OPPO Find X8 Pro arrives in Australia: Insanely good AI and camera
A new phone has been launched in Australia. The camera is top-notch, the AI tech actually seems helpful and the battery is honestly crazy.
The OPPO Find X8 Pro has been launched in Australia and is set to shake up the smartphone market.
The phone features a cutting-edge camera system, AI tech and the best battery in the world.
With the launch of the new OPPO Find X8 Pro, which was revealed at an event in Bali today, the smartphone manufacturer ended a two-year drought for the series in Australia.
It’s been brought back thanks to huge demand, according to Michael Tran, Managing Director, OPPO Australia..
Best battery in the world
From first impressions, the best thing about the phone is probably the insane battery. It’s a gigantic 5910mAh silicon-carbon battery.
The silicon-carbon battery tech meant OPPO was able to keep the phone a slender 8.24mm despite having a monster under the hood.
A good battery might sound boring, but bear with me, because it’s actually a game-changer.
The phone supports 80W SUPERVOOC charging, which means you can get hours of power in minutes of charge time.
I’ve tried all the latest flagship phones released in the past two years, and none compare to the speed that this phone charges.
Incredibly, the wireless charging, using the 50W AIRVOOC, is actually faster than the wired charging of other major flagships.
It also lasts for ages, powering 24 hours of Netflix or 23.4 hours of YouTube streaming.
I’m calling it early - it’s the best battery on any smartphone in the world.
Four 50MP cameras
The camera system is also notable as OPPO continues its close relationship with Swedish company Hasselblad.
The OPPO Find X8 Pro has four 50MP cameras, including two telephoto cameras.
The dual periscope system features 73mm and 135mm lenses, a world first for a globally available smartphone. This allows for a gapless zoom quality thanks to the seamless focal range between 15mm to 300mm.
The quad-camera system is set in OPPO’s Cosmos Ring design, an elegant solution to the ubiquitous problem of where to house the cameras (the bump is 40% thinner as well).
The new AI telescope zoom is something I’m keen to try out. OPPO says it uses AI and computational photography to significantly improve zoom quality at long distances. It automatically kicks in at 10x zoom and beyond and analyses the image at the pixel level., supplementing detail loss in a way I assume is analogous to JPEG compression technology.
At 60x zoom, a further on-device AI Models kick-in.
There’s some other cool new camera tech, including concert mode (designed for live show), the HyperTone Image Engine (blends RAW images together for better results) and Livephoto (takes images before and after you click, so you don’t miss the shot).
Other features include Soft Lighting Portrait (dreamy lighting), Hasselblad Portrait Mode (precisely isolated fine details on photos), Quick Button (double-tap launches the camera in just 0.4 seconds), and Zero Shutter Lag (shutter lag is virtually non-existent, meaning you get the photo exactly when you click).
Lightning Snap helps with action photos. When you hold down the shutter button while capturing a moving subject, the phone shoots off a burst at up to 7 frames per second, freezing the moment in the time.
Artificial intelligence
AI is the buzzword this year, and consumers definitely expect phones to have the latest tech.
OPPO joined forces with Google and Google Gemini is now the native digital assistant for ColorOS 15.
AI Photo Remaster
There are three powerful AI photo editing tools in the new AI Photo Remaster suite.
These include AI Clarity Enhance (transforms low-res images to high-res), AI Unblur (restores natural details in things like skin and hair), and AI Reflection Remover (gets rid of glare and reflection in glass).
One of the fun new AI features on the phone is the AI Studio Reimagine Yourself. It allows you to use generative AI to change a photo. The AI Toolbox has a whole kit of things: it provides text summaries, reads content aloud, and corrects and rewrites text based on the chosen writing style. The recorder provides summaries from hours of audio, Notes now has a one-tap layout formatting feature, and the Documents app helps with workflow by summarising documents in seven languages.
Powerful silicon and new button
The phone’s chip is worth talking about; it is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400. It has better AI, computing, gaming and photography capabilities.
There’s also a new slider, which allows for an easy switch between ring, vibrate, and silent modes.
My first thoughts
The phone is hot off the blocks, but at first glance, it looks like it will make waves in Australia.
The camera is top-notch, the AI tech actually seems helpful and the battery is honestly crazy.
Andrew Backhouse travelled to Bali as a guest of OPPO
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