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Intro & Unboxing
This is the first time that Oppo have included the word Ultra in a top end flagship and I have to say it’s been worth the wait.
Because the Oppo find X7 Ultra is the most ultimate smartphone I have ever tested.
Inside its premium box you’ll find the device itself, a rubberized case which unfortunately doesn’t match the look of the actual phone, a very thick 10 amp charging cable and a very fast 100W SuperVooc charging block.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Pricing & Availability
The Oppo X7 Ultra recently launched in China with a starting price of 5,999 Chinese Yuan which works out to roughly $840 or 70,000 Indian Rupees.
Prices are exactly the same as its predecessors launch prices which is quite insane considering so much has been upgraded.
Its biggest drawback however is that just like the Find X6 Pro before it, there is no word on its future Global availability. It is for now a China exclusive only.
But if you love technology as much as I do then, you’re going to want to stick around for the remainder of this review.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Back Camera
Because this is the world’s first smartphone to house two Periscope telephoto cameras which explains the ginormous camera module on the back.
The cosmos ring is largely similar to last year’s aside from the flash which now sits outside the lens.
The Hasselblad logo is no longer fully spelled out and there’s now a starlight track on the rim to mimic aperture rings of professional lenses.
The next gen hyper tone Imaging engine has been improved to prevent unnatural HDR effects, overexposure and over sharpening which results in truer to life photography.
Lens reflection has now been reduced by an extra 50% thanks to the new customized Glass lens which sits on top of four Flagship leading 50MP sensors and three of them offer Optical image stabilization.
The only camera that hasn’t changed here is the three times optically zoomed Periscope telephoto camera which is the same Sony IMX 890 sensor.
There’s a second Periscope as well which is the Sony IMX 858 sensor that can zoom in optically by six times.
The main camera is backed by the new second generation 1inch type Sony LYT-900 stacked sensor and the ultrawide camera is another new Sony sensor that being an LYT-600 sensor with a 123° field of view.
Not only does the ultrawide take great macro shots but the two Periscope cameras offer macro modes too.
Thanks to low minimum focusing distances which leads to Natural background blur.
The ultra-white itself takes phenomenal photos whether in high res or bend down mode and results in images that are main camera worthy.
Which is why the main camera only appears to be slightly better than the ultra-wide, but produces arguably the best one time shot I have ever seen.
Just like last year at three times optical zoom, things look crisp. But it’s insane how detailed things come out at six times optical zoom thanks to the second Periscope sensor.
Detail, color and exposure are very matched between both periscopes and 12 times lossless Zoom is on another level compared to the competition.
We now also have Ai Zoom at a 30 times level which has genuinely taken my breath away and even when zooming in further to 60 or even 120 times detail is still very much intact.
Portrait mode can be used with the main and both periscopes and the fact that the main camera can take such a good full body portrait is mind-blowing to say the least.
Portrait video is not quite as good as I had hoped and is limited to 1080p across the sensors.
But it’s not really needed since they can all shoot at 4K 60 FPS and both periscopes produce fantastic natural depth.
Dolby Vision Video can be used with all the cameras. But the main camera can shoot it at 4K 60 FPS and while slow motion is decent it’s still not quite as good as the competition.
As with most flagships the Oppo Find X7 Ultra can also shoot continuous 4K 30fps video which lets you seamlessly switch from the ultra-wide to the main to the three times Periscope to the six times Periscope, all the way up to 18 times digital zoom in one single video. But unfortunately, this cannot be done at 60 FPS.
Ultra-steady video is still limited to the ultra-wide and Main cameras at 1080P 60fps and it comes out more than stable even while running.
But both sensors produce very stable regular 4K 60fps video anyway and while the ultra-wide looks incredible the main camera produces very realistic dynamic range. Unfortunately, there is no 8K video.
The two periscopes can also record 4K 60 FPS video and I was actually pretty surprised at how stable they came out while walking around when considering the competition.
They are not quite as stable when recording at night. But things come out more than bright enough which is quite unheard of when recording video with Periscope cameras at night.
But of course, the ultra-wide and Main cameras Come Out Swinging when recording video at night. Especially the main camera footage thanks to that massive 1-in type sensor.
Even with a warm light hitting my face while recording on main camera and Periscope camera, video of me came out looking more than decent in such a low-lit environment.
Even portrait video came out acceptable at night. Actually, more so than when recording portrait video during the day.
Portrait photos looked just as good at nights as they did during the day and the main camera impressed me once again with full body Edge detection and phenomenal exposure.
Night mode photos of me also look great. But this benefits the three times Periscope the most and once again the tone between the ultra-wide and Main sensors are so well matched, it’s insane.
Light noise is also very well controlled here. Three times optical zoom has a tad bit of ghosting, but still comes out with plenty detail.
Light noise is handled quite well with both periscopes and the second Periscope retains decent detail as well.
30 times Ai Zoom still comes out picture perfect and it’s honestly crazy how much detail is still shown at night when zooming all the way in by 120 times.
Oppo have always impressed me when it comes to cameras but the Find X7 Ultra has seriously taken things up a notch and it’s very unique to see all four sensors produce similar results.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Build & Design
But now it’s time to shift our Focus to its overall design.
This time all three-color options have a leather and glass dual tone design. You can pick it up in tailored black which is the only one with stitching on its leather, Sepia brown or Ocean blue.
I have the Ocean blue variant and it looks amazing. The silver tone of the camera module flows into the glossy white gorilla gloss at the top which flows down onto the soft vegan leather bottom half which takes up most of the space.
The glossy aluminium side rails are slightly curved. It’s the same thickness as last year at 9.5 mm. It’s a tad heavy with 221 grams and it still has an IP68 dust and water-resistant certification.
The display is still protected by Gorilla Glass victus 2 and the bezels wrapping around are fairly thin and quite symmetrical.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Selfie Camera
There’s still a punch hole Notch at the top center of the screen. But the selfie camera inside of it has been upgraded to a new 32MP Sony LYT-506 sensor with autofocus.
It takes incredible photos and portrait photos when cropped in at 25 mm and things look even better when taking native 21 mm focal length.
Detail is booming and Edge detection is very near perfect.
4K 60fps selfie video is a huge deal for oppo’s Flagship lineup and there is also an option for portrait video. But it’s capped at 1080p 30fps.
Selfie video comes out quite decently at night too and selfie photos produce some of the best results I have ever seen in a dimly lit situation which pop even more when enabling the onscreen flash.
A lot of Chinese brands are pushing 4K selfie video to their flagships this year.
But Oppo have taken things a step further by including 4K 60fps selfie video and I couldn’t be happier.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Display
But now it’s time to check out that refined display.
It’s the exact same panel we see on the recently released OnePlus 12.
That being a 6.82 in Pro XDR 10bit AMOLED display which boasts a QHD plus resolution which covers 100% of the DCR P3 color space and supports Dolby Vision, HDR 10, HDR 10 Plus and wide vine L1 content.
It still uses LTPO tech for a 1Hz to 120Hz refresh rate and has the same 240Hz touch sampling rate. But PWM dimming has now increased to 2160Hz.
However, the biggest upgrade here is arguably found in screen brightness. As it can now go all the way up to a whopping 4,500 nits of local Peak brightness which is extremely Ultra to say the least.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Software
In terms of software, the Oppo Find X7 Ultra uses their custom colorOS 14 skin which is layered over Android 14.
It’s of course Chinese ROM since the device will likely remain a Chinese exclusive. But you’ll be happy to hear that this time the Google Play Store comes pre-installed.
Unfortunately, there’s no Google discover but rather oppo’s own Quick Glance panel which is quite Chinese looking.
The side panel is connected to breeno which is linked to AndesGPT which offers some useful Ai features such as removing a subject from a background in the gallery app, erasing an object from the background in a photo etc. But it’s not perfect.
It even allows you to summarize articles on the internet though it’s limited to certain browsers and cannot do it in English.
I would have loved to have seen the global take on this. But these aren’t exactly brand-new features in the smartphone World.
Otherwise, colorOS 14 looks identical to colorOS 13, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing since it’s already one of my favourite software skins and is very aesthetically appealing.
Overall, with a lot of features, it offers a clean and fluid user experience.
A big change this year however is that Oppo have now Incorporated the alert slider from OnePlus. But it works slightly different.
The lower level is for ring, the middle is for silence and sliding it all the way to the top activates VIP mode which is a glorified privacy mode if you’re worried about being watched.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Battery
What hasn’t changed at all though is battery and charging.
We still have the same 5,000 mAh battery 100W wired 50W Wireless and 10W reverse wireless charging.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Performance
But what has changed and is kind of expected is that it now incorporates the latest Flagship chipset from Qualcomm.
That being the new Snapdragon Gen 3 CPU which went paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage and Oppo’s high performance mode found within settings produces some serious benchmark scores across multiple different heavy hitting Benchmark apps.
This of course means that the Oppo Find X7 Ultra will be hitting Peak Performance regardless of what tasks you throw at it.
So of course, I had to test out some games. But before we get into it it’s worth mentioning that there is a game Hub overlay which allows you to play around with multiple different features including certain performance modes.
The first game I opened was of course Genshin impact which is extremely demanding when setting all of its graphical settings to the Max.
The Find X7 Ultra managed an average of 60 frames per second the entire time playing which is of course the frame rate limit for this specific game.
We then moved on to a high frame rate game that being Call of Duty mobile and while set to Ultra-FPS mode in the game the device pushed to 120 FPS without any frame drops or stutters and it barely broke a sweat.
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Connectivity
This is a flagship after all. So, it’s not shy of features namely Bluetooth 5.4, NFC dual SIM 5G, Wi-Fi 7 as well as a USB 3.2 type-c Port, an IR blaster, immersive and customizable haptic feedback thanks to O haptics and of course dual stereo speakers with spatial audio and Dolby Atmos support.
Final Thoughts
Latest Flagship from Oppo is certainly worthy of the name Ultra.
It is packed with all the hardware to make it Ultra in terms of performance, its new display is ultra-vivid and ultra-bright, its selfie camera has been upgraded and is ultra in the sense of quality and 4K 60fps selfie video.
But the most Ultra worthy part of the Find X7 Ultra is no doubt the new Quad camera setup on its back.
If you’re a sucker for photography like me then it doesn’t really get much more Ultra than this.
If you ask me the camera alone is enough to want to import one and just make do with the Chinese ROM.
Let me know your thoughts on “what is possibly the most ultra-mate device of 2024?”
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FAQ
Is Oppo Find X7 Ultra available globally?
No, Oppo Find X7 Ultra is only available in China.
Does Oppo Find X7 Ultra has two telephoto cameras?
Yes, Oppo Find X7 Ultra has two telephoto cameras.
Which camera sensor is used in Oppo Find X7 Ultra?
Sony LYT-900 camera sensor is used in Oppo Find X7 Ultra.
What is the price of Oppo Find X7 Ultra?
Oppo Find X7 Ultra is lunched at 5,999 Chinese Yuan which is roughly $840 or 70,000 Indian Rupees.
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