The Oppo Find X9s is positioned as a premium smartphone that balances flagship aesthetics with cost-saving internal components, retailing around ₹79,999 and featuring a 6.59-inch full HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 7i protection. Its camera system comprises a triple-lens rear setup with 50MP sensors for the main, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses, complemented by a 32MP front-facing camera, delivering satisfactory performance with notable portrait shots despite some limitations in high-resolution modes and occasional shutter lag. Under the hood, it boasts a MediaTek Dimensity 9500s chipset paired with 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage, running Android 16-based ColorOS16, which provides a smooth user experience and handles demanding games like Genshin Impact well, though some heating occurs when used as a hotspot. The device is powered by a substantial 7,025mAh battery offering full-day endurance, and it supports 80-watt SuperVooc charging, fully recharging in just over an hour, while the inclusion of a USB 2.0 Type-C port is noted as a drawback at its price point.

The Oppo Find X9s is positioned as a premium smartphone that balances flagship aesthetics with cost-saving internal components, retailing around ₹79,999 and featuring a 6.59-inch full HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 7i protection. Its camera system comprises a triple-lens rear setup with 50MP sensors for the main, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses, complemented by a 32MP front-facing camera, delivering satisfactory performance with notable portrait shots despite some limitations in high-resolution modes and occasional shutter lag. Under the hood, it boasts a MediaTek Dimensity 9500s chipset paired with 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage, running Android 16-based ColorOS16, which provides a smooth user experience and handles demanding games like Genshin Impact well, though some heating occurs when used as a hotspot. The device is powered by a substantial 7,025mAh battery offering full-day endurance, and it supports 80-watt SuperVooc charging, fully recharging in just over an hour, while the inclusion of a USB 2.0 Type-C port is noted as a drawback at its price point.

The Oppo Find X9s is positioned as a premium smartphone that balances flagship aesthetics with cost-saving internal components, retailing around ₹79,999 and featuring a 6.59-inch full HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 7i protection. Its camera system comprises a triple-lens rear setup with 50MP sensors for the main, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses, complemented by a 32MP front-facing camera, delivering satisfactory performance with notable portrait shots despite some limitations in high-resolution modes and occasional shutter lag. Under the hood, it boasts a MediaTek Dimensity 9500s chipset paired with 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage, running Android 16-based ColorOS16, which provides a smooth user experience and handles demanding games like Genshin Impact well, though some heating occurs when used as a hotspot. The device is powered by a substantial 7,025mAh battery offering full-day endurance, and it supports 80-watt SuperVooc charging, fully recharging in just over an hour, while the inclusion of a USB 2.0 Type-C port is noted as a drawback at its price point.

A lot of smartphone companies have been launching devices in their flagship series, saving some component costs while keeping a slightly more compact design than that of the high-end flagship, be it Xiaomi, vivo or, now, Oppo. The new Oppo Find X9s is a new device from the company that starts at a price of ₹79,999 (though available at lower prices in stores before offers) and looks the part of a flagship and saves on internal components.

The device comes with curved edges and a 6.59-inch display with Corning's Gorilla Glass 7i on top for added protection. The right side features volume buttons and power/lock key in the top half, while the top houses the infrared port, and the bottom carries the dual SIM card tray slot, primary mic, USB Type-C port and second outlet for loudspeakers. The left side has another key called the Snap key, which acts as a shortcut for various tasks that you can select under Settings—this can be putting the phone on mute or ring, switching the torch on or off, using the audio recorder, and so on.

Coming to the back, you have the squarish cutout for the camera setup. Measuring nearly 8mm in thickness and 202 grams in weight, the phone isn't bulky by today's average smartphone size.

Over the past year or so, we have seen a lot of smartphones come in different shades of orange. But the fading effect on the Sunset Orange variant would be a lock among all those orange smartphones so far; there are also Lavender Sky and Midnight Grey as the two other colour options.

The 6.59-inch full HD+ (2760x1256) AMOLED display is a quality panel that supports up to 120Hz refresh rates, and it comes with good viewing angles and plenty of brightness, making it usable under direct sunlight outdoors. I preferred using the Standard mode for good colour accuracy and colour reproduction in general for watching content.

Talking about its cameras, the phone sports a 50MP (f/1.8) main camera (with OIS), a 50MP (f/2.0) ultra-wide camera, and a 50MP (f/2.6) telephoto camera (with OIS). Overall, the camera performance of the X9s felt satisfactory. Portrait shots stood out the most with good detailing and edge detection in good to medium lighting conditions. The high-resolution mode isn't exactly as well equipped as the one on the standard Find X9, such that you don't get full-resolution binned photos in that mode. Colours generally come out well, and photos do have decent dynamic range to them. The front-facing 32MP (f/2.4) camera does a good job of taking selfies and retaining details for skin and hair, though there can be a bit of shutter lag at times.

Equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 9500s chipset (up to 3.73Ghz octa-core processor and Mali G925 MC12 GPU) alongside 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and either 256GB or 512GB UFS4.1 internal storage. It's running on Android 16-based ColorOS16 with the May security patch installed.

The phone has smooth animations and is responsive in something between apps. Scrolling and viewing images inside social media apps also works smoothly, and so does watching 4K videos on YouTube. Live Activities now support multiple apps at once, so you can swipe between app previews at the top to view real-time updates without having to open those apps.

For gaming, Genshin Impact, you can play at high settings without any heating issues with very minor frame drops. I did see some heating of the phone while using it as a WiFi hotspot outdoors for an hour or so.

Stereo speakers on the phone are loud and have decent depth to them for multimedia and gaming needs indoors. WiFi and GPS performance seemed solid during my usage, and 5G network reception also didn't disappoint while working on the go. It would have been nice had Oppo given a USB 3.2 Type-C port instead of USB 2.0 at this price point.

The phone is powered by a 7,025mAh battery unit—it lasted me a full day almost every single time. It isn't a two-day phone, but doing over a day is certainly the norm here. The bundled 80-watt SuperVooc charger charges from 1 per cent to full in a little over an hour.

All in all, the Oppo Find X9s is a premium design smartphone that comes in nice colours, has a reliable battery life and offers generally a smoother software experience. While I would pick it over the vivo x300FE, for camera and general performance, I would still pick the regular Find X9, if you can get your hands on one for the price point.

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