Oppo’s Find X8 series, which consists of the
AI Eraser still does not work as well as it does on a Pixel (Left: Edited on Find X8 Pro, Centre: Original, Right: Edited on Pixel 9 Pro XL) (tap image to expand)
The AI Reflection removal tool does a decent job of removing reflections from photos. The AI Image Enhancer’s results are no different from the blurred images I fed it. All in all, Oppo’s AI efforts with image editing are good if you haven’t tried some of these out on a Pixel.
On the other hand, Oppo’s non-image editing AI tools performed as expected. AI Summary works well for quickly summarising any text visible on your display. AI Speak is also a useful replacement for the Google Pixel’s Read Aloud feature. However, you can get the same functionality by downloading the Reading mode app.
AI Reply also manages to generate decent replies based on what’s in your chats. The only catch is that it will only be able to capture information or context from the visible portion of your chat, so it may miss the context of the previous conversation and a few messages above.
Oppo also goes with Google’s Gemini as its official virtual assistant for global markets but also packs in its own set of AI tools
Aside from native bloatware, FinShell Pay, FitBit, LinkedIn, Myntra, Netflix, Snapchat, and Spotify apps have been preinstalled. It is surprising to see so many third-party apps preinstalled on a high-end premium device like the Find X8 Pro, as most phones in this segment avoid going down that path. Out of these, you cannot uninstall the FinShell Pay app. Some may find these apps useful, but I usually prefer a clean slate like Google and Apple do on their devices. And if the third-party apps weren’t enough, there’s also a “Hot Apps” folder which you may or may not choose to indulge in.
Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro Performance: Up there with the best
- Processor – MediaTek Dimensity 9400
- RAM – 12/16GB (Find X8), 16GB (Find X8 Pro) LPDDR5X
- Storage – 256/512GB (Find X8), 512GB (Find X8 Pro) UFS 4.0
You can fire up as many apps as you like, but ColorOS 15 does a fabulous job of keeping the software running smoothly. I faced no hiccups or even a hint of lag, and the 120Hz LTPO panels also made the transitions and animations appear fluid.
As for synthetic benchmarks, both smartphones with their MediaTek Dimensity 9400 SoCs performed really well as premium devices. However, neither could defeat the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC that we recently tested in the Realme GT 7 Pro, which also outperformed the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max (Review).
| Benchmark | Oppo Find X8 | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Google Pixel 9 Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Dimensity 9400 (3nm) | Exynos 2400 (4nm) | Tensor G4 (4nm) |
| AnTuTu v10 | 23,50,546 | 14,80,582 | 12,25,583 |
| PCMark Work 3.0 | 12,768 | 16,910 | 13,800 |
| Geekbench Single | 2,818 | 1,845 | 1,872 |
| Geekbench Multi | 8,494 | 5,771 | 4,227 |
| GFXB T-rex | 60 | 119 | 120 |
| GFXB Manhattan 3.1 | 60 | 119 | 107 |
| GFXB Car Chase | 60 | 109 | 62 |
| 3DM Slingshot Extreme OpenGL | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Slingshot | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Wild Life | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Wild Life Unlimited | 23,380 | 13,576 | 2,615 |
| Benchmark | Oppo Find X8 Pro | Galaxy S24+ | Pixel 9 Pro XL | Realme GT 7 Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Dimensity 9400 (3nm) | Exynos 2400 (4nm) | Tensor G4 (4nm) | Snapdragon 8 Elite (3nm) |
| AnTuTu v10 | 23,38,411 | 14,57,608 | 10,67,971 | 27,15,106 |
| PCMark Work 3.0 | 12,868 | 16,157 | 12,922 | 25,876 |
| Geekbench Single | 2,787 | 1,987 | 1,944 | 2,953 |
| Geekbench Multi | 8,391 | 6,137 | 4,667 | 9,094 |
| GFXB T-rex | 60 | 118 | 120 | 60 |
| GFXB Manhattan 3.1 | 60 | 120 | 105 | 60 |
| GFXB Car Chase | 60 | 108 | 54 | 60 |
| 3DM Slingshot Extreme OpenGL | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | FTR | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Slingshot | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | FTR | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Wild Life | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | 8,902 | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Wild Life Unlimited | 23,225 | NA | 9,294 | 24,042 |
I faced no heat-related issues when playing games like Asphalt Legends Unite, Call of Duty: Mobile, and Genshin Impact on either smartphone. I could max out graphics in all games, and the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 processor handled them well.
Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro Cameras: A stop short of greatness
Find X8
- Primary camera – 50-megapixel, f/1.8, OIS
- Telephoto camera – 50-megapixel, f/2.6, OIS, 3X optical (shared)
- Ultrawide camera – 50-megapixel, f/2.0, AF (shared)
- Selfie camera – 32-megapixel, f/2.4 (shared)
Find X8 Pro
- Primary camera – 50-megapixel, f/1.6, OIS
- Telephoto camera – 50-megapixel, f/2.6, OIS, 3X optical (shared)
- Telephoto camera – 50-megapixel, f/4.3, OIS, 6X optical
- Ultrawide camera – 50-megapixel, f/2.0, AF (shared)
- Selfie camera – 32-megapixel, f/2.4 (shared)
Oppo’s Find X8 Pro’s camera setup is equipped with two pericope telephoto cameras
As explained in my first impressions, both smartphones share camera parts, as indicated in the specifications above. To give you a better idea about how well the Find X8 Pro’s camera performs, I have also inserted images taken from a Pixel 9 Pro XL for comparison.
Oppo Find X8 Pro ultrawide camera sample (tap image to expand)
The ultrawide camera left me unimpressed from the get-go. It captures images that are a bit soft in daylight and lack dynamic range, leaving out a lot of detail in the shadows. In low light, the image quality is not up to the mark, with objects lacking any texture in street-lit scenes. Lens-barrel distortion is also quite prominent. Overall, Google’s Pixel 9 Pro XL performs a lot better.
Google’s Pixel 9 Pro XL (bottom) manages better detail and overall image quality compared to the Find X8 Pro (top) (tap images to expand)
Oppo Find X8 primary camera sample (tap image to expand)
Oppo Find X8 Pro primary camera sample (tap image to expand)
With the primary camera, the Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro tend to go with a contrasted appearance, reducing details in the shadows especially when shooting contrasted scenes on a sunny afternoon. The Find X8 and the Find X8 Pro offer a brighter camera with a wider aperture, resulting in slightly better low-light photos. Meanwhile, Google’s Pixel outdoes both of them as it produces better textures and resolved detail, whether shooting daylight or low light. Google’s Pixel also seems to have mastered HDR imaging, which is something the Oppo Find X8 series seems to struggle with, producing unnecessary details that aren’t visible in the scene when shooting.
The Find X8 Pro’s primary camera (top) struggles with resolved detail compared to the Pixel 9 Pro XL (bottom) (tap images to expand)
I’ll go out on a limb and say that the Find X8 and X8 Pro’s telephoto cameras perform a lot better than their respective primary cameras in daylight. The 3X and 6X zoom cameras manage excellent detail and sharpness in daylight. The Pixel 9 Pro XL keeps using software magic and manages slightly less sharpness despite using its primary camera when capturing 3X shots. The 3X camera also performs well in low light, but the 6X camera, because of its narrow aperture, produces slightly soft and blurry shots. Google’s Pixel 9 Pro XL manages a lot better at 5X zoom, but the same cannot be said about 3X zoom.
Notice how the colours change when switching from the primary (top) to the 3X telephoto (centre) and the 6X telephoto (bottom) cameras (tap images to expand)
The Oppo Find X8 Pro’s 6X telephoto camera (top) snaps softer images in low light compared to the Pixel 9 Pro XL’s 5X camera (bottom) (tap images to expand)
About a year late to the AI imaging game, Oppo went all out and even added some AI capabilities to its zoom cameras. The 50-megapixel telephoto camera is good for quality images up to 10X in daylight. But just in case you do want to zoom into things on your next vacation, the camera will enhance resolution between 10X to 60X zoom using image diffusion models. Photos captured at 60X zoom and higher can take advantage of AI Zoom, which actually takes a second to reconstruct an image. While the feature does improve the quality of the already textureless photos, using AI Zoom can be risky as it adds texture and, at times, random objects or shapes to images that aren’t even there. All said the Find X8 does have an edge over the Pixel 9 Pro in terms of zoom reach thanks to its 6X optical telephoto camera that delivers usable shots to about 20X. The 9 Pro XL manages good photos to 10X.
In the above images, the texture of the stucco wall has been enhanced by AI, but the chipped paint on the right side has been “reimagined” in some sort of random shape. Meanwhile, the green cycle in the first image gets a “magical” cleanup.
As for selfies, the Find X8 and X8 Pro manage sharp selfies in daylight and low light. Edges detection is excellent as well. However, faces come out a bit reddish in general. Google’s Pixel falters with edge detection but is accurate with skin tones.
Selfies from the Find X8 and Find X8 Pro show good detail and edge detection but tend to have a reddish tone
Across cameras, I also found Oppo colour tuning to be inconsistent, which was not the case with the Find X7 Ultra I tested earlier this year. The same applies to mature image processing (sharpness, contrast, detail), which is not found in the Find X8 series but is available on iPhones, Pixels, and the Galaxies in this segment.
Photos aside, I was mighty impressed by the phone’s video capabilities. The Find X8 Pro edges out the Find X8 in terms of overall quality, but the differences are very minor. 4K video captured at 30 or 60fps appears sharp has good stabilisation, and excellent dynamic range. I also tried shooting in Dolby Vision, and the results showed good contrast without going overboard. However, the frame rate takes a bit of a hit with random drops when panning. Low-light video capture is equally impressive in quality and noise control, but the frame rate isn’t perfectly stable, as it is on an iPhone. I also loved how I could zoom through cameras from 0.6X to 6X when recording video, which isn’t available on most smartphones.
Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro Battery: Impressive
- Battery capacity – 5,630mAh (Find X8), 5,910mAh (Find X8 Pro)
- Wired charging – 80W SUPERVOOC
- Wireless charging – 50W AIRVOOC
The new carbon-silicon batteries allow Oppo to pack in a higher capacity inside the same space. So, even if the battery capacity has increased, the phone’s don’t appear any thicker or feel too heavy.
The Find X8 Pro can easily last a day and a half on a single charge
With heavy use, which also includes gaming, video streaming and camera usage, the Find X8 and Find X8 Pro easily lasted over a day. With casual use, the Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro can last up to two days, which is impressive for smartphones that are this thin and light. In our video loop battery tests, the Oppo Find X8 lasted 22 hours and 15 minutes, while the Find X8 Pro lasted 25 hours and 9 minutes, both of which are good figures for premium devices.
Wired charging speeds are impressive, given the higher-than-usual battery capacities. The Find X8 charges from zero to fully charged in 1 hour and 8 minutes, while the Find X8 Pro manages the same 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Oppo Find X8 and Find X8 Pro Verdict
Given that the Find X series was missing in action for years, Oppo has priced its flagships well. Still, I wished Oppo would have taken its time and introduced an Ultra model instead of the Pro in India.
The Find X8 at Rs. 69,999 (12GB + 256GB) is an easy recommendation over Samsung’s Galaxy S24 (Review) and is a welcome addition to the rather limited selection of compact flagships we have here in India. It checks all the boxes for a compact flagship and has no competition when it comes to charging and battery life.
Things are a bit shaky for the Find X8 Pro, which is priced at Rs. 99,999 (16GB + 512GB). Firstly, its design feels premium, but it’s not as unique as the Find X7 Ultra (Review). Secondly, its camera performance isn’t consistent either, so those looking for a top-end Android flagship at around Rs. 1,00,000 are better off with a Galaxy S24+ (Review), a Pixel 9 Pro (Review), a Pixel 9 Pro XL (Review) or the Galaxy S24 Ultra (Review), unless all you are looking for is better battery life and fast charging.
