{"id":216319,"date":"2025-12-05T06:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/216319\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T06:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:15:36","slug":"oppo-find-x9-pro-review-serious-photographic-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/216319\/","title":{"rendered":"Oppo Find X9 Pro Review: Serious Photographic Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"6f785a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6f785a;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10526 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_8-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><br \/>The Oppo Find X9 Pro is an excellent flagship phone, but it\u2019s best suited to a very specific subset of photography enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<tr>\nPros<br \/>\nCons<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Incredible cameras, including optional Hasselblad Lens<\/td>\n<td>Hasselblad lens is a chore to install and use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Great battery endurance<\/td>\n<td>Limited range of colour choices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Good app performance<\/td>\n<td>Expensive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><strong>Score:<\/strong> 4\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you buy a product using the link above, ART may earn a small commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In this review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#specs\">Oppo Find X9 Pro Specifications<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#design\">Oppo Find X9 Pro Design<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#camera\">Oppo Find X9 Pro Camera<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#performance\">Oppo Find X9 Pro Performance<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#battery\">Oppo Find X9 Pro Battery<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#verdict\">Oppo Find X9 Pro Verdict<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethical disclaimer:<\/strong> The Oppo Find X9 Pro used in this review was loaned to me for a two week period by Oppo Australia. That\u2019s the start and end of Oppo\u2019s influence over this review; all observations, tests, opinions and evaluations are 100% mine without undue commercial interference or oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of other sites won\u2019t mention this, and I think it\u2019s worth your while asking why that is, and what it says about how much you can trust their reviews \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/the-problem-with-online-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">or in many cases, why you can\u2019t.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/the-art-of-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">For more on ART\u2019s Ethics position, see here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Design<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"645f49\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #645f49;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10534 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_1-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro is Oppo\u2019s 2025 flagship, and it\u2019s one that dropped onto my review desk after I\u2019d reviewed the Oppo Find X9, it\u2019s somewhat less expensive sibling:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/oppo-find-x9-review-bargain-flagship-maybe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-dominant-color=\"74767f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #74767f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10384 size-thumbnail not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9_3-150x150.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/oppo-find-x9-review-bargain-flagship-maybe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oppo Find X9 Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Typically with premium phones in a series I\u2019ll advise to go for the best unit you can afford; you\u2019re already paying premium money so you may as well get the best you can rather than accepting the compromises built into the lower cost models.<\/p>\n<p>With a price gap of $500 however, the Oppo Find X9 Pro had to do a lot to impress me, because I did really like the regular Find X9 a lot.<\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro is built around a 6.78 inch 120Hz LTPO AMOLED display, which means it starts out a little slicker than the Find X9\u2019s 6.59 inch AMOLED 120Hz, not just for size but also for the fact that it can shift from 1-120Hz where the Find X9 is a 60 or 120Hz phone only. If you\u2019re paying premium money you should absolutely be getting the best possible display.<\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro feels premium in the hand, wrapped in a matte metallic finish that does a fair job of repelling fingerprints.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"8f9698\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8f9698;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10532 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_3-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In Australia Oppo sells the Oppo Find X9 Pro in Titanium Charcoal or Silk White finishes \u2013 it\u2019s the latter I\u2019ve been testing \u2013 and while it\u2019s got a nice elegant sheen to it, I\u2019m once again struck by the fact that so many flagships just opt for a businesslike set of colour choices.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWhere\u2019s the fun for my money, Oppo? Give me some interesting or eye-catching colour choices, not just something that looks like the floor of a Roman emperor\u2019s palace!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It turns out that Oppo does make a much more eye-catching variant of the Oppo Find X9 Pro in a \u201cRed Velvet\u201d finish\u2026 but if you want that model, you\u2019d have to take the risk with importing it, as it\u2019s not for sale in Australia through Oppo Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The controls on the Oppo Find X9 Pro mostly mirror those of the smaller Find X9, with power\/assistant button and volume controls on the left hand side and the iPhone-mimicking \u201cSnap Key\u201d on the right.<\/p>\n<p>With an eye to its camera prowess \u2013 and something of a nod again to the way that Apple\u2019s iPhone lineup manages camera shots \u2013 there\u2019s also a dedicated \u201cQuick Button\u201d for basic camera control on the lower right hand side of the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Flip the Oppo Find X9 Pro around and you\u2019re met with a prominent square camera bump at the upper left hand side, making this yet another phone that will never sit flush on a desk. The bump is at least large enough to prop the phone up when it\u2019s placed down on a surface so it\u2019s not as likely to wobble or slip around as some phones do.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"89837d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #89837d;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10529 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_6-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>On the durability front, Oppo rates the Oppo Find X9 Pro at <a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/why-your-waterproof-phone-isnt-actually-waterproof-the-way-you-think-it-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">IP69<\/a> with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 to protect the display.<\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019ve noted before, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxKYoOijPf8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">I don\u2019t run unscientific drop or smash tests on phones<\/a>, but I will note that without a case, the Oppo Find X9 Pro is somewhat slippery in the hand. Be careful, because (at least for the Australian unit tested) there\u2019s no supplied case in the box with the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Buying one would be a very wise investment unless you\u2019re entirely blas\u00e9 about risking a $2,299 phone all the time.<\/p>\n<p>Camera<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"7c8875\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7c8875;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10533 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_2-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>I noted in my review of the Oppo Find X9 that the Pro variant was going to live and die as its value proposition on its cameras, and especially on how important pro-level camera quality is to you.<\/p>\n<p>Does the Oppo Find X9 Pro bring the camera goods?<\/p>\n<p>Oh my yes.<\/p>\n<p>This is a superb camera phone on its own merits, with a rear array of sensors comprising 50MP Wide, 50MP 120\u00b0 Ultra-Wide and 200MP Telephoto plus a 2MP Monochrome sensor for image sharpening, while the front facing camera packs in a 50MP sensor for your selfie needs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"717c51\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #717c51;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10546 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_7-768x1024.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will never be pretty \u2014 I\u2019m OK with that \u2014 but the Oppo Find X9 Pro at least avoids over-smoothing or other alien-looking \u201cbeautification\u201d traps by default. It\u2019s just\u2026 me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Megapixel counts are not the be-all and end-all of camera quality, however \u2013 you can get 50MP sensors in very cheap phones after all \u2013 but Oppo\u2019s secret sauce here is a tie-up with serious camera makers Hasselblad, including some Hasselblad-specific shooting modes.<\/p>\n<p>By itself, the Oppo Find is a good camera for most shooting situations, grabbing focus quickly and delivering nicely realistic results. There was a time where Oppo\u2019s post-processing tended towards the garishly coloured, but it appears that Hasselblad (or perhaps learned experience) has reined that in markedly.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"736b66\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #736b66;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10545 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_8-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nice natural colours are easy to achieve with the Oppo Find X9 Pro.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"68863e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #68863e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10549 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_4-768x1024.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can go quite manual with the Find X9 Pro \u2014 and I suspect many will \u2014 but even ad-hoc shots, like this one can turn out quite well.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"8b7e72\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8b7e72;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10547 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_6-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I suspect this wombat has spotted me.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"6d6051\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6d6051;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10540 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_12-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The odds of me doing camera testing with cat photos are essentially 100%.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"71573f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #71573f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10544 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_10-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make that 110%.<\/p>\n<p>Macro shots are also great and while (as always) patience with macro is a virtue, you can still get some excellent results quite easily.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"7e8182\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7e8182;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10541 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_11-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It helps taking macro shots with the Oppo Find X9 Pro when the snake is unlikely to move, mind you.<\/p>\n<p>You can also opt to take a direct 200MP photo if you want plenty of detail, though this is best reserved for shots where you figure you\u2019re likely to crop in to a serious extent. Take for example this 200MP shot of some wood chips:<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"72583f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #72583f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10554 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_200MPPhoto-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking a 200MP photo is a little slower than a regular shot, but it does allow you to crop in very close before losing detail:<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"855d44\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #855d44;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10553 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_200MPPhoto_Crop-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Same shot, extremely cropped.<\/p>\n<p>On the zoom front, the telephoto sensor on the Oppo Find X9 Pro can be pushed up to 120x. Oppo\u2019s made an interesting choice here, because last year\u2019s Oppo Find X8 Pro packed in two 50MP telephoto lenses at 3x and 6x respectively, distinct from the single 200MP telephoto 3x sensor you get here.<\/p>\n<p>Like last year\u2019s model, those extreme zoom ranges are meant to be smoothed over with some AI-post processing, and like everyone else\u2019s hefty zooms, it\u2019s very much a question of what you shoot and how well it can interpret those scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Using them on human faces is a great way to drop subjects into their own virtual witness protection program, because the results are always horrible. I won\u2019t publish the test shots I took while out and about because I don\u2019t like intruding on people\u2019s privacy that much, but I can demonstrate what I mean with some simple landscape shots.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"798491\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #798491;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10555 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_wide-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro Wide Shot (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s fine, and there\u2019s a building in the far distance I\u2019d like to look at. So I shall.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"737c8b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #737c8b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10557 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_6xzoom-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro 6x Optical Zoom Photo (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">6x gets me closer and is perfectly fine because a 200MP sensor can take a lot of cropping before losing quality<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"657791\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #657791;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10558 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_60xzoom-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro 60x zoom (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">60x is reasonable, though you can start to see the AI smoothing trying to match up bits of the building that don\u2019t quite look right, unless the building is secretly made out of ice cream rather than concrete.<\/p>\n<p>At 120x, however, the AI tries to smooth things over a bit too much\u2026and it does not go well:<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"485367\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #485367;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10559 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_120xzoom-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro 120x Zoom (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Architect: Salvador Dali, possibly.<\/p>\n<p>Very long AI-assisted zooms are pretty much always poor this way; to give this some context I used the 100x zoom on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra at the same time, and it\u2019s worse than the Oppo in this respect:<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"52626e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #52626e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10560 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/S25_100xZoom-1024x577.webp.webp\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 100x Zoom (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Keeping the zoom to moderate levels can however give you some good results.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"7b572c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7b572c;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10539 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_13-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro Sample Photo (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This looks like a macro shot, but it\u2019s actually a zoom one. The level of detail is very nice indeed.<\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro does have a dedicated camera control button, a la the iPhone, though in Oppo-speak it\u2019s the \u201cQuick Button\u201d, allowing for taking shots or simple zooming if you softly run your finger across its surface.<\/p>\n<p>The issue I had with the Quick Button was the same one I have with the Camera Control Button, because I do feel like it\u2019s solving a problem that few have, and doing so in a way that just doesn\u2019t feel all that ergonomic unless you\u2019re holding the phone in portrait orientation.<\/p>\n<p>In landscape modes, my fingers have to stretch that little bit too far to be comfortable, at which point I\u2019m more inclined to either use the on-screen shutter or stretch the fingers of my left hand to the volume buttons, which also still act as shutter releases at a shorter distance. Anyone with really long spindly fingers care to chime in on why the Quick Button is a must-have, because I honestly don\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n<p>The tie-up with Hassleblad isn\u2019t just limited to camera optimisations, with an optional $699 Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit available for the Oppo Find X9 Pro that adds 10x optical zoom capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"8b796a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8b796a;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10536 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_HBCK-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>While Oppo might support the Teleconverter for future phones \u2013 only Oppo knows for sure what models those might be \u2013 the kit is currently only compatible with the Oppo Find X9 Pro, not the lower-cost Find X9.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, it amuses me a lot that the teleconverter kit comes in a box that\u2019s massively larger than the box the Find X9 Pro comes in, though I\u2019m not sure if this is just a review kit model that\u2019s been particularly fancied up to try to impress reviewers.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe not, though, given Hasselblad\u2019s own premium positioning. It\u2019s a lot of cardboard to house just a few parts that you need to use the teleconverter kit, which gives you zoom ranges from 10x up to an impressive 200x.<\/p>\n<p>I was curious to see whether or not the Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit could deliver pleasing images, and the short answer is that yes, it absolutely can \u2013 but with a pretty significant set of caveats in play.<\/p>\n<p>First up, let\u2019s put the Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit through the same cross-valley building photo test, just to show what it can do:<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"7c7f89\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7c7f89;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10561 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_10xHBzoom-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro 10x Zoom (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The 10x zoom shot with the Hasselblad lens looks good, but let\u2019s get a little closer.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"7d7e85\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7d7e85;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10562 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_20xHBzoom-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro 20x Zoom (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">20x is also solid, but we can get much closer than this.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"605e65\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #605e65;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10563 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_40xHBzoom-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro 40x Zoom (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">40x is decent, though at this kind of length and with the weight of the lens, taking handheld shots smoothly becomes quite awkward.<\/p>\n<p>You can push matters all the way up to 200x zoom, and it will try some AI smoothing when you do\u2026 but seriously, you shouldn\u2019t, especially if (like me in this test situation) you\u2019re doing so handheld without a tripod.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"323649\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #323649;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10564 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_200xHBzoom-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro 200x Zoom (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That\u2019s.. something. I\u2019m not sure what something it is, mind you.<\/p>\n<p>Using the Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit with the Oppo Find X9 Pro is a very fiddly process. The kit comes with a magnetic case (which also adds faux Qi2 style charging capabilities) that you have to place on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>So far, so fine, but then the mounting plate also has to be snapped into place, and this covers all but one lens, meaning that you cannot shift from shooting with the Teleconverter without removing it every time. Finally, once the mounting plate is in place, you can place and twist the actual 10x Hasselblad lens in place.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an impressive looking bit of kit that does create something of the illusion of using a full DSLR, but it also substantially changes the weight of the phone.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"696954\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #696954;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10535 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_HBCK_2-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s unavoidable when you\u2019re adding this much glass to a phone, but it does make it harder to use without a tripod to hand. A tripod mounting bracket is also included, and it\u2019s advisable especially at those longer zoom lengths where getting stable shots is quite tricky.<\/p>\n<p>The Hasselblad Teleconverter also only works properly in its specific shooting mode within Oppo\u2019s camera app, and by its nature it\u2019s quite unwieldy when it\u2019s installed. Forget putting the Oppo Find X9 Pro into your pants pocket unless you happen to be <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/otCpCn0l4Wo?si=gdgGHeSF28bNY8x7&amp;t=26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MC Hammer<\/a>, and even then it\u2019d be a tight fit.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"2f360e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #2f360e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10542 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_HB2-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You don\u2019t have to use the Hasselblad Teleconverter just for extreme zooms; it\u2019s also rather nice for spot effects, like the shot above.<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"7f7361\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7f7361;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10551 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_SamplePhoto_2-1024x768.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Santa must be boiling in that suit (and I bet that Koala is scratching up his shoulder something fierce too).<\/p>\n<p>Performance<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"aba9a3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #aba9a3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10528 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_7-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro is, like the smaller Find X9, built around MediaTek\u2019s Dimensity 9500 processor with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of fixed storage on board, a slight bump up from the 12GB of RAM and 512GB in its smaller sibling\u2019s frame.<\/p>\n<p>MediaTek has, in recent years really brought the battle to Qualcomm when it comes to the best mix of power, battery endurance and price points, and as Oppo\u2019s true flagship phone for the year I was keen to see how the Oppo Find X9 Pro compares against other flagships, as well as some of its own brand devices.<br \/>Here\u2019s how it compares using Geekbench 6\u2019s CPU test:<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s particularly honed Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy still rules the roost here, and it\u2019s not surprising to see the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro running neck and neck here, because they\u2019re basically the same phone in CPU terms.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this is a solid result for a flagship phone, and for most use cases the Oppo Find X9 Pro will have more than enough power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/samsung-galaxy-s25-ultra-review-powerful-but-not-especially-innovative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-dominant-color=\"947f6d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #947f6d;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7533 size-thumbnail not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GalaxyS25Ultra_4-150x150.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/samsung-galaxy-s25-ultra-review-powerful-but-not-especially-innovative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/apple-iphone-17-pro-review-great-phone-high-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7a7d77\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7a7d77;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9691 size-thumbnail not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/iPhone17Pro_7-150x150.webp.webp\" alt=\"Apple iPhone 17 Pro (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/apple-iphone-17-pro-review-great-phone-high-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Apple iPhone 17 Pro Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/asus-rog-phone-9-pro-review-one-for-the-gamers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-dominant-color=\"88795e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #88795e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8765 size-thumbnail not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ROGPhone9Pro_2-150x150.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/asus-rog-phone-9-pro-review-one-for-the-gamers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/google-pixel-10-pro-xl-review-on-the-precipice-of-ai-greatness-or-mediocrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-dominant-color=\"886657\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #886657;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9176 size-thumbnail not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pixel10ProXL_9-150x150.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/google-pixel-10-pro-xl-review-on-the-precipice-of-ai-greatness-or-mediocrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google Pixel 10 Pro XL Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If gaming or higher-end graphics manipulation is more your bag, the Oppo Find X9 Pro performs very well indeed. Here\u2019s how it compares using 3Dmark\u2019s Wild Life Extreme benchmark:<\/p>\n<p>Oppo uses its own ColorOS overlay on top of Android 16 for the Oppo Find X9 Pro with the promise of five years of operating system upgrades and six years of security updates. That\u2019s a little behind the pace of Samsung or Google, both of whom promise seven years of both with their flagships.<\/p>\n<p>ColorOS itself is very bright and still carries some traces of the iOS clone it used to be. It\u2019s totally a taste matter as to whether you like its bright icons and squared off style. I\u2019m not a huge fan personally, but it\u2019s certainly not something that would stop me using the Oppo Find X9 Pro, and being Android, it\u2019s also configurable for other presentation styles.<\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro does ship with a fair amount of \u201cextra\u201d software \u2013 there\u2019s a less polite term for this kind of thing, but let\u2019s go with \u201cextra\u201d for the sake of politeness \u2013 including TikTok, LinkedIn, Temu and AliExpress, as well as Oppo\u2019s own App Market alongside Google Play.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not a fan of crapware but it absolutely exists because money changes hands; I\u2019d uninstall it pronto if I were you, but tastes can vary. I do like the potential for alternative app stores and the way that can build competition, but sadly every time I open App Market I find more apps that sit on the dubious side than I\u2019d really like.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, at the time of writing this review, apparently the 8th most popular game on App Market is \u2013 and I quote \u2013 \u201cVehicle Masters Car Driver 3D\u201d, a game name that I\u2019m pretty sure was written by an AI-powered SEO robot, and possibly programmed by it too.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2026 wouldn\u2019t if I were you.<\/p>\n<p>Battery<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"919594\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #919594;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10531 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_4-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oppo Find X9 Pro (Photo: Alex Kidman)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>As the actual flagship of Oppo\u2019s 2025 range, it\u2019s not surprising to see the Oppo Find X9 Pro carrying the company\u2019s biggest battery capacity, at 7,500mAh. That\u2019s an immense battery size for an Android phone, and nicely ahead of its sibling Find X9\u2019s 7025mAh battery pack too.<\/p>\n<p>Big numbers sound impressive, but as always it\u2019s worth knowing what those big numbers equate to in real world usage. First stop, my standard YouTube 3 hour battery benchmark test. Here\u2019s how the Oppo Find X9 Pro compares:<\/p>\n<p>I could have put the cheaper Oppo Find X9 at the top of that table, given its identical performance from a smaller battery, but I didn\u2019t, largely because of how very well the Oppo Find X9 Pro performs in anecdotal tests.<\/p>\n<p>This is a phone where the battery does just keep on keeping on, making two-day battery life a very real possibility for most users.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get past that kind of benchmark for all but the most remote or rare use cases, I\u2019m not sure where you go. I did hammer the Oppo Find X9 Pro on a single day with heavy game usage just to prove to myself that it could go flat in a day, and guess what happened?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that\u2019s right, it went flat.<\/p>\n<p>There still isn\u2019t a phone whose battery I cannot defeat in a single day, but I did have to work appreciably hard to get there, and that\u2019s commendable in and of itself.<\/p>\n<p>Oppo has its own fast charging standard, SUPERVOOC, and naturally the Oppo Find X9 Pro is compatible with that, charging at up to 80W. Oppo does \u2013 at least for the Australian model I\u2019ve tested \u2013 supply a charger in the box, too, which is a big point of difference from its premium competitors.<\/p>\n<p>My prior experience with SuperVOOC chargers is that they do work but can be somewhat temperamental if you try to use them for other gadgets. Thankfully the same is not true in reverse; the Oppo Find X9 Pro also happily charged from other high capacity chargers I had handy, even stating that it was using \u201cSuperVOOC\u201d charging when doing so. I suspect that\u2019s just the software declaring that any charge above a certain level is defined as \u201cfaster\u201d charging.<\/p>\n<p>On the wireless charging front, the Oppo Find X9 supports up to 50W wireless charging, but that\u2019s only with Oppo\u2019s own in-house AIRVOOC charger, which I\u2019ve never been able to test on any Oppo phone, this one included.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in the more regular Qi\/Qi2 space for wireless charging, it will function from a wireless charger, but at a considerably slower rate. For what it\u2019s worth, the included case with the Hasselblad Teleconverter kit includes a magnetic ring that works for wireless charing orientation, but I kind of feel that spending $699 on a phone case might just be a case of overkill.<\/p>\n<p>Oppo Find X9 Pro: Alex\u2019s Verdict<\/p>\n<p><img data-dominant-color=\"6b6458\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6b6458;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10530 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OppoFindX9Pro_5-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro is a very good phone, easily one of the year\u2019s best phones in fact. If you\u2019re very keen on photography, and especially the potential of that Teleconverter kit, there\u2019s a lot of appeal here straight away.<\/p>\n<p>However\u2026 this isn\u2019t a phone for everyone, even in the premium space. It\u2019s expensive, and while that\u2019s true for most flagships, it\u2019s especially true when you consider most of its Android competition is a couple of months old now (or more) and at the point where bargains abound, making the difference between the Oppo Find X9 Pro\u2019s price and theirs quite marked. If you don\u2019t want or need its camera prowess to this level, even within the Oppo family the Find X9 is quite a lot cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got the cash to splash and you want to go all-in on a superb camera phone with great battery endurance, though, it\u2019s an exceptional device. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Was this review useful to you?<br \/>Support independent media by becoming a sponsor or buying me a coffee!<\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"maxbutton-3 maxbutton maxbutton-paypal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?business=YVH9DJCUNF8E6&amp;amount=5&amp;no_recurring=0&amp;currency_code=AUD\">Donate via PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexreviewstech.com\/support-alex-reviews-tech-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Find out more about how you can support Alex Reviews Tech here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oppo Find X9 Pro: Pricing and availability<\/p>\n<p>The Oppo Find X9 Pro \u00a0retails in Australia for $2299. 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