OPPO Find X6 Pro

 The Find X6 Pro will never come to India, but its legacy might be carried forward by other OPPO phones that’ll launch in the future.

By sriram

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Published On: Jun 5, 2023

   HIGHLIGHTS:-

• The OPPO Find X6 Pro has a triple 50-megapixel camera setup.
• It features the same 1-inch primary Sony IMX989 sensor as the Vivo X90 Pro and Xiaomi 13 Pro.
• It’ll not be launched in India.

2023 has been the year of cameras in many ways. The tagline of ‘category-leading camera’ is perhaps the most commonly used marketing term this year, with even affordable smartphones featuring 200-megapixel sensors. Despite that, the talk of the town has to be the 1-inch equivalent sensor from Sony, the IMX989. It’s being used by all the cool kids in town, such as the Xiaomi 13 Pro and Vivo X90 Pro, both of which have their hindquarters stamped with German lens makers. But where’s OPPO’s contender?

Well, it’s been hiding in plain sight for a few months in the form of the OPPO Find X6 Pro, launched in China in March. Of course, it will never come to India, but that didn’t stop OPPO from letting us get our hands dirty in the beachy sands of Andaman and try out this beast of a phone.

OPPO Find X6 Pro First Impressions: The unboxing experience

Unpacking the Find X6 Pro is a very familiar affair, except for one key difference – its case. The protective case shipped with the Find X6 Pro has a matching rear colour scheme and texture as the Find X6 Pro. This is wildly refreshing, as we have seen clear boring TPU cases come with smartphones or single-tone opaque hard cases that aren’t great shakes    

Otherwise, you get the same paperwork, SIM ejector tool, charger and Type-A to Type-C cable situation you’d find in other OPPO phones.

OPPO Find X6 Pro First Impressions: The design

It’s almost sacrilegious not to have a faux leather texture rear panel on a camera-focused phone in 2023. Et voila! The OPPO Find X6 Pro has it, too, along with a ginormous circular camera bulge in the middle. This is surrounded by a brushed metal ring with tiny dimples resembling Rolex’s bezels. Placed on the bottom of the ring is an orange dot, which along with the giant Hasselblad branding, pays homage to the legendary SLRs of the yesteryears.

Sandwiched between the curved rear panel and display is an aluminium frame. If all this leather and metal doesn’t make you feel as luxurious as Dan Bilzerian, then maybe it’s time to buy a Maybach.

Coming down to the ports and buttons, the volume rocker and power button are kept on opposing sides, which is a very OPPO thing to do. The only port on the phone to accommodate a Type-C input can be found on the bottom, right next to the speaker grill and mic.