Oppo Find X9 Ultra goes big on camera hardware with a 50MP 10x optical zoom
Oppo has officially revealed the Find X9 Ultra, and this one is clearly aimed at people who care a lot about mobile photography. In a year already packed with premium camera phones from Samsung, Xiaomi and Vivo, Oppo is pushing hard with a flagship that stacks huge sensors, long zoom reach and a full set of camera accessories.
The headline feature is easy to spot: a 50MP 10x optical zoom telephoto camera. We’ve seen 10x zoom on phones before, but not usually with this kind of resolution. Oppo is also pairing that with a 200MP main camera, which it says uses the largest 200MP sensor yet seen on a smartphone, measuring 1/1.12-inch, plus an f/1.5 aperture for better light capture.
That alone makes the Find X9 Ultra sound serious, but Oppo did not stop there.
What Oppo changed on the Ultra
Compared with the earlier Find X9 Pro, the Ultra gets a more ambitious hardware package across the board. It runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a jump from the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 in last year’s Pro model. There is also a 7,050mAh silicon-carbon battery with 100W SUPERVOOC charging, which should matter for anyone shooting lots of photos or long video sessions.
The screen is properly flagship too: 6.82 inches, 144Hz refresh rate, up to 3,600 nits peak HDR brightness, and it can drop to 1 nit in darker environments.
Design-wise, this is not a subtle phone. It is thick, the camera bump is big, and the rear module now has a slightly hexagonal look with a metal ring around it. Oppo says the textured edges help with grip when shooting, which makes sense because this phone is very obviously meant to be used like a camera, not just a normal daily driver.
A camera system that is doing a lot
Besides the 200MP main sensor, Oppo has added a 200MP 3x telephoto camera with an f/2.2 aperture. That lens is important because it works with Oppo’s new external teleconverter setup. Oppo says the phone offers the equivalent of eight focal lengths, although early hands-on impressions noted that colour temperature and light sensitivity can shift a bit when the phone swaps between sensors.
Still, the real flex is that 50MP 10x telephoto. Oppo even supports Portrait mode at full 10x zoom, which is quite wild on paper. You can crop further to 20x, but early results apparently were less impressive there. So yeah, 10x looks like the sweet spot.
For video, the Find X9 Ultra records 4K 60fps with Dolby Vision, and it is also the first Oppo phone to shoot 8K at 30fps. Oppo is introducing O-Log2 as well, aimed at users who want more shadow detail and cleaner footage for editing. The phone is also ACES-certified, and it supports loading third-party LUTs directly on-device for real-time previewing.
That is very creator-coded, bro.
Accessories matter here too
Oppo is also selling an accessory ecosystem around the phone. The Hasselblad Explorer case adds a two-stage focus button and zoom controls, while the new Hasselblad 300mm Explorer Teleconverter mounts onto the 200MP 3x telephoto camera and pushes it to around 13x optical zoom.
Oppo says this new teleconverter has a higher magnification ratio than the previous generation, and it is apparently the biggest smartphone telephoto add-on yet. One downside, though: older Oppo teleconverters will not work with this new phone.
Why Malaysia and SEA readers should care
For Malaysia and the wider SEA market, this feels relevant for two reasons. First, mobile-first creators here are everywhere, from TikTok street shooters to event coverage at conventions, esports tournaments and cafe activations. A phone with strong zoom, better low-light performance and more serious video tools makes a lot of sense in this region.
Second, Oppo says the Find X9 Ultra is coming to parts of Asia and Europe, so this is not just a China-only flex device. There is still no US launch planned, but for SEA buyers, that Asia rollout is the part worth watching closely.
In the UK, the phone is set to launch on May 8 at £1,449. That is premium pricing, no cap, so if it does land in more Asian markets, expect it to sit firmly in ultra-flagship territory.
Right now, the Find X9 Ultra looks like Oppo’s strongest attempt yet to win the camera-phone war, especially for users who actually care about zoom range and pro-style shooting tools instead of just megapixel marketing.
Source: Engadget
