Another week, another new flagship camera phone – this time, it’s Oppo that’s making headlines with the new Find X9 Ultra, which finally makes its way to more buyers outside China. Like rivals Vivo and Xiaomi, the X9 Ultra features a lot of hardware designed to give users a more camera-centric experience, especially at a time when camera performance has taken center priority on expensive phones.
For starters, the Oppo says the redesigned setup allows for better telephoto performance as well as a little more versatility in terms of framing, spanning from 14mm to 460mm, at least on paper. Oppo also offers an optional Hasselblad Earth Explorer Kit that gives users a two-stage shutter button, a dial for zoom control, as well as a 300mm Explorer teleconverter.
Inside, the phone runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which is the chipset of choice for countless Android flagships this year. You’re also getting up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage, which will undoubtedly come in handy if you decide to use the phone as your main everyday camera. There’s also a fairly large 7050mAh battery that powers this entire setup, with support for Oppo’s proprietary 100W fast charging protocol.
The Find However, overall, the phone is quite durable thanks to its IP69 rating as well as the Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection for the front display.
As for software, the phone comes with ColorOS 16 based on Android, bundled with Oppo’s exclusive apps and software services. Find X9 Ultra will be available here tundra umber And Canyon OrangeAnd it will be priced starting at around £1,449—though it should be noted that the phone won’t be available in North America, though Oppo plans to release it in select European countries as well as the United Kingdom.
