Oppo Find X hands-on review

Oppo Find X camera

So far we've only talked about how the cameras are attached to the slider, but haven't gone into much detail on the cameras themselves.

The dual camera on the back of the slider has one 16 MP half (f/2.0) and one 20 MP half (f/2.2). The 16 MP module is the main shooter and has OIS, the other one will kick in for depth effects and in low-light.

Feast your eyes on these camera samples:

Oppo Find X camera samples

In between the two camera modules is a dual LED, dual tone flash. The main camera records 2160p video at 30 fps.

Going around the front, there's a 25 MP (f/2.0) selfie cam. The 3D facial scanner works even better than a dual camera setup when you want separation between your subject (that is you) and the background as it measures depth much more accurately. Taking a page from the iPhone X, the Oppo Find X camera will render advanced lighting effects thanks to the 3D scanner.

Selfies shot with the Oppo Find X

Oppo Find X Automobili Lamborghini Edition

This special edition is a showcase of Oppo's Super VOOC. It has a slightly smaller battery (3,400 mAh), but it can charge it fully in just 35 minutes. A typical fast charger usually gets up to 50% or so in that much time.

Oppo Find X Automobili Lamborghini Edition

The ALE is a pricey halo phone - €1,700 - and at least some of that is due to the 512 GB storage. And much of that is the Lamborghini badge, though the car maker didn't contribute much to the design aside from the carbon fiber. Lambo does have a proud history of using composite materials, though, so it's a nice throwback.

Wrap up

From teasers and rumors we suspected we’d like the Oppo Find X, but we ended up liking it even more than expected. That said, the €1,000 price tag seems a little ambitious. There is hope for a slightly more affordable version – the thousand euro is for the 256 GB phone and there’s definitely a 128 GB model, though our impression is that it will be available only in China (Oppo hasn’t said anything official on that front).

As for the 256 GB model, it will be available in August. It will be officially sold in France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. The phone will be available in North America, just not in the US (exact details should be revealed later).

Anyway, the Find X is a return to form for Oppo, which had settled on making premium mid-rangers for the most part and leaving OnePlus to act as the flagship version of the R-series. The Find series always managed to shake up the market (the Find 5 was the original flagship killer) and we think the X might do so too.