Review OPPO Find X3 Pro: The only Chinese smartphone worth buying in the high-end segment!

After a short launch in the international market, the OPPO brand has recently introduced the OPPO Find X3 Pro in the Vietnamese market. This is the most advanced smartphone ever introduced by this manufacturer this year.

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Overall, OPPO Find X3 Pro brings a lot of changes and upgrades compared to its predecessor Find X2: a new design with a different (and somewhat controversial) camera cluster layout, improved performance. , the camera is equipped with a new microscope mode that we will cover later in this article, accompanied by a slightly more expensive price than its predecessor (in terms of genuine prices).

However, with the upgrades that OPPO brings, is Find X3 Pro a smartphone worth buying in the high-end segment?

Controversial design

If in the first generation of Find X, OPPO surprised users with a new and highly innovative "sliding" camera design, then later on, OPPO's Find X lines all follow a trend. Overall, less creativity. Even so, mechanical designs like the Find X have proven to be less durable and ineffective, and we can completely sympathize with OPPO when it no longer uses this design.

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Find X3 Pro this year brings a somewhat controversial design, especially in the design of the main camera cluster

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The first impression of anyone's OPPO Find X3 Pro when holding this device is the main camera cluster. The controversial factor that we want to mention here is the design of this camera cluster, because it looks quite similar to what appears on the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max.

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Obviously, when seeing this camera cluster, most will think of Apple product lines. This naturally leaves a bad impression in the eyes of consumers when OPPO is just a "follower".

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To evaluate whether OPPO's new camera design is beautiful or not, it will depend on the preferences of each user. We will save this review for users

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There is a design element that makes the Find X3 Pro inferior to most flagships on the market and even to the previous generation of Find X2 itself: the back and front of the Find X3 Pro are only protected by Gorilla Glass 5, instead of Gorilla Glass 6 like on Find X2 or Gorilla Glass Victus like on current flagships

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In addition, with the black Find X3 Pro as we have on hand, the machine has a glossy back that is quite easy to get dirty, and the blue version is equipped with a matte glass surface. If you don't like smudges and fingerprints, we recommend you buy the blue version phiên

Monitor upgrade to "true" 10-bit

Last year, Find X2 was advertised by OPPO as equipped with a "10-bit" screen capable of displaying more than 1 billion different colors. However, in fact, the Find X2's screen is only an 8-bit screen with FRC (frame-rate control) technology, allowing the use of algorithms to simulate a 10-bit screen on an 8-bit panel. This has been misleading to quite a few users.

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The screen on OPPO Find X2 is actually an 8-bit screen

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This year, OPPO continues to advertise the 10-bit screen on Find X3 Pro. However, instead of using the FRC algorithm to simulate a 10-bit screen, this manufacturer has equipped the first "true 10-bit" screen for its Find X line, allowing it to display more than 1 billion people. different colors in the most standard way, while also supporting 100% of the DCI-P3 . color gamut

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OPPO equips quite a lot of screen presets, allowing users to customize the way the screen displays colors: vivid, light, cinematic and brilliant

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In terms of user experience, with QHD + resolution, high-end AMOLED panel and 120Hz refresh rate, we evaluate the screen of OPPO Find X3 Pro for a great entertainment experience without controversy, especially is when watching digital copyright content from Netflix, Amazon Prime. in HDR mode

Camera: Sacrificing "a little" in exchange for something new

As mentioned above, this year OPPO gives the camera on the Find X3 series a new point: the world's first microscope camera.

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OPPO is the world's first manufacturer to pioneer the "microscope" photography mode. Unlike the macro photography modes that have appeared on many smartphones today, the Find X3 Pro's microscope camera really works like a real microscope.

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The microscope camera on Find X3 Pro has a resolution of 3MP and has a custom magnification from 30X to 60X, users can capture super close-up pictures that are hard for the naked eye to see.

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To support the camera microscope, OPPO designed a small LED ring light around the lens, this is to help light the subject that needs to be photographed.

A few images were taken by us with the microscope camera of OPPO Find X3 Pro.

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The fabric of a wallet

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Rough surface of memory card reader

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The fabric of the camera bag

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IPS LCD screen pixels (with 3 colors red, blue and green mixed to form white)

Indeed, using the microscope camera on OPPO Find X3 Pro feels quite interesting, especially in the context that the macro camera on current smartphone models is completely useless. However, we need to ask a question: Is the microscopic camera on the Find X3 Pro a useful feature or just a marketing ploy of OPPO?

The need to "see" the microscope of users is really not as diverse as when using wide-angle, ultra-wide or telephoto cameras. In the first time using the machine, you will probably feel interested in this microscope camera, but in the long run, perhaps the frequency of using the microscope lens will decrease because it does not bring too much value. much. If you really feel the need to "look" at everyday objects, then instead of having to buy yourself a microscope combo and use your phone to take pictures, Find X3 Pro will be a phone worth considering because at present. No other camera on the market is capable of taking such close-ups.

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We will let our readers continue to answer the question of whether the microscope camera on the Find X3 Pro is a practical feature or not!

As for the ability to take pictures with other cameras, as mentioned in the item title, OPPO actually had to sacrifice the 5X periscope telephoto camera to "leave" room for the microscope camera. Indeed, last year's OPPO Find X2 Pro equipped with a 5X periscope telephoto camera, but this camera has been cut down to only 2X on the Find X3 Pro.

Maybe many people will think that the 2X telephoto camera will be more versatile than the 5X, however, in general terms, the Find X3 Pro is proving to be worse than other competitors in the market, even though equipped with a camera. The world's first microscope.

We will have a detailed camera review of OPPO Find X3 Pro in the near future.

Other advantages of OPPO Find X3 Pro

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OPPO Find X3 Pro is a flagship device, so in terms of performance, users will have a Snapdragon 888 chip and can fully meet all tasks from light to heavy, from basic to gaming. in a hard-core way

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Combined with the extremely optimized Android 11-based ColorOS platform customized by OPPO, the daily use experience with OPPO Find X3 Pro is highly appreciated by us. The motion animations are meticulously done by OPPO, the swipes are also extremely smooth

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ColorOS is currently being evaluated as one of the custom skins for the best, most complete and smooth user experience. ColorOS runs smoothly on even mid-range OPPO models, enough to see how effective OPPO's optimization is.

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OPPO equips Find X3 Pro with 65W Super VOOC 2.0 fast charging technology similar to its predecessor. The charging speed is extremely fast, rated as the fastest in the genuine high-end smartphone segment, higher than the Galaxy S21 Ultra (25W), iPhone 12 Pro Max (20W), Xiaomi Mi 11 (55W). . According to our testing, Find X3 Pro can fully charge a 4500mAh battery in less than 30 minutes

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The genuine OPPO Find X3 Pro will also support and be 100% compatible with 5G network infrastructure. Before that, Find X2 was also one of the phones in the 5G support test of carriers. Therefore, in the long run, Find X3 Pro can completely use 5G networks normally and at the earliest when carriers officially deploy 5G commercially.

Disadvantages of OPPO Find X3 Pro

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The phenomenon of Snapdragon 888 chip overheating is a common situation for many flagship devices today. We tried to play PUBG Mobile game continuously for about 1 hour, although the device did not lose FPS almost during the game, the back panel of the device encountered overheating, or sometimes. overheating even when downloading many apps tải

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OPPO Find X3 Pro has a fast and sensitive optical fingerprint sensor, but the position of this fingerprint sensor is relatively low, almost close to the bottom screen edge. This disadvantage appears on the OnePlus 9 Pro and it will be extremely uncomfortable for those with large hands and long fingers.

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Not talking about the layout of the Find X3 Pro's camera cluster, but this camera cluster protrudes a relative distance and may look unsightly to some users. To fix it, we recommend that users wear an extra case (OPPO offers a case with the device), both to protect the entire body, and to cover the protruding camera cluster.

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Summary: OPPO Find X3 Pro - The only Chinese flagship worth buying

In the current high-end segment in the Vietnamese market, only Apple and Samsung are the two brands that monopolize almost the entire market. Xiaomi also recently brought back to Vietnam the standard Mi 11, but compared to OPPO Find X3 Pro, Mi 11 proved to be a lot worse (camera, fast charging, gift offers.). Therefore, in this segment, only OPPO is currently the only Chinese manufacturer capable of competing fairly with both Apple and Samsung.

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The choice of the Find X3 Pro will still depend on the psychology and preferences of the buyer. However, in general terms, Find X3 Pro is still worth owning. Users will have a completely new experience with this smartphone, from the camera, screen, fast charging to after-sales service (Find X3 Pro is guaranteed worldwide).

Kareem Winters

Update 30 May 2021