Oppo Find X9 Ultra and Find X9s Launch in India: Price, Specs, and Camera Deep Dive

Oppo launched the Find X9 Ultra in India on May 21 at ₹1,69,999, placing it above the Vivo X300 Ultra as the priciest slab-style Android flagship available in the country at the moment of arrival. Alongside it, the Find X9s entered at ₹79,999 for the base 12GB+256GB variant, completing a four-device Find X9 lineup in India that now spans roughly Rs 90,000 from the entry point to the apex.

Both phones carry Hasselblad-tuned cameras, run ColorOS 16 on Android 16, and go on sale starting May 28 for the X9s and May 30 for the Ultra, available on Amazon India, Flipkart, and the Oppo India website. Bank discounts bring the effective Ultra price down by up to Rs 17,000 during the opening window; the X9s can be had for around Rs 72,000 after an Rs 8,000 introductory offer.

A Camera-First Flagship at a Camera-First Price

The Ultra’s Rs 10,000 premium above the Vivo X300 Ultra (Rs 1,59,999) is a claim of superiority, not just a market tier decision. Vivo arrived earlier this month with its own Zeiss-tuned external lens system and a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, so Oppo is walking into a segment where the incumbent made a strong opening argument just weeks ago.

This also marks the first time an Ultra-tier Find X phone has gone on sale outside China. The Find X7 Ultra in early 2024 and the Find X8 Ultra in 2025 were both China-exclusive releases. With the X9 Ultra, Oppo India confirmed a global push that takes the Ultra to India, the UK, and most major markets. The Find X9 and Find X9 Pro had already launched in India in November 2025, so the company is expanding an established lineup rather than starting cold.

The Quintuple Prism Camera System

The 10x Periscope Breakthrough

Most flagship periscopes use a single prism to redirect light sideways and fit a longer focal length into the limited depth of a phone chassis. Oppo replaced that conventional design with an industry-first Quintuple Prism Reflection Periscope Structure (QPPS), where light entering the telephoto lens bounces across five separate prism surfaces before reaching the 50MP sensor. That folded optical path compresses what would otherwise require a much longer module into a compact 29mm depth while delivering a 230mm equivalent focal length and true 10x optical zoom.

A customized Samsung JNL sensor in that telephoto unit carries the category’s fastest f/3.5 aperture at 10x, capturing three times as much light as the previous generation of 10x designs. Through in-sensor cropping, the Ultra also delivers an industry-first 20x optical-quality zoom without switching to digital reconstruction. A Sensor Shift optical stabilization system keeps the viewfinder steady at both 10x and 20x, with the module validated through triple AOA (Active Optical Alignment), a per-unit hardware calibration during assembly, to ensure consistent sharpness across every device shipped.

The Dual 200MP Array

Two 200MP sensors sit alongside the 10x periscope. The main camera uses Sony’s LYTIA 901 sensor, measuring 1/1.12 inches, the largest 200MP sensor in any current smartphone. Its f/1.5 aperture pulls in light at a level comparable to a 1-inch sensor. The 3x Super Portrait Telephoto carries a 1/1.28-inch sensor at f/2.2, the largest telephoto sensor integrated into any phone to date, focusing as close as 15cm for macro work. A 50MP ultrawide completes the rear array, alongside a True Color Camera that handles multispectral white-balance accuracy across all focal lengths.

The LUMO Image Engine, a computational layer built into the entire capture pipeline, manages colour consistency between lenses and handles multi-frame merging at full 200MP resolution. Hasselblad Master Mode gives shooters manual control over ISO, shutter speed, and white balance across six focal lengths (14mm, 23mm, 47mm, 70mm, 139mm, and 230mm) with RAW capture supported at each. Colour science comes from the Hasselblad Natural Colour Solution built into the Find X9 Ultra’s imaging pipeline.

Video and Professional Tools

Video specs push into semi-professional territory. The Ultra shoots 8K at 30fps and 4K at 120fps with Dolby Vision across main and telephoto cameras. An O-Log2 profile supports colour grading in standard workflows, and the device carries ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) certification for colour pipeline consistency across the shoot-to-edit process. Cinematic LUTs (Look-Up Tables, used to apply colour grades to footage) can be applied directly in-camera. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, paired with Oppo’s Trinity Engine performance layer and a 3D Cryo-velocity cooling system, handles sustained 8K recording without the thermal throttling that truncates long capture sessions on most flagships.

Find X9s as the Accessible Option

The Find X9s runs a MediaTek Dimensity 9500s (a near-flagship chipset from MediaTek, positioned one tier below Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Elite series), paired with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. Its 6.59-inch AMOLED panel runs at FHD+ resolution (2760×1256 pixels) with a 120Hz refresh rate, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, and reaches 1,800 nits in high-brightness mode. The phone measures 159mm x 74mm x 7.9mm, weighs 202 grams, and carries an IP68 durability rating. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.1 round out connectivity.

Cameras follow a triple-50MP layout: a primary sensor with OIS, a 50MP 3x telephoto with OIS, and a 50MP ultrawide. All three lenses support Dolby Vision recording, a specification few competitors at this price point match across every focal length. The 7,025mAh battery charges at 80W wired; there is no wireless charging, the sharpest hardware gap between the X9s and the Ultra. ColorOS 16 runs on both. Three colours ship in India: Midnight Grey, Lavender Sky, and Sunset Orange.

There is a positioning note worth flagging. The X9s technically sits above the standard Find X9 in Oppo’s India lineup despite carrying a less powerful chipset than the X9 Pro. Oppo framed the X9s as targeting buyers who want a slim premium phone with strong cameras at a sub-Rs 90,000 price, rather than the X9 Ultra’s outright performance-and-imaging specification. Whether buyers find that framing intuitive is a question the sales data will answer.

Find X9 Ultra vs. Find X9s: The Spec Gap

Both devices carry the Hasselblad camera tuning and run ColorOS 16, but the hardware gap is wide enough to segment buyers cleanly. The comparison below covers the key decision points for anyone weighing one against the other.

India’s Ultra-Premium Battlefield

The segment the Ultra enters has seen sharper competition in the past six months than in the two years before. Vivo’s X300 Ultra, at Rs 1,59,999, arrived with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a Zeiss-tuned 200MP telephoto, and optional 200mm and 400mm external lenses. Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra occupies the ₹1,49,999-and-above bracket from the established brand side. The Find X9 Pro, launched in India at Rs 1,09,999 in November 2025, is Oppo’s own nearest comparison point, making the Rs 60,000 gap between the Pro and the Ultra the steepest jump in the four-model lineup.

At the X9s tier, the competition clusters around the same Rs 79,999 base price with similar camera ambitions and different chipset choices. The Vivo X300 FE, which launched at an identical Rs 79,999, uses a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in a compact 6.31-inch body. Buyers who prioritize chip brand recognition may lean Vivo; buyers who prioritize battery capacity and Dolby Vision across every focal length get a clearer argument from the X9s.

Key competitors at each tier:

• Vivo X300 Ultra: Rs 1,59,999, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 200MP Zeiss telephoto, optional 200mm and 400mm external lenses
• Vivo X300 FE: Rs 79,999 base (12GB+256GB), Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, triple 50MP Zeiss cameras, 6,500mAh, compact 6.31-inch build
• Oppo Find X9 Pro: Rs 1,09,999, MediaTek Dimensity 9500, 200MP Hasselblad telephoto, 7,500mAh battery

Oppo enters carrying a camera architecture argument rather than a chipset-speed argument. Whether that reordering of priorities lands in a market where Samsung and Apple have built brand loyalty over a decade is the harder question than the spec sheet comparison.

The Hasselblad Kit and the First Sale Test

Oppo has not confirmed pricing for the Hasselblad Earth Explorer Kit in India. The kit includes the Explorer Case, a vegan-leather grip designed around the Hasselblad X2D 100C Earth Explorer Edition with a two-stage shutter button and zoom dial, plus the 300mm Explorer Teleconverter, a full-metal lens with 16 high-transmittance glass elements across 11 groups. Attached to the Ultra’s 200MP 3x camera, the teleconverter provides a 13x optical factor equivalent to a 300mm focal length; combined with in-sensor cropping, the system reaches 690mm.

Find X9 Ultra represents the biggest breakthrough in OPPO imaging history. By uniting cutting-edge optics, advanced computational photography, and powerful creative tools co-developed with Hasselblad, we have crafted a professional device that fundamentally redefines the category.

Pete Lau, SVP and Chief Product Officer at OPPO, made that statement at the global Find X9 Ultra launch in late March, positioning the phone’s value argument firmly around camera-system depth rather than benchmarks.

Pre-launch estimates placed the India teleconverter pricing at around Rs 28,000, based on global accessory pricing, which would push total outlay toward Rs 2 lakh for the full photography kit. If Oppo prices the kit in that range, the Ultra becomes a committed creative-tool investment. If it undercuts Vivo’s comparable Photography Kit (which landed at Rs 2,09,999 for the full lens bundle), Oppo has a sharper value story to tell against the one rival that matched it spec-for-spec on external optics.

The Find X9s goes on sale May 28; the Ultra follows May 30. If the opening weekend shows strong conversion from launch-day interest, Oppo’s camera-first thesis for India’s premium segment gets its first real data point. If the conversion rate trails the Vivo X300 Ultra’s opening, the Rs 10,000 premium will look like the number that cost the launch its momentum.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. Prices and specifications are accurate as of the publication date and may change. Bank discount offers and sale dates are subject to retailer terms. Readers should verify current pricing on official Oppo India and retail platform pages before making a purchase decision.