Oppo has just unveiled its flagship smartphone that’s “engineered to be your next camera”.
The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is fitted with “groundbreaking” lenses and “industry-leading hardware”, but how does it compare to the 4.5-star Oppo Find X9 Pro? Considering we concluded that the latter delivers a top-notch camera experience and has a spot on our best camera phones list, how does the X9 Ultra look to compare?
We’ve assessed the specs of the Oppo Find X9 Ultra to the Find X9 Pro, and highlighted the key differences between the two below.
Otherwise, visit our round-up of the best Android phones and best smartphones to see our current favourites.
Price and Availability
The Find X9 Ultra is the first of Oppo’s Ultra models to launch globally.
The Find X9 Pro is available to buy now, and has a starting price of £1099. However, we have seen the phone’s price drop over the last few months, so it’s worth keeping an eye out for deals.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra has five rear lenses
Oppo explains that the Find X9 Ultra is fitted with a new-generation Hasselblad Master Camera System, which promises to deliver a versatile and high-quality framing that spans from 14mm to 460mm.
Made up of five rear lenses, the Find X9 Pro sports dual Hasselblad 200MP lenses. The first of the two is the Ultra-Sensing main lens which features the new 1/1.12-inch Sony LYTIA 901 sensor while the second is a 3x ultra-sensing telephoto which boasts the largest sensor of its type (1/1.28-inch), and doubles as a macro lens.
The two 200MP lenses are supported by two 50MP cameras: an ultrawide and a 10x Ultra-Sensing Optical-Zoom telephoto. In fact, the latter benefits from an industry-first 20x optical zoom too.
Finally, the four lenses are flanked by a new-gen True Color Camera which promises natural colour rendition.
In comparison, the Find X9 Pro is equipped with a 50MP main lens which, sure sounds pretty measly when compared to a 200MP alternative, but is able to capture plenty of detail and offers an impressive low-light performance too.
This is paired with a 200MP telephoto lens that can reach up to a whopping 120x zoom. While this will come at the expense of detail, using Oppo’s Hasselblad Teleconverter attachment aims to fix this issue – and we’ll explain more below.
Both have supporting teleconverter attachments – but there’s a difference
Both the Find X9 Ultra and X9 Pro can be equipped with their own teleconverter attachments. With the Pro, the Teleconverter twists onto the 200MP telephoto lens and enables impressive zoom without compromising on quality. While it’s certainly not the most subtle of accessories, we were still impressed by its performance.
Oppo has also created a similar 300m Teleconverter lens for the X9 Ultra edition, that mounts to the 200MP, 3x telephoto sensor. According to Oppo, this attachment will allow photographers to retain sharp detail at “30x and beyond”. That’s a bold claim, and one we’re keen to try out for ourselves.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra runs on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Photography ability aside, one of the key differences between the Find X9 Ultra and X9 Pro is with their respective chips. While the latter Pro model runs on MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, the Ultra is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
We found during our review of the Find X9 Pro that its Dimensity 9500 chip, combined with Oppo’s Luminous Rendering Engine, enabled the flagship to fly through everyday use while feeling rapid and responsive too. In addition, although it isn’t a dedicated gaming phone, it still had no issue running titles such as Call of Duty Mobile.
However, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is a tough competitor to beat. The chip is not only behind many of the best Android phones, but it can handle everything from casual tasks to generative AI tasks and gaming with ease. Having said that, we’d argue that most users will be unlikely to notice much of a difference between the chips in everyday use.
Oppo Find X9 Pro has a larger battery
With a mighty 7500mAh cell, the Find X9 Pro has one of the largest batteries found in any smartphone. This translates to comfortably being a two-day handset, although remember this will depend on your own usage. For example, we found that on days where we really pushed the phone’s limits, the handset couldn’t quite make it through a full second day.
Although it’s not quite as large, the Find X9 Ultra is still fitted with a whopping 7050mAh battery, which promises to ensure “reliable, all-day content creation”.
It’s worth pointing out that, although the Find X9 Pro’s battery is larger than the X9 Ultra’s own, both do boast pretty generous capacities. Considering the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL max out at 5000mAh and 5200mAh respectively, Oppo’s Find series are certainly not to be sniffed at.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra comes in a familiar orange shade
Although both only come in a choice between two shades, they differ with their exact offerings. While the Find X9 Pro comes as Titanium Carbon or Silk White, the Find X9 Ultra is available in either Tundra Umber or Canyon Orange.
Regardless of the colour you choose, both the X9 Ultra and X9 Pro sport IP66, IP68 and IP69 ratings which means the handsets can withstand water submersion and even high pressure and high temperature water jets too.
Early Verdict
Although the Oppo Find X9 Pro is easily one of the best camera phones we’ve reviewed, the Find X9 Pro looks like a promising alternative for those who need even more versatility and shooting modes to play with. With a whopping five rear cameras and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip at play, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra is undoubtedly a promising handset for the keen photographer.
