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MariSilicon X: Oppo has recently unveiled Find X5 & X5 Pro, the next-gen smartphone range in their X-Series lineup. The models were equipped with the highest possible hardware specs right now. The pro version of these smartphones has got the all-new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset with the most powerful Adreno 730 GPU working under its good. On the other hand, Find X5 comes with Snapdragon 888, the most powerful chipset right next to Gen 1. Apart from carrying the most powerful CPU and GPU combos, these two smartphones also got a new and improved NPU working under their hood. Oppo is calling it as MariSillicon X.
Until now, we only heard about the big fat CPUs and GPUs. Almost every smartphone has got them fitted inside. They are considered the heart of mobile phones. Almost every performance aspect of the smartphone is judged based upon them. However, these two left some gaps while covering some aspects of a smartphone. The camera is one such aspect and this is where MariSilicon X fill the gap left behind by CPU and GPU. Unlike Snapdragon or Adreno, MariSilicon X is an NPU.
What is NPU?NPU stands for Neural Processing Unit. It is built into the mobile processor to utilize advanced neural networks and provide new levels of visual intelligence. It helps to boost up the AI features in your camera. Up until now, the AI features working in your camera depending upon the capability of your processor. This, in turn, has created some boundaries to fully unleash the performance of AI since the processor has to take care of many things in mobile. However, this situation is now going to change with the introduction of a separate processing unit for it which is called the NPU.
MariSilicon X is an NPU introduced by Oppo. Brands like Huawei and Oppo have started adding these separate NPU units to boost up the AI processing in their mobile. Instead of letting the CPU carrying out the AI computing tasks, the NPU is assigned to do the tasks and it does it better and faster.
OPPO unveiled its first self-designed cutting-edge imaging NPU – MariSilicon X – at OPPO INNO DAY 2021. This chipset is known to give a major boost to mobile photography and image processing. Here’s how it can make the whole process better and if not remarkable.
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MariSilicon X: Ultra HDR will replace HDREver wonder when will you get to see the next big thing in HDR photography? Well, now it’s happening. With the introduction of the new MariSilicon X, we are not going to talk about HDR in the future, we will leap and go towards Ultra HDR.
MariSilicon X is equipped with a powerful ISP that enables images to be captured with an incredible 20bit 120db dynamic range. The process is to quote “4x greater than that of Find X3 Pro”. It delivers the images a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 between the brightest and darkest areas of the image, better keeping the details and images lifelike. Oppo demonstrated this feature while unveiling the X5 pro and the results at just pretty awesome.
MariSilicon X: RAW Image Processing on Real-TimeProcessing the RAW filetype require a lot of throughput and processing power which might take a serious toll on a mobile processor. Therefore, brands don’t usually opt-in for RAW image processing on their cameras. However, with the introduction of MariSilicon X, Oppo will finally let you opt-in for RAW image processing.
MariSilicon X revolutionary channeling the imaging pipeline to directly perform 4K AI processing in real-time. It can perform 20bit HDR fusion in the RAW domain closing in at the pixel level. By doing that, MariSilicon X can achieve an 8dB signal-to-noise ratio for images, opening up a whole new world for computational photography.
MariSilicon X: 4K Night Video Using AI
Until now, we have only witnessed night photography. For decades, light failure has become the only nightmare for mobile photography. I remember using the line ” When the light fails, the camera fails” too often in my reviews. This is the one thing that is stopping mobile photography to take over the SLRs and DSLRs.
This is going to change with MariSilicon X. Oppo has finally found a way to make night photography more fun than it used to be. Oppo has introduced a new feature called AI noise reduction. It works by intelligently reducing the noise through AI while capturing photos in low-light conditions.
The AI Noise Reduction algorithms are said to reduce noise at a greater range and can create clearer and sharper videos. It also features a greater dynamic range and better colour reproduction, allowing each frame to look just as rich and defined as a still photo. It is the first time that 4K AI HDR Night Video capturing is made possible on Android phones.
MariSilicon X: 6nm construction makes it blazing fastMariSilicon X was designed on 6nm process technology and built upon stacking multiple memory tiers. The multi-tier memory architectures help the chip deliver incredible performance with exceptional power efficiency. The cutting edge NPU can deliver an incredible 18 trillion operations per second (TOPS). The base Snapdragon 870 could perform 17 trillion operations per second (TOPS) which means MariSilicon X is more powerful than most of the flagship phones available right now.
MariSilicon X is equipped with a groundbreaking dedicated tera-bps memory subsystem. It allows the NPU to make full use of the computing power without being restricted by memory throughout. This in turn significantly reduces the time needed to copy data to and fro between storage and processing units. In laymen’s terms, this NPU can do trillions of operations without comprising on several aspects.
Final WordsWith the introduction of the new MariSilicon X, Oppo has started a revolution in mobile photography. The term just took a quantum leap due to it. Since mobile photography is a big thing, there might be a chance that every major brand out there might join this revolution. If all goes well, we might see the advent of NPU alongside the CPU & GPU.
Above all, this might finally lead to a future where professional photographers might get a chance to finally ditch the SLRs and DSLRs just to take a good shot.
Original Article Published @CuriousSteve by me. Follow me for more amazing articles
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Everything you want to know about the Oppo's cutting edge NPU
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MariSilicon X: Oppo has recently unveiled Find X5 & X5 Pro, the next-gen smartphone range in their X-Series lineup. The models were equipped with the highest possible hardware specs right now. The pro version of these smartphones has got the all-new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset with the most powerful Adreno 730 GPU working under its good. On the other hand, Find X5 comes with Snapdragon 888, the most powerful chipset right next to Gen 1. Apart from carrying the most powerful CPU and GPU combos, these two smartphones also got a new and improved NPU working under their hood. Oppo is calling it as MariSillicon X.
Until now, we only heard about the big fat CPUs and GPUs. Almost every smartphone has got them fitted inside. They are considered the heart of mobile phones. Almost every performance aspect of the smartphone is judged based upon them. However, these two left some gaps while covering some aspects of a smartphone. The camera is one such aspect and this is where MariSilicon X fill the gap left behind by CPU and GPU. Unlike Snapdragon or Adreno, MariSilicon X is an NPU.
What is NPU?NPU stands for Neural Processing Unit. It is built into the mobile processor to utilize advanced neural networks and provide new levels of visual intelligence. It helps to boost up the AI features in your camera. Up until now, the AI features working in your camera depending upon the capability of your processor. This, in turn, has created some boundaries to fully unleash the performance of AI since the processor has to take care of many things in mobile. However, this situation is now going to change with the introduction of a separate processing unit for it which is called the NPU.
MariSilicon X is an NPU introduced by Oppo. Brands like Huawei and Oppo have started adding these separate NPU units to boost up the AI processing in their mobile. Instead of letting the CPU carrying out the AI computing tasks, the NPU is assigned to do the tasks and it does it better and faster.
OPPO unveiled its first self-designed cutting-edge imaging NPU – MariSilicon X – at OPPO INNO DAY 2021. This chipset is known to give a major boost to mobile photography and image processing. Here’s how it can make the whole process better and if not remarkable.
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MariSilicon X: Ultra HDR will replace HDREver wonder when will you get to see the next big thing in HDR photography? Well, now it’s happening. With the introduction of the new MariSilicon X, we are not going to talk about HDR in the future, we will leap and go towards Ultra HDR.
MariSilicon X is equipped with a powerful ISP that enables images to be captured with an incredible 20bit 120db dynamic range. The process is to quote “4x greater than that of Find X3 Pro”. It delivers the images a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 between the brightest and darkest areas of the image, better keeping the details and images lifelike. Oppo demonstrated this feature while unveiling the X5 pro and the results at just pretty awesome.
MariSilicon X: RAW Image Processing on Real-TimeProcessing the RAW filetype require a lot of throughput and processing power which might take a serious toll on a mobile processor. Therefore, brands don’t usually opt-in for RAW image processing on their cameras. However, with the introduction of MariSilicon X, Oppo will finally let you opt-in for RAW image processing.
MariSilicon X revolutionary channeling the imaging pipeline to directly perform 4K AI processing in real-time. It can perform 20bit HDR fusion in the RAW domain closing in at the pixel level. By doing that, MariSilicon X can achieve an 8dB signal-to-noise ratio for images, opening up a whole new world for computational photography.
MariSilicon X: 4K Night Video Using AI
Until now, we have only witnessed night photography. For decades, light failure has become the only nightmare for mobile photography. I remember using the line ” When the light fails, the camera fails” too often in my reviews. This is the one thing that is stopping mobile photography to take over the SLRs and DSLRs.
This is going to change with MariSilicon X. Oppo has finally found a way to make night photography more fun than it used to be. Oppo has introduced a new feature called AI noise reduction. It works by intelligently reducing the noise through AI while capturing photos in low-light conditions.
The AI Noise Reduction algorithms are said to reduce noise at a greater range and can create clearer and sharper videos. It also features a greater dynamic range and better colour reproduction, allowing each frame to look just as rich and defined as a still photo. It is the first time that 4K AI HDR Night Video capturing is made possible on Android phones.
MariSilicon X: 6nm construction makes it blazing fastMariSilicon X was designed on 6nm process technology and built upon stacking multiple memory tiers. The multi-tier memory architectures help the chip deliver incredible performance with exceptional power efficiency. The cutting edge NPU can deliver an incredible 18 trillion operations per second (TOPS). The base Snapdragon 870 could perform 17 trillion operations per second (TOPS) which means MariSilicon X is more powerful than most of the flagship phones available right now.
MariSilicon X is equipped with a groundbreaking dedicated tera-bps memory subsystem. It allows the NPU to make full use of the computing power without being restricted by memory throughout. This in turn significantly reduces the time needed to copy data to and fro between storage and processing units. In laymen’s terms, this NPU can do trillions of operations without comprising on several aspects.
Final WordsWith the introduction of the new MariSilicon X, Oppo has started a revolution in mobile photography. The term just took a quantum leap due to it. Since mobile photography is a big thing, there might be a chance that every major brand out there might join this revolution. If all goes well, we might see the advent of NPU alongside the CPU & GPU.
Above all, this might finally lead to a future where professional photographers might get a chance to finally ditch the SLRs and DSLRs just to take a good shot.
Original Article Published @CuriousSteve by me. Follow me for more amazing articles
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LG G4: THE MOST AMBITOUS SMARTPHONE YET
LG Invites Consumers to See and Feel How Great a Smartphone Can Be
SEOUL, April 29, 2015 — LG Electronics (LG) unveils its eagerly anticipated LG G4 smartphone today, at launch events in New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Istanbul and Seoul. Approximately 1,000 guests around the world gathered to view the new LG G4, the successor to the G3, which exceeded all expectations in terms of sales and industry awards. Among the first users of the LG G4 will be 4,000 lucky customers who will receive the new smartphone as part of the company’s largest-ever consumer experience campaign.
With the G4, LG focused on delivering comfortable elegance, a great visual experience and a human-centric user experience. The LG G4 camera features a rare-in-smartphones F1.8 aperture lens which allows 80 percent more light to hit the image sensor than in the LG G3. The innovative camera module is paired with the new IPS Quantum Display that is better in every way than the innovative Quad HD display introduced to the world in the LG G3. The LG G4 embodies human sensibility that is clearly visible in its Slim Arc exterior design and graphical user interface.
“We are living up to our promise of Innovation for a Better Life with a fashionable, premium smartphone that is more focused on delivering a balanced user experience that can compete with the best of the best,” said Juno Cho, president and CEO of the LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “We wanted to give consumers a truly human-centric device that combined the analog sensibilities with technologies that delivered real world performance. From the design to the camera to the display to the UX, this is the most ambitious phone we’ve ever created.”
Comfortable & Elegant Design
LG paid special attention to the materials utilized in its newest flagship. The LG G4 is available in handcrafted, genuine full grain leather in six beautiful colors. The vegetable tanning process employed is an age old tradition that requires skilled craftsmen to produce and dye the leather. The colors of the leather on the G4 are rich with warm tones that look authentic and change over time. Most importantly, vegetable tanned leather is environmentally friendly and can be recycled easily, since no harsh chemicals are used. Other material options for the G4 rear cover include pure Ceramic White with 3D patterns, artisan-forged Metallic Gray as well lustrous, Shiny Gold.
The fashionable elegance of the LG G4 is a refreshing change from the uniformly flat, full metal designs that have been become standard across the industry. The LG G4’s design is defined by the Slim Arc, which runs along its entire body, highlighted by a display with a subtle curvature. More than just a design accent, Slim Arc offers 20 percent better durability than a flat smartphone in face-down drops and gives the smartphone a more comfortable and secure feel in the hand.
The exterior design is also reflected in the smartphone’s user interface, which includes simple, naturally intuitive graphics. In the LG G4, the icon colors are more vibrant with icons that have rounded corners, consistent with the Slim Arc design. What’s more, the Smart Notice widget automatically changes its background and text color based on the home screen image selected by the user.
Great Visual Experience
LG designed the 16MP camera in the LG G4 to capture beautiful images, even under less than ideal lighting conditions. The camera module features a wide F1.8 aperture lens that allows 80 percent more light to reach the sensor. LG improved low-light performance even further with OIS 2.0, which doubles the performance of the improved OIS+ by expanding the range of image stabilization from one degree to two degrees on the X- and Y-axis and adding a third axis for the first time.
New for G4, Manual Mode allows experienced photographers the ability to exercise more artistic expression by letting them directly control the focus, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation and white balance for every shot. Advanced photographers can also save their photos in RAW format, in addition to JPEG, for more precise editing with no loss of details.
The advanced camera in the LG G4 is complemented by Color Spectrum Sensor (CSS), the first feature of its kind to find its way into a smartphone. CSS improves color accuracy by precisely reading the RGB values of the ambient light in a scene, as well as the infrared light reflected from objects. CSS uses this information to adjust the camera’s white balance and flash color to create images that are as close to what one would see with the naked eye. With Color Spectrum Sensor, no longer will reds appear as bright orange or whites as dull yellow.
For selfies good enough to frame, LG included an industry-leading 8MP front-facing camera for sharp, detailed portraits and group shots. Gesture Interval Shot improves on the original Gesture Shot feature by taking four shots spaced two seconds apart, increasing the chance of getting that perfect shot under the most difficult conditions. Triggering the shutter is as simple as opening and closing one’s hand twice in front of the camera.
Taking a quantum leap in display technology, the LG G4 is the first smartphone to use LG Display’s new 5.5-inch IPS Quantum Display, which offers 20 percent greater color reproduction, 25 percent improvement in brightness and 50 percent greater contrast. It is the first Quad HD display to employ Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT) technology, which combines the LCD and touch sensor into a single layer to provide better color reproduction and touch sensitivity. This new display is calibrated for DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives) standards for color expression, championed by top Hollywood studios.
Power and Performance
With G4, the higher quality display doesn’t come at the expense of battery life. The LG G4 is equipped with a high-capacity 3,000mAh removable battery, a rare feature in today’s high-end smartphones. Combined with the benefits offered by the snappy yet energy-thrifty Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 808 processor with X10 LTE, the LG G4 has no trouble getting through a full day of normal use. In fact, the LG G4 is estimated to last 20 percent longer than the G3, from the same capacity battery.
To mark the first public unveiling of its Snapdragon™ 808 processor, Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, executive chairman of Qualcomm International joined Mr. Cho on stage in New York City with Qualcomm vice chairman Jim Doh attending in Seoul.
“LG and Qualcomm Technologies collaborated from the initial stage of the Snapdragon 808 introduction to expertly tune the technologies and make several of the LG G4’s unique features possible,” said Jacobs. “The resulting G4 smartphone is an ideal example of how the best optimized technologies come together to meet consumers’ needs.”
Human-Centric UX
The LG G4 is the first phone to utilize the new human-centric UX 4.0 that promises to be simpler and more intuitive to better understand and respond to the needs of each user. The improved UX eliminates unnecessary steps while providing more configuration options for advanced users.
￭ Quick Shot allows customers to take pictures without opening the camera app by double tapping the phone’s Rear Key while the display is off. LG G4 also has an incredibly fast camera startup time of just six-tenths of a second.
￭ The new Gallery makes it extremely fast to scroll through thousands of pictures and view them on a timeline. The Memories feature automatically organizes photos and videos into event albums based on the time and place they were taken, without having to upload to the cloud.
￭ Event Pocket allows users to create one, unified calendar by dragging and dropping appointments and activities from multiple calendars and social media sites. After the initial setup, there’s no need to log into multiple calendars.
￭ The improved Smart Notice provides more personalized notifications for weather, travel and more by analyzing habits, such as how a user commutes to work. This allows Smart Notice to issue personalized messages such as, “Make sure to take an umbrella on your way to the subway.”
￭ Quick Help allows users to search for instant answers to any questions about operating the LG G4, right in the Smart Notice widget. Quick Help can guide users through the LG G4’s settings and even schedule a call with customer service.
LG has sought out partnerships to enhance the overall user experience of the G4. Google Office comes pre-installed on the LG G4 for easy collaboration on-the-go and G4 owners will receive an additional 100GB of Google Drive storage free for two years. With MirrorLink and LG G4, owners of Volkswagen vehicles will be able to view a car-friendly version of the G4 interface on the in-dash display for full integration with contacts, navigation and music on the smartphone.
The LG G4 will start its global roll-out on April 29 in Korea and will eventually be available on approximately 180 carriers worldwide. Prices and carrier availability will be announced locally in each market.
Key Specifications:*
￭ Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 808 Processorwith X10 LTE
￭ Display: 5.5-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum Display (2560 x 1440, 538ppi)
￭ Memory: 32GB eMMC ROM, 3GB LPDDR3 RAM / microSD slot
￭ Camera: Rear 16MP with F1.8 Aperture / OIS 2.0 / Front 8MP
￭ Battery: 3,000mAh (removable)
￭ Operating System: Android 5.1 Lollipop
￭ Size: 148.9 x 76.1 x 6.3 - 9.8mm
￭ Weight: 155g
￭ Network: 4G / LTE / HSPA+ 21 Mbps (3G)
￭ Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac / Bluetooth 4.1LE / NFC / USB 2.0
￭ Colors: [Ceramic] Metallic Gray / Ceramic White / Shiny Gold /
[Genuine Leather] Black / Brown / Red / Sky Blue / Beige / Yellow
￭ Other: Manual Mode / Gesture Interval Shot / Quick Shot
* Specifications may vary depending on the market.
Qualcomm's press release:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...te-powers-new-lg-g4-smartphone-300072987.html
Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Processor with X10 LTE Powers New LG G4 Smartphone
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Continues to Bring Advanced Camera, Multimedia, Audio and Connectivity Features to the Latest LG Devices
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SAN DIEGO, April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., is powering LG's latest flagship smartphone, the LG G4. The new smartphone is the first to feature the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 808 processor with X10 LTE, along with a broad set of mobile features from advanced camera, graphics and audio to enhanced connectivity and location, delivering breakthrough user experiences.
"LG and Qualcomm Technologies collaborated from the initial stages of the Snapdragon 808 introduction to skillfully tune the technologies to make many of the LG G4's unique features possible," said Reiner Klement, vice president of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. "The resulting LG G4 smartphone provides a highly refined user experience with exceptional call quality, advanced multimedia and fast connectivity to the Internet. We congratulate LG on the launch of this innovative new device."
"Our objective with LG G4 was to create a smartphone with the optimal balance of performance, functionality, efficiency and design innovation," said Dr. Ramchan Woo, head of smartphone planning, LG. "By working closely with Qualcomm Technologies on the LG G4 smartphone, we were able to deliver on this high bar of innovation that both companies set."
The Snapdragon 808 processor with X10 LTE, featured in the LG G4, is designed to enable amazing user experiences, including:
State-of-the-art camera: With Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.'s 12-bit dual ISP technology, the LG G4 camera offers innovative camera features resulting in a stunning visual experience with crisp images with life-like color, texture and brightness, even in low-light conditions.
Next-generation LTE Advanced: By featuring X10 LTE, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.'s most advanced integrated modem, the LG G4 offers enhanced, lightning-fast on-the-go connectivity for snappy app responsiveness, fast access to files in the cloud, and smooth streaming of high-quality video and music.
Enhanced Location: The LG G4 is the first smartphone to use sensor-assisted positioning with Qualcomm® IZat™ technology, which combines positioning data from satellites, WLAN and a variety of sensors already integrated into the LG G4 to provide accurate pedestrian navigation even in most challenging urban environments and inside buildings.
Advanced graphics and multimedia: The LG G4's quad HD display is supported by the latest Qualcomm® Adreno™ 400 series GPU, with features such as hardware tessellation, geometry shaders and programmable blending for superior graphics capabilities. The LG G4 also offers incredible video recording with the ability to capture rich and stunning content in 4K, made possible by the Snapdragon 808 processor.
Crisp, clear audio: The Snapdragon 808 processors' four-channel processing and audio-capture technology allows LG G4 users to easily record clearer video sound, even in noisy environments.
Increased battery life: Based on internal testing, the LG G4 boasts more than a full day of battery life, which is more than many of today's leading smartphones.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon and Qualcomm Adreno are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Qualcomm IZat is a product of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. Qualcomm, Snapdragon, and Adreno are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. IZat is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.
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Unusual for the chip supplier to have the main stage as well, so seems LG wanted them to ride shotgun to cover for the bad press the 810 has gotten and continues to. The 808 is basically a chopped down 810 that has two cores off and a slower GPU. I find the 805 in the Note 4 to be more than fine, so no problem to me with the 808. The performance geeks though that worship benchmarks will likely trash it, none the less.
OPPO FIND X5 REVIEW: A silky phone experience with few issues CHAPTER 2After a month from the unboxing of my Oppo Find X5 as an OPPO brand ambassador I'm ready to share my full review. It will be mainly a user experience focused analysis.
Oppo Find X5 is an affordable flagship phone compared to the premium-flagship OPPO Find X5 Pro. The main differences are:
- Oppo Find X5: v6,5" LPTS FullHD+ AMOLED Display with Adaptive refresh rate (60, 90, 120Hz) and a maximum brightness of 1000 nits vs Oppo Find X5 Pro: 6,7" LPTO 2.0 QHD+ AMOLED Display with Adaptive refresh rate (1-120Hz) and a maximum brightness of 1300 nits
- Oppo Find X5: SOC Snapdragon 888 (2021) and 8 GB of RAM vs Oppo Find X5 Pro: SOC Snapdragon 8 Gen. 1 (2022) and 12GB of RAM
- Oppo Find X5: 4800mAh battery vs Oppo Find X5 Pro: 5000mAh Battery
- Oppo Find X5: 2 axis OIS on main camera and standard lenses vs Oppo Find X5 Pro: 5 axis OIS with glass lenses
- Oppo Find X5: Charging with SuperVOOC 80W and AirVOOC 30W vs Oppo Find X5 Pro: Charging with SuperVOOC 80W and AirVOOC 50W
Since Oppo Find X5 costs 999€ and X5 Pro costs 1299€, the question is: Do you think is necessary to pay 300€ more to go Pro?
REVIEW TOPICS AND LINKS (mandatory since XDA doesn't support more then 40 images per post)
CHAPTER 1 - Build Quality, Display, Haptics & Audio, Performance and Gaming
CHAPTER 2 - Battery and Charging, Color OS Features and Camera
PART 5 - Battery and S7uperVOOC 80W
With 4800mAh Battery and the SuperVOOC 80W charger OPPO Find X5 is a solid performer. As soon as the software learns your habits in few days, the battery life is absolutely satisfactory.
I've always used the smartphone at 120Hz with 2 Email accounts, 2 Telegram accounts, Whatsapp, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC always active and mixed 4G - Wifi connectivity.
On standard usage days I have always reached 3 hours of active display with about 40% remaining battery which led me to charge in the afternoon of the next day.
With a more intense use you could arrive at night with a 10/15% remaining.
But if one charge is not enough, the SuperVOOC 80W charger will come to your rescue, allowing you to have an additional 25% in only 8 minutes of charging and to complete the charge from 0 to 100 in about 40 minutes. A feature that could really change the relationship between users and battery anxiety.
There is also 30W wireless charging (with the appropriate AirVOOC charger, otherwise 15W) and the possibility of reverse wireless charging.
Color OS energy consumption management favors battery life over multitasking and punctuality of notifications.
To receive notifications on time and not to allow apps to close in the background, you need to disable energy savings, enable automatic start for apps and in some cases even block apps in the multitasking menu.
I didn't particularly like the limit of 7 apps max to be locked in memory and 20 apps max to start automatically.
Using dozens of home automation and home security apps and many messaging apps, I've soon reached those limits and had to give up some apps.
I would have liked to have been able to configure more apps or have a toggle to disable these limitations at the cost of a shorter battery life (also thanks to the presence of the SuperVOOC charger).
PART 6 - Software and Color OS 12.1 At the time of this review I'm using OPPO Find X5 with Color OS 12.1 (based on Android 12) build number CPH2307_11_A_13 and February 2022 Security patch.
During this month I've not yet been received any updates and surely the release speed of the security patches is not on par with Google or Samsung (both on my Pixel 6 Pro and on the Galaxy S22 Ultra I already received the April security patches).
Although, I can say that the Color OS is a really good UI: fast, stable, complete, with many exclusive features and some minor bugs related to Dark Mode (some apps are not perfectly adapted to show text and elements with Black Backgrounds) and some glitches with the notification menu (appearing on top of other apps also with shelf closed).
In addition to the features already mentioned to facilitate one-handed use, it is important to mention:
Smart Sidebar: a compact control panel in which you can add your favorite apps or access to quick features and let you open mini floating apps.
Flexible Windows: my favorite one! It allows you to open any app in a floating window to optimize multitasking. Apps can be hidden on either side, resized and used in the window. Really useful!
Color OS also shines with the graphic customization of the UI.
In the Personalizations settings you can customize almost everything: Wallpaper, Always on Display design and widgets, icons shape, display and fonts size, fingerprint animations but my favourites customization features are Wallpaper Color Picker and Edge Lighting.
Wallpaper Color Picker allows you to replicate something like the new Material You arrived on Pixel Phones with android 12.
It allows you to manually select the colors with which you want to customize UI elements but you can't theme the icons or dynamically change the color of the widget based on the portion of the wallpaper where it is located.
Edge Lighting feature is simply amazing. I don't use the always on display on any of my smartphones and I really miss the good old LED notification light. Edge Lighting can replicate this feature illuminating the edges of the screen with the color chosen in the settings as soon as you'll receive a notification.
Another cool feature of Color OS is Multi-Screen Connect, it uses the USB Type C 3.1 with video output to mirror your phone on your PC and letting use it with your mouse and keyboard.
To start using it you'll need to download PC Connect client on your PC and then activate it from the Multi-screen connect toggle from quick setting. It can be useful to send message or check your favourites apps directly from PC. It can also sync notifications and clipboards across devices.
Multi-Screen Connect is not as advanced as Samsung DeX or Motorola Ready For, but I'm glad to see the development of features that allow a convergence between smartphone and PC.
PART 7- Camera And last but not the least... let's talk about camera performance.
As I stated in my unboxing, OPPO Find X5 shares almost all the features with the Pro model except for 5-axis OIS (Find X5 got a 2-axis OIS) and a slight less lighter lense on main sensor (f/1.8 vs f/1.7).
The sensors are: 32MP selfie camera with Sony IMX615 sensor, 50MP Main and Ultrawide/Macro camera with Sony IMX766 Sensor, 13MP Telephoto camera with Isocell S5K3M5 Sensor
The main innovations of the Find X5 series are two:
the first is undoubtedly the new MariSilicon X NPU (Neural Processing Unit) used instead of Qualcomm ISP which promises important improvements especially in night photos and videos through a 20-bit ultra-high dynamic range, real-time RAW processing and RGBW Pro Advanced Mode.
the second is the beginning of the collaboration with Hasselblad, the well-known professional brand which has worked on the color calibration optimization, a dedicated Pro mode and has brought some goodies such as the Xpan mode that reproduces the famous Hasselblad 65mm shots.
Camera app is super complete with any kind of feature you can imagine: Portrait mode, Night mode, Pano, Xpan, Pro Mode, Text scanner, Time Laps, Stickers, Many effects, Dual View Video, Time lapse and Slow-Mo.
Also you can activate IA mode for scene recognition and HDR settings. Regarding HDR I have to report some artifacts and halos in photos with moving subjects. I am sure it will be fixed shortly with a software update.
Marisilicon X NPU has also brought the possibility to take 10-bit color shots, but not all the gallery apps on Windows or Mac can read this format.
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Main camera offers daily natural looking shots with good dynamic range e good details. It is not on pair with the similar priced Pixel 6 Pro, especially for exposure management on darker spots, but the photos are really really good and natural. Sometimes colours are a little bit flat but shots are very natural and this is not necessarily a bad thing. You can also shot at 50MP but I prefer binned photo for better dynamic range and HDR management.
Click on the thumbnails to view full resolution shots:
Photos are full of details also in night mode: MariSilicon X shines here and the main difference with Pixel 6 pro is the shutter speed of the photo. The Pixel 6 pro takes 3/4 seconds while OPPO Find X5 takes about a second and this involves a smaller amount of light captured which is reflected in a less artificial, more stabilized and more natural result.
Ultra wide camera is simply the best one I personally tested since I've been using smartphone. It shares the same sensor with the main camera so you can expect the same level of details and color profile. It blows away Pixel 6 pro and Galaxy S22 Ultra Ultra wide camera in both day and night photos, with almost no distortion, superior quality details, great dynamic range. The shots are 110 degrees wide, not as wide as other competitors but the results are absolutely great. The only downside is a little bit of lens flare effect.
Ultra wide sensor also doubles as an amazing Macro camera, ways better than 2MP dedicated sensors we can see elsewhere.
Telephoto camera is a nice addition but it lacks behind the competition that in the same price range offers a higher zoom level (such as Pixel 6 Pro with a 4X optical zoom).
The shots are good in daylight even if the color balance is slightly different from the other two cameras. The dynamic range is also less wide.
In the night shot the telephoto camera will be used only in the presence of good ambient light otherwise the 2X photos will simply be a crop of the main sensor (99% times).
Portrait mode works fine but sometimes it tends to soften the details of faces and using telephoto lenses the results are less good and in this scenario subject separation is good but not perfect.
X-Pan mode is a nice addition but often the results lacks of fine details
Video - Oppo Find X5 can shoot videos up to 4K 60fps resolution but switching sensors during recording is possible only up to 4k 30fps resolution.
The recorded audio quality is good and there is a smart feature to focus the recorded audio based on the zoom level of the cam or the subject being shot.
At night, with very low light the video quality is sufficient with some artifacts and perhaps the absence of the 5-axis stabilization present on the Oppo Find X5 Pro is more noticeable.
DAYLIGHT SAMPLE
NIGHT SAMPLE
SLOW MO
PART 8 - CONCLUSIONS It was fun to use the Oppo Find X5 this month and I must say that it has proved to be a truly reliable and performing flagship phone in all respects.
There are some aspects to improve but maybe its biggest problem is a launch price that places it in competition with 2022 smartphones with a more recent SOC or LPTO Display and with 2021 flagships that in the meantime have dropped in price (such as Oppo Find X3 Pro) .
I am sure that with the natural price drop in the coming months. Oppo Find X5 will certainly become a winning choice for anyone who wants an elegant, complete camera-phone with well-developed software features.
Pro Cons
Incredibile build quality and design
You find everything you need in the box
Amazing Ultrawide camera
SuperVOOC 80W is the cure for battery anxiety
Smooth and complete software experience
Nice UX for One Handled mode
Background apps and multitasking limitations
Late security patches updates
LTPS Display instead of LPTO
Price
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New update landed on Oppo Find X5: March Security patch, improvments for camera, brightness, memory management and battery.
Let's see!
Hi All !
So today I am here with a detailed product review of Oppo Find X5 Pro as a Photographer POV.
First of all let me introduce myself to make this thread interesting.
My name is Abhishek Yadav and I am the only Oppo Product Ambassador for Oppo Find X5 Pro in India.
Firstly my expectation with this device was way too high from its first teaser as its the top most flagship product of OPPO this year till now.
I received a Glaze Black color variant which looks super classy in all the lighting condition as the ceramic is so well polished that you can use it like a mirror and the super cool thing about glaze black variant is it adapts in all the lighting conditions to look super premium every time.
Have a look at the device first.
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Hope you can feel the flagship class of this device through my product photography.
Now let's talk about performance .
This device comes with a Qualcomm® Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 which is Ground-breaking innovation in terms of AI, photography, gaming, and connectivity in todays day to day life.
With this we can play high graphic games super smoothly with good FPS and no doubt about the RAM and Storage Capacity as always OPPO did a great job by providing 12 GB + 256 GB variant LPDDR5 @ 3200 MHz 4 x 16-bit RAM Type and UFS3.1 @ 1x2 Lanes HS-Gear4 ROM Type. And it does not have any SD card slot with is fine to keep it speedy and secure at the same time.
In Terms of Display It has a massive 6.70" QHD+(3216 × 1440) AMOLED (Flexible/LTPO) Display with 92.70% Screen to body ratio with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus which has a Brightness level of 8192.
The display uses a dynamic refresh rate switching technology which enables the display refresh rate to dynamically switch to lower refresh rates to save power and keep your system running smoothly.
It works on a minimum 1Hz to maximum upto 120Hz with a touch sampling rate of 240Hz with 1.07 billion colors (10-bit) of Color Depth and with Pixel Density of 525 PPI.
How can we forget to talk about the OS (The Amazing Color OS 12.1).
So the OPPO Find X5 Pro runs on Android Version 12 on top of Color OS 12.1 which gives so much of customization to keep our smartphone look and feel amazingly smooth.
And as its my personal review I can share some of my personally loved feature of Color OS 12.1
>Multi-Screen Connect
>Flexible Windows
>Personalization
>Camera and microphone toggles & indicators
>Oppo Share
>Reverse Wireless Charging
>Omoji
>Air Gestures
>Super Recorder
>O Relax
>Bionic Eye Protection
>O1 Ultra Vision Engine
And the most interesting , as a flagship device this also comes with IP68 Water and Dust Resistance
The speakers are also decent enough to provide you deep bass and clear sound experience. One you start listening to the speakers personally you feel the flagship level and richness of this device.
And In the battery compartment , This OPPO Find X5 Pro comes with a massive 5000mAh Battery with 80W SUPERVOOC which delivers 50% charge in just 12 minutes.
And to provide flagship experience oppo added wireless charging with 50W AIRVOOC Delivers 100% charge in just 47 minutes which is amazing in terms of high graphic work which can drain your battery faster so we don't have to worry about this now.
Customized Cooling System
-A next generation heat-dissipation system, with a super-large vapor chamber which is nearly 75% larger and cutting-edge 3D graphene films, helps the phone stay cool even during intensive tasks with about 75% Larger vapor chamber.
This device has a X-axis linear motor by which user can Feel the vibration of every goal and point scored. With O-Haptics, you can even set different vibrations for different friends and contacts.
So last but not the least one of my favorite part of this Review.
The Camera Review
Firstly just wanted to tell you that in this part there are some of the sample shots "not so professional edited shots" to get an idea about the camera quality .
and will share my photography experience with this device in the upcoming thread.
As OPPO says "Record Memorable Moments in Any Light". Yeah its true with this epic camera setup and capabilities you can shoot in any situations.
Let me share you the camera hardware details with Oppo's Official Page so that you can get the exact details in just an image.
This is the flagship camera setup in collaboration with Hasselblad and I don't need to write whole paragraph to let you all understand about the camera setup.
So before jumping into Image samples , Let me introduce you to the MariSilicon X.
This is OPPO's first imaging-specific NPU MariSilicon X, which uses advanced 6 nm process technology and boasts robust computing power and ultra-high energy efficiency. It works together with Qualcomm's flagship Soc to produce a remarkable dual-chip imaging system.
With this you can-
Enjoy Recording 4K Ultra Night Video
-Record subjects at night in all their natural glory with clear and realistic image processing – and without overexposing the entire scene. Meanwhile, capture clearer voices, less background noise and more realistic soundscapes with Binaural Recording
Ultra Dark Video
-See the details of shadows without turning up the lights. Light up the room like a candle, to illuminate and capture timeless moments in extreme low light.
Ultra Night Pro Mode
-Capture the thrill of night-time adventures in stunning detail.
Ultra HDR Video
-Now Record Backgrounds and foregrounds showing up clear and detailed without over exposure, even in backlit setups.
OPPO and Hasselblad have come together to co-develop Hasselblad Camera for Mobile. On top of Natural Colour Calibration, experience the iconic leaf shutter sound and XPan mode in Find X5 Pro.
Hasselblad Natural Colour Calibration provides more natural and accurate colours.
With the UI and iconic leaf shutter sound, the unique experience of Hasselblad Camera for Mobile is in the palm of your hand.
Capture cinematic panoramas and vintage-style photos in the legendary XPan format.
Experience the golden age of photography embraced by the future.
SLR-level technology, 5-Axis Optical Image Stabilization with 3-axis sensor shift and 2-axis lens OIS offers up to 3° anti-shake, enabling you to shoot perfect shots on the move.
AI Scene Enhancement 2.0
-Spectacular photos on autopilot. AI Scene Enhancement 2.0 sets the perfect tonality for every scene.
Now check some of the sample images I have taken from this smartphone.
View all of my sample photos here:
Shot On OPPO Find X5 Pro
Conclusion :
As per my usage and review this device is overall a powerpack flagship smartphone one can keep as a primary device which can perform all the normal and heave tasks with ease. Weather its gaming, calling, photography, cinematography, content consumption , etc.
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See you all in the next thread with my photography skills.
Till then, Stay Safe.
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Hello Everyone,
The last part with my final thoughts.
The first one is here.
The second here
The third one is this thread.
Camera
For the camera review. First, 2 weeks of snow, rain, wind, cold weather. Not the best for going outside, taking pictures without gloves, or having incredible scenery to shoot.
So, I will go further later.
But so far, I am still trying to understand why the primary camera is only 6P when the UW is 7P. And why only 110° for UW. And why only 5P for Telephoto. And why no x4 optical zoom. And why only 2 axis stabilization? And where is the microscope lens from the X3.
And why an additional imaging NPU when nobody uses all the functionalities of the triple Snapdragon ISP?
Okay, it's a lot of why? But if you come from the X3 series, you will definitely ask yourself these questions and see if the X5 is worth the update.
Spoiler alert: I won't be able to answer that.
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First, the MariSilicon AKA Imaging NPU:
4K Ultra (AI) Night Video
Ultra HDR
Hasselblad science
18 TOPS for AI Computing (11.6Tops/W)
20Bits Dynamic Range
Realtime RAW
The MariSilicon is made of a NPU, an ISP and a Memory Subsystem (8.5GB/S DDR).
It should be 20x faster than the ISP From the X3 Pro (meaning the ISP from SD 888). But Denoise (Noise Reduction Algorithm). They compare the 20Bits vs the 18Bits from SD888 bringing more contrast and brightness + a RGBW Pro Mode.
Okay, SD888 has three 18Bits ISP, got a Scalar, Tensor, and Vector Units, can process 0.1 lux video, capture 4K HDR videos, got AI-Based AF and Auto Exposure, got 26 TOPS of power processing.
So, on the paper, I'm pretty confuse. Okay, it's the trend, Google with its Tensor, Xiaomi with its C1 and soon C2, OPPO with MariSilicon, and VIVO with its V1…
Okay, it might help OEMs dev bring the same libraries and computational algorithms to whatever the SOC you use from Qualcomm to Unisoc via Mediatek and don't care about their ISP capacity, from mid-range to premium flagship.
But you need to feed them, with data, scenarios, and for now, it's only on the X5 and X5 Pro under Qualcomm and even the Mediatek variant doesn't have it.
So, so far, is MariSilicon working at 100% of its efficiency?
I don't know the same, but I don't think so. New technology always needs at least half a year in the wild to be better. It should be interesting to redo all the tests in September or before the end of the year with all the updates done in between.
Concerning the app, you will find the usual modes like Night, Video, Pro, Photo (AI, HDR, and 50Mp), Portrait, and the extra ones like Pano, Movie, Slo-Mo, Time Lapse, Long Exposure, Dual Video, Sticker (kill me), Text Scanner and the Hasselblad XPAN Mode.
For the XPAN mode, you have a color or black and white option, even if you don't have any B&W dedicated sensor. So, you will only have the 42/45mm mode and not the 30mm (for now, who knows).
For the color's restitution, we are close to the one in the OP9 Pro under Oxygen OS 11, meaning good even perfect for many users of this device. However, as usual, different lens construction, different aperture… meaning different color restitution between UW, Wide, and Tele…
And guess what, because the UW got a better construction lens, the photos taken with it are better than many flagships. And that's something that drives me crazy. If the UW would have a f/1.8 7P and the primary camera also the same thing (or even better a f/1.7), the Sony IMX 766 potential might have been exploited. But let's remember, we just received one and only update so far. And usually, there is always a gap, for the best or the worst, after a few OTAs.
Now, if I had to compare… Xiaomi is offering way more options, including for Vloggers and Bloggers, different long exposure modes or even videos modes (movies effects such as magic zoom, time freeze, // worlds, etc.), 8K, and Google a better computational AI and tech for skin restitution, portrait, night shots (plus an x4 optical zoom).
If OPPO can include functionalities from them or compete with them, Bingo.
Here are some pictures taken below. No fancy photography, no artistic one, at first, I try the phone as 90% of us, you take out of your pocket, you point and shoot, that's it, ready to go in your IG, WhatsApp group, or to your mom.
The folder with untouched pictures (and more shots) is here.
And don't get me wrong, I am one of those who think before having a cutting edge DLSR or Camera, know first how to shoot, compose your scene, and have a vision. It's not because you have a fancy camera you will take fantastic shots.
So far, excluding what the NPU is marketed for (Ultra Night Video, Photos, and so on, I will continue to shoot at night when the weather and the conditions are available), it's a good camera… for early 2021. So far, I will say my OP9 Pro or P6 Pro or Mi 10 Pro or Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders are doing the job precisely the same or even better.
So, what are the plans here?
Take pictures at night, people, colors, landscape, city
Use the Movie Mode and do the same also at night
Having a clear sky at night to see the moon and shoot it.
Post some samples.
Play with long exposure for light painting or even taillights.
Battery
I talked earlier about the battery life or the super power saving mode and not having an issue for the day for it.
If I have to go further in this part, the X5 comes with the SUPERVOOC DVT 80W, it is compatible with 80W/65W, etc fast charging, 30W AIRVOOC, and 10W Reverse Wireless Charging. Too.
So you will have from 0 to 50% under 15mn.
It means it's fast for charging and has no heat issue as the 80W is 40Wx2 at peak times. You only have a 2/3mn difference between 80W or 65W fast charging anyway.
Wireless charging is compatible with current norms, and I am flawlessly using my 55W wireless charger. You can even choose what kind of charging you want, like slow/optimized for bedtime, the same for wireless.
There are 2 Cells 2340/2400 mAh.
No heat issue while charging; as I said, it's 2x40W, and it's now a while OEMs developed fast charging. 100W on one cell is reachable, so less than the half in 2022… easy peasy.
As usual, you can choose between different profiles to save more power in case of or depending on your usage. Why run full powerhouse if you're just watching videos on a social network.
My thoughts
So, at the end of the day, I need to dig up more ColorOS, and dig more for the photography part, especially at night.
So far, I see the OPPO Find X5 as a 2021 flagship under Android 12 with an NPU I am still trying to figure out the utility. No offense here; it's just how I use the smartphone for the past 2 weeks, I didn't have the opportunity to shoot vibrant HDR at night videos. I got rain, snow, cold, no parties or trips to the city past two weeks. It is on the checklist. But I'm thinking, in that case, I am using the smartphone as everyone else here, depending on the occasion and the opportunity.
For the rest, it's a nice rounded, balanced device. ColorOS is a surprise, mixed with nice and why questions, but as I said, hard to jump into a new customized OS you never used before (even on OP, as I stayed under O2OS 11).
However, despite the OPPO/OP framework on top of the Android One, the addition of many OPPO Apps (that need to be separate from the OS and moved on the Play Store BTW and allowed to uninstall), the system is responsive, have a great battery life, some nice customizations and still looks like, sometimes, as a clean OS (looks like, not is). There are still some glitches here and there and some UX details that I'm not used to (and don't know if it is intended this way or bugs).
For the camera part, UW is good, Main can be better, and Tele is under competition. I need more options in the camera and gallery app. It's a solid day-to-day photography phone, but there are better 2021 devices in front of it for now. That's why I'm curious about the following updates for the firmware and the NPU.
The build quality is present. The X5 is too light for me. I feel back I was sent a few years ago. It's a 6.55", meaning it's not tiny, but I can feel and see the difference with the 6.7/6.78" inches smartphones I've been using for the past year. However, it is pleasant to get this size, as it is well balanced, under 200g (7.41oz). Flat-screen, thinner would have perfect for me.
Okay, people will say no SD Card, No Jack port… Well, I don't care personally. Yeah, I prefer a 512GB variant, but I can deal with 256GB, and I am using Snapdragon Sound for wireless Audio.
For the price, in Europe, the product is around 999€ VAT included (meaning $999 taxes excluded in the US if we should imagine a retail price). For this price, 12GB instead of 8GB, a better construction lens for the primary camera with better stabilization. The same for the Tele camera, better camera and construction lens, and add a B&W sensor for the XPAN Mode. And maybe I will consider buying it.
So far, as a European living in the US, I see the X5 as an OP9 refresh, a little brother of the OP9 Pro. In Europe, the prices are between 619 and 919€ currently, with the addition of the 80W, the MariSilicon and switching one IMX 689 to IMX766, 749 or 799€/$ seems more the sweet spot for this model.
So, keep it posted; fav the threads; I don't know yet if I will update this one or go for another thread with the new information about this OPPO Find X5.
And here we are, at the end of this review. Again, thank you OPPO and @OPPO Ambassador Team for this opportunity.
Hello Folks Myself Jozef Clifford Behr From London, UK. I Want To Share The best review of Oppo Find X5 Pro -
OPPO FIND X5 PRO With a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, triple Hasselblad cameras and 80W fast charging, the Oppo Find X5 Pro.
Like its predecessor, there’s no doubt that the Find X5 Pro leaves a spectacular first impression. Two questions remain, however: does it stand a chance of becoming a mainstay of flagship design and might it be the first flagship to push Oppo firmly into the limelight?
Oppo Find X5 Pro review: What you need to know
My headline says it all really. The Find X5 Pro is a stunning handset, and there’s really nothing else quite like it when it comes to aesthetics. I’ll go into more detail as we dig deeper into this review, but the good news is that elsewhere the Find X5 Pro is just as exciting.
You might be paying quite a lot for the privilege, but there’s no doubt you’re getting top-shelf componentry for your money here. Inside, you’ll find Qualcomm’s brand-spanking-new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, which is so young that this is the first phone we’ve reviewed with one of these flagship mobile chipsets inside. This works alongside 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
There’s a bigger 5,000mAh battery, too, which now supports lightning-quick 80W charging. A 6.7in QHD+ AMOLED display sits on the front, with a variable refresh rate of 120Hz, and there are a total of three Hasselblad cameras on the phone’s rear: a 50MP (f/1.7) main sensor, 13MP (f/2.4) 2x zoom and a 50MP (f/2.2) 110-degree ultrawide.
Oppo Find X5 Pro review: Price and competition
Like I said earlier, all this stuff doesn’t come cheap, but it’s not quite as expensive as its rivals. Arriving in the UK at the end of March, the Oppo Find X5 Pro is priced at £1,049.
Oppo Find X5 Pro review: Design and key features
Like 2021’s Find X3 Pro, this year’s model is an especially formidable flagship. Overflowing with features, the Find X5 Pro – Oppo skipped the Find X4 – also happens to be the sort of phone that draws admiring glances when you pull it out of your pocket on your daily commute.
The Oppo Find X5 Pro’s design really is one of a kind. The unibody form factor returns, albeit with subtle tweaks to the overall construction. A ceramic sheet seamlessly wraps around the rear camera housing, replacing the glass panel of the previous model. Blending in nicely with the rest of the handset, this makes for a phone that looks just as lavish as its four-figure price suggests.
Another slight change is that the angle of the bottom edge of the camera housing is now ergonomically grooved to fit your index finger when you’re holding the phone. This not only makes the phone more comfortable to hold in one hand, but it also helps to alleviate potential finger smudges on the rear camera lenses. Not to mention that it gives the Find X5 Pro an extra bit of visual panache.
The Find X5 Pro comes in a choice of two colours: Glaze Black and Ceramic White. I was sent the black model for testing, and while its mirrored finish left a good impression, it was a bit of a fingerprint magnet. As you can probably tell, I lost the battle with trying to take smudge-free pictures of the phone for this review.
As you’d expect for a phone that costs as much as this, the Oppo Find X5 Pro is IP68-rated against dust and water ingress and, unlike the equally expensive Huawei P50 Pro, it can also connect to the 5G network in the UK. A fingerprint scanner is embedded under the screen, but it also supports face unlocks. The circumference of the selfie camera lights up whenever it tries to scan your face, too, which is a nice touch.
Oppo Find X5 Pro review: Display
The phone’s screen is a 6.7in AMOLED affair, with a QHD+ resolution and a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz. This display supports 10-bit colours, HDR10+ playback and has a 1,000Hz touch-sampling rate. And, like the S22 Ultra, the minimum refresh rate has also dropped to 1Hz, which should help boost battery life when performing simple actions such as reading an ebook.
As for the actual quality of the screen, everything is above board. With four colour modes to choose from, I found the Natural setting to be the most colour-accurate, with an sRGB gamut coverage of 94%, a total volume of 96% and an average Delta E of 1.31. Aside from the slightly boosted saturation in some red tones, every colour looked as good as can be.
It’s as vibrant as the best AMOLED screens around, too, with a measured peak brightness of 483cd/m2 and perfect contrast. HDR brightness was a bit on the low side, however, peaking at around 725cd/m2 – for reference, the iPhone 13 Pro Max reaches an eyeball-searing 1,176cd/m2.
Oppo Find X5 Pro review: Software
Like its predecessor, Android is at the heart of the Find X5 Pro, with Oppo’s ColorOS skin placed on top. New additions to ColorOS 12.1 include a host of productivity features, such as a new one-handed mode and floating windows – essentially the option to place apps on top of other apps.
One thing I don’t like is the amount of bloatware that comes preinstalled. The usual culprits – Facebook, Amazon Shopping, TikTok and PUBG Mobile, among others – are already installed on the phone when you boot it up for the first time, with AliExpress strangely making an appearance as well. Thankfully, these apps can all be deleted without much fuss.
In lighter news, Oppo guarantees three years of Android updates, which should bring the Find X5 Pro all the way to Android 15. You should also get four years of regular security updates.
Oppo Find X5 Pro review: Cameras
A big chunk of the phone’s launch event was reserved for the Oppo Find X5 Pro’s cameras, and for good reason. There are three cameras on the rear of the handset this year, consisting of a main 50MP (f/1.7) sensor, a 50MP (f/2.2) 110-degree ultrawide and a 13MP (f/2.4) 2x telephoto zoom.
A single 32MP (f/2.4) selfie camera sits on the front of the handset, located in a hole-punch notch in the top-left corner of the display. This uses a new “Intelligent FoV” system, which can switch between 80 and 90-degrees, depending on how many people are in the frame, and it works rather well.
Oppo’s brand-new dedicated imaging NPU, MariSilicion X, sits separately from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 on the motherboard, and this handles all of the image processing. According to Oppo, in diverting computing power away from the phone’s main Qualcomm chipset, this new NPU allows for a new feature called 4K Ultra Night Video, which can shoot in lighting conditions as low as 5 lux, with better colour distribution, higher dynamic range, increased detail and less visual noise.
The main camera also uses a five-axis optical image stabilisation system, which consists of a three-axis sensor shift and a two-axis lens shift. What this means is that video should look rock-steady, and it allows for longer exposures without blurry images. The new RGBW sensor can also gather 60% more light than the previous version, supposedly with increased detail capture.
That Hasselblad partnership is purely on a software level. The Find X5 Pro launches with three “Hasselblad Master Styles”, which are essentially different camera filters created in partnership with three different Hasselblad photographers. The new Hasselblad XPAN mode allows you to shoot in a vintage “letterbox style” aspect ratio of 65:24, and the UI is similar to Hasselblad’s full-frame camera interface.
In testing, the cameras performed rather well, despite the fact that they didn’t quite live up to Oppo’s lofty claims. Image clarity was nice and sharp, with plenty of vibrancy and well-judged exposure levels in most well-lit instances, although the main sensor did struggle a bit with some of the finer details – such as the fur on a local goat – especially when the subject was moving around quite a bit.
I was impressed with the Night mode, too. Just make sure to use the main sensor when capturing low-light images, since some of the nighttime shots looked quite soft when using the zoom and ultrawide cameras. Video capture was also very good, topping out at 4K 60fps, fully stabilised.
Oppo Find X5 Pro specificationsProcessorOcta-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (1x3GHz, 3x2.5GHz, 4x1.8GHz)RAM12GBScreen size6.7inScreen resolution3,216 x 1,440Pixel density525ppiScreen typeAMOLEDScreen refresh rate120HzFront camera32MP (f/2.4)Rear camera50MP (f/1.7), 13MP (f/2.4) 2x zoom, 50MP (f/2.2) ultrawideFlashLEDDust and water resistanceIP683.5mm headphone jackNoWireless chargingYes (50W)USB connection typeUSB-C (80W)Storage options128GBMemory card slot (supplied)NoWi-FiWi-Fi 6eBluetooth5.2NFCYesCellular data5G, 4GDual SIMYesDimensions (WDH)164 x 74 x 8.5mmWeight218gOperating systemAndroid 12 (ColorOS 12.1)Battery size5,000mAh
Bit late to the party with this review??