Oppo Find X Lamborghini Edition review

Lamborghini-fied ColorOS on top of Android 8.1

The Lamborghini Edition of the Oppo Find runs on Android 8.1 Oreo, with the company's proprietary ColorOS bolted on top, v5.1 in this case. That is to say, the same software you'd find on the regular Find X. Here, however, you're getting a custom theme to match the look and feel of the rest of the phone.

Aside from the Aventador wallpaper, there's an overall blackness to the interface, with golden accents here and there. The icons for the system apps are entirely custom, while third-party icons are treated to a hexagonal outline.

Lockscreen • Homescreen • Pre-installed tools folder • Google apps • Homescreen settings

The rest of the interface is entirely identical to the one on the vanilla Find X. That means a predominantly green on white quick toggles and settings menu, which we find at odds with the Lambo theme. And that's before we get to the inherent oddities of ColorOS - for example, it doesn't let you dismiss a notification with a simple swipe - you need to swipe and then tap the delete button.

Settings • Notifications • Task switcher • Swipe-down system search • Gallery

Performance

The Find X Lamborghini Edition is powered by the Snapdragon 845 chipset - so, same as the plain Find X and pretty much every other high-end droid this year. There are 8GB of RAM on board, though that's also the case on the regular version as well. The Lambo only differs in storage space - 512GB vs. 128/256GB. Predictably, the benchmark scores are virtually the same.

GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Huawei Mate 20 Pro
  9882
• vivo NEX S
  9160
• Asus ZenFone 5z
  9030
• Samsung Galaxy Note9
  9026
• OnePlus 6
  9011
• Xiaomi Pocophone F1
  9003
• HTC U12+
  9001
• Samsung Galaxy S9+
  8883
• LG V40 ThinQ
  8769
• Sony Xperia XZ3
  8607
• Xiaomi Mi 8
  8494
• Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon)
  8349
• Oppo Find X Lamborghini Edition
  8032
• Oppo Find X
  8018
• Google Pixel 3 XL
  7712

GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S9+
  3771
• Samsung Galaxy Note9
  3642
• Huawei Mate 20 Pro
  3333
• Asus ZenFone 5z
  2488
• Sony Xperia XZ3
  2486
• vivo NEX S
  2466
• HTC U12+
  2456
• OnePlus 6
  2450
• Xiaomi Pocophone F1
  2438
• Xiaomi Mi 8
  2431
• LG V40 ThinQ
  2425
• Google Pixel 3 XL
  2363
• Oppo Find X
  2322
• Oppo Find X Lamborghini Edition
  2315
• Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon)
  2199

AnTuTu 7

Higher is better

• Oppo Find X
  291218
• vivo NEX S
  287081
• Oppo Find X Lamborghini Edition
  286938
• Sony Xperia XZ3
  284555
• Huawei Mate 20 Pro
  271152
• LG V40 ThinQ
  270634
• Asus ZenFone 5z
  266590
• Xiaomi Pocophone F1
  265314
• OnePlus 6
  264200
• Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon)
  264044
• HTC U12+
  263696
• Samsung Galaxy Note9
  248823
• Samsung Galaxy S9+
  246660
• Xiaomi Mi 8
  217298

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon)
  61
• Xiaomi Pocophone F1
  60
• Oppo Find X
  60
• Asus ZenFone 5z
  60
• HTC U12+
  60
• vivo NEX S
  60
• Oppo Find X Lamborghini Edition
  60
• LG V40 ThinQ
  59
• OnePlus 6
  58
• Sony Xperia XZ3
  56
• Xiaomi Mi 8
  53
• Huawei Mate 20 Pro
  53
• Samsung Galaxy S9+
  47
• Samsung Galaxy Note9
  45
• Google Pixel 3 XL
  44

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

• Asus ZenFone 5z
  55
• OnePlus 6
  55
• vivo NEX S
  55
• Xiaomi Pocophone F1
  53
• Oppo Find X Lamborghini Edition
  53
• Oppo Find X
  50
• Xiaomi Mi 8
  50
• Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon)
  34
• HTC U12+
  33
• Sony Xperia XZ3
  31
• LG V40 ThinQ
  30
• Huawei Mate 20 Pro
  27
• Samsung Galaxy Note9
  25
• Google Pixel 3 XL
  24
• Samsung Galaxy S9+
  24

Camera

Another bullet in the list of shared hardware between Find Xs is the camera - the Lamborghini Edition features the same hardware as the regular model, which is in turn one of numerous iterations used throughout the portfolio of OnePlus and Oppo. That is to say, it has a secondary rear cam that's yet to justify its existence.

Anyway, the setup consists of a primary 16MP module built around the Sony IMX519 sensor with its 1.22µm pixels. The lens has an f/2.0 aperture and the EXIF data reports the focal length equivalent at 23mm. The secondary module, which should supposedly help in low light, but is in practice only used for depth detection in portrait mode, has a 20MP sensor with 1.0µm pixels which is behind another f/2.0 lens. The selfie cam uses a high-res 25MP sensor mated to an f/2.0 lens.

The camera app is essentially Oppo's rendition of the iOS camera app. A carousel on the bottom lists the available modes, which you can change by tapping on them or swiping on the viewfinder. There's no explicit setting for resolution, it's aspects instead, and it's not clear which is native to the sensor - boo! There's an Expert mode with manual settings for white balance, exposure compensation, ISO, shutter speed and focus distance.

Camera UI

Even though it's the same camera as on the other Find X, we went out and took some photos with the Lamborghini Edition as well - if for no other reason, then at least to be seen with it. As was the case a couple of months ago when we reviewed the original Find X, we enjoyed the vivid colors and the plenty of detail that the 16MP sensor captures.

Camera samples

In low light, the Find X Lamborghini Edition somehow managed to perform slightly worse than what we remember from the non-Lambo. Then again, it could be down to variations in lighting.

Low-light samples

When else are we going to get a chance to snap selfies with a Lamborghini phone? We had the opportunity now, so we seized it, and spoiler - same selfies as on the vanilla Find X.

Selfie samples

Selfie portraits