[OPPO Find X5 Pro General] AndroPlus:
I was selected as an OPPO Product Ambassador and received the OPPO Find X5 Pro Ceramic White!

Summary​

The OPPO Find X5 Pro is a smartphone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Android 12.

The back is ceramic, giving it a smooth and beautiful appearance.

It is equipped with OPPO's first proprietary imaging NPU "MariSilicon X", which is said to have improved night photography performance.

This review is done with version CPH2305_11_A.16, 12GB+256GB.

Pros:

AMOLED with 120Hz refresh rate support

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 + LPDDR5 + UFS 3.1

Fast night shot

5000mAh battery with 80W support

50W wireless charging support

eSIM support

IP68 waterproof and dustproof

Cons:

Slightly heavy

Back tends to get hot when gaming

Not so good cost performance

Can't change camera while shooting video

OPPO Find X5 Pro CPH2305
OS	Android 12
RAM	12GB LPDDR5
Storage	256GB UFS 3.1
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Display	6.7" QHD+ 120Hz AMOLED
Size	163.7 x 73.9 x 8.5mm
Weight	218g
SIM	nano SIM + nano SIM (or nano SIM + eSIM)
Rear Camera	50MP (SONY IMX766)

+ 50MP (Ultra-wide SONY IMX766)

+ 13MP (Telephoto Samsung s5k3m5)
Front Camera	32MP (Samsung s5kjd1sp)
Battery	5000mAh
USB Port	USB Type-C (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
Mobile	2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

3G: UMTS(WCDMA) bands 1/2/4/5/6/8/19

4G: TD-LTE bands 34/38/39/40/41/42

4G: LTE FDD bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/32/66(70MHz)

5G SA: n1/n2/n3/n5/n7/n8/n12/n13/n18/n20/n25/n26/n28/n38/n40/n41/n66(70MHz)/n77/n78/n79

5G NSA: n1/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n40/n41/n66(70MHz)/n77/n78/n79

I entered "MariO" for the nickname of MariSilicon X, and it became official!

The one I received is the global version (for Malaysia).

Unfortunately, included charger has USB Type-A port only and support the proprietary SuperVOOC.

Variable PPS is becoming more widespread, and I think it is time to make it compatible with USB Type-C / USB PD like OnePlus did it on OnePlus 8T....

Instructions and warranty card are also included.

A translucent protective case is also included, and the screen side has four protruding corners to prevent the screen from hitting the ground when turned over.

Smooth and brilliant AMOLED display​

The OPPO Find X5 Pro features a 6.7-inch QHD+ resolution AMOLED display.

It is bright enough to be used outdoors, and is vivid enough that you don't need to modify color settings.

It is an edge display and the protective film is applied from the beginning.

Battery consumption is sufficient for a full day of use even when using 120Hz refresh rate since it uses LTPO and dynamic refresh rate, and thanks to fast charging, it can be recharged quickly even if it runs low.

The panel is a diamond array made by Samsung.

The OPPO Find X5 Pro is Widevine L1 and it allows streaming in HD quality on Amazon Prime Video (beta) and others.

Beautiful back with ceramic​

The back of the OPPO Find X5 Pro is made of ceramic, which is different from glass in terms of smoothness and beauty.

The OPPO Find X3 has a nice design, but the OPPO Find X5 Pro seems even more refined.

It's fingerprints resistant, so the beauty of the phone is maintained even after continued use.

Build quality is great.

The area around the camera is smoothly raised, giving it a unique design.

I put a protective film on it to take good care of it:)

High speed shooting even in night scenes​

The OPPO Find X5 Pro is equipped with a triple camera: 50MP (SONY IMX766) + 50MP (ultra-wide SONY IMX766) + 13MP (telephoto Samsung s5k3m5).

The photos taken are saved here.

The OPPO Find X5 Pro's Night shot mode allows you to take bright pictures even in areas that are nearly pitch-black to the naked eye.

By selecting "movie" mode from "MORE" menu, you can shoot HDR movies and LOG movies with 3840 x 1644 resolution.

This mode allows you to shoot more vivid movies than the normal movie mode.

The effect of MariSilicon X is easily felt in the "time it takes to process a night scene shot," which with the OPPO Find X3 takes about 8 seconds, but with the OPPO Find X5 Pro, the process is completed in about 4 seconds.

It is easy to take a series of pictures, and it is also easy to shorten the time to fix and hold the camera.

I was able to finish shooting quickly even while moving in a dark aisle.

The OPPO Find X5 Pro's photo is brighter and has less noise in low-light environments where there is only the light of the phone's screen.

Although beautiful enough in backlit conditions, the townscape in the background was whitish.

It's a matter of which is more important, so I think that's OK.

It can zoom optically up to 2x and digitally up to 20x with the hybrid zoom.

Although it loses out to optical zoom, it is still able to capture even the smallest of details, such as the whiskers of a cat in a dark place.

When zooming, an overall view is displayed in the upper left corner, making it easy to see where you are zooming.

I tried shooting at 1x, 0.6x, and 2x respectively.

The vividness is a little better at 1x, but there is not much difference, and the image can be taken beautifully in any mode.

Unfortunately, it was cloudy, but the memories will remain vivid.

Even in a dark place, the 2x zoom can capture relatively beautiful images, and the light of the Piranha Plant is captured without any white out of the pattern.

The top is normal and the bottom is ultra-wide angle, and distortion in ultra-wide is minimal.

The XPan mode, which recreates the panoramic photos of Hasselblad's film camera days, allows users to take photos with an aspect ratio of 65:21.

Video stabilization is also quite good, and shaking is not noticeable even when shooting while walking on bumpy roads.

However, once you start shooting, you cannot change the camera lens.

For example, it is not possible to start shooting at 2x zoom and then seamlessly change to 1x.

Supports wired 80W and wireless 50W charging​

The OPPO Find X5 Pro supports wired charging, including 80W SuperVOOC and USB PD 9V/2A, as well as 50W AIRVOOC wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging.

With 80W SuperVOOC charging, the battery could charge from 10% to 100% in 41 minutes, and the temperature only rose to a maximum of 34°C.

It's great since it can be recharged immediately even if you forget to charge it at night.

Wireless Charging is also fast and can be charged with the cover on.

It is quiet and can be set to silent while sleeping.

It's easy to charge quickly just by putting it down.

Video output supported USB 3.1 Gen 1 port​

As befits a flagship, the OPPO Find X5 Pro features a USB Type-C port with USB 3.1 Gen 1.

Video and audio output in DisplayPort Alt Mode is also available for display mirroring.

This is useful when you want to enjoy games / videos on a large screen without a lag.

Stereo speakers​

The OPPO Find X5 Pro has stereo speakers, with the upper part doubling as a speaker for calls.

Dolby Atmos is supported and cannot be turned off for the speakers.

Both bass and treble were nicely balanced and sounded beautifully, and there was no scuffling.

Smaller treble choruses, for example, were sometimes a bit hard to hear.

Compared to the Pixel 6 Pro, it seemed to emphasize vocals in particular.

The frequency response measured with the miniDSP UMIK-1 from a distance of about 30 cm, surrounded by sound-absorbing mats, is shown below.

eSIM gives you more choices of carriers​

In addition to dual nano SIM, eSIM can also be used.

Unfortunately, you can only use either nano SIM + nano SIM or nano SIM + eSIM instead of triple SIM, but since eSIM is now available from various other carriers, it's good to have more options.

Long press of power button activates Google Assistant​

The OPPO Find X5 Pro has a power button on the right side that can be pressed and held to activate Google Assistant.

You can also turn it off in the settings... but in that case, a long press does not bring up the power menu, and you have to press and hold on the power button and the volume button at the same time to bring up the power menu.

I would like to be able to get the power menu with a long press of the power button only, like the Pixel 6 Pro, etc.

The volume buttons are located on the left side.

Play the highest quality Genshin at an average of 54.5 FPS​

The OPPO Find X5 Pro is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which seems to be tuned a bit more modestly to reduce heat generation during gaming.

In the 3DMark Wild Life Stress Test, the score was 9770, with a temperature increase from 21°C to 42°C (21°C increase) and 24-73 FPS.

PCMark Work 3.0, which measures performance in everyday use such as document manipulation, scored 14357.

In Geekbench 5, it scores single-core 981 and multi-core 3538.

Even the version with the package name disguised as Genshin scores single-core 982 and multi-core 3535, so I think they aren't doing so-called benchmark boosting not like Samsung and Xiaomi.

Great!

Storage has relatively high write performance.

The OPPO Find X5 Pro includes a frame rate stabilizer called AI Frame Rate Stabilizer, which is a feature that stabilizes the frame rate and

Genshin Impact

LOLM

MOBILE LEGEND

FREE FIRE

PUBG

SUBWAY SURFERS

CODM

are supported.

However, there is no such thing in the game menu, and "Pro Gamer mode" (available for all games) can only be selected in the performance settings.

It may be automatically turned on for supported games.

There is also an option to overlay FPS and CPU/GPU utilization.

When measured with WeTest PerfDog running Genshin Impact at the highest quality and 60FPS setting, the average FPS was 54.5 FPS.

While Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered devices tend to generate a lot of heat, causing the average FPS to drop, this result was higher than the 51FPS of Redmi K50G, a gaming smartphone.

The battery temperature rose to a maximum of about 39.5°C, which is not so high, but the heat was transferred to the back of the device and it felt a little hot.

Multifunctional OS​

ColorOS 12.1, which OPPO Find X5 Pro comes equipped with, has a variety of useful features.

Gesture operations are quite abundant, and you can set up gestures such as double-tapping to turn on the screen, writing letters such as O and V to launch the camera, etc., and sliding up, down, left, and right to launch your favorite apps.

Since you can quickly launch your favorite apps from when the screen is off, it can be quite convenient if you customize it to your liking.

There is also a feature called Air Gestures that allows users to scroll without touching the screen.

However, it is only supported by some apps such as YouTube, and it is quite difficult to operate. It seems to be useful if you can master it...

The keyboard position can also be moved up slightly so as not to interfere with gesture operations.

It's a small thing, but it greatly improves convenience.

Memory (RAM) expansion is also available (3 to 7 GB).

It has a vibration feature called O-HAPTICS, which allows the user to fine-tune the intensity and feel of the vibrations.

The Personalization menu allows fine-tuning of AODs, themes, animations, etc.

You can change the font without root to suit your taste and mood.

There are a lot of fonts and I'm distributing a custom font Mejiro for Japanese, too.

The Android 12 base provides a privacy dashboard and camera/mic toggle, which is good for those concerned about privacy.

Apps can be cloned and locked, and even apps that only allow one account to be used can be operated with multiple accounts.

O Relax prepares you for time without using your phone by playing relaxing music.

Bootloader is not unlockable​

Since this is xda, I would have to mention bootloader unlocking as well.

Unfortunately, the OPPO Find X5 Pro doesn't support unlocking bootloader for now.

To unlock bootloader of OPPO phone, we need to use "Deep Testing" apk to request approval from OPPO, but there's no such apk for Find X5 Pro yet and may not be released.

I wish they would improve it so that it can be unlocked at any time like OnePlus (also comply with the GPL)!

Conclusion​

Pros:

AMOLED with 120Hz refresh rate support

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 + LPDDR5 + UFS 3.1

Fast night shot

5000mAh battery with 80W support

50W wireless charging support

eSIM support

IP68 waterproof and dustproof

Cons:

Slightly heavy

Back tends to get hot when gaming

Not so good cost performance

Can't change camera while shooting video

OPPO Find X5 Pro is quite beautiful on the outside thanks to its ceramic body, and it has a unique design with a smoothly raised camera area.

Taking advantage of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 performance, Genshin runs smoothly at an average of 54 FPS, and night shots are quick thanks to the MariSilicon X.

However, the global version is quite expensive (at the level that you could buy a foldable OPPO Find N), so in terms of cost performance, it is hard to beat the competition.

It is good because it has a high-end feel that is commensurate with the price, but it would be easier to pick up if it were cheaper.