After limiting the last two flagships to China, Oppo’s Find X series is returning to the global stage in style. The Oppo Find X8 Pro is as feature-packed as a slab phone can get: four 50MP cameras, a flagship processor, big battery, and a top-notch display – it’s got everything, at least on paper. I’ve been using it for the last 10 days, and here’s how the on-paper specs translate to real-world usage.
More Mainstream Design And A New Button
The Oppo Find X8 Pro features a new, more mainstream design language. We no longer get a leather-back variant, with only Space Black and Pearl White color options available. I like the latter for its texture-like finish on one-third of the phone. It feels similar to the OnePlus 11 Marble Odyssey in terms of in-hand feel. It’s soft and not slippery.
While Oppo has opted to go mainstream on the outside, the Find X8 Pro is 0.7mm slimmer and 6g lighter while packing a bigger battery. It might not be as stylish as before, but it’s more comfortable to hold and use. The weight distribution is better, so it doesn’t feel top-heavy. Notably, the camera housing is thinner as well.
There are a few buttons on the phone. On the left side, you get an alert slider to toggle between ring, vibrate, and silent modes. There’s no Private Mode like the Oppo Find N3 Fold or OnePlus Open Apex Edition, which is fine, as I prefer having sound profile toggles on my alert slider. On the right, you get the volume rockers, a power button, and a Quick Button, similar to the Camera Control on the iPhone 16 series.
The Quick Button is limited in functionality. As of now, you can only use it to click images and zoom (which is inverted compared to the iPhone 16) in landscape orientation. The zooming functionality doesn’t work when holding the phone vertically. You can also use it to trigger the camera with a double press and quick shutter with a single press. I like it better than Apple’s Camera Control, but it doesn’t bring any new (or easier) use cases.
Wowsie In Day-To-Day Use
On the front, you get a bright and vibrant 6.8-inch AMOLED display. The super-thin and symmetrical 1.9mm bezels make it one of the most immersive displays on a smartphone. I love consuming content on it – much more than the iPhone 16 Pro. It’s feature-packed with support for a 120Hz refresh rate, 4,500 nits peak brightness, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Pro XDR for photography.
The Find X8 Pro is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset. Oppo says it was able to optimize the Trinity Engine better for both performance and efficiency on the MediaTek chipset. It’s paired with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. The phone runs ColorOS 15 based on Android 15, which offers smoother animations and an overall fluid experience. It is promised to get five years of Android OS updates and six years of security updates.
I didn’t experience any lag or stutter in the UI or while jumping between apps and neither did it heat up while extensive video recording. It’s got several AI features that feel like party tricks because I always need to double-check summaries to ensure the AI didn’t miss anything.
However, I’ve found the reflection removal AI feature particularly useful – it removes reflections from glass when you click a subject through a window or gate. The AI object removal tool works pretty well, too. Apart from this, you also get Circle to Search, finally.
Like previous Oppo flagships, the Find X8 Pro supports LDAC and LHDC codecs as well as Qualcomm’s AptX and AptX HD for a better audio experience with supported headphones and earbuds. 5G connectivity remains solid in Delhi.
The Oppo Find X8 Pro is a battery champion. It packs a 5910mAh silicon-carbon battery that supports 80W wired and 50W wireless charging.
You just can’t kill the battery life in one day – unless, of course, that’s what you’re trying to do. Clicking photos, navigating, jumping between social media apps, messaging on WhatsApp, and using Slack and Teams throughout the day wasn’t a problem. I’m no longer battery-anxious when using the Find X8 Pro. If you are a light phone user, it can last up to two days on a single charge. I’m confident that it’ll last an entire day for every type of user.
Super Packed But Inconsistent Optics
The Oppo Find X8 Pro goes above and beyond conventional smartphone optics with a four 50MP camera system. It sports a main 50MP 1/1.4-inch Sony Lytia LYT-808 module with OIS (unlike the Find X7 Ultra, no 1-inch type sensor ), a 50MP 1/1.95-inch Sony LYT-600 with 3x optical zoom, another 50MP telephoto camera with 6x optical zoom, and a 50MP ultrawide-angle sensor. The primary and telephoto cameras also feature OIS.
I’ve both enjoyed and been annoyed with the Find X8 Pro’s cameras. The 3x and 6x optical zoom are unlike any other smartphone. Both click sharper, detail-rich photos – better than the Galaxy S24 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro.
Even going up to 15x can give you social-media-share-worthy images.
The ultrawide camera is similarly better than the competition. I’ve used it more than other flagships. The Portrait mode captures a natural-looking blur, but the color temperature changes when you shift lenses. I’ve gotten some amazing portrait shots from this phone, and I like it overall.
You also get Live Photos and built-in scene modes like Stage and Fireworks. The former is useful if you want to extract short video clips from photos when making Reels or YouTube Shorts. The scene modes can and cannot work depending on the mood of the phone’s processing. That brings me to the annoying part – the inconsistent Hasselblad color tuning.
You can click three identical images within two seconds, and the phone will process them differently. Sometimes the images are overexposed; other times, they’re oversaturated or the skin tone is weird. The one purpose of Hasselblad’s presence isn’t being fulfilled, leaving a lot to be desired, especially when you see what it can do when the results are processed correctly.
That being said, you can skip the Hasselblad color tuning and use Master Mode to make the most of the four 50MP cameras. The digital zoom will be limited, but I recommend this mode for professionals who want to edit their work in post. The photos feature a great amount of detail and more natural-looking skin tones.
Oppo Find X8 Pro Review: Verdict
At 1,200 Euros or 99,999 Indian Rupees, the Oppo Find X8 Pro is an expensive smartphone. But compared to flagships with a similar feature set (or even less), it’s more affordable than the Galaxy S24 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro. It’s got a powerful camera system, albeit inconsistent, but other elements like the display, performance, and battery life are better than more expensive flagships on the market right now.
If you want a phone that lasts an entire day on heavy use without compromising on other aspects like performance and display, the Oppo Find X8 Pro is an easy recommendation.
Pros:
- Excellent display
- Powerful performance
- Brilliant Battery life
- Master Mode extracts the best of 50MP cameras
- Super fast shutter speed
Cons:
- Inconsistent Hasselblad color tuning
