Oppo Find X9 Pro review

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Introduction

The Oppo Find X9 Pro has just gone global and is bringing some impressive hardware. There's a lot to like about it outside of its two most obvious selling points, but we'll be quick to admit we're mostly fixated on its massive battery and the new telephoto camera with an optional add-on extender lens.

The Find X9 Pro swaps out the two telephotos of the previous model for a single new higher-res 200MP unit. It's a larger sensor too, and paired with a lens that focuses super close. vivo has been doing it for a while, now Oppo is taking its own shot at a transformative telephoto experience. That transformation can be taken a step further with the optional telephoto extender that offers 10x optical zoom to 230mm.

Going back to the 7,500mAh battery - we're not used to getting such capacities on high-end handsets and even when we hear of huge batteries in some markets, they usually don't make it to where we are. Well, Oppo has cleared whatever regulatory hurdles have gotten in the way before, and the Find X9 Pro comes with a promise for chart-topping endurance.

We'd be moderately worried about charging speed with such a high-capacity battery, so let's hope Oppo's 80W SuperVOOC is up to the task. The 6.78-inch OLED display is all sorts of great, now supposedly even brighter. And then there's the new chipset, of course - the latest top-tier Dimensity. The new selfie camera is another most welcome development, and we'd almost have missed the improved main camera with all that telephoto excitement. We told you there was a lot to like here.

Oppo Find X9 Pro specs at a glance:

• Body: 161.3x76.5x8.3mm, 224g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame; IP68/IP69 dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min).
• Display: 6.78" LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 2160Hz PWM, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR Vivid, 800 nits (typ), 1800 nits (HBM), 3600 nits (peak), 1272x2772px resolution, 19.61:9 aspect ratio, 450ppi; Ultra HDR image support.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 9500 (3 nm): Octa-core (1x4.21 GHz C1-Ultra & 3x3.5 GHz C1-Premium & 4x2.7 GHz C1-Pro); Arm G1-Ultra.
• Memory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.1.
• OS/Software: Android 16, up to 5 major Android upgrades, ColorOS 16.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.5, 23mm, 1/1.28", 1.22µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 200 MP, f/2.1, 70mm, 1/1.56", 0.5µm, 3x optical zoom, multi-directional PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 15mm, 120˚, 1/2.76", 0.64µm, multi-directional PDAF.
• Front camera: 50 MP, f/2.0, 21mm (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, PDAF.
• Video capture: Rear camera: 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps; gyro-EIS; HDR, 10‑bit video, Dolby Vision, LOG; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS.
• Battery: 7500mAh; 80W wired, 55W PD, 80W UFCS, 50W wireless, 10W reverse wireless.
• Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 6.0, aptX HD, LHDC 5; NFC; Infrared port.
• Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); stereo speakers; Satellite connectivity support (1TB 16GB RAM model only), Circle to Search.

Oppo Find X9 Pro unboxing

Our review unit arrived in a stylish gray (or is it silver?) retail box with a large "9" dominating the front to indicate the generation and a couple of Hasselblad references here and there. It's a half-height box, so no charger, at least in our neck of the woods.

Inside the box, there's a regular USB-A-to-C cable, as well as a male Type-C to female Type-A adapter. All the packaging is made of paper, for what that's worth.

There's no protective case inside the box, but Oppo sent us the optional aramid snap-on cover that you can get at an extra cost. That's not to be confused with the (otherwise almost identical, but different where it matters) aramid cover you need for the Teleconverter Kit - more on that later.

Aramid case (optional) • Teleconverter kit (also optional, with its own aramid case)