Oppo Find X8 review

The competition

Despite some feature cutbacks from the Pro model, the Find X8 is still a proper flagship and is priced as such. The phone just recently made its international debut, with a price tag of IDR 13,999,000 for the 12/256 GB option and IDR 15,999,000 for 16/512 GB, which translates to $880 and $1,000, respectively. In India, the X8 prices are INR 69,999 ($830) or INR79,999 ($945). That's a pretty penny to pay for a smartphone, but you are getting quite the hefty specs sheet with the Find X8. A budget in the $1,000 ballpark also opens up the room for quite a few interesting competitors.

Left: Find X8 • Right: Find X8 Pro

The Galaxy S24 Ultra is one of the select few two-tele cameraphones, and it just might be better for photo and video capture than this Find, though even if it is, it's probably not by a big enough margin for that to be the deciding factor. The Galaxy wins for versatility thanks to its S Pen and some of OneUI's unique features (take DeX, for example). The Find scores slightly higher in the endurance department and also runs on a next-gen chipset. It's also much more compact.

The vivo X200 Pro is another camera-centric offering out of China that should be going global sometime soon. This one matches the Find for IP rating, has the same chipset, and broadly similar battery life and charging capability. The vivo might be a better cameraphone, though, where its specific type of single telephoto solution can have advantages.

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra • vivo X200 Pro • Realme GT 7 Pro

If you would rather go with Qualcomm, then Realme has an interesting flagship in the GT 7 Pro. It is rocking the new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. Plus, you get excellent build quality and ingress protection, a great 120Hz, LTPO AMOLED display, a large battery (though you should check your local version for the exact capacity) and a comparable and versatile camera setup with a 3x telephoto.

Left: Find X8 • Right: Find X8 Pro

Our verdict

The regular Oppo Find X8 is an excellent, well-rounded device. Sure, there are a few compromises compared to the Pro model. The most notable one is probably the absence of the second telephoto camera, the missing camera key and the smaller battery. Even so, though, we found the Find X8 to be an excellent camera phone, and the trade-offs are reasonable considering its smaller size and lower price. Even the digital 6x zooms it offers aren't half bad.

The non-LTPO nature of the display on the vanilla model is a relatively minor drawback. You still get pretty good brightness output, and that hasn't left a notable dent in the battery life.

The super powerful chipset is about as good as they come and the newly-standard next-level water sealing brings extra peace of mind.

Of course, the Find X8 Pro is a higher-grade smartphone, but that doesn't put the vanilla Find X8 in a bad light - it remains an excellent buy in our book.

Pros

• IP69 rating - so you can pressure wash it if you want.
• Pretty good battery life, particularly good at video streaming.
• Mediatek SoC at least as good as the latest Snapdragon.
• Five OS updates and six years of security patches are pretty good.
• Competent camera system overall, great zoom action, nice closeups, surprisingly good low-light video.
• Wi-Fi 7; eSIM support, Infrared port.

Cons

• EU model lacks a charger in the box.
• No dedicated camera button like on the Pro.