Oppo Find X9 Ultra in Canyon Orange
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Smartphone manufacturer Oppo’s latest is an Android flagship which goes big on photography. The company’s alliance with Swedish camera brand Hasselblad continues, delivering a phone which emphasizes how important smartphone cameras have become.
Launched at an event in Chengdu, China, the Find X9 Ultra was called “a Hasselblad camera in your pocket.” There are five cameras in total, including two Hasselblad 200-megapixel snappers, the main and 3x telephoto models. The 10x telephoto lens is a standout, using a five-prism system and reflections to make it work. “Quintuple Prism Reflection Periscope Structure, which folds the light path five times to accommodate a 10x lens while reducing the module length by 30%,” is the company’s official description.
The other sensors are a 50- megapixel ultrawide and a 50- megapixel front-facing camera.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra in Tundra Umber finish
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As a result, the four rear lenses dominate the back of the phone, which boasts the Hasselblad logo alongside Oppo’s own.
The cameras can make the most of a Master Mode which Oppo says relies less on AI processing than some rivals, aiming for the natural color reproduction Hasselblad is famous for.
There’s also an Oppo Hasselblad Explorer Case which offers optional extras such as a two-stage camera button and a physical dial for zoom control, making the phone even more like a camera.
Of course, a phone needs to do more than shoot stills and video. The new model has a 7,050 mAh silicon-carbon battery and boasts fast charging: 100W wired charging, 50W wireless. The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite gen 5 chip
The 6.82-inch OLED display has brightness of up to 3,600 nits and 144Hz refresh rate. When you don’t need brightness, the display can drop to 1 nit in low-light environments.
As for the look, the rear is divided into two separate panels — a bit like the iPhone 17 Pro Max but with the proportions reversed — and comes in two colors. Tundra Umber “channels Scandinavian minimalism and the raw elegance of glaciers,” the company said, though if you want to visualize it, it’s sort of dark gray. Oppo isn’t the only company to create an orange version this year and the Canyon Orange option has a different design: no split panels, no Hasselblad logo except on the camera panel and a swirly pattern that resembles desert sand whorls. The first finish has a vegan leather back, the second uses “aircraft grade fiber.”
The phone goes on sale much more widely than some previous models. It’s not set to come to the U.S., but will land in the U.K. and Europe and beyond on May 8. Price is suitably flagship, £1,449 ($1,960).
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