A return to the flagship scene with a challenge to top Android smartphones

Oppo’s flagship Find X series has, in recent times, topped each year’s list of “top phones you simply cannot buy in India". The design Android phones are, by and large, slabs of glass and metal, and the Find X8 Pro doesn’t break the mould, almost playing it too safe even when compared to previous generations. View Full Image Oppo Find X8 Pro: All the action’s happening on the rear of the device Two notable additions—an alert slider that we’ve seen and loved on OnePlus phones, and a somewhat simplified version of the iPhone 16 series’ camera control, or the Quick Button as Oppo calls it. That range is courtesy the X8 Pro’s dual periscope telephoto lenses plus a sprinkling of AI, which allow rather usable shots even at full tilt. I’m no fan of the bloatware one saw preinstalled on the device, but I do think the new Touch to Share feature is a step in the right direction—it enables AirDrop-like seamless file transfers between the Find X8 Pro and Apple devices like iPhones and iPads, so long as you have the ‘O+ Connect’ installed on the Apple device.