Oppo’s new Discover X8 Extremely is the most recent entrant within the ongoing competitors between Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo to provide the world’s finest digital camera telephone. However not like its rivals, Oppo has determined that greater may not be higher.
Let’s be clear: the Discover X8 Extremely isn’t a small telephone by any means, with a 6.82-inch show and a complete weight of seven.97 oz. However at 8.78mm thick, it’s comfortably thinner than both of the telephones Oppo sees as its rivals: the Xiaomi 15 Extremely and Vivo X100 Extremely. There’s a brand new X200 Extremely across the nook too, however early teases for that don’t counsel it’s gotten a lot thinner.
These are amongst a brand new class of Chinese language digital camera telephones that run nearly comically massive, all packing massive batteries and round digital camera modules that squeeze in as many lenses and sensors as attainable. Oppo, at the very least, appears to be making an attempt to attract a line within the sand in terms of dimension, with product specialist Jeff Jiang describing the aim as to make a “comparatively regular telephone” with out compromising on the digital camera.
With 4 50-megapixel rear lenses tuned by Hasselblad, together with each 3x and 6x periscopes which have been upgraded with sooner apertures, the X8 Extremely arrives with a reputable declare to rival Xiaomi and Vivo on the images entrance. It features a devoted haptic shutter button with contact controls for zooming, together with a brand new customizable shortcut button that replaces the favored alert slider.
Regardless of being barely svelte, the X8 Extremely contains an unlimited 6,100mAh battery — bigger than that of any direct rival — with 100W wired and 50W wi-fi charging. The Snapdragon 8 Elite powers the telephone, which ships with as much as 16GB RAM and 1TB of storage. Like most of this yr’s Chinese language flagships, it boasts each IP68 and IP69 scores for cover towards mud and water.
Oppo launched the Discover X8 Extremely alongside the Discover X8s and X8s Plus, refreshes of the Discover X8 powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus, additionally introduced immediately. The X8s is a extra compact telephone, with a 6.3-inch show, whereas the X8s Plus runs bigger at 6.59 inches however boasts a much bigger 6,000mAh battery. The unhealthy information is that Oppo has no plans to launch any of the brand new Discover X8 telephones exterior China.
