Oppo could become undisputed king of the camera phone after confirming Find X9 Ultra specs

How many megapixels do you actually need in a phone?

Oppo Find X8 Ultra
(Image credit: Oppo Find X8 Ultra)
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Oppo has confirmed upgraded camera specs for the Find X9 Ultra, due to launch on 21 April.

The comprehensive camera will offer a pair of 200-megapixel cameras, as well as a 10x optical zoom lens.

Oppo is going to fully unveil its new flagship Ultra phone on 21 April and rather than wait for launch day, it has officially confirmed the camera specs already. So, if you've been delaying your upgrade, now we can share exactly what you'll be getting.

Officially revealing many of the specifications on X, we now have a good idea of exactly what to expect on launch day.

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Before we get into specifics, it's worth mentioning that the Oppo Find X9 Ultra is going to be the company's first Ultra phone that gets a global release – previously this model was only available in China.

Now to the specifications and here what we have confirmed:

  • Main: 200-megapixels
  • 3x telephoto: 200-megapixels
  • 10x telephoto: 50-megapixels
  • Ultrawide: 50-megapixels
  • Selfie: 50-megapixels

That's a huge spread of megapixels across the camera system, with two 200-megapixel sensors swinging in to replace the 50-megapixel sensors on the Find X8 Ultra camera.

That means there's a new main camera, while the 200-megapixel telephoto might be familiar because it was in place on the Find X9 Pro already.

The second telephoto camera takes a jump to 10x optical zoom, an increase over the 6x optical zoom the previous model offered. That's going to mean higher fidelity images at further zoom ranges, something that hasn't been seen since Samsung dropped the option from its Galaxy S23 Ultra – and that was only a 10-megapixel sensor at the time.

Oppo is keen to point out that this is an upgrade across every camera that it offers, so this doesn't look like an incremental device, rather a phone that's really gunning to be the king of the camera phones.

The whole system is developed alongside Hasselblad, while there's a True Color Camera sensor to ensure that photos look great too.

That's the end of the official details that Oppo has confirmed, but elsewhere we're expecting it to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, have a 7,000mAh battery, feature a 6.8-inch display, and run Android 16.

What we currently don't know is how much it will cost and whether it will be more than the rival Xiaomi 15 Ultra. We'll find out for sure in the next couple of weeks.

Chris Hall
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Chris has been writing about consumer tech for over 15 years. Formerly the Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint, he's covered just about every product launched, witnessed the birth of Android, the evolution of 5G, and the drive towards electric cars. You name it and Chris has written about it, driven it or reviewed it. Now working as a freelance technology expert, Chris' experience sees him covering all aspects of smartphones, smart homes and anything else connected. Chris has been published in titles as diverse as Computer Active and Autocar, and regularly appears on BBC News, BBC Radio, Sky, Monocle and Times Radio. He was once even on The Apprentice... but we don't talk about that.

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