Reviews of the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max are out, and the two outlets that have spent time with Oppo's new global flagship largely agree on the big thing: the triple 200MP camera system is the best Oppo has ever built. Where they split is on everything else.
Android Central's reviewer calls it "the best Android phone ever made," pointing to a main, ultrawide and telephoto setup that all use 200MP sensors, something the outlet says it hasn't seen on any other phone. The main sensor is a 200MP f/1.5 Samsung ISOCELL HPC unit co-developed with Samsung, paired with a 24mm lens, phase-detection autofocus and optical image stabilization. The ultrawide and telephoto both use a 200MP f/2.2 Samsung ISOCELL HP5 sensor, with the telephoto adding OIS, a 10cm minimum focus distance and 3x optical zoom.
Cameras win, but not unanimously
Gizmochina's review, headlined "Pro Max? Ultra Lite!," is warmer on specifics but more measured. Its reviewer singles out the ultrawide camera as unusually strong for the category, with almost no purple fringing or lens flare and a noticeably wider field of view than a rival the review says uses a 17mm lens. The outlet also found the ultrawide holds its advantage in video, not just stills, and that the main camera edges out an iPhone on dynamic range when recording high-contrast scenes.
Gizmochina does flag a flaw: the main camera's default processing adds what the reviewer calls "a little too much sharpening," though switching to the phone's Master Mode pulls back the sharpening, exposure and saturation for better results. The telephoto camera is unchanged from last year's model, which both outlets treat as a non-issue since it was already strong, covering a 70mm focal length with usable results out to 140mm.
Video recording gets attention from both reviews. Android Central notes support for 4K at 60fps and 120fps, 8K at 30fps, Dolby Vision, ACES-certified O-Log2 color profiles, and Open Gate Capture, a first for an Oppo phone that records the full 4:3 sensor area so footage can be reframed between horizontal and vertical later.
Chip, screen and battery
The two reviews diverge more on performance. Android Central reports the MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro chip "never faulted" through weeks of use. Gizmochina is less convinced, writing that the new MediaTek platform, built on a 2nm process, "doesn't seem to have improved as much as we expected" in benchmarks, and that its Snapdragon equivalent shows a similar plateau.
Both outlets credit the display, a 144Hz panel covering 95% of the BT.2020 color gamut with a new emissive material for higher brightness at lower power, and an anti-reflective film Gizmochina says can be peeled off without harming the screen underneath.
Android Central lists the 8,000 mAh battery and 80W charging as standout features, saying it can run for multiple days and double as a power bank, though charging is slightly slower than the previous generation and the EU version ships with a smaller battery.
Price, and what's missing
Android Central puts the price at £1,499 in the UK and €1,799 in Europe, among the most expensive non-folding phones on sale, with a free Teleconverter Kit worth £500 and trade-in discounts softening the blow. Neither review states a US or Indian price, so anyone outside Europe is waiting on an official announcement. Android Central also notes the phone skips the 1-inch sensor and secondary telephoto lens it expects on a future Find X10 Ultra. Oppo is backing the phone with six years of software updates, according to Android Central, fewer than Samsung and Google promise on their own flagships.
RRFiled by The Reviews Roundup Desk
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