OPPO Find X8 Series: A Double Surprise with a Slim Imaging Flagship and an Ultra-Stacked Straight-Screen Flagship

OPPO Find X8 Series: A Double Surprise with a Slim Imaging Flagship and an Ultra-Stacked Straight-Screen FlagshipIn today's increasingly competitive smartphone market, consumer expectations for flagship phones have gone beyond mere hardware stacking. They demand a perfect fusion of design aesthetics, ultimate performance, and innovative technology

OPPO Find X8 Series: A Double Surprise with a Slim Imaging Flagship and an Ultra-Stacked Straight-Screen Flagship

In today's increasingly competitive smartphone market, consumer expectations for flagship phones have gone beyond mere hardware stacking. They demand a perfect fusion of design aesthetics, ultimate performance, and innovative technology. However, for manufacturers, balancing these aspects within a short timeframe presents a significant challenge, with many models sticking to established development paths. The OPPO Find X8 series, however, takes a revolutionary approach, challenging giants like Apple and Samsung with its Find X8s, a small-screen flagship, and the Find X8 Ultra, a top-tier imaging flagship. Recent leaks, from Li Xian's social media posts showcasing the phone to product director Zhou Yibo's frequent teases, suggest this new series is poised to make waves.

OPPO Find X8s: Ultimate Slimness and Imaging Power in a Small-Screen Flagship

The Find X8s, the first small-screen flagship in the Find series, precisely targets the long-overlooked "feel-good" market segment. Weighing under 180g and measuring just 7.8mm thick, it's 20g lighter and 0.45mm thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro, making it one of the slimmest imaging flagships currently available. Even more impressive is its "world's thinnest four-sided equal-width bezel" design, with bezels measuring less than 1.43mm (exact figures not yet released), surpassing even the iPhone 16 Pro and achieving a near-bezel-less visual effect. OPPO's self-developed chip-level screen encapsulation technology minimizes screen bezels, and optimized mid-frame curvature ensures comfortable grip even with a straight-edged design, completely addressing the "sharp edges" issue often associated with small-screen phones.

Beyond its outstanding design, the Find X8s debuts with the MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ processor. Built on TSMC's 3nm process, this processor outperforms the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Despite its slim profile, the Find X8s boasts a "largest capacity for a small-screen phone" Glacier battery (exact capacity undisclosed), supporting 80W wired and 50W wireless fast charging. Coupled with the Dimensity chip's power efficiency optimizations, its battery life is highly anticipated.

On the imaging front, the Find X8s features a significantly smaller rear circular camera module, effectively preventing finger obstruction. While specific sensor specifications haven't been released, its "imaging flagship" positioning and the quality of Li Xian's sample photos suggest a customized large-sensor main camera and a periscope telephoto lens combination, balancing image quality and portability. As a phone targeting the small-screen market, the Find X8s' overall specifications are strong, sure to attract considerable attention and compete directly with devices like the vivo X200 Pro mini and Xiaomi 15.

OPPO Find X8 Ultra: The Pinnacle of Imaging and Extreme Stacking in a Straight-Screen Flagship

Another highlight of the OPPO Find X8 Ultra is its "world's thinnest 2K straight screen." While competitors largely adopt curved screens, the Find X8 Ultra adheres to a straight screen design, combining ultra-narrow four-sided bezels and 3D single-point ultrasonic fingerprint recognition for an immersive experience surpassing that of curved screens. This display also supports a 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate, balancing smoothness and power efficiency.

Beyond the screen, the Find X8 Ultra's imaging system is equally stunning. As the only Ultra model with a five-camera setup, its imaging capabilities are luxurious. It features a 1-inch Sony IMX989 sensor, currently the largest sensor in a smartphone. Additionally, it includes an IMX890 6x telephoto lens and an IMX789 3x telephoto lens, covering mid-to-long-range shooting needs. Although the 50MP ultra-wide-angle lens utilizes the JN1 sensor, it effectively mitigates edge distortion. Critically, the Find X8 Ultra also boasts innovative imaging algorithms, employing a Hasselblad multispectral sensor and environmental light analysis for precise color reproduction, rivaling Huawei XMAGE and Apple ProRAW.

This imaging system not only breaks the industry convention of "ultra-flagships must have curved screens" but also proves, through its straight screen and slim design (thickness <9mm), that imaging flagships don't have to sacrifice feel. Incredibly, within a body less than 9mm thick, the Find X8 Ultra achieves three seemingly impossible feats: a 6000mAh large battery + 100W fast charging, shattering the "slim phones have poor battery life" myth; a custom 0916 motor, the largest biomimetic linear motor on Android, offering iPhone-level start-stop speed and haptic feedback; and IP68 + IP69K dual certification, achieving top-tier dust and water resistance. Combined with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform and LPDDR5X + UFS4.0 storage, the Find X8 Ultra is arguably the most aggressively stacked straight-screen flagship of 2024.

The OPPO Find X8 Ultra, with its straight screen design, five-camera system, and extreme stacking, aims to carve a new path amidst the competition from the Samsung S25 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Conclusion: Breaking Through and Innovating User Experience

In this era of spec wars, phone manufacturers need to focus on breaking through in terms of user experience. This could be a disappearing camera bump on a small-screen phone, or a hidden 6000mAh battery in a straight-screen flagship. The OPPO Find X8 series addresses these pain points and offers solutions. The Find X8s redefines the small-screen flagship standard with its slim body and powerful imaging capabilities; the Find X8 Ultra delivers an unprecedented flagship experience with its extreme stacking and straight-screen design. Let's wait and see if the OPPO Find X8 series ultimately stands out in the fierce market competition. What are your expectations for these two new phones? Please share your thoughts in the comments.