The best Oppo phone 2023

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, 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 Find X5 Pro is Oppo’s all-singing, all-dancing flagship device from spring 2022, and a year on it’s still an excellent phone.

Yes, it’s expensive, there’s no denying that. But 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 Find X5 only loses out on a few of the most elite touches found on the Find X5 Pro. It still retains a premium design, a superb display, and an almost-identical camera setup.

Really all you miss out on are the ceramic body, the IP rating, and the latest chip – with last year’s (still excellent) Snapdragon 888 powering the phone instead.

Most importantly, it undercuts plenty of flagship rivals, delivering great value for money right now, especially now that it has gone down in price.

The Reno 8 is an impressive mid-range phone. It has a stunning design, capable performance, a user-friendly OS, speedy charging and an extremely durable battery life. The main camera is also largely impressive – though the other lenses aren’t anything to shout about.

Whilst there are some notable downgrades from the Pro variant of this phone (below) – notably the processor, the refresh rate, the camera software and the IP rating – the Reno 8’s price tag is much better situated in the mid-range market. It’s a true gem, and a worthy rival to other phones from OnePlus and Google.

The Oppo Reno 8 Pro offers near flagship-level performance, a sleek design and speedy charging, making it a tempting choice. The main 50Mp camera performs extremely well, but it is a pity that the secondary cameras don’t match that standard.

In addition, the short security update promise mean that customers will be less likely to hold onto this device for years to come, and there is fierce competition from rivals when it comes to price. Regardless, Oppo has once again delivered a reliable mid-ranger.

The Find X3 Pro was Oppo’s top flagship in 2021, and it’s still an excellent option.

You get a Snapdragon 888 chipset, 12GB RAM and 256GB storage, and 65W wired charging together with 30W wireless.

Like the Find X5 Pro, the main and ultrawide cameras both use the same 50Mp sensor, and offer almost exactly the same quality shots, with punchy colours, oodles of detail, and great dynamic range. You also get the 2x zoom camera, along with one novelty the newer phone lacks: a microlens camera, capable of taking super-closeup shots.

Those cameras are capable of outputting images in 10-bit colour, and in fact the phone supports true 10-bit storage and encryption too, right through to the 10-bit, 120Hz, WQHD+ display.

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 a year 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 Find X6 Pro is the latest flagship phone from the brand, and has one of the best cameras of any smartphone on the market at the time of writing.

The 1in sensor plays a huge part in this, allowing for more light to be let in which in turn renders scenes with incredible colour, detail and dynamic range.

Unfortunately, this is a China-exclusive model. The Find X6 Pro doesn’t run Google services out of the box, and as such the software isn’t really friendly for a Western market.

This is a massive shame, as it also comes with impressive 100W wired fast-charging, a powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and a gorgeous 6.82in 120Hz AMOLED display. If it were optimised for European buyers, this phone would have certainly topped this chart.

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.