Image: Oppo Phone manufacturers are perpetually on a quest to craft the best camera phone. Oppo has announced its latest entry into the competition with the Find X8 Ultra, promising groundbreaking camera tech made with Hasselblad color calibration.
The Oppo Find X8 Ultra competes with the likes of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X100 Ultra and features some camera specs that surpass the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.
The latest Oppo flagship features a five-camera system, all of which offer a 50MP resolution. The star of the show is the main camera with a Type 1 (13. 1 x 9. 8mm) Sony sensor. Oppo says it is 63% bigger than the iPhone 16 Pro Max's main camera and 69% bigger than the 200MP main camera on the Galaxy S25 Ultra, as GSM Arena reports.
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Also found on the Find X8 Ultra are 3x and 6x periscope telephoto cameras, both of which feature brighter apertures than the Find X7 Ultra. The 6x telephoto camera also gets a healthy bump in sensor size compared to the previous model's Type 1/2. 51 (5. 7 x 4. 3mm) sensor. That means greater light-capturing ability across the board.
The ultra-wide camera, though, gets a slight downgrade. The Find X7 Ultra featured a larger Type 1/1. 95 (8. 2 x 6. 1mm) sensor. The aperture remains at F2. 0, however. Finally, the front of the phone uses the same 32MP 21mm equiv. F2. 4 camera as the previous model. On the video front, all of the cameras are capable of 4K60p video, while the main camera and 3x telephoto offer 4K 'Dolby Vision' recording up to 120p.
Sensor size
Equiv. focal length
Aperture
Main camera
Type 1 (13. 1 x 9. 8mm)
23mm
F1. 8
Ultra-wide
Type 1/2. 75 (5. 2 x 3. 9mm)
15mm
F2. 0
3x Telephoto
Type 1/1. 56 (8. 2 x 6. 1mm)
70mm
F2. 1
6x Periscope telephoto
Type 1/1. 95 (6. 5 x 4. 9mm)
135mm
F3. 1
Oppo also promises that the Find X8 Ultra's cameras' photos will have better color accuracy, in part thanks to a 'True Chroma' sensor, which it says uses a nine-channel multispectral system to analyze the scene's color temperature. It works in tandem with the Hasselblad processing, promising to deliver accurate skin tones in any lighting conditions.
There's also plenty of other tech behind the scenes aiming to improve image quality even more. That includes Oppo's 'HyperTone Image Engine,' which the company says improves computational abilities and performance in tricky lighting conditions. AI tone mapping also provides better depth and detail, particularly in backlit scenes, according to Oppo. Finally, the ProXDR engine improves brightness and color information.
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Despite the impressive camera specs, the Find X8 Ultra hasn't ended up absurdly massive like some other camera-focused phones. Oppo claims the Find X8 Ultra is the thinnest flagship camera phone currently available, measuring 8. 8mm (0. 35") thick. The emphasis there is on camera phone – the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra are slightly thinner, though they use smaller cameras. The Xiaomi 15 Ultra, meanwhile, ranges from 9. 3mm to 9. 5mm, depending on the material.
Keeping things slim hasn't resulted in compromises in terms of performance, either. In fact, the battery gets a decent bump from the Find X7 Ultra, using silicon-carbon battery tech with a 6100mAh battery, which is nearly 21% larger than the previous model. Oppo also upgraded to the Snapdragon 8 Elite with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4. 1 storage. The display remains the same, with a 6. 82-inch QHD+ AMOLED display with a 1-120Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 1600 nits. Finally, it has an IP68 rating against water and dust ingress.
Oppo also announced the Find X8s and X8s Plus, which are less camera-focused. Unfortunately, as enticing as the Oppo Find X8 Ultra looks in terms of camera chops, it will be available exclusively in China. Oppo typically sells its devices in Europe as well, but that isn't the case with its latest release. It will go on sale on April 16 in China for CNY 6,499 for the base model (12GB/256GB), CNY 6,999 for the 16GB/512GB model and CNY 7,999 for the 16GB/1TB model.
. dpreview.com2025-4-10 18:57
