{"id":299070,"date":"2025-11-18T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/299070\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:29:09","slug":"dont-buy-the-oneplus-15-in-india-it-just-isnt-a-good-value-with-the-downgrades-and-you-should-get-this-android-phone-instead-it-has-better-cameras-and-doesnt-overheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/299070\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t buy the OnePlus 15 in India: It just isn&#8217;t a good value with the downgrades, and you should get this Android phone instead \u2014 it has better cameras and doesn&#8217;t overheat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"elk-6619176c-5a1c-42d3-8c83-bfbe5fe00d15\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>What you need to knowThe Find X9 and X9 Pro have made their debut in India, with both models going on sale starting November 21.The Find X9 starts at \u20b974,999 ($846), with the X9 Pro coming in at \u20b9109,999 ($1,241).Both phones have attractive launch incentives, and retain Hasselblad image tuning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"b6614854-67a4-421b-8b00-aa34726245cf\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">I don&#8217;t really like the OnePlus 15; the design is too generic, the cameras aren&#8217;t as good, and I don&#8217;t really get why the phone doesn&#8217;t have Hasselblad integration any longer. OnePlus somehow managed to sabotage its own product, and outside of a big battery, there isn&#8217;t much going on with the device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">That&#8217;s why I think you should get the Find X9 instead. I used the Find X9 alongside the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/oppo-phones\/oppo-find-x9-pro-review\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/oppo-phones\/oppo-find-x9-pro-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find X9 Pro<\/a>, and the smaller phone is fantastic. In fact, other than a few changes to the camera system, the phone is nearly identical to the Find X9 Pro, and it gets Hasselblad tuning. You may think I&#8217;m overestimating the importance of Hasselblad, but it genuinely makes a difference, and I like the color tuning this generation.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"b6614854-67a4-421b-8b00-aa34726245cf-2\">Best of all, the Find X9 just made its debut in India, with the phone <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1690538&amp;xcust=ac_us_4055493486947391088&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flipkart.com%2Foppo-find-x9-titanium-grey-256-gb%2Fp%2Fitma96fe4cab1395%3Fpid%3DMOBHGZZ8SAMGGJHR&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidcentral.com%2Fphones%2Foppo-phones%2Fdont-buy-the-oneplus-15-in-india-get-the-find-x9-instead\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.flipkart.com\/oppo-find-x9-titanium-grey-256-gb\/p\/itma96fe4cab1395?pid=MOBHGZZ8SAMGGJHR\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" data-hl-processed=\"skimlinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1690538&amp;xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flipkart.com%2Foppo-find-x9-titanium-grey-256-gb%2Fp%2Fitma96fe4cab1395%3Fpid%3DMOBHGZZ8SAMGGJHR&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidcentral.com%2Fphones%2Foppo-phones%2Fdont-buy-the-oneplus-15-in-india-get-the-find-x9-instead\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">available for \u20b974,999<\/a> ($846). That&#8217;s \u20b92,000 higher than what you pay for the OnePlus 15 in India \u2014 \u20b972,999 ($824) \u2014 but you&#8217;re getting a better phone, and OPPO has quite the list of incentives this time, including a 180-day defect guarantee. Should you notice any hardware issues with your phone within six months, you&#8217;ll get a new phone \u2014 no questions asked.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p id=\"50147dd6-5e3e-4d8c-8b2f-433ec4d7ef18\">The Find X9 has a smaller 6.59-inch panel, and you get a better in-hand feel. The design isn&#8217;t distinctive, but it looks good enough, and I like it better than the OnePlus 15. You also get IP68 and IP69 dust and water resistance, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, and Gorilla Glass 7i on the front glass.<\/p>\n<p>Although the 7,050mAh battery is a little smaller, I still got a day and a half between charges, and it has 80W as standard. The MediaTek Dimensity 9500 is able to hold its own against Qualcomm, and if anything, it doesn&#8217;t tend to overheat during extended gaming sessions, so you&#8217;re coming out ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The cameras are where you&#8217;ll notice the biggest difference; the Find X9 gets a 50MP Sony LYT-808 main camera, 50MP 3x zoom lens, and 50MP wide-angle module. It consistently takes better photos than the OnePlus 15, and the new Lumo imaging engine does a terrific job in low-light scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Having used both devices, I can say with some confidence that the Find X9 is the better choice, and I&#8217;m excited to see the phone go on sale in India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to knowThe Find X9 and X9 Pro have made their debut in India, with both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-299070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}