Leaks have begun already, as have the first few official announcements, and we think we know a little about the chipsets, cameras, and displays of the two flagship phones expected next year. Here’s all we know so far about the Oppo Find X6 series.
When will the Oppo Find X6 be released?
There’s no confirmed date of when we’ll see the Find X6 yet. Leaker Digital Chat Station has posted on Weibo that the launch will come after Spring Festival – a.k.a. Chinese New Year – and likely closer to late February or March. Of course, we can also use the previous models to give us some idea of when that might be. Here’s how they lined up:
Oppo Find X5 – March 2022Oppo Find X3 – March 2021
As you can see from the pattern above, March is the slot Oppo uses to release new generations of the Find X models, so it seems pretty likely that the Oppo Find X6 will arrive in the same window. Going by Oppo’s track record that will be a global launch, though won’t include the US. You may be wondering what happened to the Find X4 – well the number 4 is deemed unlucky in China, where Oppo is based, so the choice was made to simply skip over it and go straight to the X5 range instead.
How much will the Oppo Find X6 cost?
Again, there’s no confirmed pricing on the Find X6 range, so we need to look back at the models that have come before to give us a clue. For ease, we’re breaking them down based by model. First there’s the regular model:
Oppo Find X5 – £749/€999Oppo Find X3 – CNY 4,499 (China only)
Then we get the Pro:
Oppo Find X5 Pro – £1,049/€1,299Oppo Find X3 Pro – £1,099/€1,149
Then the more affordable Lite:
Oppo Find X5 Lite: £419/€499Oppo Find X3 Lite: £379/€449
And finally the Neo, though we never actually got a Find X5 Neo, so that line may well be done.
Oppo Find X3 Neo: £699/€799
We don’t expect Oppo to stray too far from the pricing of the Find X5 range, which is already competing directly with the likes of Samsung and Xiaomi, though if current inflation trends continue the price may well rise a little.
What will the Oppo Find X6 specs and design be?
As the projected launch of the Oppo Find X6 is still quite distant, there have been few spec leaks so far, but details are beginning to trickle out – and Oppo has even begun its own official announcements. Let’s start with the design, where it looks like Oppo may be reinventing the line’s design language. That’s according to leaker EvLeaks at least, who’s shared this image of a phone that he actually doesn’t name, but is presumably part of the Find X6 line – and quite possibly the Pro model, given what looks to be a periscope lens at the bottom-left of the camera module. If so, this is a big shift from the moulded look of the previous two generations, towards something much more conservative – albeit with an over-sized camera and sizeable Hasselblad logo. We’ve gotten a partial glimpse at a similar design in images of what’s allegedly a Find X6 series prototype device spotted in China. GSMArena has the shots of the phone, which we can just about see has an over-sized camera module, large enough to make the whole phone tilt when set down. In fact, the camera here looks even wider than the one on the render above, stretching all the way across the top of the phone. That suggests either that this is the Pro and the render is of the regular model, or that one of these designs is not quite right. As for the actual specs, we’ve heard a little about chipsets. Oppo itself has confirmed that it will use the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip in its next Find X series phones – i.e. the Find X6. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the 8 Gen 2 will appear in every Find X6 handset though. Weibo leaker Digital Agent 007 claims that while the Find X6 Pro will use the 8 Gen 2, the regular Find X6 will use the older 8+ Gen 1. That sounds plausible, though take it with a pinch of salt, as this isn’t a leaker we’ve seen much from in the past. It’s possible we’ll see even more variants. The Find X5 Pro also launched in a separate version with the MediaTek Dimensity 9000, at least in China, and we could see the same again with its follow-up, the Dimensity 9200. In a brief report, the better known leaker Digital Chat Station has also hinted at the displays, suggesting we’ll see a 2K panel on the X6 Pro, and a 1.5K panel on the X6 – a term we’re beginning to see to refer to a 1,220px horizontal resolution. There’s no word on the actual display tech, but expect 120Hz AMOLED panels at the least. Then there’s cameras. Again, Digital Chat Station is our source, reporting that we’ll see a trio of 50Mp sensors on the rear of the Find X6 Pro: the 1in Sony IMX989 for the main camera with OIS (the same sensor found in the Xiaomi 12S Ultra, and expected to feature in the Xiaomi 13 Pro), with the IMX890 used for both the ultrawide and the 2.7x optical zoom with OIS – though he’s since added that there’s a chance the IMX766 will instead be used for the telephoto. As for selfies, there’ll be a 32Mp camera using the IMX709 apparently. Impressively, Digital Chat Station adds that the Find X6 Pro will be capable of recording 4K HDR video in night mode when using the 1in IMX989 sensor, thanks in part to the MariSilicon X image processing chip in the phone. That could make this the best phone around for low light video when it launches. We’ll supposedly see a similar setup on the regular Find X6. Early reports suggested it would use two 50Mp sensors and a 32Mp sensor – the lower resolution likely for the telephoto – but more recently Digital Chat Station has claimed that all three rear cameras will be 50Mp. Here the IMX890 will feature on the main camera, with as-yet unknown sensors for the ultrawide and telephoto. For more on the current chart-topping devices, read our guide to the best smartphones and best phones coming in 2023. Tech Advisor’s Deputy Editor, Dom covers everything that runs on electricity, from phones and laptops to wearables, audio, gaming, smart home, and streaming - plus he’s a regular fixture on the Tech Advisor YouTube channel.
