TL;DR: The first Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review verdicts are in, and they split on one question: is £1,499 too much? TechRadar calls it “easily one of the best phones of 2026” thanks to three 200MP cameras and strong battery life, while Engadget’s hands-on finds “few surprises” and says the older Find X9 Ultra still beats it in low light. It launched on October 21 in Europe and Asia at £1,499 / about €1,800 (12GB + 512GB only) and is not coming to the US.
Oppo’s new flagship replaces last year’s Find X9 Pro and sits below the Find X9 Ultra. This Oppo Find X10 Pro Max review roundup pulls together what the first testers found on the cameras, display, chip, battery and that headline price, so you can decide whether it deserves a spot on your shortlist.
Oppo Find X10 Pro Max specs at a glance
The figures below come from TechRadar’s review and GSMArena’s launch report.
| Spec | Oppo Find X10 Pro Max |
|---|---|
| Display | 6.78-inch OLED, 1-144Hz, up to 3,600 nits |
| Chip | MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro (2nm) |
| Memory | 12GB RAM, 512GB storage (single global config) |
| Rear cameras | 200MP f/1.5 main, 200MP f/2.2 ultrawide, 200MP 3x telephoto |
| Selfie | 50MP |
| Battery | 7,150mAh in Europe, 8,000mAh in APAC |
| Charging | 80W wired, 50W wireless (Oppo AirVOOC) |
| Durability | IP69 |
| Software | ColorOS 17 on Android 17 |
| Weight | 226g |
| UK price | £1,499 |
Cameras: three 200MP sensors, mixed verdicts
The camera system is the selling point. Every rear camera uses a 200MP sensor, and TechRadar says they are all at least 1/1.56-inch, which is why reviewer Luke Baker calls it “zero-compromise”: you can pick any focal length without the usual drop in quality on the ultrawide or telephoto. He rated the cameras 5 out of 5 and says each rear lens can shoot 8K/30fps or 4K/120fps, with open-gate capture, Log recording and Dolby Vision across the board.
Engadget’s hands-on by Mat Smith is cooler. The main sensor moved to a 1/1.3-inch Samsung HPC chip, and Smith notes the Find X9 Ultra’s main sensor is “roughly 25 percent larger.” In his side-by-side shots, the X9 Ultra handled low light better. The X10 Pro Max reaches 3x optical zoom and 6x “lossless” crop zoom, well short of the X9 Ultra’s 10x.
What reviewers liked
- A new “Lumo True” image engine that, per Engadget, makes fewer aggressive AI guesses on text and patterns
- Better low-light autofocus and detail than the Find X9 Pro
- 10cm macro focusing on the 3x periscope telephoto
- A wider-angle selfie camera that TechRadar found better for group shots
- Optional Hasselblad teleconverter kit and a Tilta creator rig for video work
What they didn’t
- Engadget found the claimed 17 stops of dynamic range from Samsung’s DeepPix tech more of an incremental gain than a headline feature
- The teleconverter’s mounting plate covers the other cameras, so you have to remove it to switch lenses
- Long zoom and low light still favor the Find X9 Ultra, according to both outlets
Display and design
TechRadar gave the screen 5 out of 5, praising 1.15mm bezels, 3,600-nit peak brightness, dimming down to 1 nit and 3,840Hz PWM dimming. It also says the panel is professionally calibrated to cover 95% of BT.2020, so colors look accurate rather than punchy. The 144Hz top refresh rate only kicks in for a handful of games such as COD: Mobile, PUBG and Free Fire, according to Oppo via TechRadar.
The phone comes in Luna White and Titanium Grey with an aluminum frame. Oppo dropped the camera-control-style button from the X9 Pro but kept the Snap Key, which TechRadar found limited because you cannot assign your own app to it.
Performance and software
MediaTek’s Dimensity 9600 Pro is a 2nm chip, and GSMArena reports the company promises 61% better multi-core power efficiency than the previous generation. TechRadar says it beats the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in most situations and ran Neverness to Everness at 60fps on the highest preset, though the frame gets “fairly hot” during long sessions. Engadget reports no notable hiccups or crashes, but notes MediaTek phones miss some of the game optimizations that Snapdragon devices get.
ColorOS 17 adds new animations, and Oppo says it uses up to 25% less RAM. New AI features include AI Photo Agent for prompt-based edits and a more agentic AI Mind Pilot that pulls in Gemini, Perplexity and OpenAI models. If you want to understand why phones increasingly run this kind of AI on device, see our explainer on context windows in AI.
Battery life: check which version you get
Battery capacity depends on region. GSMArena confirms European units ship with 7,150mAh cells, while China and other APAC markets get 8,000mAh. TechRadar’s review unit was the 8,000mAh version, and Baker reports at least a day and a half per charge. Oppo told Engadget the phone can manage almost 25 hours of YouTube streaming. Charging tops out at 80W with Oppo’s adapter and 55W with third-party USB-PD chargers, per TechRadar. If you are coming from a phone with charging issues, our guide on why your phone is not charging covers the basics.
Price, deals and availability
The Find X10 Pro Max costs £1,499 in the UK and about €1,800 in Germany and France, per GSMArena. That is £400 more than the Find X9 Pro’s UK launch price, TechRadar notes. Launch offers in the UK include a free accessory (teleconverter kit, Oppo Watch X3 or Oppo Pad 5), £100 off until October 28 and a £250 trade-in bonus for Oppo or OnePlus phones. Oppo has no plans to sell it in the US.
| Phone | UK price | Key camera edge |
|---|---|---|
| Oppo Find X10 Pro Max | £1,499 | Three 200MP cameras, best ultrawide |
| Oppo Find X9 Ultra | £1,449 | Larger main sensor, 10x telephoto |
| Oppo Find X10 | From £1,100 | 200MP main and telephoto, 50MP ultrawide |
Prices from TechRadar and GSMArena at launch.
Verdict: who should buy it
The early consensus is that the Find X10 Pro Max is an excellent, very expensive phone. Buy it if you shoot a lot of video or want every lens to be usable in any light. Skip it if you already own a Find X9 Ultra, want strong long-range zoom or prefer a lighter phone. Former OnePlus fans used to near-$1,000 flagships may find the price hard to accept, a point Engadget makes directly. For a cheaper alternative from the same family, see our look at the OnePlus 16 price and specs, and for another fresh review roundup, our HTC VIVE Eagle review.
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