Oppo Find X3 Pro

The Oppo Find X3 Pro is a 5G phone and a serious candidate for the title "best smartphone of 2021". Oppo seems to making a lot of progress by incorporating a top screen, a top camera and some interesting and unique features. Which ones exactly we would like to explain here.

Natural design with focus on the camera

Sometimes you have phones where you don't know what to talk about. Not the Find X3 Pro, there is plenty to talk about. Starting with the design. Oppo is trying some new stuff on the back. The camera is one of its strengths and Oppo wants to give that a little extra emphasis. They have almost literally taken the Gradient Arc Camera to the next level. You won't find any sharp corners though. Everything is smooth, looks elegant and feels nice. The front and back are made of glass and are IP68 water and dust resistant. The colour range is a bit sparse and is limited to fairly dark colours.

Top screen with 10-bit colours

The Oppo Find X3 Pro features a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with sharp QHD+ resolution and smooth 120Hz refresh. The peak brightness of 1300 nits is relatively high which allows you to read the screen even in full day-light. So far, good numbers but not unique. However, the high colour range is special; 100% of the DCI-P3 colour space and 97% of NTSC. This high colour range is because it is a 10-bit screen that can display more than 1 billion colours. The camera of the Find X3 Pro also shoots photos in 10-bit making it the first smartphone to fully utilise the high 10-bit colour range.

Main Oppo Find X3 Pro specifications

• 6.7-inch AMOLED display with 10-bit colour reproduction and 120Hz
• 50+50+13+3MP camera with ultra-wide-angle zoom and microlens
• 32MP selfie camera with dedicated nite mode
• Powerful Snapdragon 888 processor with lots of RAM memory (12GB)
• Large 256GB of (non-expandable) storage
• Extra fast wired (65W) and wireless charging (30W)
• Waterproof IP68 body with beautiful curves

Top camera with effect

Oppo applies a 50MP main camera with f/1.8 wide-angle lens and optical image stabilisation on the back, an also 50MP large ultra-wide-angle camera with 110.3° viewing angle and a 13MP telephoto lens with 5x hybrid optical zoom. However, what steals the show is the 3MP macro lens. We often see manufacturers implement a macro camera that allows you to take pictures at very close range, think of insects, plants or the play of colours on a soap bubble. They don't do that because customers ask for it, but because it looks nice on the box. Oppo doesn't leave it at that and has come up with some nice features for it. The lens manages to magnify something 60x, much more than a regular macro camera. The pixels of your screen, the end of a pen or something as simple as a grain of rice. A whole new world literally opens up for you. You do need a steady hand because focussing is not easy.

Performance with fast charging

processing power is provided by a Snapdragon 888 from Qualcomm. This octa-core processor runs at a maximum of 2.84 GHz and has a generous 12 GB of RAM memory. It makes the Oppo Find X3 Pro one of the fastest smartphones of this moment. The storage memory is 256GB and cannot be expanded. However, there is room for a 2nd SIM card. The battery measures 4500 mAh in size and consists of 2 parts. That allows Oppo to charge it quickly with 65W. SuperVOOC Flash Charge is the name of the game. In 10 minutes, the battery is 40% full again. Wireless charging is also possible, but at a maximum of 30W; altho that is still faster than some competitors.