IN PARTNERSHIP: The new flagship OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G is a device that demands and deserves your attention.
The world seems like it’s ready to go back to a time when the pandemic wasn’t a thing, though some of us are lucky enough to continue with our work-from-home routines. A huge part of why we love this option is because we have the technology not to make it feel like a chore.
Launched in partnership with Etisalat on June 18th, the OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G is a looker. Straight out of the box, you’ll notice that the phone sits absolutely snug within your palm and can be comfortably operated using just one hand.
The first thing that will notice about the OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G is the incredible display. OPPO claims the 6.7-inch screen can display over a billion colours. What that means is that your Instagram glamour glow is going to pop like no other.
Speaking of Instagram, the OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G’s camera is made for making our feeds look perfectly picturesque. The device is powered by a triple-camera system that adopts a Sony IMX689 48MP primary camera, a 48MP ultra-wide-angle lens and a 13MP telephoto lens meaning the picture quality is as good as anything that’s out there.
In regular photo mode, we chose the ‘AI Dazzle Colour’ feature that uses AI to automatically detect, whether a photograph is taken indoors or outdoors, or under artificial/low-light conditions, and adjusts the colours, brightness and tones. It even automatically chooses macro mode if the object is close to the camera.
The videos too come packed with a motion compensation technology, which can bring videos at 30 fps or lower up to 60 or 120 fps and help set videos you upload far apart from the competition.
Once you begin to download a few apps from the Google Play Store on this phone, you will see the dual-mode 5G engine powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor (OPPO launched its first Qualcomm-powered 5G device in the GCC a year ago) and which allows for download speeds of up to 5.9Gbps begin to shine through with a considerable amount of firepower.
One of the apps we downloaded was the Shahid app that features on-demand videos. Without signing up for the service, we could play a few videos which allowed us to gauge the display quality, sound and loading response time (while we left other apps running in the background). A dual-sound speaker with Dolby Atmos technology means that the sound is crisp, though even at full volume the sound doesn’t jar.
Are you thinking all that power is bound to drain the battery and not make it last long enough? Think again. The Find X2 Pro features a massive 4,260mAh battery which allows you to operate the phone without any battery anxiety and the full use of apps for video streaming, basic gaming and functions like emailing and calls for the entire day. We charged the device from 20 per cent up to 52 per cent in seven minutes flat – it’s a powerhouse.
When it’s time to wind down, the phone features an OPPO Relax app that allows you to focus on breathing exercises and plays a pre-set list of soothing tones such as ‘Nighttime Camping’ with the sounds of crickets chirping and the rustling of firewood, or ‘Summer Seashore’ with views and sounds of waves breaking across the shore and seagulls squawking in the background. It reminds you of a pre-pandemic time when moving freely outdoors was a given, not a privilege.
We could bore you with loads of more stats, but we’d rather not. Instead, we’d like to tell you that the OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G flaunts higher specs than some laptops on the market. Imagine that?
Remember how we said that working from home is a bonus? This device will spoil you rotten – to the point where you’ll probably feel like you don’t even need to get out of bed to get things done.
