the main camera, using the cover screen as a viewfinder, but that’s not really a replacement for a decent selfie camera – especially if you’re trying to be subtle.

As for the actual photography experience, the folding form factor allows for a lot of freedom with how you take your pics and videos. The inner screen works incredibly well as a massive viewfinder, and you can use the lower half of the screen as a gallery while shooting. Equally, the phone is slim enough that taking photos with the screen folded is just as pleasant. As for video, the phone maxes out at 4K 60fps.

The high-end cameras common to today’s flagship phones require a certain amount of physical space, which Oppo may have been unable to accommodate in such a slim frame. Alternatively, designing such a slim phone might have just been too expensive a process to make a better camera system cost effective. Either way, I respect that making the world's thinnest folding phone comes with some compromises, and the Find N5 can still take great photos – but this camera system is a noticeable backwards step.

Camera score: 3 / 5

Oppo Find N5 Camera Samples

Oppo Find N5 review: Performance

• Snapdragon 8 Elite (7-core variant)
• 16GB of RAM
• 512GB of storage

Oppo wasn’t messing around when it decided on the internal specs of the Find N5. This is a seriously powerful phone equipped with the latest mobile hardware and a massive amount of memory. There’s only one configuration to choose from, but with specs like these, you’re very unlikely to be disappointed.

Equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage, the Find N5 has more than enough hardware power to handle pretty much anything you can throw at it. The phone flew through day-to-day tasks and sessions of Call of Duty Mobile with no fuss, only warming slightly during the most intense multitasking.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset found within the Find N5 is the lower-powered 7-core variant, but you wouldn’t notice it in normal use. The large screen, responsive UI, and powerful internals come together to provide a consistently excellent experience.

However, I did encounter some glitchy behavior during my testing period. On one occasion, the phone fully locked up when switching between the cover and inner screen, which required a restart. Other times, apps would become unresponsive due to a change in aspect ratio or switching screens. Some of this will be for app developers to sort out, and Android 16 should bring features that force developers to make apps that deal better with changing aspect ratios, but it’s still something to be aware of.

Overall, despite a few hiccups, you should find that the Find N5 flies through whatever you throw at it, with enough storage to last years of normal use and enough memory to keep up as applications and AI get more complex. It's the first folding phone I've seen that I'd consider a genuine productivity tool.

Performance score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find N5 review: Battery

• 5,600mAh silicon-carbon battery
• 80W wired charging
• 50W wireless charging

It’s generally accepted that folding phones will have a shorter battery life than their candy-bar counterparts, due to the use of inefficient split battery cells, and the increased power draw of a large inner screen. With the Find N5, Oppo has made every effort to counteract this trend, but there’s only so much that can be done within the bounds of folding phone design.

With a – say it with me – class-leading battery capacity of 5,600mAh, the Find N5 can make it through a day of mixed use without having to think too much about charging. That battery is larger than the cells found in either the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 or Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and I found myself not really worrying about charging overnight or to 100% before leaving the house. That’s partly thanks to the adoption of silicon-carbon battery technology, which allows for a much higher power density. If you do get down to 1%, the phone enters an ultra-low power mode that keeps essential functions active until you can top up.

Charging is really no chore, as the Find N5 supports some truly rapid charging speeds. The phone supports up to 80W wired charging and 50W wireless charging over Oppo’s proprietary AirVOOC standard. That’s excellent, not just for a folding phone but for a smart device in general – there are laptops that don’t support charging this fast. Oppo quotes a 50-minute charge time from 0-100%, but I found this took around 45 minutes with an Oppo 80W charger.

I did notice the battery draining a touch faster than on modern slab flagships, but then again I also noticed an improvement versus the OnePlus Open. Relative to other folding phones, this is a winner, but compared to slab phones there’s still a little catching up to do.

Battery score: 4 / 5

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How I tested the Oppo Find N5

I used the Oppo Find N5 as my main smartphone for a period of one week, putting it through daily use cases like watching videos, listening to music, scrolling through social media, and reading articles, as well as more intentional tests like gaming sessions and timed charging. The model I tested came in the white color option and came with the standard 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

Using the Find N5 as my daily driver over a week or so also gave me a sense of how useful or annoying the positive and negative attributes of the Find N5 are, particularly how the phone holds up ergonomically over time. I then applied my broad knowledge of the smartphone market and journalistic training to assess the performance and value of the Find N5.

For more on our smartphone testing process, be sure to take a look at how we test phones for review.

Oppo has officially announced that the Find N5, the world's thinnest book-style folding phone, will launch globally on February 20, and as a long-time fan of its predecessor, the OnePlus Open (which is marketed as the Oppo Find N3 in China), I’m feeling the excitement.

At an official Oppo event, I went hands-on with the Find N5, and I can tell you first-hand that this is an impressive device that genuinely feels like a normal slab phone when folded. I was amazed at just how thin the Find N5 felt in-hand, and can already foresee the device joining our list of the best Oppo phones (and, if availability allows, the best foldable phones).

While I can only share very limited specs about the Find N5 at the moment, I can do you one better and show you the phone in all of its razor-thin glory. Check out the gallery below:

Oppo Find N5 thickness: Oppo shares folded measurements

Thanks to a pair of new Weibo posts from Oppo's official account, we can share some new details about the measurements and construction of the phone.

Oppo has officially shared that the Find N5 will measure 8.93mm thick when folded. That’s barely thicker than the iPhone 16 Pro Max, which comes in at 8.25mm, or the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is a touch slimmer at 8.2mm.

The Find N5 really does feel similar to a typical slab flagship in-hand when folded, which makes sense when you consider its slim folded profile.

Notably, the Oppo Find N5 is much slimmer than its folding phone contemporaries. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, for example, measures 12.1mm thick when folded – almost 50% thicker than the Find N5.

The previous generation Find N3, and hence the OnePlus Open, measures 11.7mm thick when folded, so the Find N5 represents a 26% improvement between generations.

Oppo has not shared the unfolded thickness of the phone yet, but as Android Headlines notes the latest rumors point to an unfolded thickness of 4.2mm. If this holds true, the Find N5 will have beaten the current champ, the Honor Magic V3, which measures 9.2mm folded, 4.35mm unfolded.

In the second Weibo post (via GSMArena), Oppo shared information about the Find N5's hinge mechanism. The hinge supposedly makes use of 3D-printed titanium, which allows for a thinner build and increased reliability.

Oppo Find N5 hands-on: my thoughts

The Find N5 comes equipped with a triple-camera bump on the rear panel, and while the phone isn’t exactly light, it’s not noticeably heavier than a typical flagship.

What’s more, the crease on the inside of the phone's display – which I already barely noticed using the OnePlus Open – has been further reduced in both width and depth. It’s much flatter than the bold crease on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, and combined with the nicer ergonomics, I'm not sure why anyone would opt for Samsung's model.

Oppo claims that the Find N5 is the world’s new thinnest book-style foldable, which would mean besting the Honor Magic V3’s unfolded thickness of 4.4mm. As mentioned, I can't share specs just yet, but having handled the Find N5 myself, it certainly feels like another step forward for foldable phone design.

As The Verge mentions, that book-style qualification references the Huawei Mate XT tri-fold phone, which measures just 3.6mm thick when fully unfolded.

The Find N5 comes in two colors: black and white. The white color option features a reflective pattern similar to the pearlescent white colorway on the Oppo Find X8 Pro.

As for buttons, it’s typical Oppo fare – a volume rocker and power button on the right side and ringer switch on the left – though, when the phone is folded, these all naturally sit on the right-hand side.

Is this the OnePlus Open 2 in all but name?

As alluded to earlier, it's suspected that the rumored OnePlus Open 2 will inherit the design of the Oppo Find N5; the original OnePlus Open is, after all, effectively a rebranded Oppo Find N3. Oppo and OnePlus are both subsidiaries of Chinese company BBK Electronics and share a long history of common designs and technologies.

I’ve written at length about how enjoyable I found the OnePlus Open, and as the likely spiritual successor to that phone, the Oppo Find N5 has made a great first impression.

The Find N5 launches in global markets on February 20 – though it's highly unlikely to come to the US, as is standard for Oppo phones. The Find N5's imminent global release does, however, suggest that the OnePlus Open 2 isn't far away for US consumers.

What do you think of the Oppo Find N5? Would you pick an Oppo foldable over the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 or Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold? Let me know in the comments below.

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Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G: Two-minute review

The Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G is a budget phone done the Oppo way – better-than-average specs, a great sense of style, and cost-cutting decisions that mostly land on the side of confusion rather than frustration. This is a phone that, despite its shortcomings, punches well above its weight, most obviously with its great 6.67-inch display. Though far from perfect, this is a capable budget handset that handles 90% of what we use our phones for every day without complaint.

At a fixed price point of £299, the biggest selling point the Reno 12 FS has is its excellent value for money. There are few other models on the market that offer this much utility for so little money, and a combination of 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage is almost unheard of in this price bracket.

The Reno 12 FS continues to impress with its software experience – that is, once you get clear of the awful bloatware the phone ships with. ColorOS 14 is otherwise a swift and snappy experience, with terrific customization, though slowdown can hold the phone back at seemingly random times. It’s clear that the included MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset can’t quite keep up with modern demands.

As for cameras, the Reno 12 FS struggles to keep pace with close competitors like the Samsung Galaxy A35, or even the iPhone SE. The main 50MP camera can be coaxed into producing photos that are acceptable, so long as conditions are ideal, but don’t bother with the 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro camera. It would have been wiser for Oppo to have spent those resources on a better single-camera system.

Overall, the Reno 12 FS 5G will work for a specific type of user, and should appeal far more to media consumers than media producers. If you’re looking for a device to keep you connected, browse the internet, and watch videos, this is a solid choice – but those looking for photography power or totally impressive performance should look elsewhere.

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Price and availability

• Costs £299, available in one configuration
• Sole model comes with 512GB of storage
• Not available in the US or Australia

The Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G marked Oppo’s re-entry to the UK market, and now forms a core part of the brand’s steadily growing phone lineup. It comes in a single model, with 12GB of RAM and a huge 512GB of storage for £299. It’s not available in Australia, where it’s missing from an otherwise fairly robust range of phones, including the base-model Reno 12 for AU$799 (about £400). Oppo doesn't sell its phones in the US, though sister company OnePlus sells very similar models.

Half a terabyte of storage and as much RAM as a Galaxy S24 for under £300 is no small feat, and while the Reno 12 FS doesn’t exactly sport a flagship chipset, it generally packs enough power for day to day use and even some gaming. That’s pretty phenomenal value for money already. Those who want a capable all-rounder for light use and the occasional session of Call of Duty Mobile won't be disappointed.

At the time of writing, the Reno 12 FS 5G sits towards the lower end of the Oppo smartphone lineup – I mention this because the Oppo phones for sale in the UK have changed continually over the last few months as the company establishes its presence once more. It walks the line between budget and mid-range tiers and aims for the best of both – with a great display and fresh design, but a lacking camera system and cheap-feeling construction. It would have benefitted from a simpler, more focused allocation of resources.

Value score: 4 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Specs

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Design

• Simple but solid silhouette
• Breathing Light LED is a fun addition
• Cheap materials that mark easily

For such a simple phone, I do quite like the design of the Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G. This is a wide, thin slab that fits a lot of screen onto a relatively efficient form factor, and has no trouble getting around bags and pockets thanks to its slim profile and rounded edges. I especially like the nearly flat camera housing, which is the subtlest I’ve seen on a smartphone this year.

The cameras therein may not be amazing (more on that later), but having a phone that almost lays flat on a table feels like some kind of nostalgia trip, especially compared to the awkwardly rocking iPhone, Samsung, and OnePlus flagships we’ve gotten used to. The ports and buttons are as basic as they come but the Reno 12 FS isn’t trying to be much more than usable, and at this price point that’s all I’d expect.

The circular camera module holds another secret, however. Around this housing lies a ring of LEDs, which Oppo calls the Breathing Light. This refers to the light’s ability to react to different sources of sound and information. It’ll flicker in time with music, for example, and fill up as the phone charges.

The Breathing Light is a surprisingly fun addition that adds a lot to what is otherwise essentially just a thin ingot. It’s not made of the most premium materials, with a rear panel that creates a weird amount of friction in the hand and plastic rails that pick up nicks and dents easily. The creatively titled Black Green color is the only option, and luckily exactly to my taste, but if you’re into other colors you’re out of luck.

The camera module follows the Xiaomi 14T school of thought by giving the flash its own lens-sized ring. I’m not opposed to the symmetry this provides, but it feels slightly like an effort to make the Reno 12 FS 5G seem more premium than it actually is. The same could be said for the phone’s curved bezels, which actually hold up a flat screen. It would be more reassuring to see a simpler design and more investment in performance: nobody is expecting a work of art at this price point anyhow.

Design score: 3.5 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Display

• 1080 x 2400 resolution
• 120Hz refresh rate
• Peak brightness of 2100 nits

The Oppo Reno12 FS 5G comes equipped with an excellent 6.67-inch FHD+ OLED display, with a 120Hz refresh rate. It is easily the phone’s biggest selling point after its bargain price. For the money, this is a beautiful panel that’s ideal for games, watching videos, or simply scrolling through posts and articles.

With a maximum local brightness of 2100 nits, the Reno 12 FS gets plenty bright, and can just about hold its own in direct sunlight. In fact, I’d recommend using it at higher brightness levels most of the time, as colors can lose contrast and saturation towards the darker end of the slider. Colors are noticeably deeper here than on other displays, which will be a knock or a boost depending on taste.

The display feels responsive to use, which pays off during gaming sessions. Oppo is very good at shaving unnecessary milliseconds off of everyday tasks, and this display works in tandem with the smoothness of ColorOS to provide a genuinely nice experience when the hardware can keep up. It even comes fitted with a screen protector! There are panels with richer colors and sharper images, but for £299 this is one of the best you’ll get.

Display score: 4 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Software

• Android 14 with ColorOS 14
• Absolutely full of bloatware
• Otherwise solid with great customization options

The software experience on the Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G makes the most of the phone’s limited hardware. ColorOS is fast becoming my favorite implementation of Android thanks to its swift navigation, easy-to-use settings, and exceptional customization options. However, as with other Oppo phones, what could be an entirely slick experience is marred by an unfortunate amount of bloatware.

Though the Reno 12 FS isn’t exactly a fast phone, ColorOS is generally responsive and loaded with useful options. There is some unpredictable slowdown in the UI, though, which is either down to hardware limitations or poor optimization. The phone comes loaded with Google Gemini, but not Circle to Search, and the pre-installed Oppo apps are fine, though most users will defer to Google’s options instead.

On the topic of apps, the amount of bloatware here really is an issue. Switching on the phone for the first time almost felt like I’d picked up someone else’s handset by mistake, with the pages of the homescreen taken up by apps and games I'd never heard of. The most offensive of these are the ones that are blatant advertisements – this robs the setup experience of its sheen and the user of a sense of proper ownership.

Some of that ownership can be reclaimed with the stellar customization options on the Reno 12 FS. ColorOS has some of the best wallpapers and theme settings of any phone OS I’ve used, Android or no, and they really bring the Reno12 FS to life. There are uniquely generated lock screens, wallpapers that react to your taps, and plenty of font options.

As a side note, The Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G is also the only phone I’ve ever used that has a 300% volume option. Pushing the volume past the normal maximum adds a menacing red “300%” to the top of the bar. The next time someone tells you “it goes up to 11”, you can tell them your phone goes up to 300.

Software score: 3 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Cameras

• 50MP wide camera
• 8MP ultrawide camera
• 2MP macro camera

The cameras on the Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G are, frankly, not great. Even holding the phone steady in brightly-lit conditions will produce images that range from just serviceable to unimpressive. It’s honestly disappointing that a 50MP main camera could produce pictures that are so lacking in detail – a reminder that resolution isn’t everything.

Using the camera app is no chore as it comes replete with plenty of options and modes, but the viewfinder consistently displays a grainy and unattractive image. The phone can produce decent final images if you give it a lot of light, but even these show a huge disparity from the preview, which leads me to believe there’s some very active post-processing going on. This theory is somewhat confirmed by the blurriness you’ll see in tree branches and grasses.

I don’t want to come down too hard on the Reno 12 FS, because it is firmly a budget phone, but some of the best cheap phones offer more in this department (the Samsung Galaxy A35 comes to mind). The secondary cameras on the Reno 12 FS – an 8MP ultra-wide and 2MP macro camera – are especially rough, to the point that I question why they were even included.

Still, for capturing home photos and videos, scanning documents, and the occasional holiday snap, the Oppo Reno 12 FS will manage. The selfie camera is also fine, but again doesn’t seem to live up to its 32MP resolution, and video recording at 1080p 60fps is serviceable. The Reno 12 FS doesn’t offer an offensively barebones experience, but those who care about photography should definitely look elsewhere.

Camera score: 2 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G Camera Samples

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Performance

• MediaTek Dimensity 6300
• GPU: Mali G57 MC2
• 12GB of RAM

The Oppo Reno 12 FS is something of an oddball performance wise. I’ve managed to get smooth 30fps gameplay from it when booting up Call of Duty Mobile, even in extended sessions, and yet it’ll stutter randomly when swiping into the discover tab or opening YouTube. It's bothersome, but the slowdown isn’t prevalent enough to ruin an otherwise usable device. Calls are clear and messages are delivered without issue.

The Reno12 FS runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset and comes equipped with a very healthy 12GB of RAM. That’s a reasonable handful of silicon at this price, and I’m especially impressed by the large amount of memory on offer. It shows in the phone’s surprising capacity for multitasking; I’ve yet to have an app crash on me.

Coming from a premium handset, the Reno 12 FS is noticeably slower to open apps, scroll through web pages, and complete searches. I can quite easily get the phone to stutter while switching between apps, too. From a more neutral perspective, the phone is powerful enough for 90% of what people use their phones for, and again I have to consider the price point. The Reno 12 FS finds a reasonable balance.

Performance score: 3 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G review: Battery

• Excellent battery life with monstrous standby times
• Confidently an all-day phone
• 5,000 mAh capacity

The Oppo Reno12 FS 5G has a truly excellent battery life, bolstered by absolutely ridiculous standby times. I tested the Reno12 FS intermittently over the course of multiple weeks, and was frequently surprised by picking up a still-charged phone after a week or two away. In daily use, the efficient MediaTek chipset sips at the battery, never dropping by an alarming amount when browsing the web or social media. A 5,000 mAh cell powering a 1080p display is bound to last a while, but the Reno 12 FS still manages to impress.

In normal use, the Reno 12 FS offers a reassuring amount of battery, but when put to one side, the Reno 12 FS just refuses to run out of power. I appreciate standby times aren’t always at the front of buyer’s minds, but I’d be remiss to not mention it in this case – the phone seems to take up between 5% and 10% of its charge per day in standby.

When it does eventually come time to top up, the Reno 12 FS isn’t so impressive. The phone charges via USB-C and doesn’t support wireless charging. An official charging speed isn’t listed, but when plugged in to my 80W SUPERVOOC brick the phone says it's charging at 45W - a solid power draw by any measure.

Battery score: 4 / 5

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How I tested the Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G

I used the Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G intermittently over the course of several weeks. Over this time, I used the phone for everyday tasks, as well as more specific tests designed to push the handset’s performance. As mentioned, the phone only comes in one model, and as such my test unit came with 512GB of storage, 12GB of RAM, and the dashing Black Green colorway.

In terms of my everyday usage, I made phone calls, sent messages, and scrolled through articles on Chrome. I watched videos on YouTube and listened to music via Spotify (including testing the quirky 300% volume feature in person). I was able to get a sense of how the Reno 12 FS serves to keep users connected to others and the latest news.

I undertook more specific tests to determine the performance limits of the Reno 12 FS. These included extended play sessions on Call of Duty Mobile, a popular demanding mobile game, and stepping out in various weather conditions to test the phone’s camera system. I also observed battery levels throughout my usage.

After gathering this real-world experience, I applied my in-depth knowledge of smartphone specs and the wider phone market, as well as my journalistic training, to assess the value and performance of the handset, and help you decide whether the Reno 12 FS is for you.

Oppo Find X8: Two-minute review

Oppo is back! The new Find X8 series is the company's return to form, at least in regions like the UK and Europe, where patent disputes and the like led to a two-year absence for the company. No longer.

The Find X8 line is Oppo's latest flagship phone family; it promises the best smartphone hardware the company can muster, paired with its latest Android-based ColorOS user experience.

While the Oppo Find X8 Pro is the headline-grabbing entry now topping the company's current smartphone portfolio, it launches alongside the more modest – but still unquestionably potent – standard Oppo Find X8. Despite a true global rollout for the X8 Pro, however, the base X8 is proving a little harder to come by outside of key Asia Pacific markets, at the time of writing.

If you can get your hands on one, though, you'll be pleased you did, as hardware-wise, it sports the same exceptional MediaTek chipset as the X8 Pro, the same cutting-edge silicon-carbon battery tech, the same rapid 80W charging, and a like-minded flagship-class display and camera setup.

There are some great details throughout the experience served up by the Find X8: a physical alert slider, newfound compatibility with an ecosystem of magnetic accessories, and hardier IP69-certified protection against water compared to your average high-end handset, to name a few key features. This is also one of the first and only Android phones that supports wireless file transfers directly with iPhones, AirDrop-style (at the time of writing).

Depending on your conscience, Oppo's clear 'appreciation' for Apple's famed smartphones runs unapologetically deep within the Find X8. Beyond the new MagSafe-like upgrade, ColorOS 15's Live Alerts capsule looks to be a direct lift of the iPhone's Dynamic Island, and you'll find wallpapers that look as though they came straight out of iOS.

Provided that doesn't put you off (or you see it as a bonus), the Find X8 otherwise presents itself as an incredibly well-rounded smartphone brimming with style, features, power, and camera prowess that should have similarly-priced rivals worried.

Oppo Find X8 review: Price and availability

• Priced from equivalent to $980 / £770 / AU$1,520
• On sale from November 21, 2024
• Limited international availability compared to rivals

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of the Oppo Find X8 is that in spite of its clean design and promising hardware and feature set, you'll struggle to find the phone on sale outside of Oppo's retail channels across the Asia Pacific region. You'll readily find the X8 on sale in markets like China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines, but if you're anywhere else, you'll have to consider importing.

In the likes of the UK, Europe, and Australia, it's only the pricier Find X8 Pro that's available, while Oppo's presence in the US is outright non-existent.

Using the Find X8 Pro's UK pricing and the standard X8's Indian pricing for guidance, the more modest of Oppo's latest duo starts at equivalent to $980 / £770 / AU$1,520 for the 12GB RAM / 256GB storage model. Internationally, there's also a 16GB / 512GB variant, which based on Indian pricing is about 12.5% more expensive.

Pricing places it in line with the non-Pro iPhone 16, Pixel 9, and base Galaxy S24, which considering the hardware on offer, makes it a compelling alternative.

• Value score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X8 review: Specs

Oppo Find X8 review: Design

• Straight sides, flat display
• Physical alert slider
• IP68/69-certified against dust and water

The Find X8 Pro is all pillowed glass and rounded metal, which stands in stark contrast to the standard X8. At certain angles, you'd be forgiven for mixing up the Star Grey Find X8 (pictured) with an iPhone 15 Pro or 16 Pro rendered in Natural Titanium. There's definite aesthetic overlap, with both phones sporting flat displays and straight sides, plus just enough rounding along the edges to ensure they don't feel too sharp in the hand.

The X8 stands out with its prominent 'Cosmos Ring' circular camera module, which gives the impression of four cameras on the phone's back (one simply houses autofocus sensors), so as to better tie-in with the quad-camera-toting X8 Pro's design.

Tolerances are tight (the phone boasts symmetrical 1.45mm bezels around the display), and the metal buttons along the right side of the frame have the perfect amount of give and click. The phone's available colorways are tasteful in their execution; I particularly liked the Shell Pink finish.

Not only does the Find X8 look and feel like a beautifully crafted piece of kit, but it's got some tricks up its sleeve too. For one, it continues Oppo's use of the three-step physical alert slider we were initially introduced to on OnePlus phones; this lets you toggle between ring, vibrate, and silent sound profiles.

The X8 range is also the first to support the new Oppo Mag accessory line, which allows the MagSafe-style attachment of new magnetic accessories, like a 50W AirVOOC wireless charger and a 5,000mAh power bank; both are enabled by way of a new Oppo Mag case (sold separately). Original? No. Convenient? Yes.

Durability-wise, the promise of not only IP68, but IP69 certification, means the X8 is built to withstand more than your average smartphone. When it comes to water ingress, it can handle up to 1.5m of water for 30 minutes, as well as pressurized jets of water up to 80ºC.

Add to that Gorilla Glass 7i on the front and back (creator Corning's newest mid-range toughened smartphone glass), and "Swiss SGS and Military Grade certification, tested to whole-phone drop resistance and MGJB 150.18A MIL-STD impact standards," to quote Oppo's press release, and despite its premium finish and good looks, the Find X8 is also built to be a tough nut to crack.

• Design score: 4.5 / 5

Oppo Find X8 review: Display

• Similar viewing experience across Find X8 range
• Great colors, contrast and detail
• LTPS, rather than LTPO means less dynamic refresh rate

It's nice that, beyond size, you're not really getting an inferior viewing experience by opting for the more modest Find X8 over the Pro model. Unlike Apple – who maintains a 60Hz refresh rate cap on its non-Pro iPhones – the Find X8 packs in similar ProXDR AMOLED tech as on the full-fat X8 Pro.

An impressively high 460ppi (pixels per inch) means the X8 delivers sharper visuals than the Pro model, outstanding panel-wide brightness of 1,600nits, and a whopping peak brightness of 4,500nits. Paired with the vibrancy and contrast afforded by OLED tech, not to mention Dolby Vision support, this is a great display on which to enjoy HDR content, and it copes well against bright conditions.

From a practical standpoint, Oppo's Splash Touch helps iron out erroneous screen taps, whether your fingers are wet or you're using the Find X8 in the rain, while the in-display optical fingerprint sensor is pleasingly responsive, if a little too close to the bottom bezel, from a comfort standpoint.

As far as customizing the X8's viewing experience goes, be sure to enable 'High' resolution mode to leverage the panel's native pixel count; otherwise, everything is rendered in Full HD+ out of the box. You also have the option to force 120Hz at all times (or lock things down to 60Hz), but I found that the Find X8's Auto mode wasn't afraid of prioritizing super-smooth 120Hz visuals most of the time anyway, stepping down for apps like Spotify, Instagram, and some games.

The phone's display settings include three preset color space profiles, as well as a fine-grain color temperature control. There's also automated (TÜV Rheinland-certified) eye comfort adjustment (which includes 3,840Hz PWM dimming below 70nits, beating out equivalent tech from the likes of the OnePlus 12 and Xiaomi 14 series), as well as image resolution and color upscaling, as part of Oppo's 'O1 Ultra Vision Engine'.

The only real fly in the ointment, display-wise, is the use of LTPS tech, in place of the more advanced LTPO panel used by the X8 Pro. The main effect of this is less dynamic refresh rate adjustment; moving in steps between 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz, where the Pro model can scale more gradually between 1Hz to 120Hz, which is designed to help improve battery performance.

• Display score: 4.5 / 5

Oppo Find X8 review: Software

• 5 years of OS & 6 years security updates
• Launches with ColorOS 15 atop Android 15
• AirDrop-like wireless file transfer support with iPhones

The company's latest ColorOS 15 (running atop Android 15) is arguably one of the snappiest user experiences around, thanks to some smart behind-the-scenes technical refinements; not to mention it's brimming with neat tricks that you won't find anywhere else.

'Share with iPhone,' as the name suggests, adds AirDrop-like wireless file transfers with the latest and best iPhones; something we haven't seen from any other Android phone maker to date. The feature is also set to become more seamless, with NameDrop-style proximity-based initiation coming in a future software update.

Speaking of updates, Oppo is promising five years of OS and six years of security update support across the Find X8 series, which, while not industry-leading, is decent, and helps up the Find X8's long-term value too.

Oppo's Theme Store is there to help redress ColorOS, with system-wide themes, as well as more granular alterations; including new fonts and wallpapers (some are paid). There's also deeper control over the look and feel of everything, from app opening speed to whether a swipe down on the home screen grants access to quick settings and notifications, a global search bar or The Shelf: a dedicated widget dashboard, cribbed from OnePlus' user experience.

The company's desire to emulate Apple's famed smartphones is a little too heavy-handed in places, though. While undeniably useful and elegant, the Live Alerts capsule is a carbon copy of the Dynamic Island introduced on the iPhone 15 Pro line, and even the default wallpapers look as though the development team copied iOS 14's homework.

Google's Gemini is the AI assistant of choice on the Find X8 series, however, Oppo offers up its own AI tool set too; with a focus on productivity and image manipulation.

Provided you're happy to use Oppo's own Documents and Notes apps, the inbuilt AI Assistant serves up one of the most comprehensive skill sets of its kind and, in testing, the results generally impressed.

You have a suite of options, like formatting rough notes, cleaning up rambling prose, refining the tone of your copy (similarly to Samsung's Galaxy AI), continuing or expanding upon your existing copy, and the option to make it more succinct too. It's not foolproof but it's a great starting point that's only going to improve with time.

Dive into the native Photos app and you'll find the AI Editor, which can upscale images, do a competent job when tasked with object removal, and has a handy reflection removal feature (which has its uses but could be better). Perhaps most impressive of all, the AI Editor also has an unblur option to rival that of the best Pixel phones.

Just note that, depending on the feature, you will need to be comfortable with off-device cloud processing.

We've also been seeing an uptick in AI image-generation tools on smartphones from the likes of Xiaomi, Google, and, most recently, Apple, with the arrival of Apple Intelligence. The Oppo Find X8 features the company's AI Studio app.

Arguably a more locked-down experience than the text-to-image generation of Google's Pixel Studio, for example, Oppo's AI Studio gives you a range of pre-defined portrait or scene scenarios to remix your images with, using AI. The former requires you to upload a photo of a person (or persons) from your camera roll, before spitting out four results at a time, while the latter simply dresses any image you give it in the trappings defined by the prompt.

It takes a few minutes to process each request and your usage is limited by an in-app currency called 'Stars'. You accrue more Stars through actions like consecutive daily logins but right now, at least, Oppo isn't charging an additional subscription or the like for any of its devices' AI functionality.

There are some fun and interesting options in there, and the results generally hit their mark. It serves as a great way to introduce people to the concept of AI image generation and the fact that it's siloed from the rest of the phone's AI-based tools feels like a considered move too, but I suspect this is just the beginning for Oppo's AI efforts.

• Software score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X8 review: Camera

• 50MP main, ultra-wide & 3x telephoto cameras
• 32MP front-facing camera
• Hasselblad image tuning and exclusive features

Across both the Find X8 and X8 Pro, you're getting the same 50MP ultra-wide and 3x telephoto (with a compact triple-prism design and optical image stabilization, or OIS) cameras, as well as the same Sony-made 32MP front-facer. Beyond the absence of a 6x telephoto, the standard X8 also uses a smaller primary 50MP Sony LYT700 sensor, in place of the larger LYT808 leading the Pro model's camera array.

Even with the technical downgrade, the Find X8 still proves to be an impressively competent and versatile camera phone in its own right.

Oppo Find X8 camera samples

Oppo knows how to make exceptional camera phones, most notably with last year's Oppo Find X7 Ultra; one of the best camera phones of the moment. The company's partnership with famed camera brand Hasselblad continues on the Find X8's HyperTone system too; with custom image processing, portrait mode tuning, and the brand's signature ultra-wide X-Pan capture mode.

There's a consistency across the rear sensors that grants confidence when shooting with the Find X8, which isn't guaranteed from certain rival devices. Low noise, impressive low light performance and solid dynamic range (even from the ultra-wide), mean you're unlikely to find fault with stills captured in most conventional shooting scenarios.

White balance did sometimes wobble, but colors were otherwise faithfully captured; with nice skin tones and excellent subject separation in portrait shooting (you can also adjust the virtual aperture after capture, to alter the amount of bokeh on display).

The ultra-wide takes over when capturing macro shots, while the AI Telescope Zoom feature activates between 10x and 60x, filling in the holes in image data competently, especially in well-lit scenes. The only confusing aspect of the X8's zoom is that the interface still gives you a 6x magnification button, even though results are simply cropped; unlike on the X8 Pro, with its 6x secondary telephoto sensor.

The 32MP selfie snapper is functional, with that HyperTone Image Engine doing a lot of the heavy lifting for what is otherwise an uneventful sensor. Front-facing Portrait mode does, at least, demonstrate the same great image segmentation around a subject's hair and clothing, for example.

Oppo augments the photography experience with extras like Lighting Snap; its take on an advanced 7fps burst mode, where every shot captured when you hold down the shutter button gets run through the full HyperTone imaging pipeline, delivering far less blur than you'd get from the likes of Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra under the same conditions.

If you're looking for a phone that captures good video, the Find X8 also boasts great 4K 60fps recording in Dolby Vision across all of the phone's sensors (including the selfie snapper).

• Camera score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X8 review: Performance

• 3nm MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset
• Up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM + RAM Expansion up to 12GB
• Up to 512GB UFS 4.0 storage (outside of China)

The production timeline of the Oppo Find X8 series meant that both phones were ready for market before Qualcomm's newest flagship mobile chipset – the Snapdragon 8 Elite – was ready to be integrated into the phones' development cycle. Instead, Oppo opted for MediaTek's latest Dimensity 9400 SoC, paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of fast storage, and the results are pretty stellar.

In artificial benchmarking, the Find X8 proves to be one of the highest-performing entrants I've ever tested, across the likes of Geekbench 6 and GFX Bench. Real-world multitasking and gaming performance are understandably excellent too, with titles like Zenless Zone Zero defaulting to 'high' graphical settings. That said, the phone's comfortable being pushed much further.

Although the official numbers state that TSMC's second-gen 3nm process grants the Dimensity 9400 35% faster CPU performance and 40% greater CPU efficiency, 42% faster GPU performance and 44% greater GPU efficiency, and 35% greater AI efficiency, the tangible benefits are that the Oppo Find X8 is equipped to handle anything and everything today's mobile experience asks of the average smartphone with aplomb, whilst also being incredibly well future-proofed.

Oppo reportedly worked with MediaTek on its Trinity Engine to better optimize how the chipmaker's hardware interfaced with its devices' user experience and features.

What's more, a revised cooling system, which includes a new thermal gel between a reworked graphene sheet and vapor chamber, means sustained performance – especially when gaming – is superb. In a 30-minute session against an otherwise similarly-specced Snapdragon 8 Elite device I had to hand, the Find X8 delivered the more consistent performance, with less heat build-up and fewer stumbles.

While hard to test for, Oppo also promises that the X8's triple antenna design has optimized for high-performance gaming over WiFi.

• Performance score: 5 / 5

Oppo Find X8 review: Battery

• 5,630mAh battery
• 80W wired + 50W wireless charging
• The latest silicon-carbon battery technology

From a technical standpoint, the Find X8's battery is pretty state-of-the-art. Switching from traditional lithium-polymer to silicon-carbon (or Si-C) has allowed Oppo to install a significantly more dense power plant than would otherwise be possible within the phone's dimensions. The result is a whopping 5,630mAh cell in what remains an impressively unobtrusive sub-200g device.

With a battery capacity larger than the likes of the mighty Galaxy S24 Ultra's – well on its way to Asus ROG Phone levels of capaciousness – a consistent peak screen-on time of 7 hours provides more than a day's use without breaking a sweat, even if that is less than expected, going by the sheer amount of power the battery promises to hold.

Where Oppo's phones stand apart from usual suspects, like Apple, Google, and Samsung, is with fast charging. The Find X8 can refill from zero to 65%, charge in 30 minutes flat, and fully replenish in under 55 minutes, thanks to support for the included 80W 'SuperVOOC 2.0' charger; that's almost twice the wattage of the next-fastest charging phone from that aforementioned trio (at 45W).

What's more, the X8 supports up to 50W wireless charging with a compatible charger too.

• Battery score: 4 / 5

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How I tested the Oppo Find X8

• Review test period = Three weeks
• Testing included = Everyday usage, web browsing, social media browsing, video streaming, gaming, photography
• Tools used = Geekbench 6, Geekbench ML, GFX Bench, native Android stats

I used the Oppo Find X8 as my main device for almost a month. It was my main camera, my means of checking social media, and my go-to phone for gaming for the duration of the review period.

I used a gamut of industry-standard benchmarking apps to test qualities like CPU and GPU performance, while also keeping tabs on battery drain (with timed tests for things like streaming Netflix and gaming at a fixed brightness), and screen-on time too.

I used the included in-box charger as the sole means of recharging the phone, and tried all the AI-supported features that Oppo has added here, plus all the key features found within the wider ColorOS user experience.

As a reviewer with 13 years of experience, and having reviewed Oppo phones for years, I felt confident assessing and scoring the Oppo Find X8 relative to other phones out right now, and in the context of the wider smartphone market.

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First reviewed December 2024

When it comes to smartphone camera systems, I always thought that three was the magic number. Phone makers have shown time and again that they can put together a solid photography system with a main camera, telephoto camera, and an ultra-wide camera.

We only need to take a quick look at today’s flagship phones for some clear examples. The iPhone 16 Pro and Google Pixel 9 Pro both make use of this exact setup to produce excellent photos and videos, earning spots atop our list of the best camera phones as a result.

Then again, there are those that go further. Quad-camera phones are rare, but they exist, most notably in the form of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, with its rear panel so adorned with lenses and sensors that I’d be wary of using it around trypophobics.

There’s also the UK and global-only Xiaomi 14 Ultra, which is so focused on photography that it has an official conversion kit to give it the controls and ergonomics of a point-and-shoot camera.

Both phones sport an additional telephoto camera in the fourth slot, and while both produce great images, I’ve always been curious as to how much benefit that extra reach brings.

Enter the Oppo Find X8 Pro, the latest flagship in Oppo’s long-running Find X flagship series, which brings the company’s premium phone series back to global markets (still not the US though, unfortunately).

The phone also comes equipped with four cameras, and I took the testing period for our Find X8 Pro review as a chance to see for myself whether four cameras really are better than three.

The Oppo Find X8 has the best camera system of any phone I’ve ever used. Its main camera, ultra-wide, 3x telephoto, and 6x telephoto cameras all have 50MP sensors which means image quality is excellent across the board.

That 6x telephoto lens – ostensibly the fourth camera – is a big part of what makes the camera experience on the Find X8 Pro seriously stunning. This puts you much closer to your subject, and if you start to zoom even farther, the 6x zoom really starts to count once you get into the double digits.

The Find X8 Pro also has a few neat software tricks up its sleeve to make this zoom feel more seamless. There’s no lag when switching between lenses in the built-in camera app, and intelligent post-processing helps sharpen up images taken with this higher zoom.

The processing past 40x starts to feel a little aggressive – even generative – for my taste, but it’s still impressive to be able to see the outlines of shapes and faces all the way up to 120x zoom.

There's also a high-resolution mode that locks you to the true optical zoom of each camera, producing gorgeous 50MP images at 0.6x, 1x, 3x and 6x zoom.

Two telephoto lenses add more options for portrait photography, too. A tighter lens means faces look less distorted, and the depth-of-field attainable with the 6x camera genuinely shocked me on first use. It’s great to be able to eschew the software blurriness of portrait mode for something a bit more real.

Overall, I think it's pretty clear that there's real value in adding that fourth snapper. Along with my colleagues on TechRadar’s mobile computing desk I’m always testing out new phones of all kinds, but when it comes to picking my personal daily driver I’ll be looking out for phones with four cameras going forwards (four-wards? I’ll see myself out).

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Oppo Find X8 Pro: Two-minute review

The Oppo Find X8 Pro is built on truly excellent hardware. It sports a sleek premium design, a luxurious 6.78-inch display, and the best mobile camera system I’ve ever used. Its snappy performance and innovative UI animations also make it one of the smoothest-feeling phones on the market, and this combination of great hardware and slick software is reflected in the Find X8 Pro's high (but arguably competitive) retail price.

However, the Find X8 Pro has clearly taken one or two (or ten) design cues from the iPhone 16 Pro, and at several points during this review, I found myself asking how much originality counts for. In many ways, the Find X8 Pro blazes past its inspiration, with smoother software, more powerful cameras, and – to my eye – a more interesting design. But Oppo can only take so much credit for a phone so substantially built on another phone maker’s ideas.

Philosophizing aside, the Oppo Find X8 Pro is full to the brim with impressive tech. Its display is sharp, colorful, and immersive, and at 6.78 inches is about as large as I’d want a phone screen to get. The back of the phone is where the real magic happens, though – the quad-camera system on the Oppo Find X8 Pro is truly class-leading, with four 50MP snappers at various levels of optical magnification.

Internally, the phone is just as solid, with a MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset and 16GB of RAM. The Find X8 Pro handled everything I threw at it with aplomb. I felt like I was gliding through the ColorOS 15 Android wrapper in day-to-day tasks, and no game or app seemed to vex the system at all. This software experience is unfortunately marred by a large amount of bloatware.

Overall, whether the Find X8 Pro is for you comes down to how much you care about originality. People who want an iPhone will always get an iPhone, and because of that, I'm drawn to the idea that Oppo isn't so much chasing Apple customers as it is interpreting Apple features, which might even be a boost for those who prefer Android to iOS. However you feel about that debate, though, this is a great Android phone loaded with top-flight features; with a specs sheet like this, perhaps an identity crisis is forgivable.

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Price and availability

• Costs £1,049 / AU$1,799, available in one configuration
• Not available in the US

The Oppo Find X8 Pro costs £1,049 in the UK and AU$1,799 in Australia. It comes in two colors – Pearl White or Space Black – and ships with a non-configurable 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM. As with all Oppo phones, it's very unlikely that the Find X8 Pro will launch in the US, though the upcoming OnePlus 13 could offer similar (if not identical) specs.

At this price, the Oppo Find X8 Pro is directly challenging premium flagships like the iPhone 16 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus, both of which start at £999 in the UK, while the former starts at AU$1,799 in Australia and AU$1,699 for the latter. Matching these established brands on price is a bold move from Oppo – Chinese manufacturers have traditionally sought to undercut Western competitors on price to compensate for weaker reputation. The Find X8 Pro is full of premium hardware, however, so the value is definitely there.

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Specs

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Design

• Comes in two colors – Pearl White and Space Black
• Rounded frame with new Quick Button – a shutter button for the camera app
• Rounded quad-camera housing

The Oppo Find X8 Pro is a strikingly beautiful device. The unit I tested came in Pearl White, which casts a unique pearlescent pattern on each individual handset (there's also a muted Space Black option). It’s subtle in all but the most direct light, which for me strikes the perfect balance between understated and fascinating. Both color options are rated at both IP68 and IP69 for water resistance against both immersion and jets.

The Find X8 Pro is otherwise simple-looking, but keeps things feeling premium with well-chosen materials and attention to detail. The phone is weighty, at 215 grams, but doesn’t feel overly heavy. The camera housing on the Pearl White model is made of polished metal, rather than the glass found on premium OnePlus models, and I have to say, I’m a fan. It gives an industrial contrast to the artsy rear cover and everything on the rear panel a pleasant muted sheen.

The front panel hosts a 6.78-inch screen, curved slightly on each edge. The selfie camera is a reasonably inconspicuous punch-hole design that serves as the midpoint of the software-only Dynamic Cloud – which is, as it sounds, very similar in form and function to Apple’s Dynamic Island.

Ergonomically, the Find X8 finds a nice balance between the ultra-thin curved phones of five or so years ago and the blocky flagships of today. It feels great to hold, but is a little slippery. The phone also seems plenty durable, with weighty buttons and aluminum rails, and comes with a screen protector pre-installed.

On the topic of buttons, the new Quick Button can be found on the lower right-hand side of the frame. The Quick Button is a camera button in all but name, and currently only supports functions and shortcuts directly related to the camera. It’s a nice addition to have and sits flatter than the iPhone’s Camera Control, feeling overall less obtrusive as a result.

Design score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Display

• 1264 x 2780 resolution (19.8:9 aspect ratio)
• 120Hz refresh rate
• Ludicrous peak brightness of 4500 nits

The display on the Oppo Find X8 Pro is a sharp 1264 x 2780 panel with a 120Hz refresh rate that works in tandem with Oppo’s new animation technology to offer a truly fluid experience. At 6.78 inches, this is as large as I’d want a phone screen to be, and this size lends itself to dual senses of openness and immersion.

The display on the Find X8 Pro isn’t the highest resolution on the market, but it’s certainly enough to make images and video look razor-sharp. There’s plenty of color, and though I’ve definitely seen panels with richer contrast, the Find X8 is well beyond serviceable. The large size and overall sharpness of this panel lends itself well to all types of games, from the landscape shoot-em-up Call of Duty Mobile to charming vertical RPGs like Mousebusters.

The Find X8 Pro’s screen can reach a respectable 800 nits of brightness in typical use, with an absolute maximum of 4500 nits. That is ludicrously bright and far past the realm of actual usefulness. I found the phone to be reasonably bright in normal use, though colors can appear slightly blown out at the higher end of the brightness slider. I never found myself struggling to read the display outside, though the auto-brightness can sometimes make the screen a little too dim indoors.

Display score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Software

• Android 15 with ColorOS 15
• Unacceptable amount of bloatware
• Google Gemini-powered AI

ColorOS 15 is one of the smoothest experiences I’ve had with a smartphone operating system, neck-and-neck with OxygenOS 15 – which adds up, considering they’re basically the same thing. AI is provided courtesy of Google Gemini, with support for Circle to Search, writing tools, document summarization, voice memo transcription, and photo editing tools.

Oppo has imbued ColorOS with some of the highest quality animations I've ever seen on a mobile OS. This translates into exceptionally smooth navigation, and in combination with Oppo’s other fantastic UI animations, depth of field effects, and other visual tricks, gives the operating system a playful sense of elasticity and responsiveness I’ve seen nowhere else in the smartphone market, bar maybe the iPhone.

That leads us to an unavoidable fact about ColorOS 15 – the liberal inspiration it's taken from iOS. Everything from the default wallpapers to the way the date and time sit on the lock screen to the layout of the settings app feels like an echo of the iPhone. The Dynamic Cloud, while useful, is barely distinct from the iPhone's Dynamic Island, and the Quick Settings tab is almost a one-for-one recreation of the iOS 18 control center. Oppo is clearly well-versed in making fantastic software that runs like it's being chased, but it’d be nice to see more of the company’s own personality come through.

Another unfortunate mark on an otherwise exceptionally fast software experience is the absolutely unacceptable amount of bloatware the phone ships with; a ridiculous inclusion on a device of this price that regrettably tarnished my first impressions of the phone. I also couldn't get Google Wallet to enable contactless payments – unrelated, but important.

Software score: 3 / 5

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Cameras

• 50MP wide camera
• 50MP ultra-wide camera
• 50MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom
• 50MP telephoto with 6x optical zoom

The camera system on the Oppo Find X8 Pro is absolutely superb. This is a robust, flexible, and staggeringly powerful camera setup that excels in most situations, particularly with its optical zoom and night photography. While there are a wealth of modes, features, and shooting options built into the Find X8’s camera app, the phone is truly brilliant at offering a fast and reliable point and shoot experience – I never had to consciously consider choosing night mode, or portrait mode, as the default photo tab worked so well. The new Quick Button – a shutter button in all but name – elevates this phone to something closer to a traditional digital camera, and the hardware is certainly there.

Each of the four cameras affixed to the Oppo Find X8 Pro has a 50MP sensor, ensuring consistent quality across its wide optical zoom range. You get an ultra-wide camera, main wide camera, 3x telephoto, and 6x telephoto. All of these cameras feel like powerful tools rather than tacked-on gimmicks, and despite my noted disdain for ultra-wide snappers I must say that this is the best one I’ve come across. Zooming in to the telephoto cameras feels like a natural extension of the main camera, and some excellent software trickery means the transition between lenses when zooming in and out is rarely noticeable.

The Find X8 Pro's optical zoom range of 6x is close to class-leading at this point, now that Samsung no longer fits its phones with 10x lenses. The Find X8 also offers a ludicrous digital zoom range of 120x, which is impressive up to about 40x and then serviceable up to 60x. Past that point, you’re relying on post-processing or an optional AI Telephoto Zoom mode to fill in the gaps and sharpen the blurry original image. The AI zoom isn't great at details, but can guess the outline of shapes and text with decent accuracy.

The camera system’s post-processing is very active overall – some people will prefer a less edited look, but I think it adds a nice amount of color depth, contrast, and sharpness, which directly opposes the brightened style favored by the iPhone and Galaxy flagships. As for video, the phone shoots in 4k at 60fps with the ability to shoot in slow-motion at up to 480fps in 720p.

And, of course, there’s a new way to control the camera system on the Find X8 Pro. The Quick Button appears in the same position and does some of the same things as the iPhone’s Camera Control – it’s seemingly a haptic-sensitive button that supports swiping touch gestures. The Quick Button only does a few things, though – a double press opens the camera app, wherein a single press takes a photo, a long press either takes a burst of photos or a video, and swiping back and forth in landscape mode zooms in and out.

Sure, this isn’t as deep a feature set as Apple’s version, but I still found the Quick Button to be massively effective in reducing the time from thought to photo. The only complaints I have are that the scroll-to-zoom can be a little ‘sticky’ sometimes or occasionally just not work, and that there’s no half-press-to-focus function (Oppo missed an open goal with that one).

Camera score: 4.5 / 5

Oppo Find X8 Pro Camera Samples

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Performance

• MediaTek Dimensity 9400
• GPU: Immortalis G-925
• 16GB of RAM

Day-to-day, the Find X8 Pro performs admirably, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset. I encountered no slowdown at all in general usage, and found I could swiftly switch between apps and games with no fuss from the hardware.

The phone also performs well across its array of AI tools, with reasonably fast load times and no real lag or slowdown. The Quick Button lives up to its name in accessing the camera app, which opens near-enough instantly from anywhere in the OS.

The Find X8 Pro comes equipped with 16GB of RAM, a generous allotment that means the phone has plenty of headroom for multitasking and AI. The phone's combination of strong internal specs and a large display also makes it a capable gaming machine, and I had no issues booting up games like Atom RPG or Call of Duty Mobile for sessions on the go, with little noticeable warming.

To put it simply, the Oppo Find X8 Pro just feels efficient. I didn’t notice anything putting more strain on the battery, and the phone seems happy to sustain a variety of concurrent processes. The phone excels in shaving milliseconds off of the hundred-a-day tasks: switching apps, opening files, installing software, and so on. This all adds up and makes using the Oppo Find X8 a fluid and satisfying experience.

Oppo Find X8 Pro review: Battery

• 5,910mAh battery
• 80W wired charging
• 50W wireless charging

The Oppo Find X8 Pro sports an all-day battery life, with power to spare. The 5,910mAh silicon-carbon battery gives the Find X8 Pro exceptional longevity. It handles busy days of mixed use with no issue, and doesn’t seem to drain too drastically during gaming sessions or when playing back longer videos.

The real magic comes when it’s time to plug in the Find X8 Pro to recharge – the phone doesn't only come with a charger, which is itself a major win in today’s market, but an 80W charger using Oppo’s own SuperVOOC technology. What that means in practice is blisteringly fast charging speeds and more flexibility for battery top-ups. I almost never saw the Oppo Find X8 Pro run out of battery, as even a cursory 5-minute charge could net me an extra 10% or so of battery life. The phone also supports 50W wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging.

When I tested the charging speed of the Oppo Find X8 Pro, I found that the phone reached 50% charge in about 20 minutes and 100% in around 45 minutes. I started the test, as despite my best efforts I couldn't get the phone to completely run out in a reasonable amount of time.

Standby times are also exceptional, and the phone will do everything in its power to prevent this with warnings at 20%, 10%, 5%, and 2%, before launching into Super Power Saving mode at 1%, limiting your usage to just six apps.

Battery score: 5 / 5

Should you buy the Oppo Find X8 Pro?

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How I tested the Oppo Find X8 Pro

My testing of the Oppo Find X8 Pro included several specifically chosen test scenarios as well as more general day-to-day usage over the course of about one week. The model tested came in the Pearl White color option and came with 512GB of storage.

I used the Oppo Find X8 Pro as my everyday smartphone for about a week to test it, using it to chat with friends and family, scroll through websites and social media, watch videos, listen to music, and play games. I went out to test all four of the phone’s cameras in a variety of conditions. I then considered the performance and value proposition of the Find X8 Pro using my knowledge of the smartphone market and journalistic training.

For more on our smartphone test process, be sure to check out our guide to how we test phones for review.

As our iPhone 16 review will tell you, all four models in Apple's 2024 iPhone series added a new Camera Control button, a touch-capacitive cut-out for easy camera settings access – and now Android phone makers are adding versions of their own.

In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo (via Android Authority), Oppo product manager Zhou Yibao confirmed that the upcoming Oppo Find X8 (due later this month) would have its own pressure-sensitive button for managing camera controls and zoom.

Of course, there's no mention of the iPhone 16 in the post – and Yibao insists that the button design was locked in way back in November last year, with the intention of giving users more photography options (the button works underwater, for example).

We may never know exactly what inspired Oppo to add a camera button of its own, but it's worth mentioning that the introduction of a button on Apple's phones has long been rumored. This isn't something that would've surprised Oppo in September.

Something borrowed

There's a long history of Android phones borrowing from the iPhone, and vice versa. You might remember when the iPhone X launched in 2017 with its distinctive display notch, a whole host of Android phones quickly followed the same design path.

In the other direction, there's no doubt that the additional customization options added to iOS 18 this year are very similar to what's already possible in the Android operating system. Apple isn't above borrowing a few ideas either.

Ultimately, as long as the best phones continue to get better across the board, we don't mind too much which handset introduced which feature first – as long as we don't end up with a situation where every phone looks and works the same.

And we should also note that all iPhones and most Android phones have a 'camera button' of sorts already: if you haven't discovered this trick yet, with the default camera app open on Android or iOS, you can tap either of the volume buttons to snap a picture.

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Oppo Reno 12 Pro two-minute review

With its latest mid-range Android phone, Oppo seems to be going after Google’s latest affordable camera phone the Pixel 8a with a similar range of smart AI photography features. And it’s a great attempt, with some solid magic eraser action and a few other cool tools, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The Oppo Reno 12 Pro is the latest entry in Oppo’s middle tier of smartphones, the Reno range, which sits below the top-end Find mobiles and above the A line. The Reno family offer mobiles at middling prices with some impressive features but with corners cut, and generally only the even-numbered options launch in the West.

I tested the Oppo Reno 10 when that came out just under a year prior to the 12 series, and the newest member of the line comes on leaps and bounds thanks to its improved camera sensors and faster charging. It’s a shame that Oppo has ditched the curved-edge look of the Reno 10 series though, which makes the phones much more comfortable to hold.

Sitting just above the Oppo Reno 12, the Pro distinguishes itself from its sibling and from many other mid-rangers in one key way: it has a telephoto camera lens for zoom photography. 

This camera hardware brings huge benefits to the photography potential of the Reno; you can take better portrait, macro and long-distance pictures than on any similar-priced rival thanks to the presence of a zoom camera. 

If you want a great camera phone that doesn’t cost as much as the iPhone 15 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S24 or OnePlus 12, the Reno 12 Pro will be a blessing. Even the Pixel 8a doesn't have a telephoto lens.

The signature selling points here, though, are the AI photography features. While top-end mobiles have had these for a while, it’s taking time for them to trickle down to mid-rangers in any serious way, but the Reno performs admirably in this department. It’s great at removing background people from your photos, whether it’s vanishing a lone wanderer or bigger crowds, and replacing them with a background so realistic you’ll forget which image is real. 

It’s slower to use than the Pixel alternative, but that’s not the end of the world. And I’d say this is one of the best Pixel 8a rivals for people who don’t want a Google phone or want a zoom camera on their mobile.

The Oppo charges quickly, lasts for ages, and feels pretty snappy for gaming. Its display is big and attractive, while being fairly easy to use one-handed. Best of all, you’re getting all these features at a really competitive price.

It’s not the perfect phone though, showing some signs of its mid-range positioning. I was frustrated by how many pre-installed apps (bloatware) clutter up the phone when you first turn it on, making your first 15 minutes a game of ‘weird-knock-off-app-whack-a-mole’ as you try to delete them all. The design also feels a little cheap, even though it emulates the two-texture Pixel back on certain color options.

Even with those issues I can recommend the Reno 12 Pro as one of the best mobiles at its price, especially if you’re looking for an affordable camera phone that won’t break the bank. And with the possibility of software updates bringing improvements to the AI, the handset could prove to be a real rival of the Pixel 8a in the future.

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: price and availability

• Released in UK and AU in June 2024
• Costs £499 / AU$999 (roughly $640) for sole variant
• Different versions of mobile in different regions

The Oppo Reno 12 Pro has seen a few different releases in different parts of the world, and of slightly different phones too. The western version of the mobile, which I tested, was announced in mid-June 2024.

You can buy the phone for £499 / AU$999 (roughly $640) cementing this firmly in the mid-range phone bracket. Oppo generally doesn’t sell its smartphones in the US and evidently, that’s unchanged with the Reno.

There’s only one version of the phone available in the UK, with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage, though a reduced-storage model is available in other regions. Oppo’s website also sells one color, even though it offers a different one on Amazon.

At that price, you can see why I compared this mobile to the Google Pixel 8a – that costs $499 / £499 / AU$849, so it’s a really close rival. Other mobiles at this rough price point include the iPhone SE, Samsung Galaxy A55 and Xiaomi 13T.

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: specs

The Oppo Reno 12 Pro has roughly mid-range specs, and here's what we're playing with:

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: design

• Big but thin and light
• Plastic body feels cheap
• Three color options but depends on region

If you were to pick up the Oppo Reno 12 Pro without knowing what it was, you might confuse it with a Moto or Nokia phone — it gives off budget ‘vibes’. This is mostly down to the plastic frame and back of the body, the latter of which has a two-texture partition that closely resembles a Google Pixel a phone of yore.

Measuring 161.5 x 74.8 x 7.4mm it’s wider than a Pixel, though it’s nice and thin so it won’t weigh you down like a really big phone will. On that topic it weighs 180g which isn’t much for its size – the first time I picked it up I was surprised as I expected it to be heavier.

No 3.5mm headphone jack in sight — there’s a USB-C port for all your connectivity needs instead. The power button and volume rocker are both on the right edge of the device, well within reach for people with average-sized hands.

On the back of the phone, the camera bump protrudes slightly from the panel; it doesn’t stick out so far that I’ll get caught on the side of your pocket as you slip it in.

The screen houses an under-display fingerprint scanner and it worked reliably, although if I’d last used the phone on an app that requires a horizontal orientation  (for example, a game), the scanner would appear at 90 degrees to where it should, oddly.

The phone is available Space Brown (black), Sunset Gold (rose) or Nebula Silver (pinkish silver) hues, though depending on your region not all options may be available. I tested the former which is why I know it’s black and not brown.

An IP65 rating ensures that the phone is protected from dust and fine particles, as well as water splashes like rain or an accidental hit from the garden hose. It won’t stand up to immersion in water though, so don’t drop it in, say, a bath.

• Design score: 3 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: display

• 6.7-inches with 1080 x 2412 resolution
• AMOLED display shows punchy colors
• 120Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling

The Oppo Reno 12 Pro screen clocks in at 6.7 inches diagonally, so it’s a nice big phone — a hand-stretcher for sure, but big too for your Netflix or gaming needs.

The resolution is 1080 x 2412, or FHD+, the same as you’ll see in almost every phone save for the cheapest or priciest rivals. It’s the resolution that most apps output at, so you don’t really need more pixels anyway.

The display refresh rate hits 120Hz, which again is pretty standard for most smartphone in this day and age. It ensures that motion feels nice and smooth when you’re scrolling around the menu, and on supported apps it has the same effect.

A few extra specs make sure that the screen displays vibrant colors: it uses AMOLED tech and supports HDR10+, with a color gamut spanning a billion colors and a fairly high max brightness of 1,200 nits.

• Display score: 4 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: software

• Android 14 with Oppo's ColorOS laid over the top
• No confirmed number of software updates
• A huge number of pre-installed apps

And here I was thinking the bloatware infestation on Chinese Android phones was going away: when you boot up the Oppo Reno 12 Pro it’s chock-full of pre-installed apps. There are big names like Netflix, Facebook and TikTok, games I’d never heard of in a folder titled ’Must Play’, countless Oppo-made apps that don’t have an obvious function and even apps titled in Chinese characters that I just don’t understand. 

It’s hard to feel like a phone is ‘yours’ when, upon first booting it up, you’re met with an array quite like this.

It’s a shame, too, because under the layers of tacky bloatware ColorOS (Oppo’s own Android fork) is decent. With the Reno 12 Pro you’re getting ColorOS 13.1 by default, laid over Android 14, though Oppo has been quiet about how many Android updates the phone will get.

There’s a wide range of customization options for things like font, always-on display, the layout of the quick settings menu (the swipe-down one) and the edge lighting when you get a notification. 

This quick settings menu has a pretty easy-to-understand layout, more so than on most Android forks, so you can easily toggle whatever function you want quickly. The phone also has an app drawer so by default, your phone’s main menu pages look relatively clean.

• Software score: 2.5 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: cameras

• 50MP main, 50MP telephoto and 8MP ultra-wide cameras
• 50MP selfie camera rounds out the suite
• Magic eraser AI tool is useful for spritzing up pictures

Oppo named one of its first Reno phones the ‘Reno 10x Zoom’ before promptly dropping telephoto cameras from the series; well zooming is back and better than ever in the Reno 12 Pro.

I’m getting ahead of myself; the main snapper is a 50MP f/1.8 unit with a few bells and whistles like PDAF (for quick focusing) and OIS (which compensates for your shaky hands). 

Pictures taken on the main camera are nice and bold and bright. Maybe they lose a little more detail in darker areas than I’d like but the vibrancy of colors more than makes up for it. Focusing was a little more scattershot than I’m used to with PDAF though and I found myself jumping into the Pro app once or twice just to have better control over it. Overall, though, this is a nice camera that returns pleasing social media-ready pics.

Its 50MP companion is the f/2.0 telephoto lens, which supports 2x optical zoom — that’s not quite the 5x of the optical zoom but it’s still a breath of fresh air given how few mid-range mobiles include zoom cameras at all.

When analysing my camera samples to write this section, I kept needing to refer to the metadata to remember which were the zoomed-in snaps – this is to say that they look great, missing on loads of the tell-tale signs of other phone camera zooms like grain, washed-out colors, a lack of dynamic range or a different color profile than the comparable 1x image.

While 2x zoom is the optical limit you can go up to 5x hybrid or 20x digital zoom, and pictures taken on the latter actually look decent. You could easily use some of the 20x snaps I took on social media – I know because I did.

The third rear camera drops the resolution considerably. It’s an 8MP f/2.2 ultra-wide camera with a 112-degree field of view — as you can imagine pictures are a little lower-res than on the main camera, so you’re missing some quality, and they are a little less vibrant too. This lens can be used sparingly and situationally and ignored most of the rest of the time.

We jump back up to 50MP for the f/2.0 front camera, so you can expect high-res selfies. 

Selfies look bright and detailed, with fairly realistic-looking color replication. Jump into Portrait mode and there’s mostly (though not always totally) accurate bokeh background blur (sometimes I lost some hairs). However the default beautification is very zealous about smoothing over your skin so I’d recommend playing around with it a bit.

Oppo has been putting the Reno 12 Pro’s AI photo features at the forefront of its marketing, in a clear attempt to rival the offerings Google includes with its Pixel phones. According to the marketing, it has tools to remove unwanted background elements of photos, save aspects of a snap as stickers, open closed eyes in selfies, add clarity and upscaling to objects or completely change a selfie into a different art style or location.

I say ‘according to the marketing’ because the current version of the software as of my testing of the mobile (July 2024) only has the first two… at least, as far as I could find. Maybe they’re hidden deep in menus but I did a lot of searching to find them.

The smart features present are pretty smart, though, as long as you’ll forgive them being a little slow to use in certain circumstances. Magic eraser is easy to use and you can select individual objects to delete or a ‘mass erasure’ option that identifies all humans in the background. It’s really accurate too.

Equally accurate is the replication part, so when you remove a person from your picture, the phone is great at identifying what should be there and filling in the blanks. Even if a person straddles different backgrounds, there’s no problem.

Beyond the smart features, you’re getting the same features that most modern mobiles have: Pro, Portrait, Night, Full-Res, Slow-Mo, Time-Lapse round out what you’re used to.

In terms of video, you can record up to 4K at 30fps or 1080p at 60fps on the front or rear cameras; don’t expect 8K recording here.

Oppo Reno 12 Pro camera samples

• Camera score: 4 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 Pro: performance and audio

• Dimensity 7300 Energy provides middling power
• 12GB RAM and an impressive 512GB storage
• Stereo speakers plus Bluetooth 5.4

The power in the Oppo Reno 12 Pro comes from the MediaTek chipset it uses, called the Dimensity 7300 Energy, which as the name suggests focuses on energy efficiency. Alongside the non-Pro model, this is the first phone to use the chipset.

In the Geekbench 6 benchmark tests, the Reno returned an average multi-core score of 2,005, which is the kind of lower mid-range score that you’d expect to be associated with a phone at this price point – it’s not exactly blazing power but it’s enough for normal tasks.

That score is reflected in the gaming power of the phone – it could handle most normal titles like Call of Duty: Mobile and PUBG Mobile quite well, but there were the occasional bouts of lagging or slow loading that gives away that this isn’t a top-power phone.

The mobile comes with 12GB RAM which handles your everyday tasks, and I never found the phone slow when using social media apps, playing around with the camera app or scrolling through menus. That’s paired with 512GB storage, which is a huge amount for a phone at this price point. There’s no expandable storage but with 512GB space at your fingertips, you might not need it.

On the audio front, there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack, so you’ll have to use the USB-C port and an adaptor for wired audio. Wirelessly, you can use the Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity to pair headphones or earbuds, and there are also stereo speakers on the top and bottom of the mobile. These are positioned well enough that I didn’t find myself covering them when holding the device landscape.

• Performance score: 3.5 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: battery life

• Long-lasting 5,000mAh battery
• Phone lasts at least a day and a half
• 80W wired charging is pretty fast

On paper, the Oppo Reno 12 Pro’s 5,000mAh is big but also pretty standard for phones at this price; it’s rare to see mid-range mobiles with any other size of battery. 

However in the field (ie, in testing), I was pretty surprised by the Reno’s lasting power. I’m used to phones like this having battery life’s of roughly a day and half, but the Reno comes closer than most at turning that ‘half’ into something like ‘two thirds’ through normal use.

In more handy terms, it meant that I could indulge in long gaming sessions without having to worry about the battery running too low for me to use the handset for the rest of the day.

Charging is fast too, at 80W, which will top you up in no time. Oppo says that it’ll power the phone to full in just under 50 minutes, but I had enough charge to last me a full day of use in about half an hour of charging.

The Reno 12 Pro also offers reverse wired charging, so you can plug a cable into the phone’s USB-C port and then into another gadget to power it up. It’s not fast, but it’s a useful way to keep your smartwatch or headphones powered on the go.

• Battery score: 4 / 5

Oppo Reno 12 Pro review: value

The Oppo Reno 12 Pro has a few rough edges, but they’re all in the areas where it tries to outstep its bounds. Looking at what you’re getting for the price, the Reno offers great value for money.

For a distinctly price you’re getting a display, camera array, battery and charging department and design that feels better than you’d expect at the cost.

None of the Reno 12 Pro’s weaker areas are any worse than you’d expect for the price either; bloatware is annoying but the Oppo is far from the only mobile to have it, and while the design is uninspired, you have to pay twice as much for a really good-looking mobile.

• Value score: 4 / 5

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How I tested the Oppo Reno 12 Pro

• Review test period = 2 week
• Testing included = Everyday usage, including web browsing, social media, photography, video calling, gaming, streaming video, music playback
• Tools used = Geekbench 6, Geekbench ML, GFXBench, native Android stats

The testing period for the Oppo Reno 12 Pro was two weeks, which began with product testing (hence there not being many of my apps).

Over the testing period I used the Reno like my normal phone: taking pictures, streaming music and videos, contacting people on social media, and playing lots of games. The testing period fell across a holiday so I got to take the phone out and about on a few trips.

I've been reviewing smartphones for TechRadar for over five years now, including using the original series of Reno mobiles and plenty more since then, as well as rivals across the mobile market.

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First reviewed July 2024

Our guide to the best AI phones has only existed for a matter of days, but Oppo will be hoping that its latest handset, the Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G, can immediately boot the Google Pixel 8a off its perch as the best cheap AI phone of 2024.

Having been officially announced at Oppo’s inaugural A.Island event in Ibiza (get it?) on June 18, the Reno 12 Pro 5G offers an impressive suite of flagship-level generative AI features for the decidedly non-flagship price of £499 / AU$999. Sure, the Pixel 8a costs the same price in the UK (and $499 / AU$849 elsewhere), but the Reno 12 Pro 5G combines its AI smarts with some interesting design quirks that will surely dent the appeal of Google’s latest samey-looking (though undeniable impressive) Pixel phone.

For starters, the Reno 12 Pro 5G boasts what Oppo is describing as an Infinite View Screen – a 6.7-inch AMOLED display that ever-so-slightly wraps around the device on all four sides. This design supposedly merges the expanded views and rounded grip of a curved screen with the accurate touch recognition and durability of a flat screen. Having handled the Reno 12 Pro 5G for myself, I can confirm that the combination is subtle but effective (it's also great to see curved screens enduring in one way or another).

This Infinite View Screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, which is the same shield you’ll find adorning the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus. The Reno 12 Pro 5G offers IP65 dust and water resistance, too.

Other specs include a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset, a 5,000mAh battery and four decent cameras – specifically a 50MP main, a 50MP telephoto (with 2x optical zoom), an 8MP ultra-wide and a 50MP selfie snapper. But the real interesting meat on the bone of the Reno 12 Pro 5G is its aforementioned AI capabilities. 

AI for the people

Earlier this month, Oppo announced plans to “democratize AI” by bringing generative AI features to its entire product line, and the Reno 12 Pro 5G represents the first beneficiary of that accessibility-first approach.

Leading the charge is a suite of photo-editing tools that aren’t a million miles away from those already offered by the likes of Google and Samsung. AI Eraser, for instance, lets you remove unwanted subjects and objects from photos with a simple tap – I recently took the feature for a spin on the Oppo Find X7 Ultra at the Champions League final – while AI Clear Face can automatically remove facial blemishes and add detail to facial features.

Similarly, AI Best Face can automatically identify closed eyes in photos and reopen them, while AI Studio lets you recompose photos with different artistic styles (think manga or cartoon filters) using generative AI.

For the more productive among us, the Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G also offers a host of Google Gemini-based assistive features, like AI Write, AI Speak and AI Summary. These tools leverage Google’s large-language model to understand the content displayed on screen and recommend features that might be of use to you. Need to rephrase an important work email, or extract text summaries from a lengthy voice recording? The Reno 12 Pro 5G can step in to help you.

Again, it’s worth reiterating that Oppo is offering all of these features, subscription-free, for just £499. Of course, you’re not getting iPhone 15 Pro Max-level performance or Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra-level camera credentials for that price, but as a means of accessing generative AI features without demanding that you break the bank, the Reno 12 Pro 5G looks like a home run.

We’re currently putting the Reno 12 Pro 5G through its paces, so stay tuned for our full review, but if you’re interested in pre-ordering Oppo’s latest AI handset, you can do so now from Oppo.com. The Reno 12 Pro 5G will begin shipping from June 28, 2024, though as with other Oppo phones, it won’t be available in the US.

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Smartphones have arguably been the most transformative new technology since the arrival of the internet, but another – perhaps even bigger – technological advance is coming, and it’s powered by AI.

If you’ve been following tech news or simply been a human on the internet, then you’re likely aware that AI features are being added to everything from apps to computers to – yes – smartphones. But this is just the beginning, as according to OPPO and its partners – including Google, MediaTek, and IDC – before long we’ll have true ‘AI Phones’.

So what do we mean by an AI Phone? Well, as explained at OPPO’s AI Strategy Briefing, AI Phones could infuse almost every aspect of our smartphone experience with generative AI (Gen AI), empowering users to enhance their creativity, productivity, and even everyday interactions and tasks.

We’re already seeing early examples of how AI can improve these experiences, such as with AI generated call and article summaries, AI-powered photo editing, and the AI Eraser on the OPPO Find X7 Ultra. In fact, arguably the likes of the OPPO Find X7 Ultra are already AI Phones, but there’s still so much more untapped AI potential.

Some of this potential will be delivered soon though, as OPPO is ambitiously incorporating generative AI technology across its smartphone product line, making AI phones accessible to everyone. By the end of the year, OPPO anticipates that approximately 50 million of its AI Phones will be in use worldwide, marking a significant step towards integrating AI more deeply into everyday technology.

Boosting productivity and creativity 

When asked about the most commonly used features of generative AI, functionality related to productivity and creativity often comes up. This can include things like AI summaries, which were mentioned by Susara van den Heever, Director of AI, Customer Engineering EMEA at Google Cloud during a panel discussion: “AI summaries can really simplify everyone's life. I use it at work, for example, to summarize meetings. I use it in my private life, for example, I might get the summary of an article that my dad sent me or my brother sent me. ” van den Heever explained. “And so it's a concept that can really make us a lot more productive, save a lot of time, and just give us very precise insights in a very short period of time.”

Philipp Ennen, Principal Research Manager of MediaTek said: “I'm a passionate photographer. And so I remember a time, 10 years ago when you wanted to remove something from an image, it was lots of painting. And nowadays it's just like the AI Eraser feature, the person or whatever is just gone.”

The current industry consensus is that the initial functionalities unlocked by generative AI on smartphones will concentrate on these two areas. Van den Heever explained that Google is currently developing these sorts of features in collaboration with OPPO, saying: “When I think of the partnership that Google has announced with OPPO, it's a lot about partnering to bring more productivity and creativity to the world.”

Integrating into every aspect of your life

With their awesome sensing and computational powers, plus unbeatable convenience and widespread use, smartphones are the ideal devices to get a major AI upgrade. Indeed, AI Phones are about to take center stage in your digital world, delivering a smarter, more personalized, and downright cooler user experience.

During the briefing, Francisco Jeronimo, IDC VP for Data and Analytics at IDC EMEA, shared, "Under the empowerment of generative AI, smartphones will increasingly play pivotal roles in six key areas: entertainment, mobile officing, sports and health, education, smart home, and transportation."

Taking sports and health as an example, by injecting powerful analysis and intelligence into a variety of health products, AI Phones of the future will not only help monitor your fitness and health, but also act as personal coaches or doctors.

During a panel, Jeronimo explained that already with smartphones, patients can take pictures of problems and send them to their doctor without having to visit a practice, adding that “But with AI capabilities the phone will be able to better understand and provide some advice, not just to patients, but to help doctors as well.”

Bringing AI’s benefits to everyone

The shift from traditional smartphones to AI Phones represents a long-term evolution, set to continuously transform the mobile experience.

In the future, AI Phones will integrate intelligence with real-world sensory data, transforming interactions from simple taps and commands into dynamic dialogues with AI agents.

Nicole Zhang, General Manager of AI Product at OPPO added that these AI Agents could be embedded directly into a smartphone’s operating system, and that they would be designed to learn from and understand their users over time, gaining knowledge of our calendars, maps, contacts, preferences, and more. So in other words these AI Agents could become highly personalized assistants, that know you and how you use your phone well enough to deliver tailored help with your daily tasks, and they could even provide recommendations without you having to ask.

While we’re not yet seeing everything that AI Phones and AI Agents will enable, OPPO has been at the forefront of this shift, delving into AI Agents early on, and Nicole Zhang has outlined the focus on three core capabilities that empower these Agents:

• Knowledge, enabling the Agent to leverage knowledge graphs and search abilities to reduce hallucinations.
• Memory, allowing the Agent to store user profiles and personal data, providing a more personalized AI experience.
• Tools, granting the Agent the ability to leverage capabilities such as first-party apps, third-party services, code interpreters, and a variety of other tools.

What will this mean in practice? Well, for one thing the intelligent OS used by AI Agents could support multimodal interactions, allowing third-party services to be delivered more flexibly and without the need for users to manually interact with an app. For instance, an AI Agent integrated into the phone's OS could efficiently handle complex commands, such as "Book a Chinese restaurant with my friend next Tuesday at 7pm, and ensure it's no more than a 10-minute walk from here."

Multimodality in AI Phones not only enhances voice interactions but also sets the stage for major advancements in accessibility, making phones more inclusive than ever. Individuals with visual or physical impairments could control their phones almost entirely through voice commands, while those with hearing impairments could benefit from real-time transcription.

With the aid of AI Agents then, AI Phones are set to catalyze a technological revolution and an extensive reconstruction of the smartphone ecosystem, from hardware platforms to operating systems and beyond.

So in short, AI is poised to reinvent smartphones, and its impact could be even bigger than the transition from non-smart mobile phones to the handsets we all use today. It’s clear too that OPPO and its partners are working hard to deliver this AI Phone vision in the near future, and while our phones aren’t the only devices that will gain and benefit from AI, they are arguably among the best positioned to take advantage of AI’s capabilities.

Football is a simple game: 22 players chase a ball around a pitch for 90 minutes and in the end, Real Madrid always wins. At least, I think that’s how the saying goes?

The champions of Spain became champions of Europe for a record 15th time this weekend after beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Wembley Stadium, but I’d wager that the score would’ve been different had the German underdogs taken to the pitch with Oppo’s latest flagship smartphone, the Oppo Find X7 Ultra.

Why do I say this? Well, the Find X7 Ultra is currently the only phone in the world to boast two periscope lenses. The first uses a Sony IMX980 sensor to offer 3x optical zoom, while the second uses a Sony IMX858 sensor to provide 6x optical zoom. What does that have to do with football? Nothing. Nothing at all. But the Find X7 Ultra is also the first phone to pair its two periscope zoom lenses with a terrifyingly good AI eraser tool, which I used to completely erase the Real Madrid players from the face of the Wembley pitch.

Oppo’s new AI eraser tool – appropriately dubbed AI Eraser – works in much the same way as Google’s Magic Eraser and Samsung’s Generative Edit tool. Once you’ve snapped a pic, you simply circle the subject or area you want to erase, and after about six seconds of processing, the Find X7 Ultra returns an edited photo with a patch of generative imagery layered over the top of that area. A neat little ‘Compare’ toggle also appears on the edited image, which lets you view the before and after without having to swipe between photos.

Unfortunately for photography purists and AI skeptics everywhere, Oppo’s AI eraser tool is pretty darn good. As you can see in the list of images below, the feature has, for the most part, effectively made the selected Real Madrid players disappear without a trace. It doesn’t work perfectly every time – in some cases, the eraser has left behind a slight blur, and hasn’t replicated grass lines totally accurately – but the uninitiated viewer could be easily fooled into thinking that Dortmund had the run of Carlo Ancelotti’s side during this year's Champions League final.

The question of whether the world’s best phones should grant users the ability to tamper with photos in such a drastic way is altogether larger. 

In a conversation with TechRadar following Galaxy Unpacked in January, Samsung defended its generative photo editing tool on the Galaxy S24 series by claiming that people use smartphone cameras for two reasons: to capture the moment, and to make something new.

“When people go on Instagram, they add a bunch of funky black and white stuff – they create a new reality,” Samsung executive Patrick Chomet told us at the company's launch event. “Their intention isn’t to recreate reality, it’s to make something new. So Generative Edit isn’t a totally new idea.”

I suspect the top brass at Oppo share that sentiment. After all, you’d assume that tools like Generative Edit and AI Eraser aren’t being deployed by professional photographers to capture the perfect photo, just as you’d hope that the agencies buying those photos have rigorous checks in place to guarantee their authenticity.

Alas, the Kate Middleton photo editing debacle suggests otherwise, so perhaps we should be more cautious of the features being rolled out by Oppo, Samsung, Google and the like. That said, as a bit of harmless fun to convince yourself that Real Madrid could, one day, lose a Champions League final, AI Eraser is a blast. 

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Oppo has announced the Find X7 Ultra, a new flagship phone that sports two periscope cameras; that's a world first. 

While periscope cameras are now fairly common in some of the best phones, having a pair of them in a single rear-camera array is new, due to the components and lens stacking needed to get them to work while keeping telephoto camera modules from protruding too far out of a phone's rear. 

Oppo's HyperTone Camera System (more on that in a moment) promises fast shooting, flexible optical zooming, AI enhancements and "pro-grade" Master Mode option as part of the brand's partnership with camera specialists Hasselblad. 

Add a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3  and a 5,000mAh battery with support for Oppo's SuperVOOC fast charging, and the Oppo Find X7 Ultra is shaping up to be a phone to challenge the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max .

HyperTone Camera System

With 50-megapixel sensors across all four cameras, Oppo’s HyperTone Camera System has specs that promise sharp and details photos from all manner of shots.

The primary camera is a large, 1-inch type Sony LYT-900 sensor that offers a 23mm focal length, f/1.8 aperture, with optical image stabilization. The Find X7 Ultra is the first phone of 2024 to use this sensor, and promises to cut light reflection by 50% while still capturing a detailed shots. 

A untal-wide-angle camera using a LYT-600 sensor that provides a 14mm equivalent focal length and f/2.0 aperture, is touted to offer dynamic macro photography at 4cm and shots of expansive scenery at a 14mm equivalent focal length.  

Next is a Sony IMX980 sensor which provides 3x zoom on the first periscope telephoto camera, and is the same camera found in the previous Oppo Find X6 Pro that impressed up. And a Sony IMX858 sensor offering 6x zoom and equivalent to 135mm, is the second periscope camera, and should be good at capturing long-range shots without losing too much in the way of clarity and sharpness. 

These larger-than-standard sensors used in the camera system should also allow for overall improved low-light performance and image quality over previous Oppo Find flagships.

Ideally, this setup would create a smooth and seamless zoom photography that would remain consistent throughout the camera array's entire focal range.

The front of the camera uses a 32-megapixel f/2.4 camera for self-portraits and video calls.

Of course, camera specs and hardware are one thing in smartphones, the second part of the mix is in on the software side. Here Oppo touts is HyperTone Image Engine aimed at preventing HDR photography from over-processing images and overexposing mid-tones and over-sharpening details leading to an unnatural photos. In the past, we've found Oppo has been rather good at this, if not quite class-leading. So hopefully, Oppo can deliver some impressive results with the Find X7 Ultra. 

There are also two Hasselblad modes. The Hasselblad Portrait Mode aims to bring a portrait shot style that echoes those of classic Hasselblad cameras by capturing shots at four focal lengths to produce cinematic bokeh with foreground and background depth. 

The Hasselblad Master Mode offers a shooting mode designed to match the characteristics of the Hasselblad X2D 100C camera, with a host of manual controls. This mode enables RAW MAX, which not only captures full 50MP images but will also benefit from the computational photography chops of the Find X7 Ultra, with photo that have a 16-bit color depth and 13 stops of dynamic range. This feature sounds a lot like Apple's ProRAW mode on its recent iPhones, where RAW photos have some smart processing applied to then let people edit them further, rather than just start with a pure RAW image to manipulate. 

Oppo Find X7 Ultra specs

While the camera appears to be a point focus for the Oppo Find X7 Ultra, the rest of its specifications aren’t lacking either. It will be powered by the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, supported by LPDDR5X RAM in either 12GB or 16GB configurations.

There are three configurations of the Oppo’s Find X7 Ultra, a 12GB RAM model paired with 256GB internal memory, a 16GB option with 256GB storage, and lastly, a 16GB paired with 512GB storage. Onboard storage uses the latest UFS 4.0 standard; there's no option for microSD expansion.

Oppo Find X7 Ultra's battery comes in at 5000mAh cell with support for the company's SuperVOOC 100W fast charging and 50W wireless charging. 

The Oppo’s Find X7 Ultra has a 6.82-inch display with a 3,168 x 1,440 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate with up to 4,500 nits brightness that should make it sharp and bright for watching films, gaming, and viewing your best photos.

There are three color options for the Oppo Find X7 Ultra: Ocean Blue, Tailored Black, and Sepia Brown.

Not available outside of China

Sadly, just like its predecessor, the Oppo Find X7 Ultra is only available in mainland China at the moment with no plans for a global release on the cards.

Pricing for the Oppo Find X7 Ultra also reflects its flagship status starting at ¥5,999 in China or around $845 / £663 / AU$1,281 for the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage version and ¥6,999 (around $986 / £773 / AU$1,495) for the 16GB RAM paired with 512Gb storage.  

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Samsung’s Ultra phones tend to have fantastic cameras, with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra topping our list of the best camera phones. But in 2024 Samsung might have some serious competition from the Oppo Find X7 Pro.

This phone – which is likely to land in early 2024 – will have a quad-lens camera according to leaker Digital Chat Station, writing on Weibo (via GizmoChina). All four of these cameras will apparently be 50MP, and they’re said to include a one-inch main sensor, an ultra-wide snapper, and two periscope cameras, with one offering 2.7x optical zoom and the other reaching 6x optical zoom.

There are a lot of things to unpack here. First off, a 6x optical zoom would have most phones beat, other than the 10x optical zoom of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. This would also rank among the very few phones that has two zoom cameras, and it would be the first to sport two periscope cameras.

Periscope cameras use a prism to bend light, in a similar way to a submarine’s periscope, and this design means they don’t have to stick out of the phone as much as typical telephoto cameras.

A bigger sensor for better photos

The mention of a one-inch sensor for the main camera is also notable, as while a small number of phones already have one-inch sensors, the vast majority of smartphone cameras – including those on top flagships like the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Galaxy S23 Ultra – use smaller sensors.

A larger sensor lets more light in, which is particularly beneficial to low light images, but can lead to improvements in image quality regardless of the lighting.

It’s also nice to see that all four cameras will reportedly be 50MP, when many phones offer fewer megapixels on secondary snappers.

So this all sounds extremely promising, and might even make for a better setup than the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra has. Leaks suggest this phone will have a 200MP main camera, a 12MP ultra-wide, a 50MP telephoto (offering 3x optical zoom), and a 10MP periscope (capable of 5x optical zoom).

So in some ways it would be a step down from the 10x zoom of the S23 Ultra, and it wouldn’t quite match the 6x zoom we’re hearing the Oppo Find X7 Pro will have. Its rumored megapixel counts are also far less consistent, and it’s unlikely to have a one-inch sensor.

The Oppo Find X7 Pro will probably compete with Samsung’s upcoming flagship when it comes to power too, as Digital Chat Station also claims that Oppo’s phone will have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, which is also what we’re expecting from the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

So if you’re looking for one of the best phones, it might be worth waiting until both of these handsets are out before deciding which to buy. The Galaxy S24 Ultra is likely to land in January, and while we’re less sure of when we’ll see the Oppo Find X7 Pro, it probably won’t be far behind.

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We’re now just hours away from the launch of the OnePlus Open, but in a strange turn of events Oppo may have just announced the phone... sort of... as the company has unveiled the Oppo Find N3, which is widely reported to be near identical to the OnePlus Open.

As such, we now have a very good idea of what to expect from the OnePlus Open, though we can’t be certain of just how similar the two phones are until the OnePlus Open is announced. Still, the two companies do work together very closely, and even confirmed to The Verge that these two upcoming phones would be largely the same, just with different branding.

So the Oppo Find N3 then has a 7.82-inch 2268 x 2440 foldable display with a 120Hz refresh rate and an extremely high max brightness of 2,800 nits. That means it can get brighter than just about any other phone. The cover screen is a 6.31-inch 1116 x 2484 AMOLED display which also has a 120Hz refresh rate and a 2,800-nit max brightness.

Under the hood there’s a powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, which is what you’ll find in most of this year’s best Android phones, along with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

The Oppo Find N3 also has a triple-lens rear camera, with a 48MP main sensor, a 48MP ultra-wide, and a 64MP telephoto offering 3x optical zoom and 6x hybrid zoom (which uses a combination of optical and digital zooming to take 16MP shots at that zoom level).

The phone also has a 32MP camera on the cover screen, and a 20MP one on the foldable display.

Finally on the specs front, it has a 4,805mAh battery with 67W charging, which the company claims is enough for a full charge in 42 minutes.

As for the design, the Oppo Find N3 can be had in black or red with a vegan leather rear, or in green or gold with a matte glass back.

Now, it’s not expected that the Oppo Find N3 will be sold in most of the western world, but the OnePlus Open likely will be. So if you like the sound of these specs, you’ll probably be able to get most of them there.

We’ll find out for sure soon, as the OnePlus Open is being unveiled today (October 19) at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST, which is 1am AEDT on October 20 for those in Australia. TechRadar will be covering the launch in full, so check back then for all the details.

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Oppo today announced the Oppo Find N3 Flip, a stylish clamshell foldable and sequel to the well-reviewed Oppo Find N2 Flip. The Find N3 Flip goes on sale today in China and is coming to global markets "soon".

The Oppo Find N3 Flip features an elegant design in gold, pink, and black colorways. As with the Motorola Razr Plus and the Galaxy Z Flip 5, it comes with a larger cover display. The main display is a 6.8-inch screen with a 120Hz refresh rate for all your content consumption needs. 

Oppo includes an alert slider for turning your smartphone silent in a pinch. All of this is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 9200 chipset and a 4,300 mAh battery with 44W charging. 

There's also a nice triple-camera layout at the rear with Hasselblad branding, a first for clamshell-style foldables. 

The Oppo Find N3 Flip will beat Oppo's last flagships, the Oppo Find X6 and Oppo Find X6 Pro, by coming to global markets. Though both phones were received well, it seems as if Oppo decided to leave its global ambitions to the Find N3 Flip instead.

"For Find N2 Flip, we created the best flip phone possible, and now Find N2 Flip is the number one foldable in China," Pete Lau, SVP and Chief Product Officer at OPPO, said in a press release. "We couldn't be more proud. For Find N3 Flip, we're bringing upgrades across the board – elevated styling, an improved cover screen experience, and a game-changing flip phone camera – simply put, expect the exquisite from Find N3 Flip."

We only have Chinese prices for the new Find N3 Flip, 6,799 CNY for 12GB/256GB and 7,599 CNY for 12GB/512GB. That converts to roughly $930 / £740 / AU$1,445 for the base model. 

First of its kind

As we've mentioned in our coverage, the Find N3 Flip's killer feature over other foldables is the inclusion of a third camera. Oppo is adding what it calls a "game-changing camera" with a 32MP telephoto portrait camera. 

Clamshell foldables have often featured a pair of dual cameras, but the Oppo Find N3 Flip will come with a telephoto lens that the company says should be good for portraits. A full review will have to bear this out, of course, but it looks good on paper so far. The other two cameras are also fairly good, including a 50MP main and a 48MP wide camera. The N3 Flip has Hasselblad color tuning, which we've enjoyed on other Oppo (and OnePlus) cameras so far.

Foldables have been having a good year, and Oppo isn't done. Sub-brand OnePlus is expected to launch its first foldable with the OnePlus Fold later this year. If it's anything as good as OnePlus and Oppo's other phones, it may be one of the best foldables of the year.

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Oppo has announced the launch date of its next clamshell foldable, the Oppo Find N3 Flip. As previously rumored, Oppo will launch the Find N3 Flip on August 29. The company also confirmed the camera and design of this foldable, as well as teased a new smartwatch, the Oppo Watch 4 Pro.

Taking to Chinese social media site Weibo, Oppo shared the first confirmed details of the Oppo Find N3 Flip, including the specs and design, in addition to the aforementioned release date. From the official renders, the leaks about Oppo's Find N3 Flip's design turned out to be accurate, including a new triple camera layout that has been rumored to contain a telephoto lens.

Though Oppo has yet to confirm the specs of the Find N3 Flip, it has been rumored to include a 6.8-inch AMOLED display with a variable 120Hz refresh rate for the main screen. A 3-inch display is on the foldable phone's cover, conspicuously alongside a triple camera layout comprising a 50MP primary sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide, and a 32MP telephoto lens backed by a 32MP on the front. Similar to its predecessor. Hasselblad colour science, something we've been fond of on Oppo and OnePlus's phones, is making a return here too.

Alongside the Oppo Find N3 Flip, Oppo will also be launching the Oppo Watch 4 Pro, a follow-up to the Oppo Watch 3 Pro.

One small step for Oppo, one giant leap for clamshells

As we noted when covering the rumors, the Oppo Find N3 Flip would be the first foldable phone to ship with a telephoto camera sensor. Though that part has yet to be explicitly confirmed, for the sake of this section, let's treat it as such.

Clamshell-style foldable phones have suffered from poor camera performance for their price compared to other slab phones. It's mostly been a physical and engineering problem, which means that one of the companies that threw money at engineering and rapidly iterating was bound to solve it first.

Oppo has done really good work with cameras in its smartphones over the years, and our Oppo Find X5 Pro review backs this up. It was a shame that the Oppo Find X6 Pro and (to a lesser extent) Oppo Find X6 didn't make their way to European markets for whatever reason and we would hate to see the same happen to one of the most interesting clamshells released this year.

Should the Oppo Find N3 Flip come to the EU and UK like Oppo's previous foldable, it's certain to give the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Motorola Razr 40 Ultra some tough competition.

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Oppo’s Reno 10 smartphone series, which comprises the Oppo Reno 10 5G, Oppo Reno 10 Pro and Oppo Reno 10 Pro Plus, has officially launched in various regions across the world, but only the first of those devices is available in the UK.

Positioned as a mid-range photography powerhouse, the Oppo Reno 10 5G arrives as the successor to the Oppo Reno 9, which itself succeeded the Oppo Reno 8. The latter phone was the last Reno device to ship in Western markets, though, so – for the most part – we’ll be comparing the Oppo Reno 10 5G to that phone throughout this guide.

Below, you’ll find detailed camera, display, design, performance and battery specs for the Oppo Reno 10 5G, along with price and availability information.

Oppo Reno 10 5G: Price & availability

The Oppo Reno 10 5G launched in the UK on August 24, 2023, and is available to purchase from EE or Oppo’s website directly.

The phone’s single 8GB RAM / 256GB storage variation costs £399, though it’s worth noting that both RAM and storage capacities can be expanded. For comparison, the Oppo Reno 8 retailed for £419 / AU$999 at launch, so the Oppo Reno 10 5G undercuts its predecessor in the price department.

In all likelihood, the Oppo Reno 10 5G will be coming to Europe and Australia, too, but Oppo hasn’t yet shared release date or pricing information for either region. As with other Oppo products in 2023, US consumers look set to miss out on the Oppo Reno 10 5G.

Oppo Reno 10 5G: Specs

Here’s a breakdown of the key specs offered by the Oppo Reno 10 5G:

Oppo Reno 10 5G: Design & display

On the design and display front, the Oppo Reno 10 5G measures 162.4 x 74.2 x 8 mm and weighs 185g, meaning it’s a touch larger and heavier than the Oppo Reno 8.

That bigger frame does, however, allow the Oppo Reno 10 5G to pack a larger 6.7-inch AMOLED screen than its predecessor, with the newer phone also boasting an impressive 93% screen-to-body ratio.

The phone’s refresh rate sits at 120Hz, and its display offers HDR10+ support and 950 nits of peak brightness. The screen itself is slightly curved, too, with Oppo describing the Reno 10 5G as having a “3D dual curved design.”

There’s an under-display fingerprint scanner, and the phone – which is available in the UK in one color: Silvery Grey (yes, that’s the official name) – is wrapped in a fingerprint-resistant coating.

Oppo Reno 10 5G: Cameras

Oppo is marketing the Reno 10 5G as “The Portrait Expert,” which says something about what the company considers to be the phone’s biggest strength. 

The Reno 10 5G boasts a three-lens rear camera setup comprising a 64MP wide-angle lens (f/1/7), a 32MP telephoto lens (f/2.0) and an 8MP ultra-wide lens (f/2.2). The second of that lineup is what earns the phone its “Portrait Expert” title, with the telephoto lens offering a 47mm focal length and marking the first of its kind in the Oppo Reno range.

The Reno 10 5G offers a Pro-Portrait mode, too, which supposedly preserves the skin tone of subjects and puts “Pro aesthetics'' at your disposal. On the selfie-snapping front, the Reno 10 5G packs a 32MP camera.

Oppo has told us that the Reno 10 5G is equipped with “by far the strongest set of cameras for where this phone sits in the market,” so we’re excited to put this setup to the test.

Oppo Reno 10 5G: Performance & battery

The Oppo Reno 10 5G is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7050 chipset, which isn’t a processor we’re particularly familiar with. That said, the Dimensity 7050 is an objectively superior chipset to the Dimensity 1300 chipset used in the Oppo Reno 8, and since that phone already delivers solid performance for its mid-range price, we expect the Dimensity 7050 to deliver an even smoother scrolling and gaming experience. 

Under the hood, the Oppo Reno 10 5G packs a hefty 5,000 mAh battery, which should reliably see you through a whole day of moderate to heavy use.

The phone comes bundled with Oppo’s 67W fast charger in the box – which isn’t a given these days (looking at you, Apple and Samsung) – and the company claims that you’ll be able to fully recharge the Reno 10 5G in just 47 minutes using this charger. 

There’s no wireless charging capabilities, unfortunately, but that’s to be expected for a phone in this price range.

In terms of updates, Oppo says the Reno 10 5G will be supported with two years’ worth of Android updates and four years’ worth of security updates.

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The Oppo Find N3 Flip has leaked with new renders, showing off a design that's a refinement on Oppo's last foldable. The new renders also tease a new camera for the Oppo Find N3.

This report comes from leaker Yogesh Brar and Digital Chat Station on Weibo, though the original reports have since been taken down (via Android Authority). They showcase the Oppo Find N3 Flip's design, complete with a set of three rear cameras with Hasselblad branding. Oppo has partnered with Hasselblad on its premium phones including the Oppo Find X5 Pro and Oppo Find X6 Pro. 

The Oppo Find N3 Flip is rumored to come with a 6.8-inch LTPO internal display complete with a 120Hz refresh rate. It's also reported to get a 3-inch external display similar to current flip-style foldables. The cameras are rumored to be a 50MP main camera, an 8MP ultrawide, and a 32MP telephoto on the outside. The same 32MP selfie camera as on its predecessor is expected to return.

Unique in a good way 

If these renders turn out to be accurate, then the Oppo Find N3 Flip would be the first of the clamshell-style foldables to offer photography performance that's comparable to that of regular phones.

Certainly, you'll find cameras in other foldables like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Pixel Fold, but those are book-style foldables that have a larger surface area and more space for components. Clamshells like the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the Motorola Razr Plus, in contrast, stick to a dual rear camera layout.

Oppo's Find N2 Flip already stood out to us for its camera prowess, with TechRadar's Oppo Find N2 Flip review showing how Oppo's software prowess and dedicated processing made for a camera that was almost as good as its slab peers.

Should the Oppo Find 3 Flip indeed ship with a telephoto lens, this could be the first foldable camera that's aimed at camera aficionados. If you don't mind Oppo's ColorOS operating system, and I certainly don't, you're probably going to enjoy this when it launches.

A render of what may be the OPPO Find N3 Flip has recently surfaced giving us our first look at what the future smartphone may look like.

The following information comes from 91mobiles claiming the image is based on an “early EVT (Engineering Validation Test)” prototype. The final product may look totally different so take everything in the leak with a grain of salt. That said, it appears OPPO wasn’t very interested in changing the design of Find N2 Flip too much as the upcoming device shares a lot of similarities with the older model. The smartphone is said to feature the “same clamshell-folding design and large exterior display” from before. The most notable difference this time is the appearance of a third camera lens.

According to 91mobiles, the OPPO Find N3 Flip will feature the same camera system as the Chinese exclusive OPPO Ren 10 Pro although it’ll look substantially different. Leading the pack will be a 50MP Sony IMX890 lens complete with f/1.8 aperture and OIS or optical image stabilization. This will allow the camera to move along with the N3 Flip to ensure steady shots. Unique to the N3 Flip is the 32mp telephoto lens to help with getting those perfect close-up shots. The third is the 8MP ultra-wide angle lens as seen on the N2 Flip.

Other specs

As for the rest of the leak, the report states the OPPO Find N3 Flip will have a “similar set of specs” as the Find N2 Flip. 

The main screen will still be a 6.8-inch Full HD Plus (a resolution of 1920 x 1280 pixels) display sporting a 120Hz refresh rate. The smaller front screen appears to remain a 3.26-inch, 17:9 AMOLED panel. Under the hood, 91mobiles claims will be a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset, 16GB of RAM, plus 512GB of storage. And the 4,300mAh battery is slated to support 44W fast wired charging.

Besides these tidbits, there’s not much else to the leak. 91mobiles expects the OPPO Find N3 Flip to launch sometime in early December with a price tag of 75,490 Rupees. Converted, that comes out to about £720/$1,400 AUD. For the sake of comparison, you can purchase the Find N2 Flip off Amazon for £670 so it looks like this model will be more expensive.

OPPO doesn’t operate in the United States so it’s highly unlikely the Find N3 Flip will make its way there. If you are looking for something with a more international reach, be sure to check out TechRadar’s list of the best foldable phones for 2023.

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the collaboration between startups and established enterprises has emerged as a catalyst for innovation and growth, creating significant value and driving groundbreaking advancements across industries. In this context, recognizing and embracing the power of startups by the market and their collaboration partners becomes crucial.

These global technology companies have positioned themselves as platforms that connect promising startups with the necessary resources, expertise, and opportunities to thrive. Among them is OPPO, a global high-tech enterprise that goes beyond being a smartphone manufacturer. The company is striving to unleash the power of collaboration and create greater value through its second OPPO Inspiration Challenge.

Through this platform, OPPO aims to demonstrate how innovative ideas from startup teams, when recognized and embraced, lead to collaborative solutions that improve people’s lives. 

Let’s explore interviews with two venture teams from last year’s Inspiration Challenge to gain insights into how this platform can support you and your innovative ideas.

TangTangQuan: Diabetes Control in the Palm of your Hand

A key part of the philosophy behind the OPPO Inspiration Challenge is the belief that, with ‘the power of being seen’, together with professional support, startups have the power to change the world.

“Seven years ago, there were nearly 100 diabetes-related startups in China. Now many of the companies that received significant funding have failed, yet we have survived,” shared Zeng Xifeng, the founder of TangTangQuan. As one of last year’s OPPO Inspiration Challenge winners, TangTangQuan – a social enterprise sponsored by the World Diabetes Foundation – understands the challenges of the entrepreneurial journey well.

China ranks fourth globally in terms of the high incidence of type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents. TangTangQuan recognized this and developed a platform to raise awareness and support diabetics, particularly children, by offering professional patient education and management services. Additionally, they are currently developing a blood glucose monitoring watch for children and a groundbreaking artificial pancreas for type 1 diabetes, aiming to simplify and improve disease management.

“By integrating with OPPO hardware, we can successfully transform the service into a tangible product while enabling seamless remote data transmission and ensuring user-friendly access,” Xifeng continued. Now, the company’s groundbreaking blood glucose management has been integrated into the OPPO Watch 3, providing a whole new level of financial support and market exposure.

The success of this collaboration stems from the shared beliefs between Xifeng and OPPO, where the most compelling motivation behind all groundbreaking solutions is people-centered innovation. “I think an important factor is that my daughter has type 1 diabetes. So, from the start, our focus has consistently been on prioritizing people over markets and capital.”

IDUN: Premier Sleep Health 

Another previous winner of the OPPO Inspiration Challenge is Swiss neurotechnology company IDUN Technologies. A close-knit team with shared roots in academia, their groundbreaking wearable brain monitoring tech had broad-reaching applications in all sorts of medical and psychological fields.

To find the very best personal health application for their tech, IDUN chose to focus on the most universal of human needs – quality sleep. They aim to ensure healthy sleep for more people worldwide through the IDUN Guardian brain-sensing earbuds, leveraging OPPO’s expertise in smart device development and the professional assistance of OPPO’s lab. With more accurate sleep characterization algorithms and accelerated hardware development, they aspire to improve the sleep health of individuals globally.

Simon Bachman, CEO and co-founder, explains: “We really were struck by how many issues in the world lead back to sleep. It drastically impacts your health, your relationships, your productivity, your mental workload efforts and your stress level.”

More efficient and less intrusive than previous devices, the IDUN Guardian fits groundbreaking neurotech into a pair of comfortable, consumer-facing earbuds, opening up a wealth of possibilities for the study and diagnosis of sleep disorders on a global scale.

Following OPPO’s 2022 Challenge, IDUN were invited to showcase their story at the Mobile World Congress, bringing their tech closer to world-changing mass-adoption.

“This is an excellent showcasing opportunity, allowing us to engage with like-minded individuals at OPPO’s booth, and we have received valuable feedback on how to improve and iterate our products.” says Abigail Holland, Product Owner at IDUN Technologies.

Ideas meet expertise, and again, the world changes.

Investment, Support and Guidance for your Project

As the experiences of TangTangQuan and IDUN show, the OPPO Inspiration Challenge can significantly enhance the visibility and adoption of world-changing technologies.

Ready to get involved? Submissions for this year’s OPPO Inspiration Challenge will close at the end of June, so you still have the chance to participate in this technology-for-people platform.

The 2023 OPPO Inspiration Challenge 

This year the focus is on two areas, the personal and the planetary.

‘Inspiration for People’ encompasses tech, products and programs that enhance convenience and promote both physical and mental personal health, similar to the accomplishments of the TangTangQuan and IDUN teams.

‘Inspiration for the Planet’ addresses global climate issues, seeking to actively minimize the environmental impact of electronic product manufacturing and usage. Building on OPPO’s commitment to achieve carbon neutrality across its global operations by 2050, the company aspires to foster increased collaboration among teams through innovation to attain sustainable development goals.

This year, OPPO once again graced the stage at VivaTech, joining forces with last year’s global and regional winners, Alango and SignNow, to share their innovative solutions. The company also invited SolCold, an environmentally focused technology team, to share their insights. By leveraging this year’s themes, OPPO aims to attract more like-minded individuals with a passion for scientific innovation to join the movement of creating a better life through technological advancements.

Ready to change the world? 

“It is ‘the power of being seen’ that validates our social and business value,” says TangTangQuan’s Zeng Xifeng, highlighting the significance of the support received through last year’s Inspiration Challenge. “We wanted to integrate the blood glucose monitoring app and the artificial pancreas app into the OPPO watch.”

You don’t need to have an exact product in mind, but awareness of the potential applications for your new idea is a crucial step along the path to adoption.

“Seize every opportunity that comes along.” IDUN’s Auriel Valtancoli, Business Developer at IDUN Technologies says. “While some startups apply mostly for the stipend, the real value lies in the friendships you’ll make and the advice you’ll receive.”

This year, the top 15 teams worldwide from the OPPO Inspiration Challenge will be invited to participate in an Acceleration Camp, and then to enter the global final demo event. After the final event, the top 5 teams globally will be awarded grants of USD $50,000 to support the implementation of their projects.

For those teams that don’t make it to the final, the OPPO Inspiration Challenge also offers a share of the USD $190,000 global incubation fund and additional collaboration opportunities with OPPO and its partners, depending on their innovative ideas.

What’s more, establishing contacts and receiving industry support can often be as valuable as monetary resources. Exposure to new markets, partners, and audiences can likewise be more lucrative in the long term than an immediate cash injection.

Bring your ideas to life and push the boundaries of technology before June 30th with the OPPO Inspiration Challenge. 

This morning, this story spoke about a singular fresh-faced rumor, suggesting that both Oppo and sibling phone maker OnePlus would suddenly and unexpectedly be pulling out of European markets. We reached out to both brands for confirmation and, as such, this story now includes their formal responses.

If you'd asked us yesterday, we'd have said everything looks to be sunshine and rainbows at both OnePlus and Oppo. OnePlus recently launched the OnePlus 11 – a noteworthy improvement on its predecessor, which is in contention for best phone of 2023.

And Oppo not only showcased its newest flagship line – the Oppo Find X6 series – but broke into the international foldable market with the one of the best foldables around (check out our Oppo Find N2 Flip review for the full breakdown) a little over a month ago.

With all of this in mind, not to mention a successful MWC trade show – in which both brands had some of the most interesting things on the show floor to showcase – we were left perplexed when one established tipster claimed that both companies were supposedly considering pulling the ripcord on their European presence, in a Tweet.

In his post, shared on the morning of March 27, Max Jambor dropped a metaphorical bomb, claiming that both brands were bowing out of Europe; starting with key markets including Germany, the UK, France and the Netherlands. Soon after, he followed it up with another post claiming an official statement would follow, however, no such statement has appeared via Jambor's Twitter feed, at the time of writing.

Instead, TechRadar decided to approach our contacts at both brands to get confirmation from the source, with OnePlus promptly responding with the following:

"OnePlus will not exit from Europe and the UK and maintains stable operations in local markets. OnePlus will continue to invest in Europe and provide more innovative product and solutions for its users."

Considering the company's recent releases and plenty more plans seemingly in the works to expand its reach, not reduce it – like a premium OnePlus foldable and the rumored OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite weeks or even days away from release, based on leaks – such a departure would have been wildly out of character and ill-timed on OnePlus' part.

What about Oppo?

As for Oppo, while the company's new flagship is still finding its feet (check out our hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review for more on that), generally there seems to be a clear and confident strategy in place, with devices in prominent positions with retailers and carriers, significant investment in marketing and an ongoing stream of noteworthy devices making their way to market.

While we were left waiting a little longer for Oppo's formal response, here's what we heard back when asking for comment in regards to Jambor's original post:

"Oppo and OnePlus are committed to all the existing European markets. We had a great start in 2023 with the successful launches of several products in Europe and have a line-up of upcoming products for the rest of the year. As always, Oppo and OnePlus will continue to provide more innovative products and the best-in-class service for users moving forward."

So there you have it. Despite a not-insignificant raised eyebrow when the initial rumor broke, on the contrary, it would seem that neither Oppo, nor OnePlus has formal plans to leave the UK or European markets that their products already range in; debunking Jambor's original claim in totality.

Note: Updates to this story include a revised title and opening paragraph to reflect the formal response from both brands we'd subsequently received after the story's original publication, as well as revised copy after the 'What about Oppo?' subheading, following the company's official quote.

Oppo Find X6 Pro: Two-minute preview

One thing you can say about the big and bold Oppo Find X6 Pro is that it makes an impression. Anyone who caught a glimpse of the 6.82-inch phone's back couldn't help but comment on the gigantic, circular camera array. As I see it, you can't talk about the phone without addressing this distinct piece of the phone's hardware.

The reality at this moment is that it's hard to write about much else on the Android 13 handset, which currently looks like it's only set to sell in China. Oppo graciously shipped me the Chinese version, which is packed with Mandarin text and is not currently capable of accepting English apps – including the Google Play Store. As a result, while I could experience the beefy hardware and lovely large screen, take countless photos (and some video), and play around with the pre-installed Chinese version of TikTok, I couldn't test much else. There's no way to benchmark the phone and run my favorite apps, not right now, anyway.

Here's what I can tell you. This is a big, thick phone with three (count 'em three!) 50MP sensors on the back, which includes a wide, ultra-wide, and periscope telephoto (3x optical). They all get an image-processing assist from the leading-edge Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile chipset and Oppo's MariSilicon X imaging NPU, as well as some tuning, courtesy of the company's ongoing partnership with Hasselblad.

I was generally pleased with the phone's image capture capabilities, though it does push things a bit far with 120x (digital) super zoom that essentially turns photos into impressionistic paintings. 

The other highlight here is the battery life and ultra-fast charging capabilities. This is one of the few smartphones still shipping with a dedicated charging adapter (it oddly still features a USB-A port), and, in this instance, it's a 100W powerhouse that – in my experience – can charge the phone from 0% to 100% in 30 minutes.

In China, the phone starts at CNY¥5,999 (approximately $870 / £710 / AU$1,305 when converted directly) and tops out at CNY¥6,999 (approximately $1,020 / £830 / AU$1,520) across three memory and storage configurations and reports of devices shipping from March 24.

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Price and availability

• From CNY¥5,999 (approximately $870 / £710 / AU$1,305)
• Unconfirmed for the US, UK or Australia

Oppo is bringing its Oppo Find X6 Pro (and the Find X6) to China – announcing the phones on March 21 and promising an on-sale date of March 24. No details are currently available for the rest of the world. Both Find X6 and Find X6 Pro will be available in a variety of materials and colorways. 

The handset is offered in the brown and faux leather I tested, as well as green and black finishes.

The base model comes equipped with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage for CNY¥5,999 (approximately $870 / £710 / AU$1,305), there's a 16GB RAM and 256GB storage option (converting to approximately $945 / £770 / AU$1,415) and a top-tier 16GB and 512GB model (black and green, only), which by directly translating prices comes in at $1,020 / £830 / AU$1,520.

For context, the Oppo Find X5 Pro started with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage for ¥6,299 (which converts to $915 / £750 / AU$1,370), while the actual starting price in the UK and Australia came in notably higher at £1,049 / AU$1,799.

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Specs

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Design

• That's one big camera array
• Sturdy look and feel
• Is that screen curve a little too retro?

The Oppo Find X6 Pro is a mood and one you will probably either love or hate. Leaving aside the supple faux leather (Oppo calls it "Vegan Leather") back, which adds a warmth otherwise missing from most smartphones, the Oppo Find X6 Pro's camera array, which is designed to look like a professional camera lens, is so startlingly big that it can almost be used as a finger rest (a genuine boon, ergonomically speaking). The circle, which houses the phone's three 50MP cameras, flash, microphone, a sensor and prominently features the camera-maker (and Oppo tech partner) Hasselblad's brand name, takes most of the top third of the phone's back.

After a week of playing with the X6 Pro, I'm a little less overwhelmed by the giant camera circle as I initially was but I still don't like it. Most of the Oppo Find X6 Pro's body measures 9.5mm (it's only 9.1mm thick, if you opt for one of the glass finishes). However, the camera array pushes that girth to roughly 14mm(!). Because of that sizeable bump, it's impossible to place the phone "flat" on any surface. It will always sit at a noticeable angle, unless, of course, you flip it over on its mostly-flat screen.

If you can ignore the camera bump, there's actually a lot to like about this robust flagship. The body is an expertly crafted mix of brushed aluminum and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 (on the front) and at 164.8mm x 76.2mm x 9.5mm, the Oppo Find X6 Pro is actually slightly smaller and lighter than the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra despite offering a marginally larger screen.

The handset feels good, especially because of that fake leather. The front and back tapers make the aluminum edge thinner, which also makes the phone a little more comfortable to hold. On other hand, the curved or 'waterfall' display feels a bit retro, like a Samsung Galaxy design from 2014. I think Oppo could've split the difference here and made the back curved and the screen completely flat, however.

This is otherwise a clean and solid-looking design. There are no grilles, just aggressive drill-throughs for the USB-C charging port, speaker, microphone, and SIM slot, on the bottom edge and, on top, a speaker, microphone, and what I believe is an IR controller for use with third-party consumer electronic devices like your AC unit or TV. The volume controls are on the left and sleep/wake button is on the right side.

The phone is IP68-rated, which means it can handle dust, a splash, and even a dunk in the toilet (not that I recommend testing it though). It's a shame that the phone's closest sibling in the US – the OnePlus 11 – never received and IP certification as some of its predecessors did (in order to range with T-Mobile).

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Display

• 6.82-inch 19.9:8 1Hz to 120Hz AMOLED with LTPO3
• Enough nits to beat back the sun
• LTPO means you get faster refresh without all the battery suck

While I'm not in love with the design, I can credit Oppo for not skimping where it matters. The screen, for instance, is all the latest imaging technology stuffed into a larger, edge-to-edge display. There is only a small circular cutout for the 32MP selfie camera. By using an LTPO3 (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) AMOLED display, the panel can save power, with a variable refresh rate range from 1Hz to 120Hz.

The screen defaults to a power-saving Full HD+ resolution of 2376 x 1080 but can run at 3168 x 1440 (Quad HD+); both look good. Under the screen is an effective optical fingerprint reader.

While I couldn't test any of my favorite apps on the Oppo Find X6 Pro, I did enjoy a lot of Chinese-language videos and trailers on their version of YouTube and the original Chinese TikTok. The display is also an excellent viewport for the powerful camera array.

It's clearly ready to handle all of your most demanding content, with support for Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10+. Without any US-based apps, though, I found it a little hard to press the handset on some of these capabilities.

With 800nits of base brightness but up to 2,500peak nits, the display was more than able to hold up in direct sunlight – beating out the iPhone 14 Pro's impressive brightness ceiling.

If I have one criticism of the display, it's the curved edges. I just think it looks too much like an old Samsung. Next time, Oppo should go for a perfectly flat screen; like the more affordable Oppo Reno 8 series.

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Software

• Android 13 with Oppo's ColorOS 13.1 running on top
• Intuitive, despite running a Chinese version of the OS

Even though much of my test unit interface was in Chinese, I could still see the utility of the ColorOS platform. There are customizable widgets, places to collect and organize apps, quick access to health metrics like "Steps walked" and numerous recognizable apps like Videos (sort of YouTube), a web browser, a photo gallery, games, and social media. I can access quick functions (some of which were in English) by swiping to the right on the Home Screen or use a single tap to optimize the system. 

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Cameras

• Three 50MP cameras, all with OIS
• Big Sony sensors
• 32MP selfie camera

Once you get a good look at all the cameras on the Oppo Find X6 Pro, you start to understand why Oppo felt it was necessary to house them in such an ostentatious bump. These are some of the best mobile sensors paired with some very good lenses. Plus, the resulting image-capturing capabilities are almost uniformly excellent.

Here's what we have:

• 50MP Sony IMX989 f/1.8, 23mm main camera
• 50MP Sony IMX890 f/2.2, 15mm ultrawide camera
• 50MP Sony IMX890 f/2.6 3x optical zoom, 65mm periscope telephoto camera
• 32MP Sony IMX709 f/2.4 front-facing camera

I was generally impressed with all four cameras. The colors and clarity of virtually all the shots is above average in the flagship space, with tremendous color verity and impressive clarity.

I took portrait mode photos with both the selfie and rear main camera and was pleased with the bokeh effect, which I could edit after I took the photo.

The periscope camera's 3x optical zoom is useful and on par with, for instance, Apple's iPhone 14 Pro. There's also an effective 6x hybrid zoom, that combines digital and optical for what looks like fully-optical zoom. Oppo chose to include a digital zoom that goes up to 120x, but I wouldn't recommend using it. Unlike Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra's Space Zoom, which uses some controversial wizardry to create stunning images of, for instance, the moon, Oppo's super zoom turns images into impressionistic paintings. They're fun to look at but otherwise useless.

As you would expect, the 50MP ultrawide can create some stunning images, especially when you use it in a skyscraper-filled city.

With the Hasselblad-branded Pro mode (under "More" in the camera app) you gain control of ISO (basically sensor light sensitivity), shutter speed, focus, and white balance. Not many will dig into these settings, but if you like more artistic control over your shots and the ability to separate focus and light metering, these are useful and powerful controls.

The Oppo Find X6 can also shoot up to 4K video at 60FPS (in Dolby Vision, if you choose) for some extra-crisp video.

At night, I put the phone on a tripod, selected Night shooting and then the "tripod mode" in the camera app. The phone did a nice job with astrophotography, though I think it may have over-compensated a bit on auto-adjusting the contrast.

More than once, the phone's on-screen controls stopped responding to my touch, as if the phone was otherwise occupied, I could, however, put the phone to sleep and instantly regain control.

Oppo Find X6 Pro camera samples

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Performance

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC
• MariSilicon imaging NPU
• UFS 4.0 storage and fast LPDDR5X RAM

I couldn't install Geekbench to run proper benchmarking tests, but anecdotally, this is a responsive phone, which shouldn't be a surprise considering it top-tier Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.

It should also perform a variety of tasks more efficiently, thanks to its use of the latest flash storage standard, UFS 4.0.

This, by the way, is a 5G phone, though I could not test connection speeds on a US cellular network. Perhaps more interesting, this is one of only a handful of phones that already supports Wi-Fi 7.

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Battery

• 5,000mAh battery
• Ships with a 100W fast charger
• Great battery life

A 5,000 mAh battery means the Oppo Find X6 Pro is ready to work all day and more. In my anecdotal tests, I had no trouble using the phone all day long to take photos and videos and watch a lot of Chinese TikTok videos. In fact, a single charge lasted two days. But that's not the most exciting thing about this phone's battery performance.

Oppo still includes a power adapter with the Find X6 Pro, and not just any adapter. It's a fast 100W charger that, in my tests, recharged the phone from 0% in 30 minutes. It was blazingly fast and basically sets a new benchmark, at least with most other phones in the US, across the pond and beyond 100W is far from the ceiling, with the Realme GT 3 recently launching with unmatched 240W speeds.

The phone also supports 50W wireless charging (with a promised 100% in 50 minutes) and even 10W reverse charging. I used it to charge up a pair of Apple AirPods Pro.

Oppo Find X6 Pro: Early Verdict

If you can get past the oddball design that screams, "Look at my cameras!" this is a powerful handset that, because it's coming from Oppo, could undercut a lot of the flagship competition on price.

It doesn't skimp on processor, display, memory, or storage. The cameras are all above average (even with the super zoom overreach). The battery is big and long-lasting, and fast wired charging is the best I've seen yet.

I don't know if the Oppo Find X6 Pro will ever go on sale outside of China, but if it does, you should give it a look.

Hands-on Oppo Find X6 Pro review: Also consider

If you like the combination of powerful components, a big screen, and excellent camera chops, any of these phones that are available in the US, UK, and Australia right now should fit the bill. 

How I tested the Oppo Find X6 Pro

• Test period = One week
• Testing included = Photography, some content consumption. Indoor and outdoor use.

Since Oppo sent me a Chinese version of the Oppo Find X6 Pro (an update with access to US-based Google Play and associated apps is expected on March 24), I was significantly limited in how I could use and test the phone. I couldn't benchmark it or load any of the apps I use to test its core capabilities. So I focused primarily on the design, screen, cameras, and charging capabilities. 

As for who I am, I've been writing about technology for 31 years and testing smartphones for almost 20.

Read more about how we test

First tested March 2023

If you’ve been holding out for the launch of the Oppo Find X6 then you won't have to wait too much longer, as Oppo has confirmed that it will be fully announcing the Find X6 series on March 21.

That confirmation was posted directly on Oppo’s online store and spotted by MyFixGuide, and it came alongside the revelation that we’ll also see the Oppo Pad 2 at this launch event.

That said, given that this launch has only so far been announced on Chinese sites, it’s likely only for China, meaning you might have to wait longer to get these devices in other parts of the world. And in the case of the Oppo Find X6 Pro, most regions may never get it if a recent leak proves accurate.

Still, we’ll at least learn all the specs on March 21, with the event kicking off at 2pm Chinese time, which is 2am ET / 6am GMT / 5pm AEDT, or at 11pm on March 20 for those on Pacific Time. So it’s one of the rare smartphone launches that’s timed well for those in Australia but not so much for the US or the UK.

Of course, you won’t need to tune in, as we’ll be sure to bring you all the details shortly after the launch.

As well as sharing the announcement date, Oppo has also revealed a teaser image of the Oppo Find X6 Pro, showing off a very large circular camera housing. Only part of it is visible, but there’s enough to make out a square lens, which is almost certainly a periscope camera for long-distance optical zoom.

You can also see the start of what’s almost certainly the brand name Hasselblad, so expect the cameras to be tuned in collaboration with the famed camera company.

The design matches up perfectly with previously leaked images of the phone, and you can also see that alongside probably other colors it will be available in a brown leather or leather-effect finish.

The Oppo Pad 2 is also pictured, and this gets more fully shown off, sporting a design that’s a lot like the OnePlus Pad, complete with a circular camera block on the rear. The similarities in design are no surprise, since OnePlus and Oppo are under the same corporate umbrella, and often share tech and designs.

You can also see that it will be compatible with a stylus and a keyboard.

As for the specs of these gadgets, we’ll learn them all officially soon, but we already have a good idea of what to expect from the Oppo Find X6 series.

What to expect from the Oppo Find X6

Thanks to leaks and rumors, we know that the Oppo Find X6 will probably have a very different design to the Find X6 Pro, with a similarly large but much more rectangular camera block.

It will reportedly have a trio of 50MP cameras, covering wide, ultrawide, and telephoto duties, and it’s said to have a 4,800mAh battery with 80W charging.

The Oppo Find X6 Pro on the other hand is rumored to have a 6.7-inch 2K screen, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, 8GB or 12GB of RAM, 128GB, 256GB or 512GB of storage, a 5,000mAh battery with 100W charging, and a similar trio of 50MP cameras, though one of these will apparently have a large 1-inch sensor.

Though again, the Pro model may well not be widely available, which is a shame, because it sounds like it could have been a contender for our best phones list.

Oppo is expected to debut its Oppo Find X6 series later this month, and fresh leaks have given us our best look yet at the high-end entry in the upcoming line, the Find X6 Pro.

Unfortunately, said leaks have also arrived alongside disappointing news concerning the availability of the Find X6 series. According to serial tipster Ice Universe, the Oppo’s Find X6 Pro won’t be sold globally, meaning it’s unlikely to surface in the US or UK any time soon.  

In response to Ice Universe’s claim, another leaker, Max Jambor, tweeted that the Find X6 Pro likewise “won’t be sold anywhere in Europe,” so we’re increasingly confident that Oppo’s next premium handset will remain exclusive to China at launch. 

Suffice to say, expectant Oppo fans are not happy. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” one user tweeted, while another wrote, “Now the excitement [for the Oppo Find X6 Pro] is gone.” 9to5Google contributor Max Weinbach simply said: “Woah.”

The lack of US availability for the Oppo’s Find X6 Pro isn’t actually much of a surprise. Oppo doesn't have any retail partners in the US, and neither does it operate its own US storefront. We were, however, holding out hope for some form of release outside of China. The Oppo Find N2 Flip launched in Europe last month, so it’s disappointing to hear that the Find X6 Pro won’t follow suit. 

It’s worth clarifying that none of the aforementioned leaks refer to the standard model in the Find X6 line. There’s a chance, then, that the vanilla Oppo Find X6 could find its way to Europe and beyond – but the rumors regarding its more expensive sibling don't bode well. 

Frustratingly (for those outside of China), new images of the Find X6 Pro – also shared by Ice Universe – suggest it could end up being one of the best phones of 2023. We already suspected that the device will arrive packing a triple-lens, Hasselblad-tuned rear camera setup with a 50MP main sensor, a 50MP ultra-wide sensor and a 50MP telephoto sensor, and these new snaps are consistent with that prediction. 

The 'Powered by MariSilicon' inscription positioned under the Hasselblad logo refers to Oppo’s in-house imaging chipset, which aligns with previous rumors we’ve heard regarding the phone’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/MariSilicon processor combination. 

Beyond its camera setup and chipset credentials, the Oppo Find X6 Pro is expected to boast a 6.7-inch 2K screen, 8GB or 12GB of RAM, 128GB, 256GB or 512GB of storage, Android 13 and a 5,000mAh battery with 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging (per leaker Yogesh Brar). 

We’ll be able to confirm all of the above specs once the Oppo Find X6 Pro launches alongside its vanilla sibling later this month, so stay tuned to TechRadar for the details. 

Sitting in on a Q&A session fronted by several members of Oppo's senior product and strategy teams on day one of Mobile World Congress this year, we were treated to illuminating insight on the company's current approach to the foldable market and why it feels the time isn't right for such technology to trickle down to the mid-range space.

Although we've had the ability to fork over cash for foldables for about three years, the materials, engineering and hardware that go into such devices still render them notably more expensive than similarly-specced alternatives that don't have to bend at the waist.

A week prior to MWC 2023, Oppo unleashed its first foldable clamshell on the world, the Oppo Find N2 Flip. Despite being a great value for a folding smartphone (at £849 in the UK), it still prices-out plenty of users that would otherwise welcome the convenience of a compact foldable in their pocket.

When asked whether there was space for fold or flip style phones with a mid-range price point, Oppo's President for Overseas Sales and Service, Billy Zhang, had a lot to say in response.

Speaking via a translator, Zhang explained, "Now, when we talk about a product like  [a mid-range foldable], we need to think about whether it can really deliver a good experience, because in order to try to hit the mid-range price band, if we sacrifice things like SoC [the chipset] or imaging, then that would not be good. Because, if we cut corners with the SoC, we will not be able to maximize the computing power of the imaging as well."

Zhang continued, "As the shipments of foldable products increases, then definitely, there will be more room for costs-down – from a supply chain perspective, but this process will take time."

You'd think that was all she wrote; Zhang confirmed that cutting corners to bring such a device to market would be detrimental to the user and until shipments increase, costs aren't likely to come down.

It was evident that Zhang wasn't done; he was eager to expand on the potential and viability of mid-range foldables.

"I'd just like to share more comments regarding the cost-down of flip phones," he continued. "Some initial ideas could be the removal of the cover screen, cutting corners with the SoC, cutting corners with the camera. 

"But when we talk about the flip phone, if we remove the cover screen, that definitely is not a good experience, because the cover screen is important to bring you more convenience to check quick notifications and stuff like that. Or if you cut corners in the SoC, that will have an impact as well."

"In about six month's time or maybe a longer time, there might be these kind of flip phones available in the market, but they may cut corners – like using plastic in their frames or removing the cover screen – but definitely, that's not a good experience for us; that's not something we [Oppo] want to do. If competitors want to do it, just let them do it. User experience is our first consideration."

Affordable foldables, but at what cost?

Based on Zhang's statements, it's unlikely that we'll see a foldable with a significantly lower price tag anytime soon.

Oppo wants to seem uncompromising in its approach to product development and its message is that the user experience comes first; an aspect of any device that's guaranteed to suffer if you start hacking off fundamental interaction methods (like a cover display) or features.

Zhang did, however, leave the door open for other manufacturers to make the tough call on what needs to be cut in order to bring a familiar foldable experience to the mid-range market. The question then is, who's first?

Check out our rundown of the best foldables and you can find out more about the Oppo Find N2 series while you're at it.

Oppo Find N2 Flip: Two-minute review

Although Oppo has held a small presence in the foldable space for years, the newly-launched Oppo Find N2 Flip is the company's first true global foldable, arriving in markets beyond China; including the UK and Europe.

Not only has the N2 Flip got its sights set on new regions, as Oppo's first clamshell it's hoping to appeal to a different crowd than the company's previous foldable offerings.

While the Oppo Find N and Oppo Find N2 are primarily built for productivity – with vertical hinges and squared main displays – the proposition of a clamshell folding phone is a little different. A clamshell prioritizes compactness and style.

That's the narrative for the Find N2 Flip, just as it was with Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 in 2022 and, in truth, it looks as though the N2 Flip has been specifically engineered to outdo the Z Flip 4.

The design centers around a 6.8-inch 120Hz 21:9 folding AMOLED display, in a body that's 7.45mm thin and weighs 191 grams (that's a little bigger, thicker and heavier than a Z Flip 4).

Oppo has paid special attention to the Flexion Hinge running across the N2 Flip's midriff. It offers one of the least noticeable creases in a folding display to date – both to the eye and under-finger – while allowing the phone to fold closed without a gap (unlike Samsung's best foldables). The N2 Flip also has a wonderfully satisfying feel when being opened and closed, thanks to the cam mechanism in the hinge's construction.

The external cover screen, meanwhile, dwarves even the Motorola Razr 2022's outer Quick View display, with a 3.26-inch 17:9 AMOLED panel that naturally sits in a portrait orientation, next to the phone's main 50MP and secondary 8MP ultrawide cameras.

As you'd expect, it can be used as a viewfinder when snapping stills, videos and portrait shots with the phone's most powerful camera. It can be used to access quick settings and check notifications, view the weather or your calendar. The display also allows for instant access to timers and even a virtual pet, Tamagotchi-style, but there's potential for it to do so much more, and Oppo hasn't realized that functionality... yet.

Oppo has augmented the ColorOS 13 user experience on the N2 Flip with what it calls 'FlexForm Mode.' When the phone is folded between 45- and 110-degrees, you can leverage the cameras for everything from time lapse recording to video calls, without the need for a tripod.

On the inside, MediaTek's Dimensity 9000 Plus chipset serves up plenty of power (having already proven its worth in one of the best gaming phones out there – the Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate). 

It's a shame that, outside of its home market, the Find N2 is only available in a single memory and storage configuration: 8GB RAM / 256GB. In China, the phone can also be had with 12GB RAM and the same storage or a whopping 16GB RAM and 512GB of storage.

There's also a colorway called Flowing Gold that isn't part of the device's international release. Instead, most consumers will have the option of either Astral Black or Moonlit Purple – creating a decidedly similar look to the Galaxy Z Flip 4's iconic purple finish.

Oppo launched the phone internationally on February 15, going on sale in various markets (including the UK) on March 2, for £849 (approximately $1,020) and Australia on March 16 for AU$1,499.

With the moves Oppo has made with the Find N2 Flip, it's clear that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 has its work cut out.

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Price and availability

• Priced at £849 / €1,199.99 / AU$1,499
• Unconfirmed for the US
• Pre-order from February 15 (March 2, Australia), on sale March 2 (March 16, Australia)

Oppo launched the Find N2 Flip internationally on February 15, taking pre-orders the same day. In the UK, the phone is priced at £849 (approximately $1,020), going on sale on March 2. European pricing clocks in significantly higher, at €1,199.99.

Australians are also be able to get their hands on the Find N2 Flip for AU$1,499, with pre-orders from March 2 ahead of a March 16 release.

For comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 – with a base configuration of 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage – cost $999.99 / £999 / AU$1,499, at launch. This renders Oppo's new clamshell a comparative steal, as it not only undercuts the Flip 4's base price by £150 in the UK but if you compare pricing between equivalent 256GB models, the Find N2 Flip actually comes in at £210 cheaper (the 256GB Z Flip 4 cost $1,059.99 / £1,059 / AU$1,649, at launch).

One area where the Find N2 Flip can't compete against the Flip 4 is in the US. Oppo's new phone has no expected presence in one of Samsung's biggest international markets.

• Value score: 4.5 / 5

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Specs

With the new year, we're seeing devices (like the Samsung Galaxy S23 series and Xiaomi 13 series), with faster and more power efficient LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. Since the Find N2 Flip originally launched in China in late 2022, concurrent with the Z Flip 4, the Find N2 Flip sports slightly older LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage.

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Design

• First clamshell foldable from Oppo
• Satisfying and sturdy hinge mechanism
• Gapless folding design

You can't evaluate a foldable without talking about the hinge mechanism that underpins its construction and Oppo's done a great job with the Find N2 Flip. The phone's latest-generation 'Flexion Hinge' features a system of cams to serve up an incredibly satisfying movement when you fold the phone open and shut, and the whole construction feels impressively solid.

Oppo had the hinge independently tested and, as such, it's verified by TÜV Rhineland to withstand some 400,000 cycles (opening once and closing once equates to one cycle). This translates to 100 cycles per day for over ten years – that's twice the stress-test figure that Samsung quotes for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4.

The N2 Flip lacks any sort of formal IP-certified water or dust resistance, compared to the Galaxy Z Flip 4's IP68 rating against both, which means it can withstand full submersion in up to a meter of fresh water. Even so, Oppo insists that the N2 Flip's 'gapless folding design' keeps particles out and the mechanism safe, which in practice seems to ring true. Even after hours in a jeans pocket day after day, while the phone took on smears and smudges, I only once had to pull a hair that had got caught in the hinge system and it was barely able to make its way in beyond the surface.

There's some nice detail work throughout the Find N2 Flip's design, with two colorways launching internationally: textured Astral Black and glossy Moonlit Purple (pictured). Flowing Gold remains a China-exclusive colorway and any additional colors in the future seem unlikely, as I was told by Oppo EU's Head of Product Management, Arne Herkelmann, at the phone's international launch event in London.

There's a wave-style pattern etched into the outer face of the hinge when the phone is folded shut that catches the light and adds extra interest, showcasing a level of polish and attention to detail that most devices lack.

At 191 grams and 7.45mm thin, the N2 Flip is a little bigger, heavier and thicker than its most obvious rival, but for that additional heft you get a larger display and battery compared to Samsung's current clamshell.

• Design score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Display

• 6.8-inch 21:9 1Hz to 120Hz AMOLED main display
• 3.26-inch 17:9 30Hz to 60Hz AMOLED cover display
• Largest cover display of any clamshell foldable

Perhaps one of the most striking things about the Find N2 Flip compared to its clamshell folding rivals is its crease, or rather... lack of one.

Part of the phone's Flexion Hinge is an equally flamboyant-sounding element called the Reticular Matrix Plate. When the phone is closed, the plate slides out of the way to allow the display itself to bunch up inside in a waterdrop shape – similar to the Motorola Razr 2022's folding design. 

When the N2 Flip is opened back up, the plate slides back and locks into place, creating what is empirically the smallest display crease in any clamshell foldable, for now. I commended the Razr 2022 for having "one of the least-visible creases on an inward-folding phone screen" when I put it through it's review paces late last year, but the Find N2 Flip's is another degree beyond what Motorola was able to muster.

Oppo says the crease is half the depth of the the N2 Flip's "main competitor" and I can attest to how impressively unobtrusive it looks and feels. It's a clear indictor of progress when it comes to the technology and engineering needed to create a phone with a folding display, and suggests we'll soon have foldables with no visual or tactile interruption.

As for the viewing experience, the 6.8-inch 20:9 Full HD+ panel's use of LTPO E6 AMOLED tech ensures sharp and vibrant visuals, with minimal brightness drop-off or color distortion when viewed off-axis, as well as support for a variable refresh rate from 1Hz to 120Hz, for greater power efficiency than a fixed-refresh rate panel.

The display manages a peak brightness of 1,600 nits. It's great for enjoying media (helped by minimal bezels) and offers one of the nicest viewing experiences of any clamshell foldable display currently out there.

That TÜV Rhineland certification doesn't just cover the hinge for 400,000 folding cycles but the display itself too, with multi-layered construction that features an anti-reflective film Oppo claims is five times less reflective than competing foldable displays, which sounds impressive on paper but in practice doesn't stop the screen from catching reflections (or smudges, for that matter).

Then, of course, there's the cover display: bigger than any other clamshell foldable and brimming with features. It can handle obvious tasks – like acting as a viewfinder when snapping selfies with the phone's primary camera – to more obscure ones. 

There's the option of one of five interactive pet clocks the serve up a Tamagotchi-like experience, for an added layer of character and fun, although in practice there's a lot more that could be done with these.

While the out-of-box feature set is a solid start, third-party additions would make for a welcome upgrade. At present, Spotify media controls can be accessed from the cover display, and the promise of Google Assistant interaction while the phone is closed is reportedly in the works too, but there's potential for so much more, if Oppo were to open up an SDK for developers.

• Display score: 4.5 / 5

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Software

• ColorOS 13 atop Android 13 at launch
• An almost overwhelming amount of functionality
• Four years OS updates + five years security updates

The Find N2 Flip arrives on the latest Android 13, dressed in Oppo's own ColorOS 13 user experience.

Not unlike Samsung's One UI, it's a departure from stock Android in a few key areas and includes some first-party Oppo apps that echo some of Google's native apps (like a web browser and app store). Additions like quick access to split-screen multitasking via a three-finger swipe gesture, a universally-accessible Smart Sidebar and floating window functionality all serve the display's tall aspect ratio well and bolster the phone's productivity chops.

At the same time, there's almost too much functionality. Many users will likely never venture to uncover what the O1 Ultra Vision Engine is, learn the difference between Oppo Share and Nearby Share, or discover the freedom of Zen Mode (it locks the phone down for a set period of time to give you an enforced break from your device).

The Find N2 Flip does represent one notable positive shift in Oppo's wider mobile strategy, by matching Samsung's commitment to updates. The N2 Flip benefits from four years of OS updates and five years of security updates, just like the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. The hope is that this promise starts making its way to other Oppo devices going forward too, and not just its high-end handsets.

• Software score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Camera

• 50MP primary + 8MP ultrawide
• 32MP selfie camera
• FlexForm Mode camera features

You'll find a trio of cameras across the Find N2 Flip's body, a 50MP primary and 8MP secondary ultrawide on the back, alongside a 32MP punch-hole front-facer, set into the top of the phone's main display.

The Sony IMX890 sensor that leads the N2 Flip's camera system is the same sensor you'll find in OnePlus' latest flagship, the OnePlus 11, although here it's supported by Oppo's dedicated MariSilicon X imaging NPU for image processing. There doesn't appear to be any optical image stabilization on offer, however Oppo's camera wizardry has rendered its absence nearly unnoticeable, even in side-by-side comparison test stills and video with the Galaxy Z Flip 4.

Oppo Find N2 Flip camera samples

Image processing may be handled by the MariSilicon X chip, but tuning of the color science, through Oppo's ongoing partnership with famed camera brand Hasselblad, defines the overall look of the results out of the Find N2 Flip's camera.

There are also the unique benefits of that clamshell form factor to consider, with regards to photography. That large cover display makes it quick and easy to snap selfies, portrait shots or shoot video using the phone's primary sensors and without having to open the phone up. Conversely, you can be snapping normally but give your subject an idea of the final image you're capturing, with the cover screen preview feature.

As part of that all-important hinge's ability to hold its position between 45 and 110 degrees, the phone's FlexForm Mode is most obviously beneficial when snapping pictures, letting you shift the camera UI to either half of the partially folded display as needed, while angling the camera through that defined range of motion allows for easier hands-free capture, too.

There's also a mode called Camcorder Capture that acts an awful lot like the Galaxy Z Flip 4's FlexCam mode, where you hold the phone sideways while it's folded to 90-degrees to emulate the feel and hand position of a 90s camcorder when capturing video. It was novel, but seldom saw use when I reviewed the Z Flip 4, and the same is true here.

• Camera score: 4 / 5

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Performance

• MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus chipset
• Single memory / storage configuration on international model

Continuing the partnership that the company struck up with MediaTek for the Oppo Reno 8 series, the N2 Flip instead runs on a Dimensity 9000 Plus SoC, unlike the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 that we toyed with in our hands-on Oppo Find N2 review.

Although MediaTek's high-end silicon isn't as established as Qualcomm's, the 9000 Plus has already proven its worth inside our best gaming phone of the moment – the Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate. As such, there's plenty of power on hand for everything from multitasking to gaming.

Depending on what you're asking of the Find N2 Flip, if you're looking for like-for-like benchmarking scores to equivalent Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1-powered phones, you'll have to dip into the phone's settings and manually enable 'high performance mode'. Otherwise, its default, more balanced performance profile produces more modest numbers. However, the difference between the two profiles isn't vast, so I'd recommend leaving the power profile well alone most of the time.

Colors aside, there's only one configuration of the Find N2 Flip to worry about internationally, with 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage on hand, which most users should find more than adequate. In China, the phone can be had with up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Oppo's Peter Lee – head of the Find product line – told me that this is born out of higher demands that Chinese consumers expect from their devices.

One area where Oppo has tried to tailor the experience to the unique qualities of a foldable like the Find N2 Flip is connectivity. As well as a strong foundation brought about by Bluetooth 5.3 and WiFi 6, the N2 Flip also supports eSIM with simultaneous dual 5G SIM support, while a 360-degree antenna array means NFC should work with the phone held in any orientation, regardless of whether it's opened or closed; ideal for contactless payments on public transport and the like.

• Performance score: 4.5 / 5

Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Battery

• 4,300mAh battery
• Supports 44W SuperVOOC charging
• Largest battery and fastest charging in a clamshell foldable

One of the big wins that the Oppo Find N2 Flip lordes over its clamshell compatriots is with its battery and charging credentials. While the Motorola Razr 2022, Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Huawei P50 Pocket possess 3,500mAh, 3,700mAh and 4,000mAh capacity batteries respectively, the Oppo barges in with a bombastic 4,300mAh cell that trounces the Z Flip 4 when it comes to real-world screen-on time (6.5-hours compared to just four), matching that of its other clamshell folding rival, the current Razr.

It's a similar story with charging speeds, too, with the Samsung, Motorola and Huawei supporting 25W, 30W and 40W wired charging, respectively. The Find N2 Flip, meanwhile, tops the list at 44W (although you'll find a 67W SuperVOOC charger in-box).

Oppo quotes 50% charge in 23 minutes and 100% in under an hour, as well as over 11 hours of video playback, claiming that the Z Flip 4's self-developed high density cells offer up 10% more power from the same capacity battery in an equivalent device.

In testing, Oppo's figures for the most part rang true, with the Find N2 Flip reaching over 30% charge in just 15 minutes and almost 60% charge in 30. However, a full charge usually took an hour or just over to reach, never under.

• Battery score: 4.5 / 5

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Oppo Find N2 Flip review: Also consider

Oppo clearly wanted the Find N2 Flip to out-flip the Galaxy Z Flip 4, and I'd say the phone achieves its goal by delivering greater performance and functionality for less cash. But, if for whatever reason, you don't like Oppo's particular take on the clamshell, here are a handful of alternatives to consider.

How I tested the Oppo Find N2 Flip

• Review test period = 5.5 weeks
• Testing included = Everyday usage, web browsing, social media, photography, video calling, gaming
• Tools used = Geekbench 5, Geekbench 6, Geekbench ML, GFXBench, native Android stats

Oppo was able to get a device to me ahead of launch, meaning I was able to live with the Find N2 Flip for just shy of a month and a half, over the course of the review period. That meant I was able to cycle the battery from daily use multiple times, check and recheck benchmark scores and other metrics, and generally sink my teeth into the Find N2 Flip to gain a deeper understanding of how the phone behaves and what it's actually like to live with.

Benchmarks placed it just where I'd expected it, on or a fraction behind equivalent Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1-powered phones, without leaning on the phone's high-performance mode – hidden away in the settings so as not to inadvertently besmirch the good name of the phone's promised (as realized) long battery life.

The Find N2 Flip's review period overlapped with Primate Labs' release of Geekbench 6, meaning I tested the phone's Dimensity 9000 Plus chipset with both Geekbench 5 (single-core scores of 891 or 1332 with high-performance mode and multi-core scores of 3164 or 4270 with high-performance mode on), as well as Geekbench 6 (single-core scores of 1110 or 1787 with high-performance mode and multi-core scores of 3224 or 4522 with high-performance mode on).

Geekbench ML was used to quantify the phone's machine learning prowess, however, like the only other Dimensity 9000 Plus phone we've tested with this app (the ROG 6D Ultimate), the benchmark was never able to complete, for some unknown compatibility reason.

I bring 12 years of industry experience to my role as Senior Phones Editor here at TechRadar. With a focus on phones, tablets and wearables in the consumer space, I'm well versed in what the market has to offer and how to assess a device like the Oppo Find N2 Flip, having also been the one to review its most obvious rivals, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Motorola Razr 2022, as well as its sibling, the standard Oppo Find N2.

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First reviewed February 2023

We’ve had a long wait for the Oppo Find N2 Flip. This clamshell foldable was first unveiled in China back in December, but the phone has finally launched globally, and it looks like the delay may have been worth it. 

For starters, the Find N2 Flip costs just £849 in the UK and is set to cost AU$1,499 in Australia when it arrives in March. It’s unlikely to launch in the US, but for reference these prices convert to around $1,025.

That’s extremely affordable by foldable phone standards, with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 – which is one of its main rivals and also on the affordable end of the foldable phone pricing spectrum – starting at $999.99 / £999 / AU$1,499.

So, in the only region where we have confirmed pricing for the Oppo Find N2 Flip, it costs a lot less, and that’s with 256GB of storage, while the Z Flip 4’s starting capacity is just 128GB. To get 256GB with that phone you’ll have to pay $1,059.99 / £1,059 / AU$1,649.

If you’re tempted by the Oppo Find N2 Flip then UK buyers will be able to pre-order it from a variety of retailers and carriers, including EE, O2, Amazon and Argos, starting from today (February 15).

The phone is set to ship on March 2, and you’ll be able to choose between Astral Black and Moonlight Purple shades. Plus, buyers will get a Google One 100GB free trial for six months.

For Australians, the Oppo Find N2 Flip has been announced to arrive from March 16, with pre-orders expected to be available on March 2.

Just about everything else on the Oppo Find N2 Flip has been known since its Chinese launch, but in case you missed that, highlights include the largest cover screen of any foldable flip phone, at 3.26 inches, plus a 6.8-inch 1080 x 2520 foldable AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate.

The Oppo Find N2 Flip also has a 50MP main sensor, an 8MP ultrawide camera, a 32MP selfie camera, a 4,300mAh battery, 44W charging, a powerful MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus chipset, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and it supports 5G.

The Oppo Find N2 Flip seems to be built to last too, as it’s been tested to withstand over 400,000 folds, and it comes with the promise of four years of major operating system updates and five years of security updates.

Analysis: a major rival to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 with one big flaw

Given how much more affordable the Oppo Find N2 Flip is than the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, it could be a major competitor to Samsung’s latest clamshell foldable.

In fact, if it wasn’t coming from a smaller brand, this could easily be the most mainstream foldable phone yet, especially given that it has a bigger cover screen than the Z Flip 4, along with more megapixels on its main camera, a larger battery, and faster charging.

However, there’s one big problem – the Oppo Find N2 Flip almost certainly won’t ever come to the US, so it’s not much of an option in one of the world’s biggest smartphone markets. Still, for those who can buy it, this could well be one of the very best foldable phones.

One area where the Samsung Galaxy S23 series doesn’t overly impress is charging speeds, topping out at either 25W or 45W depending on the model, but it looks like the upcoming Oppo Find X6 series will have Samsung’s phones dramatically beat.

Certification listings spotted by GSMArena for two upcoming Oppo phones have appeared on China’s 3C database (which phones typically appear on before launching in the country), and one of these phones is listed as supporting 100W charging, with the other not far behind, at 80W.

The phones aren’t listed by name, instead we see that the 100W one has the model number PGEM10 and the 80W one has the model number PGFM10. But given the charging speeds these are presumably Oppo’s upcoming flagships, with the 80W one likely to be the standard Oppo Find X6 and the 100W one likely to be the Oppo Find X6 Pro.

Indeed, leaker Digital Chat Station dug up the same listing on Weibo and refers to these as the Oppo Find X6 series, and we’ve previously heard that the Oppo Find X6 Pro might charge at 100W. So it’s very likely that these listings are for those phones, and the information found on 3C is almost always accurate, as it’s an official database.

If this is accurate, then the Oppo Find X6 Pro will have 20W more charging power than the 80W Oppo Find X5 Pro. The standard Oppo Find X6 though will see no change, as the Oppo Find X5 also charges at 80W.

For what it’s worth, previous leaks from both Digital Chat Station and Yogesh Brar – both of whom have a solid record – suggest that the battery capacities won’t be changing this year, with the Oppo Find X6 having a 4,800mAh battery and the Oppo Find X6 Pro having a 5,000mAh cell, just like their respective predecessors.

The battery capacities aren’t listed on 3C though, so that aspect is just a rumor for now. Still, we should know the truth soon, as based on past form, the Oppo Find X6 series will likely be announced in either late February or March.

Analysis: 100W is fast, but Oppo could go even faster

100W is a whole lot of charging power, particularly when you consider that the likes of the iPhone 14 line and the Pixel 7 series can’t even manage a third of that.

But some phones reach even greater speeds, with the Xiaomi 12 Pro managing 120W, the OnePlus 10T managing 150W, and the Redmi Note 12 Explorer Edition (which isn’t globally available) supporting 210W charging.

Not only that, but Oppo itself has unveiled much faster charging tech than it looks like we’ll see in the Find X6 series, including a 240W charging system, which the company claims can power a 4,500mAh battery from zero to 100% in just 9 minutes.

Arguably no one really needs a phone that charges quite that fast, but 240W charging would sure help the Oppo Find X6 Pro stand out, and perhaps rank higher among the best phones.

Two-minute review

Oppo's Reno series of mid-range Android phones might not be flashy like the Find X5 Pro or affordable like an A series device, but the useful specs and competitive pricing definitely hold appeal for many. Launched alongside the Oppo Reno 8 Pro, this ‘vanilla’ model marries a relatively affordable price tag with a few key specs.

First off, it has 80W charging, which is pretty fast for a mid-range phone. Sure, some of the fastest mobiles currently available top out at 150W, but 80W is fast enough to feel impressive without ruining a phone’s battery straightaway.

The MediaTek chipset here is powerful enough for most tasks — including games if you don’t need the fanciest graphics — and makes navigating the phone feel pretty snappy.

The display is also good-looking, and big enough for comfortable use without requiring you to overstretch your hand just to pick up the phone. While it misses on one or two top-end features, for a phone at this price, you really can’t complain.

There are some things to really like about this phone, though it’s certainly not perfect. The angular and iPhone-inspired design makes the handset uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time, and the device won’t set the world on fire from a photography perspective, though its capabilities really aren't that bad for its price point.

We also predict some will be annoyed by the appearance — the Shimmer Gold is certainly eye-catching, reflecting light rays to show the color spectrum at certain angles — but some people just prefer plain-looking phones. There’s also a black option available, but judging by images we've seen (we didn't get one to test), that version still seems quite reflective.

Perhaps the biggest issue with the Oppo Reno 8 is its competition. Even looking outside Oppo’s handsets, at options like the Google Pixel 6a, Samsung Galaxy A53 or iPhone SE (2022), the Oppo Find X5 Lite offers pretty similar specs at a lower price.

That is to say, while the Reno is fine for its price, it’s not exactly eye-catching or flashy in any way that makes it stand out. So if you buy this phone, you won’t really be disappointed, but the grass may really be greener somewhere else.

Oppo Reno 8 price and availability

With a £419 / AU$999 price tag for its 256GB storage option, the Reno 8 is one of the cheapest phones you can get if you want a large amount of storage.

At that price, it undercuts its Pro sibling by £180 / AU$200, and also costs you less than the iPhone SE (2022) or the Google Pixel 6a, two big-name rivals.

The handset went on sale in late September 2022, though only in Europe and Australia — if you live in the US, you’ll find yourself unable to buy any handset from Oppo.

Oppo Reno 8 design

While the Oppo Reno 8 is a pint-sized version of its Pro sibling, ‘pint-sized’ in the context of smartphones doesn’t mean small — just smaller.

Measuring 160.6 x 73.4 x 7.7 mm, it’s just a hair smaller than its relative, despite having a much smaller screen, and this is because of its thicker bezel. Weighing 179g, it’s pretty light in the hand.

Talking about ‘pretty light’, you’ll likely have noticed the radiant design of the Reno, with a shiny, silvery pearl color on the back that shows the different colors of the light spectrum as you move it around. This is the Shimmer Gold version that we tested, but a nondescript black version is also available.

The Reno isn’t too comfortable to hold in the hand, and that’s thanks to its design. Oppo is one of many companies following Apple in giving its phones flat edges and, therefore, angular corners, and it means that when you’re holding the phone, these are digging into your palm. Not pleasant.

Unlike some phones at this price point, the Reno has an in-display fingerprint scanner, which worked fairly well — you won’t be relying on a temperamental side-mounted version here.

Another oddity for the price tag is the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack; while top-end phones have nearly all ditched the design feature, for the most part, it remains alive and well amongst budget mobiles. Not here, though, as the only port is the USB-C one.

Oppo Reno 8 display

The Oppo Reno 8 has a 6.4-inch display, which is a little on the smaller side compared to many other same-priced devices (though it is bigger than those on the Pixel 6a or the iPhone SE).

It’s a FHD+ screen, which means its resolution is 1080 x 2400. It should be noted that that’s by far the most common resolution for smartphones, with many devices from cheap to premium phones possessing the same. That means you’re seeing streamed movies and games with the same number of pixels as someone who paid twice as much — something to take into consideration.

The screen uses OLED, which means the color contrast is crisp and the brightness can go fairly high; plus blacks look darker than they would on an LCD panel.

One thing worth pointing out is that the refresh rate is ‘only’ 90Hz, so the image refreshes 90 times per second. That’s better than the old standard of 60Hz, which some affordable mobiles still use, but many devices in 2022, including low-end ones, use 120Hz, which makes motion look very smooth.

Oppo Reno 8 cameras

The selling point of the Oppo Reno 8’s camera array is its 50MP main camera.

If you’ve read a review of a mid-range or budget phone in 2022, you’ve probably heard of the Sony IMX766 — even some premium mobiles, like the OnePlus 10T, have launched with it. This is a 50MP sensor that’s fairly large, so it ‘sees’ lots of color and works well in low-light conditions, but doesn’t cost too much, which is why so many phone manufacturers have leapt upon it.

On the Reno 8, the IMX766 works just as well as it does on any other phone boasting it. We took fairly good-looking pictures in dark lighting conditions, and managed to make colorful shots look even bolder.

Pictures taken on this are actually 12.5MP, thanks to pixel binning, which combines pixels to make a larger one. You can shoot 50MP if you prefer.

But the Oppo’s two other cameras don’t provide anything to write home about. There’s an 8MP ultra-wide snapper and a 2MP macro one. While the former does offer the ability to take wider-angle pictures — if you don’t mind the low resolution, and a rather dull image — the latter doesn’t really contribute anything at all.

There’s no optical zoom, but you can use digital zoom (cropping) up to a surprisingly far, but predictably grainy, 20x.

On the front, there’s a 32MP selfie camera, and it won’t really disappoint. Pictures we took were fairly crisp and bright, though there isn’t the range of effects that you’d find on an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy.

Video recording goes up to 4K 30fps, which is about average for a phone at this price, or up to 120fps if you’re happy to record at 1080p.

We should point out that the Oppo Reno 8’s camera array is identical to that on the Pro model, save for the MariSilicon X neural processing chip for AI. We were down on that phone’s photography performance, but thanks to this device being a lot cheaper, it’s easier to look past the generally middling performance.

Camera samples

Oppo Reno 8 performance and specs

The Reno uses the Dimensity 1300 chipset, a mid-range processor by a company called MediaTek, and while it’s not the most powerful chip you’ll find on a mobile, it’s appropriate for the price and totally fit for purpose.

All but the most demanding games ran well on the phone, with issues only arising when we bumped the graphics on Call of Duty Mobile or PUBG Mobile up to their limits.

The phone also boasts 8GB RAM, which helps for when you’re jumping between loads of different apps on the fly.

In the UK, the phone comes with 256GB storage — that’s double what most mid-range phones get, so you can download loads of apps, videos or photos without having to rely on cloud storage (or deleting older files). There is a 128GB version in some countries, but instead of trying to seek that out, we’d recommend you just enjoy your extra storage.

Oppo Reno 8 software

The Oppo Reno 8 runs Android 12, with Oppo’s ColorOS user interface laid over the top. The main difference between this and stock Android is its appearance — its wallpapers and app icons employ much brighter colors.

Annoyingly, there’s a lot of bloatware — sorry, pre-installed apps, to give them the technical name — on the phone when it’s first booted up. We had to go on a deleting spree through TikTok, Lords Mobile, Amazon Shopping, Facebook and some games we’d never heard of like Tile Master 3D and Bubble Boxes : Match 3D.

One thing we do like about ColorOS is that the quick-setting menu — which you find by swiping down from the top of the screen, to bring up options like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth — has one of the most logical and easily-scannable designs of any Android fork. As sad as this sounds, it was noticeably quicker to tweak settings than on other devices.

Oppo Reno 8 battery life

From our testing, we’d say the Oppo Reno 8 has a solid battery life — this won’t blow you away with multi-day lasting power, but almost no phone will. Instead, it will reliably see you through a day of use, whether that’s just checking the odd message here and there, or powering through hours of gaming and photo-taking.

It’s a 4,500mAh battery, which is fairly average for a phone with this size of display; any bigger would've resulted in an unwieldy and chunky mobile.

An impressive spec is the phone’s 80W charging, which powers the device from empty to full in just [TIME]. Budget phones rarely get fast charging, and the Reno charges ahead of the competition (pun intended) with this spec.

There’s no wireless charging — that’s an incredibly rare feature in phones at this price.

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• First reviewed October 2022

Like its predecessor – Oppo's debut Find N – the newly-unveiled Find N2 looks set to remain within the bounds of Chinese borders for the foreseeable, however, that hasn't stopped us from going hands-on with the company's second stab at a vertically-hinged foldable.

Oppo remained out of the foldable race until late 2021 when it introduced the Oppo Find N at its annual Inno Day event in China. While it sported a familiar form factor – galvanized by Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold series – Oppo set the Find N apart from its direct competitors by adopting a more squat aspect ratio that better serves conventional smartphone use cases, without losing out on the benefits of that larger, more squared, primary folding display.

It's fair to say that – through no fault of its own, other than being the second generation in Oppo's now-established foldable line – the Find N2 is a more pedestrian update from the company; even if it packs in worthwhile upgrades that keep it competitive in the increasingly contested foldable space.

Oppo Find N2 price and availability

Announced on December 15 – day two of Oppo Inno Day 2022 – the Find N2 arrived alongside the company's first clamshell foldable: the Oppo Find N2 Flip.

Despite enough momentum for Oppo to further the Find N line, like its predecessor, the standard Find N2 hasn't managed to go global with availability constrained to China.

Like the original Find N, the N2 can be had in two configurations, a 12GB RAM / 256GB storage model for ¥7,999 (approximately $1,150 / £940 / AU$1,710) or a 16GB RAM / 512GB model for ¥8,999 (approximately $1,290 / £1,055 / AU$1,925); that's only a slight increase on the lower storage model of ¥300 compared to its predecessor. Otherwise pricing remains unchanged, rendering this a competitively-priced foldable within the Chinese market.

Oppo Find N2 design and display

The Find N2 sports a near-identical form factor and aspect ratios to the original N, albeit with a fractionally larger outer screen that now matches the main display's extra-smooth 120Hz refresh rate.

The enigmatically-named 'Flexion Hinge' is back, with this second generation promising to be both thinner and lighter, while also reducing how noticeable the display crease both looks and feels under the finger.

Credit where it's due, although the crease is still visible on that 7.1-inch 9:8.4 main display, it's undoubtedly smaller and less intrusive; improved HDR and peak outdoor brightness of up to 1500 nits don't hurt either.

A reworked design that relies on a new blend of materials – including carbon fiber and fewer parts (previously 138, now down to 100) – helps bring the Find N2's weight down to just 237 grams (42 grams lighter than its predecessor) for the white and green Gorilla Glass Victus-backed options, while the black vegan leather-backed model (pictured) weighs even less, at 233 grams.

Despite a fractionally larger battery (4520mAh, up from 4500mAh) the Find N2 is also thinner (14.6mm when closed, 7.4mm when open) than its predecessor, too, although the apparent loss of wireless charging might have something to do with that.

Aside from the shaved-down weight, the Find N2 offers up a familiar fit and finish to its predecessor, with tight tolerances around the hinge mechanism and a sturdy hinge movement that the company has now tested to double that of the Find N, rating it to withstand 400,000 folds, for improved longevity and durability.

Samsung still seems to be the only major foldable maker who's been able to add any sort of water resistance to its devices, however.

While not adaptive, as on the primary display, the bump from a 60Hz to a 120Hz on the cover screen is a welcome (and overdue) upgrade that helps provide a more consistent user experience when moving between folded and unfolded. The 17.7:9 aspect ratio gives you a wider canvas for more comfortable typing and one-handed use, especially compared to the likes of the Galaxy Z Fold 4's tall 6.2-inch 23.1:9 AMOLED panel.

Speaking of upgrades, the Oppo Pen was introduced alongside the N2. Designed for use on the phone's primary display, the Oppo Pen offers up to 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity, 300Hz latency, and even haptic integration, for a more realistic feel in use. It's sold separately to the Find N2 for ¥599 (approximately $85 / £70 / AU$130).

Oppo Find N2 performance and software

A timely update to the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 should keep performance feeling fresh over time, with no complaints from the time spent moving around the Chinese build of ColorOS 13 atop Android 13, including some side-loaded gaming with Apex Legends Mobile.

Oppo's stuck with the same 256GB and 512GB storage options as the first Find N, but bumped the memory of both versions by 4GB a piece, meaning 12GB RAM in the 256GB model and 16GB in the top tier variant.  That extra memory should come in handy on the N2, which has been optimized for split-screen multitasking.

Speaking of multitasking, Oppo has added a number of features to ColorOS as it appears on the N2 to get the most from that broad 9:8.4 aspect ratio main screen. You can hop into split screen using Android's native app switching method, use a two-finger drag-down gesture, or through the Smart Sidebar, which can hold shortcuts and widgets, and be accessed from practically anywhere within the UI.

While we haven't had enough time to stress-test the N2's battery, the 4520mAh cell is expected to deliver similar longevity to the first-generation foldable; which proved particularly strong. It's just a case of learning whether the change to that newer, more efficient chip offsets the added power draw of the higher refresh rate on this generation's cover display.

At least wired recharging has more than doubled to 67W SuperVOOC charging (up from 33W), even if AirVOOC wireless charging appears to have been removed completely.

Oppo Find N2 camera

The first Find N to benefit from both Oppo's ongoing partnership with renowned camera brand Hasselblad and the company's own dedicated MariSilicon X image-focused NPU (neural processing unit), the camera system looks to have received a nice year-on-year upgrade.

A 50MP sensor-led rear setup, has been bolstered by a heap of additional megapixels, bumping the ultrawide from 16MP to 48MP (with a fractionally narrower 115° field of view), alongside a 2x telephoto that moves from 13MP to 32MP. As before, a pair of 32MP front-facing snappers feature, too, with one set into each display (centrally on the outer display and in the top left corner of the main screen).

The UI should be familiar to anyone who's used a Hasselblad-branded OnePlus or Oppo of late, with the camera brand's Pro mode and super-wide XPAN mode for a little variety, plus details like the signature orange shutter button.

Naturally, having a hinged dual-screened device also allows for some creative ways of capturing shots, with the external display doubling as a viewfinder for selfies when the N2 is opened up and hover mode (positioning the hinge anywhere between 45° and 125°) letting you angle and capture shots without the need for a tripod.

Early verdict

The first Find N was a capable first foray into foldables for Oppo, with one of its most unique selling points being the altered aspect ratio, compared to the competition.

The company had clearly left itself room for improvement, however, and the Oppo Find N2 addresses some of the key shortcomings of its predecessor through upgrades like the higher refresh rate outer screen and the addition of stylus support.

Beyond these nice extras, general refinements to the build (especially the hinge), cameras, and software, as well as a timely update to performance – with both a newer chip and more RAM – mean the N2 undoubtedly has the goods to keep in step with Samsung's pricier Z Fold 4 and some of the other best foldables out there.

The big caveat is, of course, if you aren't in China, you're likely going to be unable to enjoy the Find N2. But fret not, the company's first clamshell foldable – the Find N2 Flip – will be making its way to foreign shores and if the standard N2 is anything to go by, it won't disappoint.

First tested: December 2022

Chinese companies seem really keen to get their phones out before the end of the year, as hot on the heels of the Xiaomi 13 launch, there’s now the Oppo Find N2 and Oppo Find N2 Flip – two new foldable phones designed to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4.

These have just been unveiled on day two of Oppo’s annual Inno Day event, but as with the Xiaomi 13, this initial launch is just for China. However, Oppo has been a bit more specific about its global plans than Xiaomi; saying that the Oppo Find N2 Flip will be launching overseas – including most countries in Europe – in Q1 2023. So sometime between January and March 2023.

Sadly, there’s no word on a global launch for the company's Z Fold rival, the standard Oppo Find N2, so that might remain exclusively in China; especially as the original Oppo Find N isn’t widely available either.

As for the specs, we’ll start with the Oppo Find N2 Flip, since that’s the one you’ll most likely actually be able to buy; a clamshell foldable like the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Motorola Razr (2022) with some selling points all its own.

The highlight is the biggest cover screen on any flip-style foldable phone so far, which has the potential to render the Oppo Find N2 Flip far more useful when folded shut than most clamshell foldables.

Oppo claims you can view up to six notifications on this display at once, and also use it to preview photos taken by the phone's ‘flagship-level’ cameras.

The Find N2 Flip also has a 4,300mAh battery, which Oppo claims offers "all-day life", plus there’s a powerful MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus chipset at its heart, and an apparently "almost-invisible" crease; we'll believe it when we (don't) see it. The rest of the specs are yet to be revealed, at the time of writing.

As for the Oppo Find N2, that’s a larger foldable, along the lines of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4. It has a 7.1-inch 1792 x 1920 foldable main display that uses AMOLED tech and has a dynamic refresh rate of up to 120Hz.

There’s also a 5.54-inch 1080 x 2120 AMOLED external display, with a 120Hz refresh rate, and the phone comes powered by a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, along with up to 16GB of RAM.

There’s up to 512GB of storage, a 4,520mAh battery with 67W charging, 5G support, and a triple-lens camera, with a 50MP f/1.8 main sensor, a 48MP f/2.2 ultra-wide, and a 32MP f/2.0 telephoto. There are also two 32MP selfie cameras, and the Oppo Find N2 runs Android 13, with Oppo’s ColorOS 13 interface.

It’s clad in tough Gorilla Glass Victus on both the front and back (in white and green), while the back of the black model is instead wrapped in vegan leather. It also weighs just 233g in black or 237g in the other shades, which makes it lighter than the 240g iPhone 14 Pro Max, despite that phone not being foldable.

Analysis: stiff competition from Samsung and Motorola

It’s a packed year for foldable phones, and especially for clamshell ones, with the Oppo Find N2 Flip having competition from the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and the Motorola Razr (2022).

We won’t do a full specs comparison here – not least because we don’t have a full specs list for Oppo’s phone – but the Find N2 Flip looks to stand out through its large cover screen and its 4,300mAh battery, which is significantly larger than the 3,700mAh one in the Z Flip 4 or the 3,500mAh one in the Razr (2022).

The crease in Oppo’s phone is possibly less visible too, but we won’t be sure of that until we’ve tested it.

As for the Motorola Razr (2022), highlights include a 144Hz refresh rate, while the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 offers water resistance, and both the Samsung and the Motorola have a powerful Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset.

We won’t know exactly how the Oppo Find N2 Flip stacks up until we’ve used it, but from what we’ve heard so far, it certainly sounds like it could be one of the best foldable phones.

Following a launch in China in late 2022, the Oppo Find N2 Flip has now gone global, launching in international markets on March 2, 2023.

This phone wasn't alone in China, it was joined by the standard Oppo Find N2, with the N2 and the N2 Flip being Oppo’s foldable rivals to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, respectively.

However, the standard N2 isn't available globally, so you'll only easily be able to buy the Oppo Find N2 Flip, and even then it's not out in all regions.

Below you'll find full specs and details of both handsets, including availability and price in the case of the Oppo Find N2 Flip.

Cut to the chase

• What is it? The latest foldable Oppo phones
• When is it out? The Find N2 Flip launched on February 15 in some regions
• How much will it cost? £849 / AU$1,499 (around $1,025)

Oppo Find N2 Flip and Find N2 release date and price

The Oppo Find N2 series was unveiled on December 15, 2022 at the company's annual Inno Day event, in China. That launch was only for China though, but the Oppo Find N2 Flip has since had a global launch, at a second launch which happened on February 15, 2023.

As of March 2, the Find N2 Flip is now on sale in select European markets, including the UK. Meanwhile, Oppo has announced that the Find N2 Flip will also land in Australia on March 16, with pre-orders expected to go live from March 2. However, we wouldn't expect it to be available in the US, Oppo phones generally don't release in the region.

It also doesn’t sound like the standard Oppo Find N2 will get the same wider roll out as the Flip, so if you were hoping to be able to buy the company's squat Galaxy Z Fold rival, you might be out of luck.

As for pricing, the Oppo Find N2 Flip costs £849 (around $1,025) in the UK and will cost AU$1,499 in Australia. That makes it surprisingly affordable by foldable phone standards, undercutting its most like-minded rival, the Galaxy Z Flip 4.

Oppo Find N2 Flip and Find N2 design and display

The Oppo Find N2 Flip looks a lot like the Z Flip 4, the Motorola Razr (2022), and other clamshell foldable phones. So it has a normal smartphone-sized foldable screen, which when folded shut shrinks the phone down to a more compact size.

However, where rival handsets have tiny cover displays, the Oppo Find N2 Flip’s is a bigger 3.26-inch 382 x 720 AMOLED screen . It’s big enough, for example, to display six notifications at once. For comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 only has a 1.9-inch display.

The foldable screen on the Oppo Find N2 Flip is a 6.8-inch 1080 x 2520 AMOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, a peak brightness of 1,600 nits, and 403 pixels per inch.

Oppo also claims that – thanks to an improved hinge – the Find N2 Flip has an almost-invisible crease across its foldable screen.

In all, the Find N2 Flip is 166.2 x 75.2 x 7.5mm when unfolded, and 85.5 x 75.2 x 16mm when folded shut, and it weighs 191g. The available colors include Astral Black and Moonlight Purple. There's a gold shade too, but that remains a China-exclusive.

The standard Oppo Find N2 looks more like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, with a big 7.1-inch 1792 x 1920 foldable AMOLED display that has a 120Hz refresh rate.

Fold it shut and you can make use of a 5.54-inch 1080 x 2120 AMOLED external display with a 120Hz refresh rate.

The Find N2 has a lightweight design, coming in at just 233g, if you get the black vegan leather finish. It’s also available in green and white Gorilla Glass Victus versions, and those are almost as light, at 237g. For reference, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 is 263g.

Oppo Find N2 Flip and Find N2 camera and battery

The Oppo Find N2 Flip has a 50MP f/1.8 primary camera and an 8MP f/2.2 ultrawide, with a 112-degree field of view. It also has a 32MP f/2.4 selfie camera, though, of course, being a foldable phone you can use the main cameras for selfies anyway, with the cover screen being used to line up the shot.

As for the battery, that’s 4,300mAh – which makes it much bigger than the batteries in other clamshell foldables, and it charges at 44W, making it faster than like-minded rivals too.

The standard Oppo Find N2 has a triple-lens camera with a 50MP f/1.8 main sensor, a 48MP f/2.2 ultrawide, and a 32MP f/2.0 telephoto sensor with 2x optical zoom. It also has two 32MP f/2.4 selfie cameras – one on each screen.

Its battery is 4,520mAh, and it charges at 67W, which can get it from zero to 100% in about 42 minutes.

Oppo Find N2 Flip and Find N2 specs and features

The Oppo Find N2 Flip has a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus chipset, which is one of the most powerful SoCs of 2022, but less powerful than the new Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 2, which we’re likely to see in a lot of 2023’s phones, foldables included.

The phone currently only comes in one configuration in international markets, with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There are other configurations in China, but these aren't sold globally.

It also supports 5G, has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, and runs Android 13 with the promise of four major operating system updates and five years of security patches – a first for Oppo's smartphones.

The Find N2 Flip uses Oppo’s ColorOS 13 interface, as does the standard Oppo Find N2.

Speaking of the Oppo Find N2, that has a similarly powerful Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset, and comes in two configurations – one with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and the other with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

It also supports 5G, and has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and dual Dolby Atmos-powered stereo speakers. In all, it sounds like it could be one of the best foldable phones, so it's a shame only the Flip has gone global.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – Qualcomm's new top-tier mobile chip, destined for the next wave of flagship Android smartphones – made its debut during the company's annual Snapdragon Summit on November 15, showcasing a host of impressive new technologies.

While some head-turning AI and camera features punctuated the chipset's unveiling, one other notable upgrade centered around mobile gaming; with a major visual quality improvement inbound; led by the addition of hardware-accelerated ray tracing.

In a nutshell, ray tracing adds greater physical accuracy to how light behaves in the game world. Although resource intensive, it promises a significant jump in graphical fidelity by improving elements like reflections, global illumination, shadows and ambient occlusion, resulting in more realistic and immersive visuals.

This technology, once reserved for the best graphics cards on the market, subsequently trickled down to the latest games consoles and has now found a home on mobile.

In truth, Samsung's Exynos 2200 – introduced in early 2022 – was the first mobile chip to support the technology, but less than a year on, Qualcomm hasn't just implemented ray tracing to catch up but brought with it a number of partners committed to capitalizing on the availability of this new graphical enhancement.

Behemoth publishers like Tencent add credibility to the technology's wider adoption and success on mobile, while Qualcomm already has a host of hardware partners looking to leverage ray tracing in their own ways too.

Brands including Asus, Black Shark, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony and Xiaomi all got a mention, but it was Oppo who was keen to actively show its commitment to the 8 Gen 2 and its hardware-accelerated ray tracing during day one of the Summit.

Oppo's SVP and CPO, Pete Lau appeared on video during the presentation, explicitly calling out his excitement for the 'next level gaming' experiences that 8 Gen 2 promises to deliver but the company didn't stop there, bringing principal manager of graphics products, Jane Tian out on stage.

She spoke in greater depth about the results Oppo is already seeing with its sustained ray tracing performance tests on 8 Gen 2, which compared to its previous software-only ray tracing, is reportedly five times more efficient while placing 90% less workload on the CPU.

The company's history with ray tracing on mobile has actually led them to create an open source mobile ray tracing developer kit – named the PhysRay SDK – that should help developers with aspects like software and hardware compatibility and optimisation for ray tracing between difference device configurations.

The mobile ray tracing demos shown on stage accentuated the benefits that the technology is intended to bring to mobile graphics but the results speak for themselves, leaving us to wonder how soon after the first 8 Gen 2-powered phones hit the market, will we see games putting the chipset's Adreno GPU and its new star feature to work.

Oppo is, understandably, on the list of companies committed to launching 8 Gen 2-powered devices in the near future and that it'll come packing inside whatever the next entry in its Find X flagship phone series is to be called (our money's on the Oppo Find X6).

In the meantime, check out our rundown of the best gaming phones currently available, even if it's just to know which brands to keep an eye on, come the release of their 8 Gen 2-toting devices.

Mobile camera sensors seem to be getting bigger with every passing year, and Oppo’s upcoming Find X6 Pro smartphone looks set to continue the trend and then some. 

According to Twitter leakster Ice Universe, the Oppo Find X6 Pro – which is expected to debut alongside two lower-key variants in early 2023 – will arrive packing a one-inch rear camera sensor akin to that used by the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

There’s been no further word on how said sensor might be arranged on the phone, but existing leaks have suggested that the Find X6 Pro will sport the same three-camera setup (primary, ultrawide and telephoto) as its predecessor, the Oppo Find X5 Pro.

Put simply, this is great news for camera aficionados. The Find X5 Pro already ranks as one of the world’s best handsets for photography, so slapping an even bigger sensor on its successor could make the Find X6 Pro one of the best phones of 2023.

Our main (and really, only) gripe with the Find X5 Pro remains its poor zoom performance – it just doesn’t compare to the level offered by rival phones such as the Galaxy S22 Ultra, Huawei P50 Pro and Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. However, rumors of a 50MP telephoto lens on its replacement could ensure the new phone isn't subject to the same criticism. 

The standard Oppo Find X6, meanwhile, looks set to boast the same 50MP main and ultrawide cameras as its premium sibling, alongside a slightly smaller 32MP telephoto unit.

Though it’s easy to criticize mobile manufacturers for increasing the size and number of cameras on their handsets for the sake of, well, size and numbers, doing so is important for brands such as Oppo. 

While consumers – in the US, UK and Australia, at least – may regularly opt for new Samsung or Apple smartphones owing to their familiarity or the convenience of their respective ecosystems, the Chinese phone brands must necessarily go big on cameras, displays and other distinguishing features to make their presence known. 

And it's not as if the likes of Samsung are standing still in this regard, either; for instance, the Galaxy S23 has been tipped to come with a 200MP camera. For Oppo to drag people away from their existing phones, it will clearly need to give its products some bold design features in order to stand out. 

A one-inch camera sensor would help the Find X6 Pro do just that – and we’re excited (read: hoping) to see Oppo officially lift the lid on its X6 series in the new year.

Oppo can be a smartphone brand that's easily overlooked, especially since its availability in the US isn't robust. But the best Oppo phones are some of the best Android phones and best phones around if you put aside their hard-to-get issues.

On this list we've rundown the best Oppo phones to buy today based on our testing. That means the Oppo Find X9 Ultra and its stablemate, the Oppo Find X9 Pro, sit at the top of the list. Two excellent Android phone without many compromises.

While the other phones mid-range to budget phones aren't the latest models, as we only include ones here that we've put to the test and reviews, they are still good purchases given they've dropped in price and now offer a lot of value for your money.

We've also opted to not have a foldables section on this guide, as we've yet to review the latest foldables, in part due to a lack of UK availability. For that reason, we suggest you visit our list of the best foldable phones if you want a smartphone with a flexible display (for what it's worth you can check out our Oppo Find N5 review for out verdict on the last-generation Oppo foldable).

So with that in mind, read on for our expert pick for the best Oppo phones that we've tested and fully reviewed.

Best Oppo phone

Oppo’s Find X9 Ultra steps confidently into flagship territory with its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a 200MP main camera; two upgrades that instantly set it apart from its stablemates. It's a smartphone that clearly aimed at buyers who demand both top-end speed and an impressive photography experience from their phone.

Other specs, like a 6.82-inch OLED, 144Hz refresh rate display, and large 7,050mAh battery with fast charging, help cement the Find X9 Ultra's flagship specs. But these are no good if the phone doesn't live up to them; the X9 Ultra does in our reviewer's experience,

"The Oppo Find X9 Ultra has become my favorite Android phone. Its cameras are the best I've ever tested, its software is excellent, and its performance and battery life are similarly impressive," reviewer Luke Baker concluded.

Day-to-day use backs up those headline specs: the X9 Ultra feels fast and responsive under any workload, whether you’re gaming or juggling demanding apps. In extended gaming sessions, the phone maintained high frame rates without uncomfortable heat build-up.

The camera system is another a highlight: the 200MP sensor delivers superb detail, especially in good light, and Baker’s tests found that color accuracy and dynamic range compete directly with the best on the market (see the camera samples below).

Battery life is realistic rather than record-setting, but the phone can juice up from zero to 70% in half an hour thanks to 100W charging, though you'll need a compatible charger. 50W wireless charging is also on offer, which is fast for such wire-free charging.

Aside from a hefty price and no US availability, the Find X9 Ultra is the top Oppo phone to get for any Android power user.

Read our in-depth Oppo Find X9 Ultra review

Oppo Find X9 Ultra camera samples

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Best Oppo phone for most people

If the Find X9 Ultra is too much phone for you, then the Oppo Find X9 Pro should be the alternative smartphone from the brand's portfolio to consider if you still want great specs and a more affordable price.

The Find 9 Pro has a smaller display that refreshes at a 120Hz when maxxed out, but it's still a great screen. It also has one less rear camera, by lacking the 10x telephoto snapper of the Ultra. But the Pro still captures some impressive shots, though our reviewer Jamie Richards did find the Find X9 Pro to be quite aggressive in its image processing; this wasn't found to be the case with the Ultra but it's worth noting software update could have smoothed things out.

With a larger battery than the Ultra, the Find X9 Pro has a bit of an ace up its sleeve compared to its larger sibling, delivering a battery life that could even see two full days worth of use. That may come at the cost of a less-powerful chipset, but Richards found the Find X9 Pro to be fast across a range of tasks, from gaming to everyday use.

"The Oppo Find X9 Pro isn't a perfect smartphone, but it comes pretty close. This is a powerful, sleek, and long-lasting phone that really earns its 'Pro' title, thanks to a powerful chipset, big and beautiful display, versatile camera system, and class-leading battery capacity," concluded RIchards. "Poor availability and a few strange software choices hinder an otherwise great Android experience, but if you can get it, this is a top option for any Android power user."

So there you have it, you can't go too far wrong with this Oppo phone.

Read our in-depth Oppo Find X9 Pro review

Oppo Find X9 Pro camera samples

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Best value Oppo phone

Now that it's a not the latest phone in the Reno lineup, as that's the Reno 15 series which we're still waiting to test, the Oppo Reno 13 Pro now makes for a solid value proposition in for an Android smartphone.

Starting with internal hardware, the Oppo Reno 13 Pro sports the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 chipset, a healthy 12GB of RAM, and a flat-out impressive 512GB of storage. That's a capable handful of hardware by any measure, all kept going by a large 5,800mAh battery that our testing found could last for two full days of use, which is impressive considering the phone also sports a high-resolution 6.83-inch display.

The camera module remains a highlight: the Reno 13 Pro comes with a 50MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera, and a 50MP telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom. That zoom lens is the real kicker here – few other mid-range phones can offer that kind of optical zoom. The phone comes equipped with a solid array of software photography tools too.

So while it's not super-fresh, the Reno 13 Pro is still a capable smartphone that has Oppo's famously excellent design sensibilities, with elegant color options and a thin and light build.

Read our in-depth Oppo Reno 13 Pro review

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Best budget Oppo phone

It's a little long in the tooth, but that means you can get the plucky Oppo Reno 12 FS 5G for cheaper than its £299 launch price. And you'll still get a phone that can handle most everyday tasks with relative ease.

The Reno 12 FS comes equipped with a large 6.67-inch FHD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and a huge 512GB of storage paired with 12GB of RAM. These are extremely impressive specs for a phone that costs so little, and while the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset won’t be winning any benchmark tests, it’s got power enough to get through the day with surprisingly good gaming performance.

The battery life on the Reno 12 FS is also excellent, particularly when it comes to standby times. A typical capacity of 5,000mAh goes a long way with a 1080p screen, and the SoC doesn’t seem to ever put too much pressure on the cell. Charging times are just okay, but you won’t need to top up that often, and when you do the stylish Breathing Light LED ring on the back will keep you apprised of your battery level.

Furthermore, while the cameras on the Reno 12 FS aren’t great, the photography tools are supported by a range of AI options and modes – Google Gemini is built in, too. As our review details, the Reno 12 FS is let down by its cameras, but for £299, this is a really strong contender.

Read our in-depth Oppo Reno12 FS 5G review

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Oppo Reno 8 Pro two-minute review

Oppo’s decision to price its new mid-range flagship phone the same as the Google Pixel 6 is as baffling as it is bold – directly rivaling the hugely popular tech behemoth seems to be an exercise in audacity. 

What’s somewhat surprising, though, is that the new Oppo Reno 8 Pro manages to hold its own against Google’s 2021 flagship – for the most part at least. However, Oppo is clearly targeting a different type of user than Google’s camera-focused Pixel phones.

Launched alongside the Reno 8 and Reno 8 Lite in late August 2022, the Reno 8 is the newest generation of mid-range phones from the middle child of Oppo’s lines. The company has enjoyed a ‘will they, won’t they’ strategy for releasing its Reno line in the West, but the 8 series marks the biggest song-and-dance the company has made about its Reno line since the debut of the originals in 2019.

It’s no small wonder either, as the Oppo Reno 8 Pro is the most high-end member of the family since the Reno 10x Zoom in that original batch.

Oppo has spent a few years since then making more generic Android phones, but it’s clearly also learned how its users work and what they’re looking for. The Reno 8 Pro drops many bells and whistles to focus on a few core areas.

One of those is performance, as the Oppo Reno 8 Pro is one of the more powerful phones at this price we’ve tested. It’s great for gaming and intensive exercises, and we found it just as good as true (and expensive) top-end chips.

It also has a good-looking screen, with some good specs for the price, as well as a rear that some might find attractive too. However, the overall design disappoints, with an angular edge that sits uncomfortably in the hand.

The Reno has fast 80W charging, but Oppo has packed in its battery health engine to ensure the phone keeps ticking for much longer. This should ensure you don’t find the handset’s battery life dropping too low too quickly.

It’s not a perfect phone, and we’re not talking about the uncomfortable design either, as there are a few key areas where the company misses out. One is the cameras – despite packing it its neural processing chip to improve photography and AI, the Reno 8 Pro is just fine for taking photos. It doesn’t noticeably beat any other handsets at the price and would be lapped by devices costing just a tiny bit more.

Even phones costing the same amount can beat it. The same-price Pixel 6 is simply better for photography, with improved AI, extra modes and a phone that’s more comfortable to hold for photoshoots. It’s a shame that Oppo thinks its neural processing unit is better than simply adding in a zoom lens to its phone, given how much that improved the Reno 10x Zoom.

If you care about photography or having a small-form phone, the Oppo Reno 8 Pro won’t compare to the Pixel 6, but if streaming media or playing games is more important to you, you might still consider Oppo’s newest handset.

Oppo Reno 8 Pro price and availability

The Oppo Reno 8 Pro costs £599 for its single 8GB RAM and 256GB storage option – that converts to roughly $700 or AU$1,010. Oppo doesn’t sell phones in the US, so don’t expect a release there, though the phone is listed on the company’s Australian website (albeit without a price) so it’ll likely release there before long.

As mentioned, at that price, this is a rival to the Google Pixel 6, which starts at $599 / £599 / AU$999, though for 256GB the price is $699 / AU$1,129.

These two phones straddle the line between ‘mid-range’ and ‘top-end’, undercutting the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S22 and Xiaomi 12, yet costing more than the myriad impressive Honor, Poco and Moto mid-rangers that we’ve seen this year.

The Oppo Reno 8 Pro went on sale in late September 2022.

• Value score: 3.5/5

Oppo Reno 8 Pro design

The Oppo Reno 8 Pro looks good from a distance, but when you get it in your hands and use it for a while, it disappoints.

There are two shades for the phone, black and light blue, and each model of the phone has a shiny glazing intended to make fingerprints less apparent – it mostly works but you can still see smudges from time to time. The back of the phone uses a ‘unibody’ design, which means the back and the camera bump are all one, though there’s a chunky ridge that distinguishes the bump from the rest of the rear.

It’s a noticeable bump and combined with the huge black spots that mark out each camera, the handset bears more than a passing resemblance to the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. The giant camera spots are misleading though, as, within the large black circles that denote each lens, the lenses themselves are much smaller than you’d think from a glance.

The phone has a USB-C charging port, but there are no 3.5mm headphone jacks in sight, which might disappoint audio purists who like their physical wires.

The power button is on the right edge of the phone, which we found easy enough to reach with medium-sized hands, while the volume rocker is opposite that on the left edge.

These edges are the disappointing part of the phone, though, as Oppo has apparently decided to follow the trend of smartphones with completely flat edges. The angular sides make the phone uncomfortable to hold, as you’ve always got some sharp right angle digging into your palm.

And since this is a fairly big phone, your hand is likely already stretched to hold the thing.

The way a smartphone feels in your hand is an oft-overlooked aspect of the user experience, but unfortunately for Oppo, we never found the Reno 8 Pro very comfortable to hold or use.

• Design score: 3.5/5

Oppo Reno 8 Pro display

The Oppo Reno 8 Pro has a fairly big screen, as it clocks in at 6.7 inches diagonally. The small ‘punch-hole’ cut-out for the front camera, and the very thin bezels around the edge of the device, make it look even bigger.

It’s an AMOLED screen with an FHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, and all these specs are standard for, or a little bit better than, other devices at this price.

So overall we were fairly impressed by the Reno’s display, and it’s one of the best phones at its price for streaming media or playing games.

Embedded within the display is the fingerprint scanner. We found this snappy and reliable to use, which is something not even all premium phone makers can claim.

• Display score: 4/5

Oppo Reno 8 Pro cameras

Oppo made a big song-and-dance about the cameras of its Reno 8 family, which is a surprise when you consider that the snappers aren’t exactly competitive for a phone at this price.

The main camera here uses the Sony IMX766, a 50MP sensor that’s taken the phone world by storm since it debuted earlier in the year, as it’s great for low-light photography yet doesn’t cost much, letting phone brands use it while keeping costs low.

In the Reno, as in the many other phones we’ve tested that use it, it’s good for taking snaps at night or in other situations where the lighting is low. The big sensor size also means it captures lots of light in other situations too, so pictures are often bright and bold.

However, the other cameras aren’t anything to write home about. There’s an 8MP ultra-wide and 2MP macro snapper, but neither take images with the same quality as the main snapper, so we avoided using them whenever possible.

Joining the party is a 32MP selfie camera, which we found good for… well, selfies, what else are you going to use it for?

Overall, these cameras are fit for purpose, but nothing to write home about. However, Oppo is likely counting on the MariSilicon X to be its ace in the hole. This Neural Processing Unit (NPU) was first debuted in its top-end Find X phones and brings lots of AI smarts and tweaking to make images better than they otherwise would be. The absence of this chip is also one of the key differentiating factors between the standard and Pro Reno 8 phones.

It’s hard to say exactly how much this chip contributes – it’s not like we can test the phone without it – but from our time with the phone, we didn’t see a marked improvement in photo quality over the myriad other Android phones that have this camera combo (the OnePlus 10T and Realme 9 Pro Plus both had exactly the same snappers).

Pictures still look good, and unless you’ve used top-end camera phones like the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy, you’ll be happy with what’s on offer here.

Video recording is available at 4K 30fps or 1080p 60fps, which is what you’d expect for a phone at this price.

• Camera score: 4/5

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Oppo Reno 8 Pro performance and specs

While the Oppo Reno 8 Pro doesn’t quite compare with the Pixel 6, its same-price rival, in terms of camera or design, it certainly wins out when considering the power of the phone.

The Reno has a chipset called the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 MAX, which is a slightly improved version of the – you guessed it – Dimensity 8100. It’s a fairly powerful chip, and while it doesn’t match the performance of the top-end A16 Bionic or Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chips we’ve seen in some premium phones, it really doesn’t need to.

In practice, the MediaTek chip is powerful enough for everything you need your phone to do. We played plenty of games, including top-end ones, recorded high-res video, and downloaded multiple files at once with no issue.

A lovely little surprise in this phone is the 256GB storage, as most phones default to 128GB. This gives you loads of space for all the apps or downloads you’ll need.

The phone has 5G, letting you connect to networks if you have a contract and live in an area that’s supported. 5G speeds depend on many factors, and the phone you’re using isn’t one of the main ones, so it’s not fair to judge the Reno on its connection speeds.

• Performance score: 4/5

Oppo Reno 8 Pro software

The Oppo Reno 8 Pro uses Android 12 with Oppo’s own ColorOS 12 laid over the top – this is a fork of Google’s operating system which mainly brings a design change to menus.

ColorOS has bigger and brighter icons than stock Android – it doesn’t look quite as clean, but some might prefer it that way. You can check out the review images for a glimpse of how it looks.

There was a fair amount of bloatware, or pre-installed apps, on the phone. These include TikTok and Amazon Shopping and games like Cube Master 3D and Tile Master 3D. A quick deleting spree cleaned up our menus, but it’s surprising to see bloatware on a phone of this price.

• Software score: 3.5/5

Oppo Reno 8 Pro battery life

Thankfully, despite having a big screen, 5G connectivity and fairly powerful chipset, the Reno 8 Pro has good battery life.

There’s a 4,500mAh battery here, which is pretty average for a phone of this size and price. We’ve seen similar handsets with way bigger power packs but similar battery lives. This suggests to us that Oppo’s software has some smart optimizations.

From our testing, the Reno could reliably coast through a day of use, and would generally get mid-way into a second day without needing a recharge. This was from medium use – hours spend gaming would drain it faster, obviously.

When the battery is low, charging is decently quick, with 80W charging from the in-box charger getting the phone from empty to full in just half an hour. Sure, some mid-rangers have faster powering, but 30 minutes is more than enough for us.

Powering at that speed for too long can damage battery health on most phones, but Oppo’s Battery Health Engine, introduced with the Reno 8 series, is designed to stop that happening through a series of optimizations. For example, the phone can analyze when you normally wake up, and only power to be filled at that time.

Sure, that can be annoying when the phone is wrong, and we sometimes found that the phone wanted to charge slowly to hit this timer, when we actually wanted to quickly power it up before a night out, but generally it was useful. We can’t test the device for the years required to notice the benefits of these battery health tweaks, but for people who own their handsets for multiple years, it’ll likely pay off in spades.

There’s no wireless charging here, which isn’t a total surprise for a phone at this price.

• Battery score: 4.5/5

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If you took a time machine back just five years, and told someone "soon, smartphones will charge in 15 minutes," they probably wouldn't believe you, content as they were with their daily overnight charges.

In the last few years, though, and especially in 2022, we've seen a surge in the number of phones with super-fast charging features. Brands are tripping over each other to offer 66W, 80W, 120W, or even 150W, each of them cutting minutes off the charging time of the most popular Android phones.

But some phone fans are hesitant, and not without reason - fast charging has a wealth of drawbacks, like the damage it does to battery health, or the risks of overheating and damaging a phone.

Are you right to be worried, though, and do phones charge quick enough now, or will it get even faster? To answer these questions, we spoke to Edward Tian, the head of the Charging Technology Lab at Oppo, a popular Chinese smartphone company, ahead of the launch of the Oppo Reno 8.

The Oppo Reno 8 and 8 Pro are set to debut the brand's Battery Health Engine, a feature designed to optimize charging and battery use to ensure the phones last much longer, and the thought process behind it was the subject of the interview.

Fast charging: good or bad for your phone?

When lots of people think about fast charging, they imagine a serious trade-off. They picture phones that lose battery health quickly, that can get super hot, and that have lower battery lives to compensate for the fast charging. In other words, high wattage can be seen as a poison chalice.

And that's not always incorrect - lots of the devices we've tested at TechRadar with quick powering speeds also have poor battery lives, and lose the ability to retain charge quicker than other devices.

Tian doesn't disagree with this judgment, or at least the poor battery life part of it, confirming "fast charging can result in bigger battery sizes because, to charge faster, you need to use battery cells with a higher C-rate, which leads to lower energy density." And unless brands want their phones to resemble the chunky Energizer mobiles of old (pictured below), they'll therefore need smaller capacities.

However now, several years on from when phones started bumping the charging speeds from 18W and 25W to much, much higher, brands have started to understand how best to utilize the feature. As Tian says "fast charging is only meaningful when the battery life is solid." So as Oppo uses quicker charging on its phones, it's also looking to improve battery use too.

Tian highlights the "efficient MediaTek chipset and customized software optimizations" in the Reno 8 phones as key ways that the devices maintain long-lasting batteries despite having 80W charging.

While we haven't tested the Reno 8 yet, we have noticed from testing many Android phones that MediaTek-touting devices often have great battery lives. Take that observation with a pinch of salt though, as there are many, many other factors that affect a phone's battery life, and you'll have to stay tuned for our full review of the new Oppo phones to see if this pans out.

But it's clear, at least, that Oppo is aware of people's attitudes to fast charging phones, and is looking to address that.

While battery size is an important factor for smartphones, battery health is a vital one - this is a device's ability to retain a high maximum capacity over time. Even if your device has the biggest battery in the world, if it loses health quickly, you'll soon only be able to power it to a fraction of its original capacity.

That's something else that Tian addressed in our talk, telling us that charging tweaks were made to ensure the phone wouldn't exert itself unnecessarily, "simply speaking, the Battery Health Engine can help the battery to maintain its most comfortable status while charging, just like we do things at a comfortable pace without rush".

Apparently, "the Oppo Reno 8 series is up to two times more durable than even phones with a slower charging speed." That's a bold claim, with 'up to' doing lots of heavy lifting, but it's clearly something that Oppo is looking to address in its devices.

The future of fast charging

In recent years, we've seen the term 'fast charging' jump, from being attached to 18W chargers, to ones monumentally faster. Earlier in 2022, Oppo unveiled 150W fast charging tech, which was later used in the OnePlus 10T made by its sister brand.

We also saw, in the middle of the year, the launch of the Realme GT Neo 3, which also had 150W charging (and also came from another of Oppo and OnePlus' sister brands - long story!).

Now, you can charge a phone in just 15 minutes. But where does it end? We asked Tian if Oppo would ever consider its fast charging tech 'finished', and if it'd ever reach a speed that was fast enough. Short answer? No.

"As a technical engineer in the fast-charging field, for me, my work is to break limits. We will continue to explore until one day phones can be fully charged in one second."

One second! Imagine that - plugging in your phone and immediately unplugging it, as it'd have enough power to last a day. It sounds like a futuristic prospect, and of course it (probably) won't be a reality for a long time now. But as a goal for an engineer, it's an admirable one.

However, Tian points out that it's not as easy as just turning the 'fast charging' dial up to 11.

"Increasing the charging speed is not the most challenging part [of this one-second goal]. To bring a good fast charging experience to users, we have to take more aspects into consideration, such as safety, charging temperature, the energy density of the battery cell, the size of the charger, battery lifespan, etc."

All that goes back to what we covered in the first section of this interview - as well as fast charging tech, brands need to work on software optimizations, efficient chipsets, space-savvy batteries and more, to ensure this one-second charging phone actually lasts for more than a second before you need to plug it in again.

That's why we say that this super-fast-charging future could be a way away.

What's a good way to charge your phone?

Since we had a battery expert on the line, TechRadar decided to plumb the depths of his knowledge, for some advice on how you can keep your own phone lasting longer.

So what's the best way to charge your phone? Well, we didn't ask that - we actually asked what the worst way was. And we got an answer:

"Some users like using the smartphone at high temperature, and keeping the battery at 100% or 0% for a long time [which] could damage the battery's health."

You heard it here - when your phone is fully charged, unplug it, and if you ever reach 0% power, make sure to plug in your device quickly.

The comment on using your phone at a high temperature is interesting, as phones - especially ones with powerful chipsets - can heat up very quickly when they're charging, as well as when they're left in direct sunlight, or have to do intensive processes like gaming or high-res videography.

So maybe, to keep your phone lasting longer, you should avoid using the thing if it's too hot. Let it cool down for a bit.

But that got us thinking - have people's charging habits changed over time, especially with the advent of fast charging? And according to Tian, they have.

"Before, most users were used to charging their phones during the night, but now we have witnessed a change in user habits. [With fast charging] most users tend to charge their phones in fragmented time. Most users unplug phones after around five or 10 minutes since it requires so little time to charge the device."

So charging little and often has become the norm for powering up devices - and judging by Tian's previous advice, this seems like a smart thing, as it reduces the likelihood of overpowering your device.

While smartphone trends change, with user habits always evolving and progressing, there's always one key thing that everyone wants from their smartphone, and that's solid battery life. Even the best smartphone out there becomes redundant if it doesn't last for a long time, and hopefully, with this advice, your mobile will keep ticking longer.

The new Oppo Find X6 lineup has arrived, and the Oppo Find X6 Pro brings some serious camera credentials, along with every other flagship spec we expect. Sadly, we don't know if or when it will be available outside of China, but we've gotten a good Find X6 Pro hands-on review for you to check out. 

The Oppo Find X6 line could comprise some of the best phones of 2023, though limited availability will hurt its appeal compared to phones like the OnePlus 11 – let alone the Samsung Galaxy S23 or iPhone 14. 

If you can find one, the Oppo Find X6 should be able to compete with the top rivals in terms of specs and performance (if you want proof, check out the Oppo Find X5 Pro, one of our favorite recent phones).

We've already gotten our hands on the Find X6 Pro. but we're still waiting to get hands on with the Find X6. We've also heard no details on whether there will be a Find X6 Lite. 

Here's everything we know so far, with details from our hands-on look at the Find X6 Pro, and everything Oppo has told us about the Find X6. 

Cut to the chase

• What is it? The next line of flagship Oppo phones
• When is it out? March 24, 2023
• How much will it cost? CNY¥5,999 - CNY¥6,999, no pricing outside of China

Oppo Find X6: Chinese release date and price

Oppo has taken the wraps off the Find X6 and Find X6 Pro, and the phones will be available for sale as of March 24, but only if you live in China. There is no plan to spread the love across the globe, as Oppo has only announced Chinese availability and pricing for its next flagship family, without a hint of wider export. 

Even though the Find X6 and FInd X6 Pro models have been announced, we still haven't heard about a less expensive Oppo Find X6 Lite. In the past, this phone  launched simultaneously, as the Find X5 Pro and Lite were announced at the same time in the Find X5 line.

In terms of the phones' availability, the news doesn't bode well. Oppo has not announced plans to ship either of these models outside of China. The company sent our US Editor-in-Chief a Find X6 Pro to try, but it lacked Google Play support for now, and the apps were clearly aimed only at a native Chinese audience.

The lack of US availability for the Oppo’s Find X6 family isn’t much of a surprise, mind. Oppo doesn't have any retail partners in the US, and neither does it operate its own US storefront. Oppo owns the OnePlus brand, and the OnePlus 11 might be considered a performance phone from Oppo, though it lacks the larger camera sensor on the Find X6 Pro. 

We were still holding out hope for some form of Find X6 family release outside of China. The Oppo Find N2 Flip launched in Europe last month, so it’s disappointing to hear that the Find X6 group won’t follow suit. 

There’s no information on what the Oppo Find X6 line might cost, but the phones could have similar prices to their respective predecessor's. 

For reference, the Oppo Find X5 starts at £749 / AU$1,399 (around $920), the Find X5 Pro costs £1,049 / AU$1,799 (roughly $1,285), and the Oppo Find X5 Lite costs £399 / AU$799 (around $490).

In any case, the prices above probably won’t be exactly right for the upcoming models, but we doubt the Find X6 line will be much more expensive, as the Find X5 and Find X5 Pro are already on the pricey side for the specs they offer.

Pricing has been announced for the Oppo Find X6 Pro, but only for the Chinese market. In China, the the phone starts at CNY¥5,999 (approximately $870 / £710 / AU$1,305 when converted directly) and tops out at CNY¥6,999 (approximately $1,020 / £830 / AU$1,520).

Oppo Find X6: specs

Now that the Oppo Find X6 Pro has been officially announced and we have one in our testing office, we can confirm the specs that were leaked. 

The Oppo Find X6 Pro has a 6.7-inch 2K screen; a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset; 12GB or 16GB of RAM; 128GB, 256GB or 512GB of storage; Android 13; and a 5,000mAh battery with 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging. 

The phone also has a triple-lens rear camera with a 50MP main sensor, a 50MP ultra-wide one and a 50MP telephoto one, along with Hasselblad tuning and a 32MP front camera. The main camera uses a large 1-inch sensor, a rarity on smartphone cameras.

For the standard Oppo Find X6, we get a 6.7-inch screen that is only slightly less sharp. It's powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 9200 chipset, a new flagship platform from the affordable chipset designers. 

There's 12GB or 16GB of RAM;  256GB or 512GB of storage; Android 13 with ColorOS 13.1 (because China); and a 4,800mAh battery with 80W wired charging. So, a few downgrades from the Pro model, but also some significant wins, like the RAM and storage options. 

The Find X6 has a less-advanced triple camera with a 50MP main sensor that is smaller than the big one-inch sensor on the Pro model. There's also that 50MP ultra-wide camera and a 50MP telephoto one, along with Hasselblad tuning and a 32MP front camera. Again, much of the same specs as the Pro, with only a slight downgrade. 

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