TL;DR OPPO has launched the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro smartphones in global markets.
The phones offer a Dimensity 9500 flagship processor, huge batteries, and flexible rear cameras.
The Find X9 Pro in particular has a 200MP telephoto camera that can be paired with an external lens for 10x native zoom.
The OPPO Find X8 Pro was one of the best Android phones in global markets, owing to its large battery, great dual tele cameras, and extensive list of general features. Now, the company has released the Find X9 series outside China, and these look like an Android user’s dream phones.
The two phones share a MediaTek Dimensity 9500 flagship SoC, 80W wired and 50W wireless charging, and an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner in lieu of last year’s optical scanner. The two phones also ditch the alert slider in favor of a so-called Snap Key. This is a customizable shortcut button that’s mapped to the AI Mind Space feature by default. Otherwise, both phones have matte glass backs and metal frames with IP68/69 ratings.
Find X9 Pro: Early contender for best next-gen phone?
When it comes to general specs, the Find X9 Pro looks like a major upgrade over the already great Find X8 Pro. Perhaps the most notable upgrade is a massive, 7,500mAh battery. That’s almost 1,600mAh more than the previous phone and over 2,500mAh more than the Galaxy S25 Ultra. OPPO reckons you can get two full days of typical usage out of this phone as a result.
Oddly enough, OPPO says the Find X9 series batteries offer five years of usage before reaching 80% effective capacity. We asked the company what this meant in terms of the number of charging cycles, but the company only repeated the aforementioned claim.
For what it’s worth, the OnePlus 15 also touts five years of usage before reaching 80% capacity. However, OnePlus notes that this figure is predicated on charging the phone every 1.35 days. That equates to roughly 1,350 charging cycles. So if OPPO is using the same formula, then we’re looking at long-term battery health that’s better than Google and Apple’s phones but worse than Samsung phones.
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