Oppo Find X7 Ultra review

Pretty great 6.82-inch OLED

The Find X7 Ultra packs a proper high-end display - not that you'd expect otherwise. The 6.82-inch LTPO OLED panel has a 1440x3168px resolution (19.8:9 or 2.2:1 aspect ratio and a 510ppi pixel density), and can refresh at up to 120Hz, but it can also dial down to 1Hz. 2160Hz PWM is used for dimming below 70nits for minimizing flicker, while on the opposite end of the brightness range 4,500nits should be possible in HDR scenarios. Speaking of, the Find supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision.

In our standardized test, the Find X7 Ultra managed just 1165nits when placed under bright light, actually a little lower than the previous model, but in line with the OnePlus 12's result - the numbers point to those two using the same panel and likely similar control logic. Other phones are more eager to crank up the brightness in these conditions, while the Find is abandoning that race. The 800 or so nits available when adjusting manually isn't too shabby of a result though.

Refresh rate

The Find X7 Ultra has more or less the usual adaptive refresh rate behavior logic. Regardless of mode, it will employ some form of downswitching, going all the way to 1Hz if brightness is above a certain threshold, though it will maintain 120Hz at minimum brightness - in contrast, the Honor Magic6 Pro can do 1Hz even at min brightness.

The Find lets you set refresh rate caps in its 'High' mode on a per-app basis, which is nice. In our experience it didn't allow for high frame rate gaming though, regardless of mode - the Android refresh rate status utility would go to 60Hz when a game was launched and the ColorOS fps counter would also show values up to 60fps. While ColorOS has historically had a beef with high fps gaming, the OnePlus 12 we reviewed recently had no problem with that and both phones were running latest software (ColorOS 14 on Android 14).

Streaming and HDR

The Find X7 Ultra supports HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. We did get HDR streams from YouTube, with the characteristic local boost in brightness for the video only, and when playing back within the app's UI, but no boost for PiP mode.

The Widevine L1 does allow for high-res streaming of DRM-protected content and Netflix will send you FullHD resolution, but no luck with HDR - and with Netflix not really available in China, we wouldn't expect that to change. You should keep that in mind if considering the Find for extra-China use.

The phone does have Pro XDR in its Photos app for its own photos - the enhanced presentation of HDR images on HDR-capable displays. That was introduced in Android 14 and Google calls it Ultra HDR, and Oppo had it on the Find X6 Pro before it was cool, we reckon. We didn't get the HDR treatment for otherwise HDR images in Chrome, though - something that we've been seeing on other more recent handsets. No HDR in Google Photos either.

Oppo Find X7 Ultra battery life

Our new Active Use Score is an estimate of how long the battery will last if you use the device with a mix of all four test activities. You can adjust the calculation based on your usage pattern using the sliders below. You can read about our current battery life testing procedure here. For a comprehensive list of all tested devices so far, head this way.

The Oppo Find X7 Ultra uses a 5,000mAh battery - a lower capacity than related models from OnePlus and vivo (both the 12 and the X100 Pro have 5,400mAh cells), as well as the Honor Magic6 Pro (5,600mAh). Then again, the Galaxy S24 Ultra and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra both stand at 5,000mAh, so it's not like the Find is underequipped compared to all potential rivals.

In our Active Use test, the Find X7 Ultra's overall result of 12:47h is lower than the 14-ish hours that key competitors can pull off. The gaming test result is towards the lower end of the spectrum, and the call time isn't super long either. But the Find did do a better than average job in web browsing, and mostly matched the rest in video playback.

Charging speed

The Find X7 Ultra ships with a 100W SuperVOOC adapter that can't quite reach the number on the label if you have it plugged into a 110V wall outlet - much like the OnePlus 12 we had recently and some previous models from the two brands, it's capped at 80W in that case. Even though the prongs on our charger are the US/China variety, we still used it in a 220V outlet, so technically the bottleneck was averted.

So, using the supplied adapter, the Find X7 Ultra took 25 minutes to reach 100% - a five-minute improvement over the previous generation's result, which is no small feat at this level. 15 minutes will get you to 70% state of charge, which is pretty great. The OnePlus 12's numbers are essentially the same, even though the OP has a slightly larger battery, while the vivo X100 Pro is a bit slower.

The Find X7 Ultra supports wireless charging and its specs list a 50W maximum power with Oppo's proprietary pads, though they don't quote charging times and we haven't tested those.

Oppo points out that the Find X7 Ultra's battery will be at 80% of its initial capacity after 1,600 complete charge/discharge cycles. Meanwhile, Apple says that "batteries of iPhone 15 models are designed to retain 80 percent of their original capacity at 1000 complete charge cycles under ideal conditions", so it sounds to us like fast charging isn't killing batteries left and right.

Speaker test

The Find X7 Ultra features a dual speaker setup of a familiar style. There's one speaker that outputs through three openings on the bottom, and another one that fires upward through three more holes, but also forward through a thin slit to serve earpiece duty.

In vertical orientation, the top speaker gets the left channel, while in landscape the phone will switch channels to match the correct orientation. Either way, each speaker will also be outputting the opposite channel's track at a lower volume.

Bottom speaker • Top speaker

In our testing, the Find X7 Ultra ended up in the 'Very Good' category for loudness like most of its high-end peers with a numerical result almost identical to that of the previous generation. The X7 Ultra's sound quality is good overall, but it's a bit lacking in low-end punch.

Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.