Oppo Find X3 Pro

The Chinese smartphone company Oppo is looking to establish itself as Samsung's biggest competitor while filling the void left by Huawei and sitting on the podium of the biggest Chinese smartphone brands, but as great as the Oppo Find X3 Pro looks, it's not the flagship phone that offers Best value for money which is a fact that should be mentioned before we say anything.

It is worth noting that OPPO is part of BKK Electronics, which is one of the largest manufacturers of smartphones in the world and has other sub-brands which are OnePlus and Vivo andRealme.

The price of the device is more than $ 1000, and it is certainly one of the most expensive phones in 2021, but it certainly fails to give any clear justification for its high price, even with the powerful specifications that it comes with.

Oppo may have been little known until a few years ago, but it has recently become the leading company in the smartphone industry in China, where it has benefited significantly from the decline in sales of the most prominent company after Samsung, which is Huawei after the American ban, not even in global markets but rather Also in the domestic Chinese market.

The Oppo Find X3 Pro is the company's best phone yet, but will it be able to compete with other flagships in the market? This is what we will find out by taking a tour of the specifications and price of Find X3 Pro and learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the phone and all other details.

Oppo Find X3 Pro Specs

Oppo Find X3 Pro Price

Oppo Find X3 Pro price is 1100 dollars in some European markets, the United States and North America for the 12 + 256 GB version, while it is not available at all in Egypt or Saudi Arabia and the rest of the other Arab countries and the Middle East.

It is noteworthy that Oppo Find X2 Pro was so well available that it was sold exclusively from the company's official store and official dealers. It seems that the phone is directed more to the Chinese market, a move that may anger Oppo fans in all countries of the world, but do not underestimate the Chinese market.

The population of China is about one billion and 400 million people, and therefore any good smartphone launched in that market will achieve huge profits that may exceed the profits of its launch in all countries of the world. We also mentioned above that Oppo wants to take advantage of Huawei's current stumble and take its place in the market, so it seems logical to make the phone more directed to China and not be interested in launching it in all global markets more.

Design

This may be an aspect in which a lot may agree or disagree, but we find that the Find X3 Pro is significantly less attractive than the Find X2 Pro, and it is a phone that all phones should take as an example in terms of design because it raised the bar for ambitions high, although Find The X3 Pro isn't all bad in terms of design, but there are still some fatal flaws.

The Find X2 Pro was available in faux leather or ceramic, and has a nice screen with curved edges, while the Find X3 Pro doesn't have any of those things. It certainly doesn't look ugly so readers wouldn't misunderstand us, but it would have been more special if those factors were present.

The phone has a Gorilla Glass 5 glass back, which curves smoothly upwards to form the rear camera unit, which comes in a triangular shape just like iPhone 12 Pro Max.

Oppo notes that that glass back panel is an engineering marvel, and it's honestly very pretty, although we still think faux leather would have looked a lot nicer.

We have the power button on the right edge of the phone, while the volume button is on the left edge. It is worth noting that the user will have a big problem reaching it, especially when holding the phone with one hand, the phone has a USB-C port, but there is no 3.5 headphone jack mm, which is not surprisingly much.

Display

The phone comes with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with QHD + resolution and an excellent peak brightness of 1,300 nits, with strong colors and higher contrast.

The screen supports 120 Hz refresh rate but since it is LTPO the refresh rate is therefore variable depending on the content displayed on the screen, or the user can set it manually and choose between 60 or 120 Hz.

In normal daily use, the user will not notice any noticeable difference when the refresh rate is below 120 Hz, especially if he is browsing the web or social networking sites, which contributes positively to saving battery life.

The most prominent advantages of the Find X3 Pro screen are the colors, it is capable of displaying a billion colors, which makes it better than the rest of the screens of other competing phones. This screen supports DCI-P3 next to HDR10+, this is a great screen and will provide the user with a great experience of use, especially with regard to browsing social networking sites and games With its powerful internal hardware and variable refresh rate, if you don't understand how special that screen is, this phone isn't for you and you should look for other options.

Camera

The Oppo Find X3 Pro has four rear cameras: a 50-megapixel primary sensor, a 50-megapixel ultra-wide lens, a 13-megapixel telephoto sensor, and a 3-megapixel macro sensor, we also have a 32-megapixel front camera.

The primary and ultra-wide lens are Sony sensors that were made specifically for the Oppo and we've seen previously in the series of Oppo Reno 5. The main camera comes with a large sensor and the main benefit is that it allows more light to enter, which has a positive impact on the photography experience and captures better pictures, and therefore photos taken with the ultra-wide lens are equally distinguished as well.

Pictures taken with the main camera, look full of detail and saturated with colour. By default, photos are taken at 12.5 MP and using pixel binning, but the user can switch to 50 MP if they want.

There is also a good night shooting mode in this phone. We tested taking pictures during the evening with and without night mode, and we found that shooting without the night mode was good most of the time as there was a clearer contrast.

Since they have the same sensor, photos taken with the ultra-wide lens definitely look similar, in terms of color and brightness, as those taken with the main camera. There was also very little noise that we would normally see in images taken with that sensor.

The biggest downside to the rear camera module is the telephoto sensor, not because it's bad but it's not like its counterpart in the previous phone, we have them support for x2, x5 hybrid optical and x20 digital zoom.

Real zoom photos looked excellent and bright with enough detail, but unfortunately the higher the zoom, the less detail the captured photos will be and their features gradually disappear. We also have a macro lens, but it is not for any camera we see in another phone to complement the number of sensors, but it is the best in any smartphone at all.

This lens is designed to take pictures of absolutely the smallest of things, such as fabrics etc, and this camera uses up to x60 zoom to get it done.

The 32MP front camera is excellent and takes great selfies that the user can flaunt and upload on various social media platforms.

Performance and internal hardware

Like the rest of the flagship phones in 2021, the phone comes with the best processor at the moment, which is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, which is the most powerful processor in the world at the moment, which promises to provide the largest possible amount of energy and provide the best using experience ever.

But is this really real? We tested the performance of the phone using Geekbench 5, the phone got only 3,257 points in the multi-core test, while it was outperformed by other phones that use an older processor, which is the Snapdragon 865 Plus, such as OnePlus 8 who scored 3,401 points andMotorola Edge+  which got 3,344 points.

The decline did not stop there, as cheaper phones outperformed by a significant difference and use the same processor as Xiaomi Mi 11 who scored 3,569 points andAsus ROG Phone 5 Which got 3732 points. It is hardly difficult to notice the performance differences for sure, but the professional integrity requires that the user know what the limits of the performance of the phone are.

We have 8 or 12 GB RAM and 256 or 512 GB internal storage. There is no possibility to expand the internal storage by installing an external memory card. If you need more, you may want to resort to cloud storage or buy a 512 GB version. There is support for dual SIM installation though.

Oppo Find X3 Pro is definitely suitable for gaming as well thanks to the powerful internal configuration and also because of the high-quality screen, not only that but we also have the Oppo Game Space mode that mutes the sound of notifications as well as improves the performance of the phone while gaming.

Battery

Many flagship smartphones suffer from short battery life and what can mainly contribute to this problem are the high-quality screens and other features that drain power quite a bit, but we are happy to assure our users that the Oppo Find X3 Pro which comes with a 4500mAh battery Amp performs well.

Through actual experiences, the phone's battery will last for one day with light and medium use, while the phone will last for 12 hours but only in the case of heavy use, such as playing a lot of games and recording videos. But the fact that the phone continues to work for two days without the need to charge it is unlikely, regardless of whether it is light or heavy use.

We have 65W fast charging, which is the same as last year's phone, but it's powerful enough and can fully charge the phone's battery in 40 minutes although there are many cheaper phones that have better fast charging technology.

There is a special mode called smart charging that works when you sleep and plug the phone into the charger, and by the time you wake up, the phone will have reached 100%, which makes you avoid exposing the phone to a large electrical power all night.

Here we have support for 30W wireless charging, a feature that was not present in the previous phone and subjected to harsh criticism. It is worth noting that the wireless charger is the dream of someone who wants to experience a use without cables, and the capacity of 30W itself is faster than many wired chargers.

There is also support for reverse wireless charging, so you can charge other wireless devices such as a smartwatch and a wireless headset.

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