Oppo Find X8 Ultra Review: So Good, Yet So Far

Another Ultra cellphone has made its technique to our opinions. But I’m disenchanted that this one will not be accessible in India. Yes, the Find X8 Ultra is the successor to the Find X7 Ultra (which additionally by no means launched in India). This signifies that the Find X8 Pro and Find X8 (Review) will stay the final word flagship smartphone for individuals in India who need the very best from Oppo. So, in comparison with the X8s accessible in India, what does X8 Ultra carry to the desk? Well, rather a lot.

The X8 Ultra will get a better decision display screen than the X8 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (8-Core) below the hood in comparison with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 on the X8 Pro. There’s additionally the first 1-inch sensor, which is not on the X8 Pro. To high it off, there’s additionally faster-wired charging and a much bigger battery. Well, on paper, the X8 Ultra undoubtedly appears like a cellphone that ought to have made it to India and will have simply gone up towards the likes of the iPhone 16 Pro Max (Review), Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and Xiaomi 15 Ultra. Nevertheless, if you happen to plan on getting the X8 Ultra, what must you anticipate? Well, learn my evaluation to search out out.

Oppo claims that the Find X8 Ultra is the slimmest digicam flagship at 8.78mm

 

Oppo Find X8 Ultra Design and Display: Striking aesthetics and beautiful visuals

• Dimensions: 163.09×76.80×8.78mm
• Weight: 226 grams
• Display: 6.82-inch ProXDR AMOLED, 2500nits peak brightness
• IP68 and IP69 ranking

The Find X8 Ultra introduces an all-new design for the corporate’s Ultra line of gadgets. The Find X7 Ultra (Review) had a signature dual-tone end that stood out, however Oppo selected a extra muted choice. It’s extra in sync with the X8 Pro and X8 smartphones. Yes, the rear digicam module appears to be like nothing lower than an ‘Ultra’ setup, which we’ve lastly lived to just accept these days. The Oppo Find X8 Ultra digicam module has 4 50-megapixel sensors and a True Chroma module, a multispectral system, and I’ll speak about that within the digicam part.

The cellphone is available in Matte Black, Pure White, and Shell Pink (pictured above) colors

 

Oppo has been thumping its chest for the Find X8 Ultra to be the thinnest digicam cellphone. At 8.78mm, the Find X8 Ultra convincingly beats the Find X7 Ultra (9.5mm) and Xiaomi 15 Ultra (9.48mm). Oppo claims that it achieved a big feat by redesigning its internals. While utilizing it each day, the 226 grams of weight felt distributed evenly all through. It has a flat design, similar to many flagships out there. The contoured edges and matte glass again provide an amazing hand really feel.

The firm calls the digicam module ring on the again the Cosmos Ring design. The good factor is that the cameras are organized in symmetry with the legendary digicam model, Hasselblad, branding. Oppo has ensured consideration to element with an orange dot on the again signifying imaging capabilities and a nod to Hasselblad’s shutter button in its cameras. Oppo has nailed the eye to element quotient.

The Find X8 Ultra rear digicam housing comes with Hasselblad branding

 

Finally, one other smartphone maker joined arms with Apple and entered the period of extra bodily buttons on a smartphone. The Find X8 Ultra will get a Shortcut Button and a Quick Button, which was additionally seen on the Find X8 Pro. The Quick Button is a shortcut to entry the cameras on the gadget by double tapping after which swiping for zoom and even lengthy urgent for burst taking pictures. The Shortcut Button is a extra advanced Alert slider, activating sound and vibration modes by merely lengthy urgent. You can even customise it to activate a flashlight, report voice, activate translation, or take screenshots.

The Find X8 Ultra sports activities a glass sandwich design, however the good factor is the rear is fingerprint-smudge-free. Oppo claims Corning Gorilla Glass is used on either side however does not point out whether or not it’s the newest. The Cherry on the cake is that the cellphone will get SGS Five-Star drop resistance certification, so you may comfortably use this one with out a case. Like some Android flagships, the Find X8 Ultra additionally will get IP68 and IP69 mud and water resistant scores.

It encompasses a 6.82-inch LTPO OLED show with adaptive 120Hz refresh charge

 

The Find X8 Ultra is on the market in Matte Black, Pure White, and Shell Pink. For some purpose, Oppo India despatched me a Shell Pink, which initially wasn’t my greatest choose color however has since grown on me. The muted color and matte end look stylish and supply an understated presence. The cellphone additionally will get an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, which is snappy and all the time dependable.

Jumping to the show, the Find X8 Ultra encompasses a 6.82-inch AMOLED LTPO show with 120Hz Adaptive refresh charge, 1440×3168 pixels display screen decision, 510PPI pixel density, and as much as 2160Hz PWM dimming. It helps Dolby Vision and will get a peak brightness of 2500nits. Everything in regards to the Find X8 Ultra show is flagship-grade besides the height brightness, which ought to have been at the least 3000nits, if no more. For comparability, the Find X8 Pro and Find X7 Ultra sport 4500nits peak brightness.

The peak brightness is capped at 1600nits, which is decrease than what we see on some competitors gadgets

 

Talking about uncooked efficiency, the Find X8 Ultra packs a surprising panel. I liked watching multimedia content material on this one and in addition taking part in gaming titles. It can reproduce punchy colors and is shiny sufficient within the open air. It will get Widevine L1 help, which implies you may watch HDR content material throughout OTT platforms. Like I mentioned, all the things in regards to the show division on the Find X8 Ultra is flagship-grade besides the height brightness, which may have been higher.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra Performance: Flagship customary

• SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (8-Core)
• RAM: Up to 16GB LDDDR5X
• Storage: Up to 1GB UFS 4.1
• OS: ColorOS 15 based mostly on Android 15

The Find X8 Ultra is powered by Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and you’ll’t get a greater chipset on an Android cellphone than this one (at the least until 2025 H2). The unit we obtained has 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. In China, Oppo additionally sells a 1 TB variant.

The smartphone comes with UFS 4.1 storage

 

In on a regular basis utilization, the Find X8 Ultra is snappy and may deal with as much as 35 apps within the background with out sweat. I had a beautiful time taking part in video games Call of Duty: Mobile and BGMI on the gadget, and the video games at Medium graphics and Ultra body charge have been terrific. Even after 45 minutes of steady COD Mobile, the cellphone did not overheat. Although it will get sizzling, when you cease taking part in the vapour chamber system, graphite and copper layers are tremendous fast to carry temperatures down.

Talking about benchmarks, the Find X8 Ultra is a flagship gadget, and the desk beneath exhibits how properly it carried out versus the competitors.

 

Benchmark	Oppo Find X8 Ultra	iPhone 16 Pro Max	Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra	Xiaomi 15 Ultra
Geekbench 6 Single	3,065	3,203	3,053	2,980
Geekbench 6 Multi	9,390	7,846	9,832	8,870
AnTuTu v10	27,38,647	15,87,059	21,23,303	25,19,481
PCMark Work 3.0	18,540	N/A	19,266	18,189
GFXB T-rex	60fps	59fps	120fps	120fps
GFXB Manhattan 3.1	326fps	59.7fps	115fps	306fps
GFXB Car Chase	60fps	59.4fps	94fps	120fps
3DM Slingshot Extreme OpenGL	Maxed Out	N/A	Failed to run	Maxed Out
3DM Slingshot	Maxed Out	N/A	Failed to run	Maxed Out
3DM Wild Life	Maxed Out	8,942	Maxed Out	Maxed Out
3DM Wild Life Extreme Stress	6,221	N/A	23,683	Failed to run

If there’s one division the place the Find X8 Ultra actually stands out, then it needs to be the haptic motor (0916T). The flawless vibration motor enhances the gaming and typing expertise to the subsequent stage. The Find X8 Ultra excels within the efficiency division with its uncooked credentials.

The Find X8 Ultra runs ColorOS 15 based mostly on Android 15

 

The cellphone runs on ColorOS 15, based mostly on Android 15, and comes with the corporate’s promise of 5 years of OS updates and 6 years of safety updates. The new coat of ColorOS brings a bunch of AI options, like different smartphone makers. AI is the buzzword, so why ought to Oppo miss out on cashing on it?

There are options like AI Photo Remaster, AI Clarity Enhancer, AI Reflection Remover, AI Unblur, AI Eraser, AI Perfect Shot, and AI Studio. Additionally, there are extra AI options centered on productiveness options, like AI Reply, which exhibits pre-typed texts, and you’ll simply ship them. There’s additionally AI Writer, AI Speak, AI Assistant for Notes, AI Recording Summary, and AI Summary for paperwork like PDF. Oppo claims the Trinity Engine options good caching that optimises CPU and system efficiency. The new ColorOS 15 additionally introduces the O+ Connect app that allows you to switch recordsdata between Oppo gadgets and iPhone/iPad. There’s additionally a brand new Zen Mode-like Aqua Dynamics, which reduces interference.

The smartphone is powered by 8-core Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC

 

Overall, the Find X8 Ultra is a superb product from Oppo, and as I mentioned in my intro to the evaluation, I’m disenchanted that this is not coming to India.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra Camera: Setting the benchmark

• Camera setup: Quad digicam setup
• Primary: 50-megapixel Sony LYT900 1-inch sensor with f/1.8 aperture
• Telephotos: 50-megapixel (3x) Sony LYT700 1/1.56-inch with f/2.1 aperture
• 50-megapixel (6x) Sony LYT600 1/1/95-inch with f/3.1 aperture
• Selfie: 32-megapixel sensor

The Find X8 Ultra’s greatest energy is its digicam setup. If one thing makes it ultra-worthy, then it needs to be the cameras. Jumping straight to the uncooked digicam efficiency, the Find X8 Ultra can click on some wonderful daylight photographs. The samples I clicked had loads of particulars and, most significantly, vibrant and correct colors. In many of the samples, the dynamic vary can also be glorious. I used to be carrying the Find X8 Ultra to considered one of my latest Spiti journeys, and listed below are some incredible samples from the wonderful place.

The rear packs 4 50-megapixel cameras

The outcomes are wonderful whether or not you might be clicking with a 1x or 2x lens. I did not see a lot of a distinction due to the change of the lenses.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra major digicam samples (faucet pictures to develop)

Portraits additionally come out properly, and beneath is a pattern captured in the course of nowhere en path to Spiti. I actually love how the cellphone manages to maintain pores and skin tone and facial particulars rendered properly with out oversharpening. The depth estimation can also be correct, and topic isolation is ideal.

The two telephoto cameras provide a giant benefit to the Find X8 Ultra, particularly whenever you evaluate them to the Find X8 Pro. The 3x telephoto sensor is useful in your macro photographs in addition to common photographs.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra portrait pattern (faucet picture to develop)

The samples had nice particulars, correct publicity and hues. The better part is that the noise is well-managed throughout lighting circumstances. The 6x lens is equally helpful for zoom photographs. It is nice for attain, and I obtained some wonderful 6x photographs with loads of particulars, glorious dynamic vary, and crisp colors.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra 3x telephoto lens in motion (faucet picture to develop)

The 50-megapixel ultrawide digicam does properly too. It managed to get some glorious photographs in several lighting conditions.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra ultrawide digicam samples (faucet picture to develop)

Oppo Find X8 Ultra 6x telephoto lens in motion (faucet picture to develop)

The low-light samples on the Find X8 Ultra got here out rather well. The two photographs beneath have been clicked in pitch-dark circumstances. See how properly these are processed with out overdoing something. I like the purpose that noise is well-managed.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra low-light samples (faucet pictures to develop)

The selfie digicam is a 32-megapixel shooter however does not get bells and whistles just like the rear ones. The daylight photographs come out rather well, and the low-light photographs are first rate. But, nothing that blew me or I can write dwelling about. For movies, all of the cameras on Find X8 Ultra help as much as 4K (60 fps) recording. The rear additionally will get 4K (120fps) help. The cellphone does not help 8K recording however will get Dolby Vision help.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra zoom efficiency is stable (faucet picture to develop)

Overall, with Find X8 Ultra, Oppo once more units a benchmark for smartphone pictures. I’ll repeat that this one is China-locked and will by no means attain India. The firm launched its all-new picture processing engine, Lumo, which actually works throughout lenses and focuses on portraits. But I hope the 1-inch sensor and the digicam tech in any avatar make their technique to India as a result of the digicam prowess is the very best we’ve seen from Oppo to date.

The Find X8 Ultra comes with IP68 and IP69 ranking

 

Oppo Find X8 Ultra Battery: Your final man-standing cellphone

• Capacity: 6100mAh battery
• Fast-charging – 100W SUPERVOOC wired charging, 50W wi-fi charging
• 10W reverse wi-fi charging

The Oppo Find X8 Ultra packs a big 6100mAh battery, a giant bump from the Find X7 Ultra’s 5000mAh battery and the Find X8 Pro’s 5910mAh unit. It additionally has 100W SUPERVOOC wired charging, 50W AIRVOOC wi-fi, and 10W reverse wi-fi charging.

During my checks, the Find X8 Ultra may simply final over a day of heavy utilization. My testing concerned over 30 apps open within the background, together with utility, chat, gaming, and workplace apps alongside different multimedia apps like YouTube, Netflix, ESPNCricinfo, and extra. Considering the Find X8 Ultra is a camera-centric smartphone, I included a full hour of digicam utilization that heated the cellphone a bit however did not impression the battery drain a lot. The Find X8 Ultra can cost as much as 60% (from scratch) in lower than 20 minutes, because of quick charging.

The Find X8 Ultra packs a 6100mAh battery

 

In our HD video loop check, the Find X8 Ultra lasted for roughly 23 hours and 35 minutes, which units a benchmark for telephones we examined these days. The Find X8 Ultra undoubtedly units a benchmark within the battery division.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra Verdict

The Find X8 Ultra is one other excellent cellphone from Oppo that you simply will not be capable of ­purchase or, as an professional, I can not suggest it to readers in India. Much like another Ultras, the Find X8 Ultra comes with a 1-inch sensor that makes it tremendous elite within the class of digicam telephones. Considering that the Find X8 Pro does not get this, Oppo ought to have launched the Ultra in India, possibly as a restricted version, and it will have been a bundle price checking for digicam smartphone fanatics regardless of the excessive price ticket.

Oppo Find X8 Ultra packs two bodily buttons – Shortcut and Quick Button

 

The Find X8 Ultra ticks a variety of containers, together with stable design, show, efficiency, and battery. Of course, the cameras stay a spotlight of the gadget. Especially the choice to chop down some weight in favour of bringing a smooth digicam cellphone is a masterstroke. Imagine getting a 1-inch sensor with out carrying a cumbersome cellphone, which is a shot price taking. The addition of devoted bodily buttons may go for customers who love fast entry to options with out the necessity to toggle a number of choices on the display screen.

If you are studying this evaluation in India and are nonetheless searching for an amazing digicam smartphone, then the Xiaomi 15 Ultra (Review) is a cellphone you need to have a look at. There’s additionally the Vivo X200 Pro (Review) that is equally incredible and succesful. If price range is not any bar, then the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (Review) can also be an amazing bundle, although not restricted to simply cameras however general.