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Yes, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra is a fantastic purchase, provided you can stomach the cost. It’s as complete as the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, and surpasses it in camera performance. If you’ve never cared about the S Pen, and aren’t interested in an Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra should be top of your list. The camera is far more engaging and varied than the Pixel 10 Pro XL’s too, and meets the challenge from the also fantastic Xiaomi 17 Ultra’s camera for capturing scenes as you see them, then adding a stunning twist thanks to effective collaborations with camera experts. It’s let

It’s hard to ignore the Oppo Find X9 Ultra’s incredible specs. The main 200-megapixel camera has a massive 1/1.12-inch sensor, optical image stabilization (OIS), and an f/1.5 aperture. It’s joined by a 200MP periscope telephoto for a 3x optical zoom, and another 50MP periscope telephoto for a 10x optical zoom. Finally, there’s a 50MP wide-angle camera. The Galaxy S26 Ultra also has a 200MP main camera with OIS, but a 1/1.3-inch sensor and an f/1.4 aperture. The 50MP periscope telephoto has a 5x optical zoom, the 10MP telephoto has a 3x optical zoom, and you can select a 10x optical quality zoo

It’s inevitable that one person will like the photos taken by one main camera over the other, and the first photo really highlights the different treatments of the same scene each camera produces. The Oppo Find X9 Ultra’s colors are deep and rich, with strong contrast levels, which results in it not handling shadows very well in some cases. It’s a little less capable in harsh daylight than the Galaxy S26 Ultra. The Galaxy S26 Ultra’s camera has a natural tendency to reduce vibrancy, to the point that its photos look slightly washed out next to the Find X9 Ultra. In the photo above, the grey of