OPPO Find X8 Ultra: What Real Users Actually Think

It's honestly ridiculous that these phones are limited to China. Devices like these would absolutely dominate a market currently flooded with mid-tier Pixel phones and rebranded Samsung flagships. The specs and price-to-performance ratio are just insane.

Weirdly undercooked software in some aspects — low display brightness and battery life is a little behind competition. I really like the direction they're going with camera processing though, yeah the images are still somewhat saturated but oversharpening is contained quite well and shadows aren't lifted.

TLDR: Class-leading charging speed, battery life is improved over the previous generation. Supremely capable camera system for stills, day and night — excellent main camera, great zoom from both telephotos, surprisingly good ultrawide. Standout video stabilization. Cons: China-only release, not available elsewhere over official channels.

Love my Find X8 Ultra. Even though it is a CN only ROM, using it daily 95-98% of the time I never even notice it is a CN ROM. Yes you need to change settings and uninstall all the CN bloatware, but once you're all set up, the phone is a breeze to use, and the photos and videos I can take with it are excellent. Google Play services and all apps from the store work fine for me.

I would pick the Find X9 Pro just because of the day-to-day usability because the Find X8 Ultra is a China ROM model.

WearOS will not work/connect to the phone. So people with a WearOS watch better stay away from CN phones.

Loved everything about this phone except the pathetic battery life. Haptics are insanely good. But for this price and battery size it should be way better.

Works great with Mint Mobile for me. Which is basically T-Mobile coverage. And I don't live in a major city.

Battery life is impressive, smooth OS, quick updates, 5G consistently in majority of places, doesn't heat up while gaming. Cons: lacks rural band support for US T-Mobile, cannot replace China specific apps for Global apps, no eSIM support.

I have been using the Oppo Find X8 Ultra for the past month and this phone is straight up the best all-round phone I have ever used. The cameras are the best I've ever seen in a smartphone, but there is so much more to this phone. The OS is so smooth. Every app works absolutely fine.

Works exceptionally great with Mint Mobile for me, which is basically T-Mobile.

I thought the photo I took with my Oppo Find X8 Ultra yesterday was a great picture — and from what others said, it is amazing.

Works on Google Fi here in NY. Been 2 weeks with the phone so far and love it. I have noticed some areas that I used to get coverage (Pixel phone), I don't get the strongest signal. All depends on cell antenna signals in your area.

Not X8 ultra but pro — about ColorOS, it's actually the smoothest and one of the best good-looking OS you could have. It lacks customization in comparison to OneUI but I was genuinely impressed by its smoothness.

Really disappointed, I was super excited for this. I can't believe the screen brightness is really poor and the battery results are shocking. I was ready to sell my Xiaomi 14 Ultra for this.

Battery is definitely great. Whole day of heavy usage I can barely kill 60% of the battery.

I had the X8 Ultra and I set up the phone — everything worked — but notifications were not working all the time and some updates made it worse. First few months was good then it turned into a nightmare. I'd recommend the X9 Pro Global instead for users outside of China.

Verizon works well for me. I haven't lost signal at all yet, however I haven't really been out of the suburbs. I don't seem to get 5G UW, but I haven't had any issues with 4G/5G being slow. Android Auto works great, but you have to enable it in 'smart cars' settings.

Works on T-Mobile for me, though they did send a message saying it is not fully compatible. Suburbs near a major city, but I've gone camping and to urban areas and still got minimal signal like everyone else I was with.

Got my Ultra a few days ago, software is smooth but you have to make a lot of tweaks and changes to allow notifications from certain apps, which is very annoying. My Pixel 9 Pro handled notifications very well, barely had to change anything. With ColorOS, Gmail and some other apps will not show notifications unless you make some very specific changes.

I was on an X3 Pro, then got a Pixel 7 Pro, now on X8 Ultra. Honestly using the Pixel 7 Pro for 2 years, I genuinely missed using ColorOS. Gotta say I am loving how smooth and fluid everything is. Minimal Chinese seen as well, almost makes you forget it's a Chinese ROM.

Everything works fine for me in Canada, all banking and Google apps work except I was not able to pair it with my Samsung Watch Ultra which I was aware of before getting this device.

I am also using X8U and preferred it over Vivo X200U. X8U has a shortcut button and I assigned it to record voice. It helps me in recording important conversations by simply long pressing.

It is the best phone overall, but the battery and camera optimization is pathetic. Camera can and needs to be at least 30% better than it is in auto mode at the moment. Also the speakers are better than Vivo and maybe Xiaomi but they are still meh when compared to Honor and iPhone.

Issues I've had: Android Auto wireless is spotty at best. No Circle to Search or embedded Gemini support. I've had some issues with not getting Google Meet calls. Despite deleting a lot of the Chinese apps, they will still creep back in some ways. Some apps won't have full functionality unless you go in and tinker with permissions.

Been using the X8U since launch and battery is still amazing. First 2 months I was getting always over 10 hours SOT with 5G/WiFi, camera usage and everything else on too. Now about 8-10 hours.

Bought one recently and it works exactly the same as my previous Pixel, in Australia.

I have been using for around 2 weeks. I love this phone. Camera is amazing. Battery lasts longer when I use Lite version on Facebook and Instagram. One problem I had was I am unable to use one banking app — it detected the phone as rooted. I don't know why it claims rooted because the phone is not rooted.

Battery sucks. Sadly I had to sell it.

X8 Ultra is objectively better. Depends if you want a more budget option that's 'easier' or a fully spec'd out model.

Really just makes the X200 Pro seem like the better choice for most.

My only gripe with it is the theme store. You can't make a lot of customization because a lot of these changes are locked behind a paywall on the theme app. Want a new font? Want a new background? Want a customized app icon?

I can't get Android Auto to work, and things like their AI only give answers in Chinese.

I bought it about 6 months ago. I am in Europe, not the US. It works brilliantly for what I use it. The battery life in particular is incredible. The camera is insane but since any pictures you send anywhere get compressed, it kinda makes the camera quality irrelevant.

The phone is big, but I don't feel uncomfortable holding it. The camera and functions were all within expectation. The only downside was the China bloatware — I can uninstall it but I kept some of it just out of curiosity.

Auto mode for photo is really really bad. People have some AI aura in master mode at a sunny day. I'll never buy Oppo again if they won't fix the camera auto mode.

I believe the phone is very smooth even with the adaptive refresh rate as it doesn't go down to 60Hz compared to the X100U which does. Also it's built like a tank, probably the boxy nature of the device.

Love the software and overall smoothness. Battery is very good as expected.

I used Giztop and the process was smooth. They shipped pretty quickly via DHL and they declared a lower value. I got it in less than a week. No delay at tariff if you pay it fast.

Another thing is that it doesn't support Wear OS.

As an X8 Ultra user that also had the Pro, get the X9 Pro just because of the Dimensity 9500 and the bigger battery. I love the phone but I miss the efficiency of the previous one so much.

I looked at the specs comparisons back and forth for a long time and ultimately decided on the Pro, just for less bother with the global instead of China ROM. So far I'm absolutely loving it. The cameras are fantastic and it's hard to imagine I'd really be happier with the 1-inch sensor.