The best Oppo phone 2024

After taking a break from the UK market, Oppo is back with the Find X8 range. The Find X8 Pro is the highest-spec phone you can buy, and put simply it’s the best camera phone in this country right now.

The camera array is very similar to what you’ll find on the Find X7 Ultra, with impressive results in both good and low lighting conditions. This, in turn, renders scenes with incredible colour, detail and dynamic range. Autofocus is incredibly impressive too, as are the AI enhancements when you zoom in beyond 60x.

There’s a lot of other things to love about the Oppo Find X8 Pro. The whopping 5910mAh cell means you’ll get around a day and a half’s worth of battery life on average, even when streaming and playing the odd game. Performance is lightning fast and on par with some gaming phones, thanks to the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 processor.

The seemingly Apple-inspired take on ColorOS 15 is quick, easy to use and even boasts some useful AI features. Pair that with a premium, curved design with an IP69 rating, a gorgeous 120Hz display and the new camera control button, and you’ve got the recipe for the best Oppo phone you can buy.

If the high price tag is slightly off-putting, you could wait for the Find X8 – though we don’t yet know when that will launch in the UK.

The Oppo Find N2 Flip is the only Oppo foldable you can buy outside China, and it offers direct competition to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4.

Oppo is helped by the fact that its price is extremely competitive – especially in the UK – but don’t mistake this for the cheap and cheerful option. It still packs a flagship processor, a better build quality than Samsung’s offering, and the same main camera you’ll find in the likes of the OnePlus 11.

You’ll have to live without wireless charging or water-proofing, and accept the risk that as a foldable it might not last as long as a traditional phone. But if you can live with those compromises, this really is flipping fantastic.

The Oppo Reno 12 Pro offers a lot for the money. The screen is excellent, the design is unique and eye-catching, the software is easy to use and the AI features come in quite handy.

The cameras are good in the daylight, with the selfie camera being particularly impressive. However, in low light and with fast-moving subjects, they leave a little to be desired. The gaming performance is slightly lacking, too.

Whether this phone is right for you all depends on your priorities. If you’re keen on AI-powered productivity, it’s one of the best options in its price bracket. However, some rivals such as the Pixel 8a offer more when it comes to photography. 

The Find X5 Pro is Oppo’s all-singing, all-dancing flagship device from spring 2022, and it’s still an excellent phone, despite the older processor.

You get a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, 12GB RAM and 256GB storage, and 80W wired charging together with 50W wireless.

The main and ultrawide cameras both pack the same 50Mp sensor, and offer almost exactly the same quality shots, with punchy colours, oodles of detail, and great dynamic range. There’s ‘only’ a 2x zoom camera – no periscopic lens here, sadly – but results are impressive here too.

It’s a big, heavy phone – thanks in part to the ceramic rear – and the design takes some getting used to, but this is an excellent all-rounder that delivers in every area.

The Oppo Reno 10 5G has an excellent AMOLED display, and an equally impressive camera set-up, led by a 64Mp main wide-angle lens. It’s also got a great battery life that managed over 13 hours in our internal tests.

It does come with no IP rating and some bloatware with pre-installed apps. However, that impressive price tag really gives you a lot for your money, and is especially competitive compared to other mid-range rivals.

The Oppo Reno 11 F 5G is a capable mid-range smartphone with a very nice display, two great cameras, a robust design, long battery life and speedy charging, making it ideal for casual users. It’s also got some niche features that may appeal to some such as the ability to cut out subjects and use them as stickers and low-temperature charging.

The price tag of £349 means it faces stiff competition from brands such as Poco, Honor, Vivo and even Google, which best the phone in different areas such as battery life, performance and camera abilities. However, if there is a deal available on this phone, it may be worth considering.

Battery and charging are the Find X5 Lite’s biggest strengths. With a 4500mAh cell the phone can comfortably last a couple days of use, and the 65W wired charging means you can top it back up to full in a little over half an hour.

The main camera and selfie shooter are both good, but the other rear lenses disappoint a little. More damningly, despite launching in 2022 the phone ships with the older Android 11, meaning it’s already way behind on software.

Still, this is one of the best mid-range phones in Oppo’s line-up, and has plenty to offer for those who can’t afford the flagships.

The Oppo A78 5G is a competitively priced budget 5G phone that’s a great choice if you want the latest connectivity tech but don’t have a lot to spend – though it does come with compromises within that.

First, the good stuff. The 90Hz LCD display, excellent battery life, and unexpectedly impressive performance that is capable of some mid-range gaming thanks to the MediaTek 6833 processor.

As for the bad? You’ll have to put up with mixed cameras, lots of bloatware and a cheap-looking build in comparison to more mid-range models in this chart.

While this isn’t the only 5G phone that costs this little, it’s one of the stronger options out there.

The Oppo Find N is one of the absolute best foldables around – which makes it such a shame that, for now at least, it’s only available in China, as is its follow-up the Find N2 – which we haven’t yet had the chance to test ourselves.

Still, we have tested the first Find N, and if you’re brave enough to import the phone then you’ll find a phenomenal bit of kit. This has one of the sturdiest foldable designs around (though unlike Samsung’s latest, there’s no waterproofing) along with flagship specs – including a very capable triple rear camera.

While this phone isn’t the top-spec model you can get, it has a very similar experience to the Find X8 Pro – and it’s expected to come with a more affordable price tag… when it launches in Europe.

This flagship phone features a flat, boxy design similar to what you’d find on an iPhone. While it’s on the larger side, it’s lightweight and durable, with a rare IP69 rating – thereby, it’s well protected from water and dust. This premium build is paired with a bold 120Hz display and impressive stereo speakers.

Packed with the same MediaTek Dimensity 9400 processor as its Pro sibling, which translates to performance so powerful it rivals dedicated gaming phones. The 5630mAh battery means that you won’t run out of juice for several days, with 80W wired and 50W wireless charging being the icing on the cake.

While the camera array is missing the 6x telephoto seen on the Pro, it’s still brilliant. There are dual 50Mp sensors – one main and one wide – which produce striking results. The 3x telephoto is also stellar, with nice natural compression to shots that make them appear more high-quality than what you’d find on a standard smartphone.

The Find X8 runs ColorOS 15, one of the cleanest skins of Android out there, and features software and security updates until 2030, which is a real step up from previous models from the brand.

We would rank this smartphone higher, but we don’t yet have official UK pricing or a release date. It’s expected to retail for around £799, but once we know it’s exact cost, we will alter its place in the chart.