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Oppo Find X8

R12,000
SKU: 5437
Brand: Oppo
Category: Mobiles
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CPU: Octa-core (1x3.63 GHz Cortex-X925 & 3x3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 & 4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A720)
RAM: 12GB/16GB
Storage: 256GB/512GB/1TB
Display: LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 1600 nits (typ), 2300 nits (HBM), 4500 nits (peak)
Camera: 50MP
OS: Android 15, ColorOS 15

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

Display 8 / 10
Camera 8 / 10
Performance 8 / 10
Battery 8 / 10

PROS

IP68/IP69 dust/water resistant.
6.59-inch AMOLED, 120Hz display.
Dimensity 9400 with 12/16GB RAM.
50MP triple rear camera with 32MP selfie.
5630mAh battery with 80W charging.

CONS

FM Radio was unavailable.

The Oppo Find X8 lands in the South African market as a sleek, premium flagship that packs elite processing power, top-tier display tech, and professional-grade camera capabilities into a surprisingly compact and comfortable form factor. It is the perfect choice for users who want high-end flagship performance without the unwieldy size of a massive phone.

Pricing and Retail Availability

Starting at ZAR 12,000, the Oppo Find X8 acts as an aggressive entry point into premium flagship territory, undercutting many high-end rivals while matching them feature-for-feature. Keep in mind that prices can vary across provinces due to localized distributor promotions, regional retail strategies, or whether you choose a cash purchase over a monthly contract.

Where to Buy

The phone is widely stocked across the country’s most prominent physical storefronts, e-commerce giants, and cellular hubs:

Retail & Online Stores: You can pick up the phone cash or put it on a store account at Takealot, HiFi Corp, Foschini, Cellucity, 4U, Makro, Mr Price, Hi Online, Game, PEP, and Ackermans.
Cellular Networks: For upgrades, monthly premium plans, and business contract packages, you can purchase it directly through MTN and Chatz Connect.

Key Performance Highlights

The Oppo Find X8 focuses heavily on delivering flagship speed, an ultra-premium screen, and stunningly realistic photography.

Cinematic 120Hz LTPO AMOLED Display

The front of the phone features a flat, gorgeous 6.59-inch LTPO AMOLED display framed by uniform, ultra-thin bezels. Thanks to advanced LTPO technology, the screen dynamically adjusts its refresh rate between 1Hz and 120Hz depending on what you are doing—dropping low to save massive amounts of battery when reading text, and ramping up instantly for silky-smooth gaming. It also features incredible peak brightness and full HDR10+ certification for comfortable viewing under intense outdoor sunlight.

Hasselblad Triple Camera System

Photography is a major centerpiece on the Find X8, engineered in partnership with camera legends Hasselblad. The rear module houses a versatile triple-camera array, anchored by a high-resolution 50MP main camera with a large sensor that excels at low-light photography. This is accompanied by a 50MP ultra-wide lens and a 50MP periscope telephoto lens for crisp, lossless zoom across long distances. Backed by Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and Hasselblad’s iconic natural color calibration, your photos look remarkably lifelike.

Flagship Performance and Efficiency

Under the hood, the device is powered by a cutting-edge, top-tier processor built on a power-efficient 3nm architecture. Combined with ample ultra-fast RAM and high-speed internal storage, the Find X8 glides through heavy multitasking, 4K content creation, and graphic-intensive gaming titles with absolute ease. Oppo’s custom internal cooling management keeps the device comfortable to hold even under sustained workloads.

Big Battery, Dual Fast Charging, and Rugged Seals

Despite its relatively compact and slim profile, the phone houses a large, high-density 5630 mAh battery that easily lasts well past a full day of heavy digital interaction. It supports blazing-fast 80W SUPERVOOC wired charging alongside 50W wireless flash charging, giving you rapid power-ups during brief breaks. To protect your investment, the phone boasts premium IP68/IP69 water and dust resistance, ensuring it is completely sealed against dust, sudden downpours, or accidental submersions.

Full Specifications

General

Brand	Oppo
Model	Oppo Find X8
Announced	24 October, 2024
Released	24 October, 2024
Status	Available
Price	ZAR 12,000

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.	Bar
Dimensions	7.9 mm thickness
Weight	193 g (6.81 oz)
Protection	IP68/IP69 dust/water resistant
Colors	Black, White, Blue, Pink

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)	LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 1600 nits (typ), 2300 nits (HBM), 4500 nits (peak)
Size	6.59 inches, 105.6 cm2
Resolution	1264 x 2780 pixels (~463 ppi density)
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio	No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.	50 MP, f/1.6, 23mm (wide), 1/1.56", PDAF, OIS 50 MP, f/2.6, 70mm (periscope telephoto), 1/1.95", 3x optical zoom, PDAF, OIS 50 MP, f/2.0, 15mm, 119˚ (ultrawide), PDAF
Camera Features	Panorama
Video	4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera	32 MP, f/2.4, 21mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm, PDAF
Camera Features	Panorama
Video	4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.	Android 15
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.	ColorOS 15

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.	Mediatek Dimensity 9400 (3 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.	Octa-core (1x3.63 GHz Cortex-X925 & 3x3.3 GHz Cortex-X4 & 4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A720)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.	Immortalis-G925
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.	12GB/16GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.	256GB/512GB/1TB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.	No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.	Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.	5.4, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, LHDC
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB	USB Type-C, OTG
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.	GPS (L1+L5), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a+B2b), GALILEO (E1+E5a+E5b), QZSS (L1+L5), GLONASS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.	Si/C 5630 mAh, non-removable
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.	80W wired, PD 50W wireless

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