The Lowdown
The OPPO Find X8 Pro is a very solid smartphone, but I’m not sure it’s right for customers in the U.S. To be frank, OnePlus and Apple both exist here, so whichever feature draws you to this phone — fast charging, great cameras, clean Android build, physical camera shutter — you can find it on one of those. If you live outside the U.S., where buying this phone is easier, then this is a very good one. It checks all the boxes.
Overall
Pros
- Excellent cameras with versatile zoom and color consistency
- “Quick Button” for intuitive camera use
- Powerful MediaTek Dimensity 9400 processor
- Fast charging (80W wired, 50W wireless) and two-day battery life
- Slim design with durable IP69 rating
- 120Hz AMOLED display
- User-friendly ColorOS 15 with useful AI features
Cons
- Limited LTE connectivity and availability in the U.S.
- Reflection Remover AI feature is ineffective
- Ultrawide lens is less expansive than competitors
- Clunky O+ Connect file-sharing system
- Features overlap with OnePlus and Apple devices, which are both better choices for those in the U.S.
OPPO, as a Chinese smartphone maker that’s a subsidiary of BBK, has something of a “best of both worlds” philosophy going for it. As a Chinese phone maker, the company tends to lean toward making its phone interface mirror the iPhone as much as possible. As a member of BBK, you’ll see some parallels between its phones and OnePlus phones. The two share a parts bin with each other. Often, the latest OPPO phone is a preview of things to come from its sister company here in the States. That’s what makes the OPPO Find X8 Pro very compelling.
What that boils down to is that if OnePlus and Apple had a baby, they would probably name it OPPO. That’s not a bad thing. Apple is…well, Apple, of course. OnePlus, meanwhile, is becoming something of a powerhouse of its own. Year after year, OnePlus has launched real bangers of phones. They just don’t get noticed as much in the duopoly of smartphones in America.
Oh, and there’s one more note about OPPO that is fairly important — it’s not built for the United States, and it’s extremely hard to buy here. So, when I was testing the OPPO Find X8 Pro and its smaller sibling, the OPPO Find X8, in my hometown of Chicago, I didn’t have much in the way of connectivity — LTE and that’s about it. But that’s ok; as I mentioned, I’m not the target audience. That’s a shame because this phone has a lot to offer. I’ve been using the OPPO Find X8 for about a week, and this is my full review.
OPPO Find X8 vs. OPPO Find X8 Pro
The OPPO Find X8 in Pearl White (bottom) and the OPPO Find X8 in Blue (top).
OPPO launched two phones in October of 2024, and they’re very similar in many respects. While this review will focus primarily on the OPPO Find X8 Pro, it’s worth mentioning what the smaller sibling brings. The pro version is a little bigger in most respects.
Both have the same processor — the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and similar RAM and ROM storage configurations. The OPPO Find X8 lacks the second telephoto lens that the Pro version has; otherwise, the camera setup is identical. Those cameras are all 50MP shooters for the ultrawide, main, and 3x telephoto lenses, while the OPPO Find X8 Pro adds a 50 MP 6x optical shooter for good measure.
The batteries are both within about 10% capacity of each other, and both use a Silicon-Carbon battery. Both support up to 80W SuperVOOC charging with the included charger or 50W wireless charging.
As for colorways, the OPPO Find X8 Pro comes in Space Black, Pearl White, and Blue, while the Find X8 comes in Star Grey, Space Black, Shell Pink, and Blue. I’m not sure why OPPO couldn’t be bothered to name its blue colorway, but here we are.
OPPO Find X8 Pro Walkaround
The OPPO Find X8 Pro measures 6.939″ tall by 3.02″ wide by just .32″ thick; it weighs about 7.5 ounces. Its screen is an LTPO AMOLED panel with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz and is covered in Corning Gorilla Glass 7i.
Around the sides, you have an IR blaster on the top, a silence slider switch on the left side, a volume rocker, a power button, and a don’t-call-me-camera-control Quick Button. On the bottom, there’s a dual SIM Card slot, a single down-firing speaker grille, and a USB-C port.
The most interesting hardware is definitely the Quick Button, which, wouldn’t you know it, launches the camera and acts as a shutter button. You can also slide your finger along the Quick button to change the zoom on the camera.
Unlike Apple’s Camera Control, you can’t double-press to change the aspect of the camera you want to control—it’s zoom or bust. I frankly like Apple’s implementation better because it allows you to switch between lenses, as opposed to a zoom-in or zoom-out function.
Apple’s mechanism makes it easier to switch between lenses rather than adjust the zoom level, which makes it easier to test different lenses. That being said, OPPO’s implementation is a bit more intuitive and probably more in line with what people expect to happen, even if it won’t necessarily result in the best photo. I can definitely see why OPPO went this route, but I have my preference.
One notable addition to this phone is the IP69 certification. IP69 ups the ante from IP68’s immersion resistance and adds jet sprays to the mix. It can also withstand immersion into water that is up to 80 degrees Celsius. Theoretically, this phone can go through your dishwasher if you want.
ColorOS Adds AI
ColorOS 15 is built on Android 15, and in keeping with the theme, it’s very similar to OnePlus’s OxygenOS. It’s a fairly standard build of Android, but now OPPO has added some AI features to the mix, including Circle to Search and AI photo editing. We’ll look at AI photo editing when we talk about the cameras.
You may also already be familiar with Circle to Search, but it’s new to ColorOS. Basically, it’s all in the name. If you tap and hold the home button in the navigation bar, you can circle anything on your phone’s screen. Google will then search for that image and return shopping results or other relevant information pertaining to the image on the screen.
It’s neat and saves you a step or two if you ever want to search for anything on your screen. I don’t use it all that much, but that’s just because it’s not a part of my workflow.
- OPPO Find X8 Pro AI reflection eraser before
- OPPO Find X8 Pro AI reflection eraser after
OPPO also built a new sharing mechanism that allows you to essentially Airdrop files between an OPPO phone and an iPhone with a few huge caveats. First, the other party has to download and install the O+ Connect app. Then, the app has to be open. From there, you can tap the iPhone to send, which causes the iPhone to join the OPPO Find X8’s mobile hotspot, and then the file is transferred.
None of this is nearly as easy as Airdrop or even Google’s Quick Share functionality, but it kinda-sorta bridges the gap between file sharing between an Android phone and an iPhone. It’s clunky, but let’s be honest—would Apple have it any other way?
OPPO Find X8 Pro Camera Versatility
The OPPO Find X8 Pro comes with a quartet of cameras on the back, all of which are of the 50-megapixel variety. OPPO is also continuing its collaboration with Hasselblad, which is always good news. The main camera has an f/1.6 aperture and includes IOS. The ultrawide camera has an f/2.0 aperture and includes autofocus for macro shots. Then, there are two periscope cameras set to 3x and 6x optical zoom to round out the set. On the front is a 32-megapixel selfie shooter with an f/2.4 aperture.
During the day, this set of cameras is simply phenomenal. There is a ton of versatility in these cameras that lets you capture a subject at basically any zoom level you want, between 1x and 6x. For those who like to zoom in, that’s super valuable. Further, color consistency is the same across all the lenses, so it won’t matter which lens you use — you get the same color accuracy. Here’s a gallery of photo samples I took while on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Try to control your jealousy.
[Click any photo for a closer look]
- OPPO Find X8 Pro ultrawide
- OPPO Find X8 Pro main camera
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 2X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 3X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 6X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro ultrawide
- OPPO Find X8 Pro main camera
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 2X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 3X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 6X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro ultrawide
- OPPO Find X8 Pro main camera
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 2X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 3X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 6X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro ultrawide
- OPPO Find X8 Pro main camera
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 2X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 3X zoom
- OPPO Find X8 Pro 6X zoom
The only downside is the ultrawide lens, which doesn’t seem all that ultra-wide. OPPO doesn’t publish the lens’s Field of View, but it doesn’t seem to gather that much more of the scene. Here are two examples: the first is an ultrawide shot, and the second is the main camera.
- OPPO Find X8 Pro ultrawide
- OPPO Find X8 Pro main camera
The OPPO Find X8 Pro has two other notable camera features worth mentioning, and both involve AI. The first is the AI Telescope Zoom. OPPO says you can go up to 60x zoom with its camera, and that stretches the imagination a bit. I found 30x to be pretty good — depending on what you’re trying to shoot. If what you’re capturing is relatively flat with straight edges, the AI can do a good job putting things where they need to be, such as this shot of the top of a water slide from about one-third of a mile away and a lighthouse-looking building from about a mile away.
- Top of a water slide from 1/3 mile away
- Lighthouse (maybe) from about a mile away
The other AI-powered feature is less than amazing. The reflection remover is supposed to allow you to remove reflections from your photography when you’re shooting through a window. Unfortunately, I found that feature less than amazing. Here’s a side-by-side set of shots with the reflections not removed and removed, respectively.
- OPPO Find X8 Pro AI reflection eraser before
- OPPO Find X8 Pro AI reflection eraser after
If you can tell the difference between them, you have better eyes than I do.
OPPO Find X8 Pro Performance, Battery, and Verdict
Overall, the performance of the OPPO Find X8 Pro is pretty great. It’s running MediaTek‘s latest and greatest processor, the Dimensity 9400, which is meant to stand up to the latest offerings from Snapdragon, Apple, and Google.
It’s successful to an extent. Geekbench 6 returns 2,814/8,411 single- and multi-core scores. Meanwhile, the Wild Life Stress Test on 3D Mark returns a 12,515 best loop score and a 12,023 lowest loop score.
Those are respectable scores. It has been a while since I’ve used a phone with a MediaTek processor, but one area of improvement comes in what I used to call the “inertia” problem I used to have. Objects at rest tend to stay at rest, and objects in motion tend to stay in motion. That was an issue I used to see with MediaTek — there would be a slight delay before a phone started an action or completed it. I’m happy to say that it is no longer an issue.
The OPPO Find X8 has the following memory configurations: 12GB RAM with 256GB storage, 12GB RAM with 512GB storage, 16GB RAM with 512GB storage, and 16GB RAM with 1TB Storage.
The phone’s battery life is quite respectable. Using the OPPO Find X8 Pro as my primary phone, I used it for almost two days before I needed to plug it in. Of course, like its cousin, OnePlus, once you plug it in, it charges in no time. I charged it up to full in about 35 minutes with an Anker 65W charger and cable. Of course, the included charger will charge even faster if you have a 220V outlet.
Overall, the OPPO Find X8 Pro is a very solid smartphone, but I’m not sure it’s right for customers in the U.S. To be frank, OnePlus and Apple both exist here, so whichever feature draws you to this phone — fast charging, great cameras, clean Android build, physical camera shutter — you can find it on one of those. If you live outside the U.S., where buying this phone is easier, then this is a very good one. It checks all the boxes.
The OPPO Find X8 Pro starts at $899.99 for 12GB RAM with 256GB storage; it is available directly from the manufacturer and other importers, including AliExpress, tech INN, and Giztop.
Source: Manufacturer supplied review sample
What I Like: Excellent cameras with versatile zoom and color consistency; “Quick Button” for intuitive camera use; Powerful MediaTek Dimensity 9400 processor; Fast charging (80W wired, 50W wireless) and two-day battery life; Slim design with durable IP69 rating; 120Hz AMOLED display; User-friendly ColorOS 15 with useful AI features
What Needs Improvement: Limited LTE connectivity and availability in the U.S.; Reflection Remover AI feature is ineffective; Ultrawide lens is less expansive than competitors; Clunky O+ Connect file-sharing system; Features overlap with OnePlus and Apple devices, which are both better choices for those in the U.S.
The Find X8 Pro sounds quite good, though in the US, it seems like it could make sense to see what comes out under the OnePlus brand. Thanks for the detailed review!