Oppo Find X comes with motorised camera module and it is no surprise

The Oppo Find X has a 25MP front facing camera and 3D facial scanning on the selfie side and a 16+20MP dual camera system in the rear

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The Oppo Find X is a flagship and has been priced like one

Oppo has unveiled its Find X, a smartphone with a retractable camera. Yes, the Oppo Find X with a motorised slide-out camera module. With this motorised module Oppo has been able to achieve an edge-to-edge display without a notch on top or a chin below. Priced at Euro 999 (or approx Rs 78,700), the phone will start shipping across the world in August.

In fact, it is no surprise that Oppo has come up with this innovation for the camera. A few years back the company had launched the Oppo N1 with a rotatable camera and had followed it up with at least one other model with a similar camera module. However, the motorised module could be a concern for some users who would want to see how extreme weather and dust — as is the case in India — as well as fall damage impact the module. However, Oppo is claiming that the phone has undergone durability tests and the retractable module actually protects the camera.

The Oppo Find X with the camera module out

The Oppo Find X camera is unique in other ways too. It has a 25MP front facing camera and 3D facial scanning on the selfie side and a 16+20MP dual camera system in the rear. As soon as you exit the camera app the camera module retracts back into the chassis of the phone. The module also houses a couple of sensors which help enhance the selfie with a new 3D lighting technique.

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This is how the Oppo Find X module looks inside.

Incidentally, just recently Vivo launched the Nex which also has a retractable camera module. However, the Vivo Nex slide-out camera works only for selfies as the rear camera is fixed to the back panel.

The Oppo FInd X is fairly large with a 6.4-inch display and that too at a screen to body rail of 93.8 per cent. So in effect it looks a bit like the Samsung Galaxy S9+, with its curved glasses edges. But here the screen goes all the way up the top as Oppo did not have to accommodate the camera behind it.

The Oppo Find X is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 with 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. It has a 3730mAh battery and will run ColorOS 5.1 operating system out of the box.

Nandagopal Rajan

Nandagopal Rajan writes on technology, gadgets and everything related. He has worked with the India Today Group and Hindustan Times. He is an alumnus of Calicut University and Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal. ... Read More

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