Oppo Find X7 Ultra review

05 March 2024


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walkman8, 05 Mar 2024If only the main camera had the same color science as the t... moreidk about you but most of the time when I take photos of people I use the telephoto lens and it seems Oppo has tuned it like that, the main cam is a new sensor maybe that's why they're having trouble lining it up properly or they think when people take photos with the main cam they'd like the people to be brighter so that they look "better"/contrast the background better. This IS an asian phone after all and the lengths some asian influencers go to is craaazyyy.

    Anonymous, 06 Mar 2024Is the large circular camera island a Chinese thing? Seems... moreIf you have 2015 hardware like in the S24 Ultra, then yeah the island's gonna be smaller

      Amazing natural looking photos from all cameras. UW is less sharp than others because of relaxed sharpening. With my S23 Ultra set to "image dimming" medium will give similar sharpness.

      3x camera has a great lens and sensor, 5 times better than my S23 Ultra it seems.

      Only let-down of the Find X7 Ultra is the 2x zoom, which is way sharper on the S23 Ultra. Also I don't like distortion correction of ultrawides, looks weird and ugly. Seems only Samsung and Sony let you disable the distortion correction.

      6x camera is sharper than S23 Ultra's 10x camera but its a shame they didn't try to shoot above 6x since its a high-res sensor.

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        Is the large circular camera island a Chinese thing? Seems like multiple companies use this design and it's really ugly. Feels like it should belong in 2015.

          Super Android 22, 05 Mar 2024They have had the phone in the office since January 14th, ... moreIt is actually Xiaomi that has the most coverage if you count the number of reviews on this site since the start of 2023 until today. Xiaomi has 35 reviews versus 27 for Samsung (if I counted correctly). Basically, though Samsung and Xiaomi get the most coverage on gsmarena. This is not surprising as those are the two android brands that are most globally available also get the most clicks/views and thus earn the most money for gsmarena. As these two brands launch more phones globally they also probably supply gsmarena with more phones globally and there are usually conditions attached to that in terms of when to publish the reviews. Companies supply reviewers with the phones as a form of advertising/marketing and the relationship may break down if the reviewers don't follow the conditions and/or are too negative in their reviews. This is a business remember and they have to make money to pay their salaries and continue providing reviews. It's not a charity. Thus they have to make decisions about which phones to prioritize and which relationships with manufacturers to prioritize. They are likely to priortize the brands that make more money. That is a normal business decision

            I've bought this phone. Been having it for 3 days. Can't say I'm regretting anything but yeah battery is quite a bit inferior, cameras are OK but fhe UW downgrade makes 0 sense (UW is very important to me), night processing of the pics is so-so (and what GSMArena didn't mention, actually they did but did not explain; 6x isn't almost ever turning on during night because it's f/4.3). I like this phone but I as well might replace it with the X100 Ultra as it's HP3 will be 4x f/2.5 (FX7U's 3x is f/2.6!), only if the selfie department doesn't disappoint there..but yeah, Oppo might fix all this with them updates as this is crap bb for this result on Geekbench when not running in high perf mode

            And to be clear, once again, I'm talking about cons, just a reminder that FX6P got 4.7 or 4.8 by GSMArena so I'm kind of let down by this phone as I expected a beast tbh but this ain't bad either.

            Do not misunderstand, Vivo X100 Pro is absolutely not worth over this phone as it leaves quite a bit to be desired in other areas, but the Ultra? Hell yeah, well, probably.

              bulbulito.bayagbag, 05 Mar 2024Xiaomi beats BBK technologies because they release their fl... more1. BBK doesn't launch any smartphones. Oppo and Vivo decide where launch their phones. BBK was just a holding company but apparently it doesn't even exist anymore as it has been disbanded.
              2. Oneplus does launch its flagship globally.
              3. Vivo launched the x100 pro globally in many countries
              4. Oppo did launch the find X5 series globally but they didn't launch the x6 and x7 series globally. This was probably influenced by their patent dispute with Nokia. According to gsmarena they will launch the x8 series globally though now that the patent dispute has been resolved

                Nomolos, 05 Mar 2024What is the point of this review if the entire target audie... moreAgreed.

                  Lister, 05 Mar 2024No International version? I'm not surprised this was a... moreYep, that's BBK's weakness, they only release their flagships in China.

                    Ramvo, 05 Mar 2024You can buy IT from chinaXiaomi beats BBK technologies because they release their flagship devices globally, unlike BBK which can only release their flagships in china. Therefore limiting themselves.

                      David 040882, 05 Mar 2024They didn't use the whole 51 days to review the phone ... moreThen they shouldn't have posted the "in for review" post of the X7 Ultra 51 days ago. Because ever since, we've been waiting. The fact that they actually started working on it a week or so ago, I couldn't care less.

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                        Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024Why people want long and very detailed review of any phone ... moreYou can buy IT from china

                          Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024Why people want long and very detailed review of any phone ... moreSo pixels then, got it (miss more than half the world markets and sell incredibly poorly YoY) and even countries they sell their devices in, only merica gets all the baked in features.

                            David 040882, 05 Mar 2024Yeah, but I mean it makes sense on why they reviewed the Sa... moreNo it doesnt, thats called favouritism and its pushing a monopolised agenda because apple and samsung have most goverments who allow it (uk, usa are the main culprits) to dictate the entire market.

                            Thats literally like having 2 children but you always give one more attention because they are more popular and it's absolutely disgusting.

                            Also china has a population of what, 1.3 billion? So about that of usa and europe combined and there will be global roms that will be put on it, does the chinese version work in india because that takes the populaton count to what, 3-3.2 billion people roughly (half the planet, thats not counting any other asian based countries either).

                              Super Android 22, 05 Mar 2024So favouritism then, good excuse for them. So they'll ... moreYeah, but I mean it makes sense on why they reviewed the Samsungs faster and put more focus and 'care' into their reviews. The Find X7 Ultra is also China-only, so the review mostly just shows us what a great device we western folks are gonna miss. Still, it doesn't justify the rather short and bland review of the X7 Ultra, I agree. But whatever now, let's see how the ZTE nubia Z60 Ultra review works out....

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                                • 05 Mar 2024

                                No International version? I'm not surprised this was a low priority. Plus, that battery life is hardly "Ultra"

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                                  Nomolos, 05 Mar 2024What is the point of this review if the entire target audie... moreHard to imagine most here can even pay $700 on phone, they still review them.

                                    The software review section has become boring of referring to an old article of color os screenshots. We want to see the screenshots of the phone under reviews with it's wallpapers, quick settings & unique features etc not referring us to some old general Color OS 14 review. The reason I read reviews is especially the software section but it has become boring now without screenshots of the actual phone

                                      David 040882, 05 Mar 2024The whole review feels rushed because it is rushed. They�... moreSo favouritism then, good excuse for them. So they'll push samsung, 3 devices actually, and not only that but all have video reviews, far more detailed reviews, half ignore issues they have and manage to do comparison against other phones yet got the find x7 ultra before hand and did this poor amount of work on it and its acceptable because you would rather have the markets monopolised by conpanies like apple and samsung, cool makes perfect sense in a backwards world i guess (it doesnt, not at all).

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                                        • 05 Mar 2024

                                        Why people want long and very detailed review of any phone which is not gonna launch outside of their comfort zone i.e.China?
                                        I'm bored of this China only policy and when they launch outside make it expensive as F.
                                        Now people will say that they will import frm China but you are not 1% buyer.

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