Oppo provides a great charging flagship.
Oppo produces great smartphones each year and we can say that when way back in 2018, they came up with a full-screen display and a pop-up motorized camera found in the Oppo Find X. Then Oppo came up with the Reno series which made a clear statement that the company is moving up with its lineup.
The Oppo Reno 10x zoom was one such product which had a full-screen display and a unique shark fin-shaped front camera and had a flagship Snapdragon 855 chipset. Now the Oppo Reno 3 Pro is present and Oppo has launched the Find X2 and the Find X2 Pro.
Both the Oppo Find X2 and the Find X2 Pro have a lot going for them where they sport higher 120Hz refresh rate displays, Snapdragon 865 chipset, and on top of it, the 65W fast charging.
So do these specs make a strong sound in the market where we have the likes from brands like Samsung, OnePlus, etc.
Here we are looking at the Oppo Find X2 Pro and see whether it is worth buying. Let’s find out.
Oppo Find X2 Pro Design:
The Oppo Find X2 Pro has a different design when compared to its original Find X in 2018. Now the front of the Oppo Find X2 Pro has a punch-hole display with the cut out in the top right corner of the display. The screen just like the OnePlus 8 Pro is curved to the sides.
The curved display looks great but at some points, there are certain accidental touches. The bezels are almost not present. The front of the smartphone is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 6 which makes it scratch-resistant and durable.
Coming to back, there are two variants first one being the Orange Vegan leather which looks striking and the leatherback gives a grippy feel while holding it in hand. The second one is the Ceramic Black variant which is slightly reflective and has a solid feel making it look premium.
It is slightly glossy but Oppo has provided a case for protection.
On the back, the camera bump is noticed which is slightly felt when it is kept flat on top of a table. The Oppo logo lies to the bottom of the back under the camera setup. Coming to the sides, the volume buttons lie to the left and a power button on the right.
These buttons feel clicky and have a good finish for them. The side of the display curves molding well with the back of the smartphone. The top of the Oppo Find X2 Pro is void of anything except for the antenna lines and a single microphone.
At the bottom, there is the usual USB Type-C port, a dual SIM card slot, and a secondary microphone that acts stereo speakers for sound. The Oppo Find X2 Pro gets an IP68 rating which means it is dust and water-resistant whereas Oppo Find X2 does not have this.
The Oppo Find X2 Pro weighs around 200 grams for the vegan leather variant and 217 grams for the Ceramic Black variant. The weight distribution has been done well and does not feel much heavy.
The back of the Oppo Find X2 Pro does not support wireless charging which is a disappointment since Oppo is selling this smartphone at a much premium price.
Overall, the Oppo Find X2 Pro might not sound unique like the Oppo Find X but still has a lot going for it.
Oppo Find X2 Pro Display:
The Oppo Find X2 Pro has a curved 6.7 inches Quad HD+ AMOLED display (1440 x 3168 pixels) with a screen to body ratio of 19.8:9. However, this display feels great as AMOLED displays have inky blues and blacks with good viewing angles.
This display has support for the 120Hz refresh rate as seen on many flagships like the OnePlus 8 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, etc. The higher 120Hz display makes everything smoother on the screen and provides better gameplay with games supporting the higher refresh rate.
There is also a 240Hz touch sampling rate which makes swipes and gestures work faster thus making the user interface a treat to use. The one advantage that the Oppo Find X2 Pro holds over the Samsung flagships is that we can use the 120Hz display in Quad HD+ resolution whereas, on the Samsung flagships, you are limited to Full HD+.
The display has something called motion interpolation or 01 Ultra Vision Engine where the videos of 24fps get upscaled to 60fps by adding frames and feel pleasing to see. This is a good feature but not so great and it does drain some battery.
The display on the Oppo Find X2 Pro is capped at 1200nits and under direct sunlight or during the dark, the screen has good visibility and there are reading mode and blue light filter options in the settings.
The display has support for HDR contents and has Widevine L1 which makes it easier to stream HDR videos from Youtube and third-party applications like Netflix, Prime, etc. There is an optical in-display fingerprint scanner that has a larger surface area and is fast and accurate.
There is no 3D face unlock that was first seen on the Oppo Find X and instead has a regular face unlock which works pretty well. The display feels great on the Oppo Find X2 Pro.
Check here: OnePlus 8 Pro Review
Oppo Find X2 Pro Performance:
Coming to performance, the Oppo Find X2 Pro packs top of the spec Snapdragon 865 chipset which is seen on many flagships in 2020. The Snapdragon 865 has 1×2.84 GHz Kryo 585 Prime core + 3×2.42GHz Kryo 585 Gold cores and another 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 585 Silver cores.
The higher clocked cores are built on the Cortex A77 and the lower has the Cortex A55 architecture. Here the higher clocked cores are made to achieve higher performance and the lower clocked cores are made for power efficiency.
It is coupled with an Adreno 650 GPU and this is built on the 7nm process. So performance and gaming feel very smooth. This has the X55 Modem which is integrated and brings along the support for 5G.
The 120Hz display makes the gaming experience smoother as games supporting higher refresh rates play smoother and the 240Hz touch sampling rate makes all controls which include swipes or doing an action feels much easier. However, there is not any dedicated cooling system, and the back did not feel much hot.
All high-end games like Call of Duty, PUBG Mobile ran smoothly with the PUBG Mobile maxing out at Ultra, and with the usual day to day tasks, the Oppo Find X2 Pro felt smoother to use. The Oppo Find X2 Pro is available only in one variant which is the 12GB RAM and 256GB faster UFS 3.0 storage.
Coming to benchmarks, the single-core score was 901 and 3319 in multi-core tests on Geekbench 5.1 which is better than the Exynos 990 in the Galaxy S20 and the Note 20 series. Performance and gaming remain excellent throughout the device.
See also: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Review
Oppo Find X2 Pro Software:
The Oppo Find X2 Pro runs ColorOS 7.1 out of the box built on top of Android 10. ColorOS 7 brings out significant improvements when compared to its earlier versions. This time with ColorOS 7, Oppo has not stuffed in any third-party applications much.
Now you can add an app drawer for the organized opening of applications instead of clutter on the main home screen, there are some improvements to the battery life, there are a lot of icon packs to change and a dedicated game assistant which help you record the gameplay and does not make the messages interfere into the display while gaming.
Then there is the system-wide dark mode, Android 10 navigation gestures and then the gestures which are used to turn on or off flashlight or access applications when the display is turned off.
The haptic feedback remains spot on the Oppo Find X2 Pro as Oppo claims to have fitted the largest X-axis motor on a smartphone to date that gives good vibration while pressing any key and also has good vibration levels when a call or message arrives.
In terms of the software update, ColorOS is not as good as the OxygenOS or OneUI but still makes a good user experience.
Oppo Find X2 Pro Cameras:
When the Oppo Reno 10x zoom came out in the market, the periscope camera had a lot to go for it. The Oppo Find X2 Pro houses a triple camera system that has the 48MP f/1.7 Sony IMX689 main sensor, another 48MP f/2.2 Sony IMX586 ultrawide camera, and a 13MP f/3.0 periscope lens.
Coming to the main camera which is a 48MP main camera that takes images with plenty of detail, color reproduction is good and the dynamic range is pretty wide enough.
Compared to a 108MP main camera on the Xiaomi Mi 10 5G, the detail isn’t so good but the contrast level is way better. However, the noise level is lower in all the images.
At night, the images come out with good detail and the colors look punchier. However, there is some amount of noise clearly noticed but still better than the 64MP cameras of some smartphones. Turning on the Night Mode improves the details and brings out the highlights in shadows with long exposure shots.
Turning on the HDR results in boosts color reproduction in the images which means you will get slightly oversaturated colors in the objects.
Oppo uses the 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor for the ultrawide camera which means you get a wider aperture compared to most of its rivals. So what you get is good color reproduction, wider dynamic range, and the focus worked really well as it could do far and near focus which is restricted on other ultrawide cameras on flagships.
See also: Xiaomi Mi 10 5G review
At night, the ultrawide camera takes images with good dynamic range and plenty of detail. There is some amount of noise present and softness in the images. With the Night Mode turned on, the noise in the images reduces, thus the distortion also goes away.
The ultrawide camera also doubles up as a macro camera which results in more detailed close-up shots with plenty of detail and good contrast.
The third sensor on the Oppo Find X2 Pro is the 13MP periscope camera which has 5x optical zoom and 60x digital zoom capabilities. The images have excellent details with a good dynamic range and the colors look punchier than the ultrawide camera.
The shots were taken at 2x, 5x, and 10x optical zoom has a good amount of details, and the colors do not look washed out. After 10x, say moving towards 60x zoom, the images look slightly washed out and the dynamic range is not so good. But when compared to 100x space zoom on the Galaxy S20 Ultra, the Oppo Find X2 Pro 60x zoom images are better.
At night, the 2x zoomed images have a good amount of detail and the colors look punchier in the images. After 5x zoom, the images have good details but the image tends to get slightly cropped since the main camera comes into the picture thus improving light.
In terms of portraits, the Oppo Find X2 Pro does a good job with edge detection and has a good dynamic range. The skin tones look natural and at some places, the noise is clearly present. The images have a good amount of background blur and you can take 1x and 2x zoom with portraits.
On the front, the Oppo Find X2 Pro gets a 32MP f/2.2 camera as it takes 8MP images by default as it uses pixel binning. Selfies on the main camera come out good with a wider field of view and the skin tones look natural. The dynamic range and the contrast levels are good.
At night, the selfies come out good with the Night Mode which reduces the noise present and improves the dynamic range. The selfies come out great with HDR also.
The Oppo Find X2 Pro can go up to 4K video at 60fps. However, though the hardware supports 8K video recording, it is not present there. The 1080p or 4K videos come out good at 60fps and 30fps respectively. The videos at 4K at 60fps have a good dynamic range and the colors look punchier.
The levels of noise are low. You can also take 10x videos from the rear camera with OIS on board with a good amount of detail and color.
At night, the videos have a good dynamic range and the contrast is good. The presence of OIS provides good stabilization and captures less noise in the images. At 1080p, Oppo has provided Ultra Steady Mode which lets you shoot highly stabilized 1080p videos, Live HDR, and Slow-Mo which works at 1080p at 120fps.
From the front, the camera can record 1080p videos with good dynamic range but the skin tones look slightly whitish as the beauty mode gets enabled sometimes. However, you cannot shoot 4K videos from the ultrawide camera, and you are restricted to 1080p.
Overall, the cameras are competent enough for a flagship and serve well.
Oppo Find X2 Pro Battery Life:
The Oppo Find X2 Pro packs in a 4260mAh battery which feels slightly lower in capacity considering the higher refresh rate and the Quad HD display. With the display set to 120Hz, the Oppo Find X2 Pro can last for a full one single day with 5-10 percent left when used heavily.
With moderate usage that includes moderate gaming, browsing social media, and making a phone or video calls, the Oppo Find X2 Pro easily lasted for a day and a half when the display was set at 120Hz. With a 60Hz display, you can get some extra battery life.
The screen on time capped is at 4.5-5 hours with the display set to 60Hz that is good compared to many flagships as the Snapdragon 865 is a quite efficient chipset.
However, what makes the Oppo Find X2 Pro stand apart is the charging speed. You get a massive 65W SuperVOOC Flash Charge 2.0 technology that can charge the smartphone from 0 to 100 percent in 31 minutes. In battery tests, we saw that the 65W fast charger took the battery from 15 to 50 percent in just 10 minutes and up to 95 percent in 30 minutes which is insanely fast.
After 30 minutes, the Oppo Find X2 Pro charges slightly slower another 5 percent that lowers the temperature of the charger thus maintaining the heat. There is no support for wireless charging or wireless power share on the Oppo Find X2 Pro.
The battery with the faster-charging speed is the main highlight on the smartphone but the lack of wireless charging and not so good battery life lets it down.
Oppo Find X2 Pro Audio Quality:
The Oppo Find X2 Pro gets a dual speaker setup where the main earpiece on top of the display and the loudspeaker both provide a stereo effect. The sound output is really and there is also support for Dolby Atmos which further enhances the sound experience.
The loudness levels are good with a clearer sound. However, it also lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack, and output through the wireless earphones is amazing. Oppo has put an excellent speaker setup and the calls are louder and clearer.
Verdict:
The Oppo Find X2 Pro is a great flagship smartphone as it has all the right things to be considered. The build and design feel premium with that curved display, the 120Hz refresh rate feels absolutely smooth and silky and it can be used in Quad HD resolution, then there is top-notch performance and gaming.
The Snapdragon 865 on board with 12GB RAM and 256GB UFS 3.0 storage makes it a powerhouse to use. The cameras are good when it comes to telephoto and the main camera. The 13MP periscope camera has those great 10x optical zoom and 60x hybrid zoom capabilities.
Moving towards battery life, the Oppo Find X2 Pro may not be good in the battery department when compared to many of its rivals but still, the SuperVOOC charging makes up for it as it charges the Oppo Find X2 Pro completely within 35 minutes which is really amazing.
However, there are some cons on the Oppo Find X2 Pro. First of all, is the lack of wireless charging since its parent company OnePlus with the OnePlus 8 Pro has support for wireless charging. This lets it down because, considering the price of this smartphone, it does let it down.
Then the ColorOS is not as good as say OxygenOS or Samsung’s own OneUI which provides a wide variety of customizations and comes with less bloatware. The ultrawide camera does need some improvement and the lack of 8K video capture puts off since the hardware supports it.
The battery life needs to be improved since it has a smaller 4260mAh battery. But if you leave all these, what you are getting is a very good flagship smartphone in the market. Sure Oppo needs to make a lot for itself in this highly competitive market.
But wireless charging would have been better, so for that I will buy the OnePlus 8 Pro.
I would really go for this phone as it has a great display and a 65W charger which is much more capacity than the flagships like Samsung, Apple.