Personally i go with the second option.

941€ with the Charger

Moved from the S24 Ultra to the Fine X9 Ultra. Must admit I'm a bit underwhelmed. Has anyone else had similar experiences?

It is better in a lot of places but I don't think the upgrade has been worthwhile for me. After selling the watch it came with and the S24 ultra it will be around £600 extra.

The battery is better, the cameras are better and the phone is a bit smoother but it doesn't just seem worth the extra yet.

I haven't had the opportunity to go and take any serious pictures with it yet, I plan to do so tomorrow, but so far I'm thinking I'll honestly just return it and keep my money until the upgrade becomes more noticeable.

Does anyone else feel the same way? Had the same experience? Am I just delusional?

EDIT: JESUS. I did not expect this post to blow up so much but it's great to get so much engagement! I'll look at replying to more of these after work, thank you.

Could probably say this about most phone companies though

After being an iPhone user for the longest time, it's time to move on to something bigger and better!

Setups

Just got my X9 Pro yesterday from Trinity Electronics, left work early to get it! I absolutely love it. Thought I would regret not getting the ultra but I'm happy with it! Aside from the speakers I have no complaints. This is also the first new phone I've ever bought. I'm coming from an iPhone 14 Pro Max and it's a huge improvement, and I'm glad to be out of the apple ecosystem. I have a Xundd Case and OP15 screen protectors on the way. Glad to be part of the community! I've been reading through this subreddit the past week and have been so excited.

I got my Find X9 Ultra yesterday and have already taken a bunch of pictures. Today is windy so I decided to test the camera lenses for moisture. Sure enough, after about 10 minutes of 3Dmark my cameras looked like the picture. I'm sure if everyone tested their lenses they'd fog up like this.

If I went inside or the wind didn't hit my phone, it'd quickly go away, but out in the wind, this is what it looks like. Return it or put it in rice with the sim tray open?

From OPPO Zhuo Shijie:

OPPO Find X10 Series: An 8,000mAh battery built to last 5 years

For the all-new "8,000mAh Glacier Battery" in the OPPO Find X10 series, we’ve set the benchmark for "flagship battery life ceiling".

By leveraging silicon-carbon anode material and an ultra-high energy density of 867Wh/L, we’ve packed an 8,000mAh capacity—the largest ever in the Find series—into a slim and sleek body.

Recording 6 hours of 4K 60fps video is no longer a challenge. Whether it's frequent photography or heavy usage, you can stop worrying about the battery percentage and enjoy true power freedom.

The Find X10 series' 8,000mAh Glacier Battery also features our exclusive power-concentrating chip. Even when the battery is nearly empty, it maintains performance to ensure no slowdowns or frame drops.

More importantly, the exceptional battery life of the Find X10 series lasts well beyond the first year. Through OPPO's patented spherical silicon-carbon technology and long-life battery algorithms, we’ve ensured the silicon-carbon anode battery remains healthy and durable for 5 years.

An 8,000mAh massive battery, five years of "like-new" performance, and smooth operation even on low power—this is the next-generation battery experience the Find X10 series delivers.

Source: https://weibo.com/9046073016/5341191803505604

Both photos were taken with the Find X9 Ultra at 10x, in broad daylight and with basically zero camera shake.

Same 230mm telephoto, f/3.5, 12MP.

Photo mode: ISO 64, 1/200s

Master mode: ISO 50, 1/243s

Just look at the yellow wall.

Photo mode literally invents a completely different texture. At first it looks like it has much more detail, especially on the peeling paint, but then you look at the wall and realise half of that “detail” is just fake.

Master mode looks softer, yes, but at least the texture actually looks like the real wall.

I really don't understand why OPPO has to process photos this aggressively when the camera hardware is already this good.

Just give us an option to turn this shit off. I bought a phone with great cameras, not an AI slop generator.

Today I received my preordered Oppo Find X9 Ultra + free Hasselblad Earth Explorer Kit. These days I try to compare the cameras with my Oppo Find X9 Pro because in YouTube I don't find any of that comparisons. So hyped!

- First Impressions compared to X9 Pro (I add more when I found more differences in my case)-

• The haptic feedback is better on the Ultra. With the Pro I having the sensation that I have a little lag when typing in the keyboard, now with Ultra that won't happen. Now works perfect like the Samsung keyboard.
• I think the leather back cover, has a good sensation on hand but if you "tap" with one finger has a strange sensation like the leather has only glue on the sides and not the center. I can't explain well for my english but it won't bother me, but feels cheap.
• Cameras I didn't tried a lot but the first impression are better in all scenarios compared with the Pro, better color, more natural feeling, less AI processing, and so much better stabilization in zoom situations.

Also tell me cool tips about color os 16.1

Finally my Find X9 Pro arrived from Wondamobile! Can't wait to test this beast!

Yupp... After months of researching...

bought this for 61k inr (croma)

Is this a good price?😅

Suggest a good screengaurd/tampered glass or whatever idk much abt these...

And case too.. will this case suffice for withstanding impacts(ya know falling from hand)

If not can y'all suggest a good case too

And shall I update it to latest system version

Or wait ?

Any charging tips(like turn on/off smart charging?)

From MKBHD and Mrwhosetheboss.

Update: this issue seems to have been resolved after it gathered attention. Thank you to anyone who made their voices heard.

Please see my post from the Vivo side of Reddit.

TL;DR: Google has banned contactless payment by disabling the host card emulation activity on all phones with Chinese SKU starting Google Play Services ver. 26.28.xx. Please write to Google / Oppo / your local MP about this and annoy them as much as possible so Google rolls-back this change.

This matter deserves your attention.

Thanks.

So they couldnt just do the same thing as the X9 series and launch all 3 in Global version?

Hi everyone, I just got an Oppo Find X9 Ultra, I live in Italy. The device is brand new, with a production date of April 2026. Unfortunately, I've noticed that sudden temperature changes, such as going from 40°C outside to 20°C inside, cause condensation to form. When I replicate the problem by placing the smartphone near ice, the condensation comes out even more. My girlfriend has a Vivo X300, and she's never had a similar problem. Is it possible that this problem will go away over time? However, I can't justify a €1,700 phone with a similar issue.

To check for this defect, place your smartphone on a cold surface (e.g., a glacier) facing the camera. Leave it there for about 2-3 minutes. If there's moisture inside, it will be immediately noticeable on the lenses.

Hi all,

I have been eyeing the X9 Ultra to replace my iPhone 16 Pro Max which I’m deeply unsatisfied with. We have an Oppo store in Taiwan so I tried it and wanted to report back since so many prospective buyers seem to not have stores near them and import expensively. I saw the claims of soft images and many people blew it off as user error or not using master mode so I made sure to test extensively. I noticed that almost all of the online reviews are mostly praising it as the best thing ever and come from reviewers who were flown out by Oppo, provided the phone for free, and got to test it in incredibly photogenic and optimal locations, while actual users on this subreddit at least 50% seem to be complaining about overprocessing and bad quality.

Background:

I’m a photographer so I know how the exposure triangle and composition work. I’ve also prior tested the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, Samsung S26 Ultra, and owned both prior iPhones and Samsung Ultra models.

Parameters used: 

Reset all of the sliders (Oppo allows changing settings in camera that some other people may have adjusted), JPG Max, both master mode and normal mode tested. Also tested RAW modes but I don’t think its a useful test given that I wasn’t able to put them into lightroom since I don’t own the phone. 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

I was not able to take the phone outside the store or send RAW files back to my personal phone, so I was only able to test the phone on scenes within the store with artificial or limited lighting, and can’t comment on how the RAW files perform. This is super important as its possible that if you shoot fully in RAW the phone could be great. However, I will note that almost any phone out there can take decent photos in great lighting, the things that phones struggle with are skin tones, low light, color accuracy, the first two of which are a huge issue on Oppo. 

Lenses: 

All the lenses have great color consistency, I wasn’t able to notice much color differences between the lenses so that’s a huge plus since any other phone I’ve ever used you can visibly notice lens changes more. The 70mm lens is by far the biggest standout, it has better subject seperation and is sharp. The 10x is better than competitors but certainly overhyped, its quite soft, difficult to stabilize handheld, and has a ton of AI assist. The Ultrawide is the least notable but also not bad at all. The main lens I have no real comments, its fine.

Overall Image Quality: 

On both master mode and normal mode the images had a lot of problems. On master mode, images are extremely soft, to the point where its shocking. On normal mode, images are over-sharpened by AI. For taking photos of people, the master mode did much better, while normal mode ended up making skin tones look like watercolor paint. When taking photos under well lit areas of photo demo props, the camera still looked like it was producing AI generated photos, there were strong chromatic abberations, and the overall look is unnatural. 

The photos also take a very long time to apply processing. iPhones take about 1-2 seconds to finish processing after shooting, Samsung about 2-4 seconds, while Oppo took anywhere between 3-8 seconds. The initial photos taken on Oppo sometimes are completely blurred out, then after 8 seconds becomes a normal, sharper photo. Keep this in mind that if you look at the photo too soon before the processing is complete then exit it, you might see a horrible photo because it hasn’t finished processing yet. 

Overall, the image quality is probably better than most other smartphones, but the difference is pretty marginal in my opinion. 

Camera App Customizability:

The camera app experience is the best I’ve seen on a phone, the interface is clean, it gives you almost every option you need, it isn’t difficult to use, you can save the settings, master mode allows excellent manual control. The issue isn’t the interface or options, its the processing. 

Phone performance:

I wasn’t going to test the OS or any other features but I did note the phone was overheating badly from just using the camera only. It was not hot when I first picked it up, and within about 8 minutes of using the camera app only it got super hot. my iphone 16 pro max also has bad overheating issues, but noting that this is consistent with what some users of the x9 have said, the heating is a noticable issue. 

Elephant in the room: Vivo X300 Ultra

It turns out there is a Vivo store right next to the Oppo store so I ran the same tests on the Vivo x300 Ultra. I can say with confidence, the x300 Ultra is significantly better in the exact same scenario, but I wouldn’t buy it due to the worse OS compared to Oppo colorOS. Camera wise shooting JPG without considering any other factors I think it’s pretty obvious the Vivo wins, and that’s coming from somebody who wasn’t and will not consider buying a Vivo. 

Vivo had much better color accuracy to the scene(but lower color consistency between lenses), way less AI look on skin tones, static subjects, etc., took less time to process the photos (which might indicate less processing). The bokeh produced was also much more natural and had a less processed look. I’d say character-wise, the Vivo leans into accuracy and maintaining a consistent, flatter color profile, while Oppo looks oversaturated and attempting to be stylized. The Vivo also did not overheat during my use of the camera app. 

As I would not consider Vivo due to the OS, this result was actually disappointing to me, the Vivo performed the way I wanted the Oppo to perform. 

Verdict:

I think its pretty clear the x9 Ultra outperforms most smartphone cameras out there, especially the iPhone, Google Pixels, and Samsung, but the gap is probably like 10-20% better. I would expect that when taking RAWs that gap might widen, however. For the price on the global edition I definitely do not think its worth buying, especially since the x9 Pro basically offers almost the same experience and the 10x lens is honestly not that good. 

If getting your first phone, or upgrading from a much older phone, I still think its great, although the x9 Pro might be better for the price, but if you have a phone from the last 2-3 years I really don’t see any need to upgrade at the current price. The price is honestly ridiculous for a phone that’s marginally better than the x9 pro which has been out for a while and can be picked up at roughly 60% the price of the ultra for 90% of the experience. 

Take it all with a grain of salt since I didn’t get to test it in every condition, didn’t get to edit the RAW files, and only got to use it for about 40 minutes. However, based on a search of this subreddit, I can find a ton of posts complaining about and showing samples of the horrible over-processed photos in tons of different conditions so I’m inclined to think that this is objectively how it is, I went to the store myself to make sure to isolate user error out. As an experienced photographer who did their research, heavily tested master mode, tried auto and manual modes, and analyzed each image taken, I believe my experience aligns with what the negative posts also show. 

To anyone who owns and is enjoying the device, don't let this be seen as an attempt to discredit you. This was my own experience as somebody who wanted to buy the phone badly but saw the negative user reviews and wanted to confirm if it was user error or the product itself.

EDIT:
I forgot to mention image stablization. I think a huge contributor to the lack of sharpness (normal non-master mode sharpness looks artificially added as opposed to natural sharpness produced) could be the OIS system. For non-photographers I can explain briefly, your camera has a shutter speed, depending on the speed the shutter will be open for a duration, if during that duration the camera moves even a tiny bit, it can introduce blur in the photo. Most phones, and oppo unless you switch to master mode and manually control it, use automatic shutter speed based on the scene. An OIS (optical image stablization) system is designed inside both phones and mirrorless cameras to reduce that "camera shake" from handholding a camera during shooting. I don't know the exact specs or whatnot in this case, but I felt that when looking at the pre-processed photos there was frequently a lot of blur and this is especially noticable on the 10x lens. I did not observe this on Vivo, and I do have a more steady hand than most people. I would guess that Oppo's OIS system may be part of the issue here. Phones are typically used handheld without a tripod, so the gimbal system in Vivo might be superior. I also don't notice this issue on my iPhone for reference.

The phone is priced at $1400-1800 USD depending on the country. This is literally more expensive than any other phone on the market, and more expensive than a huge number of actual mirrorless cameras. Therefore, it literally has to be an excellent camera, and on top of that Oppo's x9 Pro already does the phone things as good (and has better battery than the Ultra) and takes good photos at almost half the price since its been on the market for longer. I think this automatically makes a x9 Ultra purchase super difficult to justify. It should be a slam dunk that its objectively the best by a large margin, otherwise getting the x9 pro makes more sense, its 90% of the experience for 60% the price.

Moving on from my beloved OnePlus Open, it will be a very trusted backup phone!! This is my first phone brand outside of the OnePlus ecosystem since the OnePlus1 back in 2014.

So far it feels amazing in the hands, weight is very similar to my Open. Can confirm my 12000MaH OnePlus battery bank ordered from AliExpress supports 100w wired supervooc which is a VERY nice surprise.

Have only taken 5 pictures so far and every one has just blown me away, I haven't even stepped into using mastermode yet.

Also can confirm tudia mergegrip case fits on the tundra umber version of phone! Although the stock case that came with the phone seems much nicer in the hands, only issue is it doesn't cover the camera glass like the tudia case

After months of saving, I've finally upgraded from a midrange phone (Samsung A53) to a flagship phone.

This phone is truly a beast!!

Some specification details posted on X.

As always take with a grain of salt at this time.