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The GoodTwo-day battery lifeExcellent camerasSmooth performanceThe BadExpensiveNo US releaseNo Qi2 support<\/p>\n
The impressive longevity is thanks to a silicon-carbon battery<\/a>, a more energy-dense type of cell that\u2019s allowed Oppo to fit a 7,500mAh battery into a phone that\u2019s still only 8.25mm thick \u2014 thinner than an iPhone 17 Pro<\/a>, with almost double the battery capacity, and about the same price at \u00a31,099 \/ \u20ac1,299. It\u2019s not alone in sheer size, though: It matches the 7,500mAh capacity of the recent Xiaomi 17 Pro Max<\/a>, and beats the 7,300mAh OnePlus 15<\/a> and 7,200mAh Honor Magic 8 Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thanks to that battery, the Find X9 Pro reliably delivers at least two days of power, even through demanding review testing that involves spending all day in and out of the camera app, one of a modern phone\u2019s biggest battery drains.<\/p>\n Thinner than an iPhone 17 Pro<\/a>, with almost double the battery capacity<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been waiting for this. The biggest and best Android flagships out of China, from the Xiaomi 15 Ultra<\/a> to Honor\u2019s Magic 7 Pro<\/a>, have been cruising past the all-day battery line for years now, but this is the first time I\u2019ve felt totally comfortable saying a flagship phone will last for two days, taking you from breakfast one day to bedtime the next. That\u2019s something that Apple, Samsung, and Google simply don\u2019t offer.<\/p>\n When the Find X9 Pro does run out, it can charge at up to 80W over Oppo\u2019s proprietary SuperVooc wired charging standard, or 55W on the universal USB-PD standard, so you\u2019ll still get fairly fast charging with a third-party plug. There\u2019s wireless charging too, though we\u2019re still waiting for the next Android OEM to join Google in offering magnetic Qi2 support.<\/p>\n Hasselblad\u2019s logo gets prominent placement on the new rounded square camera.<\/p>\n Once you get over the battery life, the cameras are the next good reason to consider the Find X9 Pro. The triple rear camera here is truly excellent, with 50-megapixel main and ultrawide lenses and a 200-megapixel 3x telephoto.<\/p>\n Unlike its subsidiary OnePlus, Oppo has maintained its partnership with Hasselblad, which has helped with the color-tuning and provided branded filters, pro modes, and an ultra-ultrawide XPan shooting option. None of that is new to this year\u2019s phone, though, and from the outside it remains just about impossible to tell how much of the camera performance is down to Hasselblad, and how much to Oppo \u2014 though at least all the Hasselblad orange accent colors in the camera app look nice.<\/p>\n 1\/14The main camera takes bright, vibrant shots.<\/p>\n Now that high-end Android manufacturers have mastered the main camera, telephotos have become the battleground du jour, and Oppo\u2019s latest is impressive. The high resolution is the headline grabber, but it\u2019s the large 1\/1.56-inch sensor and fast f\/2.1 aperture that really make the difference. The big sensor makes it easy to take shots with beautiful bokeh and depth. They look great at the default 3x zoom, with little perceptible drop-off up to 6x, which justifies Oppo\u2019s decision to stick to one telephoto, rather than the two found on the Find X8 Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n The main camera still does better than the telephoto with dim light and fast-moving subjects like cats or kids, though the difference is smaller than you might think \u2014 the main lens\u2019s advantage mostly comes down to better color correction when shooting under especially warm or colorful light. Since I often prefer the framing the telephoto provides, I\u2019ve taken to shooting with it more often than not, and haven\u2019t particularly missed the more powerful periscopes of phones like the Vivo X200 Ultra<\/a>.<\/p>\n The add-on telephoto is a powerful addition, though most people won\u2019t need it.<\/p>\n That\u2019s helped by one thing the Find X9 Pro has in common with that phone: an optional add-on telephoto lens that gives you 10x zoom once you attach it onto the phone with the dedicated case and mount. It costs a massive \u20ac499 though \u2014 almost half the phone\u2019s price again \u2014 and when I asked, Oppo wouldn\u2019t confirm which European markets it\u2019ll actually go on sale in. If you can find one, it\u2019s a great way to get even further zoom out of a phone (and at about the same size as a toilet paper tube, it\u2019s compact enough to sneak into concerts and sports games that wouldn\u2019t allow a mirrorless or DSLR), though once the novelty subsides it\u2019s not something I find myself reaching for all too often. What a novelty, though!<\/p>\n 1\/10These shots were all taken with the telephoto extender.<\/p>\n A design revamp moves away from a central, circular camera and toward a substantially more attractive rounded circle in one corner. The other big design change year-on-year is the move to entirely flat edges on the 6.78-inch OLED display, in another industry-wide trend. This one\u2019s a shame, though \u2014 while I\u2019m happy to be rid of the extreme curves that dominated flagships for a few years, the subtle micro-curves of the Find X8 Pro made that phone more comfortable to hold, and I\u2019ll miss them.<\/p>\n The touch-sensitive camera button is still a little awkwardly placed.<\/p>\n The Find X9 Pro features a couple of extra buttons that will sound familiar if you\u2019ve used the Action button or Camera Control on some recent iPhones. The top left of the frame holds the Snap Key, which can be set to a range of options including toggling ring \/ vibrate settings, recording audio, and saving screenshots or notes to Oppo\u2019s AI-based Mind Space, which can then analyze them to create reminders or calendar events. On the phone\u2019s opposite corner, a touch-sensitive control serves as a shortcut to open the camera, a shutter button, and a zoom dial \u2014 though just like last year, and as on most iPhones, it\u2019s positioned too far up the phone\u2019s body to be a truly comfortable camera shutter.<\/p>\n A Dimensity 9500 runs the show under the hood \u2014 essentially MediaTek\u2019s flagship equivalent to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5<\/a> \u2014 together with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage on the model launching worldwide. Unsurprisingly that results in snappy performance throughout, though that should be a given at this price.<\/p>\n The phone launches running the latest version of ColorOS based on Android 16, with the same updates found in OnePlus\u2019 new OxygenOS<\/a>. Gemini integration to Mind Space is the biggest change, allowing you to ask Google\u2019s AI questions based on images and voice memos you\u2019ve saved there. Oppo has also continued to improve its Connect Plus software, which allows you to transfer files between the phone and a Mac or PC, or even take control of the computer from the phone<\/a>, along with limited support for the Apple Watch. Finally, a more customizable lockscreen still falls short of Apple\u2019s iPhone offering, but does now allow you to use short videos or motion photos as wallpapers.<\/p>\n Oppo is the first of the major Chinese players to get this generation of flagship phones out in Europe, but it won\u2019t be alone for long \u2014 recent Chinese releases from Xiaomi, Vivo, and Honor could follow the Find X9 Pro into international markets before the year is out. I haven\u2019t tried those rivals yet, but on paper I\u2019d be surprised if I prefer any to this. It doesn\u2019t have the distraction of a second screen like the Xiaomi 17 Pro, its battery is bigger than Vivo\u2019s X300 Pro<\/a>, and I\u2019m confident its cameras will outclass the Honor Magic 8 Pro\u2019s.<\/p>\n The Find X9 Pro is my kind of phone. It\u2019s class-leading in the two areas I care about the most \u2014 camera and battery life \u2014 and doesn\u2019t compromise much anywhere else to make that possible. Throw in Qi2, and it\u2019d be just about perfect.<\/p>\n Photography by Dominic Preston \/ The Verge<\/p>\n Agree to Continue: Oppo Find X9 Pro<\/p>\n Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it \u2014 contracts that no one actually reads. It\u2019s impossible for us to read and analyze every single one of these agreements. But we started counting exactly how many times you have to hit \u201cagree\u201d to use devices when we review them since these are agreements most people don\u2019t read and definitely can\u2019t negotiate.<\/p>\n To use the Find X9 Pro, you must agree to:<\/p>\n Google Terms of Service<\/a>Google Play Terms of Service<\/a>Google Privacy Policy (included in ToS<\/a>)Install apps and updates: \u201cYou agree this device may also automatically download and install updates and apps from Google, your carrier, and your device\u2019s manufacturer, possibly using cellular data.\u201dOppo User AgreementOppo User Privacy Protection policy<\/p>\n There\u2019s also a variety of optional agreements, including:<\/p>\n Provide anonymous location data for Google\u2019s services\u201cAllow apps and services to scan for Wi-Fi networks and nearby devices at any time, even when Wi-Fi or Bluetooth is off.\u201dSend usage and diagnostic data to GoogleGoogle\u2019s Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy<\/a> if you opt in to using Gemini AssistantAllow Oppo Global Search to collect your informationOppo User Experience ProgramOppo System Stability Improvement Program<\/p>\n Other features, like Google Wallet, may require additional agreements.<\/p>\n Final tally: six mandatory agreements and at least seven optional agreements.<\/p>\n Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Dominic PrestonClose Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n See All by Dominic Preston<\/a><\/p>\n AndroidCloseAndroid<\/p>\n Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n See All Android<\/a><\/p>\n GadgetsCloseGadgets<\/p>\n Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n See All Gadgets<\/a><\/p>\n GoogleCloseGoogle<\/p>\n Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n See All Google<\/a><\/p>\n MobileCloseMobile<\/p>\n Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n See All Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n Phone ReviewsClosePhone Reviews<\/p>\n Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n See All Phone Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n PhonesClosePhones<\/p>\n Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n See All Phones<\/a><\/p>\n ReviewsCloseReviews<\/p>\n Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n FollowFollow<\/p>\n![\"Hasselblad\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/oppo-find-x9-pro-2.jpg\"\/)
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