Oppo Find X2 is anticipated to be unveiled at MWC next month in Barcelona, meaning admirers of the Shenzhen tech firm may only need to wait few weeks to see what it has in store. Expectations for the Find X2 are sky high, primarily because the original Find X pushed the industry forward with its innovative pop-up selfie camera system and luxurious design that remains arguably the best on a smartphone to date.
Last month Oppo shed light on a few details about the Find X2 at its scheduled Innovation Day in Shenzhen. The company confirmed the new flagship will be powered by Qualcomm’s brand spanking new Snapdragon 865 chipset and is 5G-ready, putting it in prime position to give Samsung’s Galaxy S11 a run for its money.
Oppo is also placing a heavy emphasis on the Find X2’s display, which makes sense seeing as the original was one of the first truly all-screen smartphones to launch. This led many Android fans to speculate the firm could debut its under-screen camera technology on the device.
Last year Oppo showed off a concept phone that placed its selfie camera underneath the display. Express.co.uk went hands-on with it and was eager to praise its slick design and overflowing ambition. However, the technology is still a work in progress – the segment of pixels in the display located above the camera are slightly larger than on the rest of the phone, meaning a small square on the panel is noticeable from certain angles, especially if you’ve got an app loaded up that embraces white colours.
Although that doesn’t severely detract from the overall user experience, it seems Oppo knows the technology is still too early to debut in a flagship product. Brian Shen, the Vice President and President of Global Marketing at Oppo, recently took to Twitter to state it’s “unlikely” the Find X2 would not come with an under-display selfie camera.
He said: “Considering the obstacles of making a smartphone mass production ready, it’s unlikely we will see an under-screen camera in Oppo FindX2, as many have asked.
“The screen on Oppo FindX2 will still be a key focus for the device along with a lot of other industry leading features.”
Although the Oppo Find X2 won’t come with a futuristic under-display camera, the Galaxy S11 isn’t expected to either. That means the main battle between the two phones will come down to design, performance, battery life, cameras and price.
No pictures of the Find X2 have leaked so far, meaning we have absolutely no idea what the phone could look like. That said, if Oppo is able to build on the superb aesthetic of the original Find X, the device could outclass the S11 in the looks department.
Then there’s the camera. The Galaxy S11 has been tipped to be Samsung’s first phone with a 5x optical zoom – it’s also rumoured the phone will come with a whopping 108-megapixel main sensor and of course have ultra wide-angle capabilities.
Oppo has already demonstrated its zooming prowess with the aptly titled Reno 10x Zoom though. That device came rocking a 5x periscope lens à la Huawei P30 Pro. Secondly, the Chinese firm has confirmed it’s partnered with Sony to create a larger sensor for the Find X2 that’ll let in more light, meaning it could give the S11 flashy 108-megapixel snapper a run for its money.
When it comes to battery life, Oppo could have one large ace up its sleep to trump the S11. The firm has long touted its wired charging speeds and recently released the Reno Ace with a monstrous 65W wired charging able to refill the phone from empty to fall in just 30 minutes. The Shenzhen firm will no doubt want to put all its latest and greatest battery technologies in its new flagship.
Rumours and leaks have suggested Samsung will offer a more moderate 25W wired charging. But of course, nothing is set in stone until the South Korean firm reveals the phone in full.
The Galaxy S11 is expected to be revealed before the Find X2 – Samsung has already scheduled an Unpacked hardware event for February 11 that’ll presumably lift the lid on the new flagship series.
Oppo is expected to wait until MWC in Barcelona a couple weeks later to launch the Find X2. Express.co.uk will be covering both companies’ showcases, so stay tuned for all the latest announcements.