Oppo Find X9 Pro vs Sony Xperia 1 VIII
Verdict
Oppo Find X9 Pro and Sony Xperia 1 VIII tie on the OH Rank at a score of 78. Oppo Find X9 Pro wins on Battery and Screen; Sony Xperia 1 VIII wins on SD Memory and Desktop Replacement. Oppo Find X9 Pro is 2.5mm wider than Sony Xperia 1 VIII. Sony Xperia 1 VIII is the more recent release, from Jun 18, 2026.
Score Breakdown
Performance /15
Battery /15
Screen /15
IP Protection /15
Main Camera /15
Selfie /5
Video /5
SD Memory /5
Software /5
Desktop Replacement /5
TOTAL
78
78
Oppo Find X9 Pro
76.5mm (3.01in) · Oct 22, 2025 · Rank #20
13+13+11+12+14+5+5+0+5+0 = 78
SUPERIOR* TOP Battery Endurance* TOP Software* TOP Selfie* TOP Video Recording
EDITORIAL: This is a meaningful upgrade of Find X8 Pro. Significantly bigger battery with record breaking endurance, finally an AF on the upgraded selfie, excellent 200MP periscope telephoto that replaced two 50MP zoom lenses and a new customizable action button. Unlike Vivo, Xiaomi and Honor, Oppo likes their phones to be wide. X9 has actually gone a millimeter shorter while staying 76mm wide for a more squarish screen ratio. The imaging performance is almost Ultra level with only some minor complaints.
PROs
flagship built, excellent Dimensity 9500 with UFS 4.1 performance, proper 48hr endurance from a huge 7500mAh Si tech battery with sub-70min 80W charging (50W wireless). bright >450ppi LTPO AMOLED screen with 2000Hz PWM Dolby Vision and HDR10+ certifications, IP69 protection. excellent imaging from a 50MP 23mm OIS main + 200MP 70mm OIS 3x periscope telephoto + 50MP 15mm ultrawide (all with multi-directional PDAF), great new 50MP 21mm PDAF selfie, great video recording, up to 5 years of OS updates of stable and AI-feature rich software
CONs
>220g heavy, sub-1200nits of screen brightness, no SDmemory slot, no desktop replacement functionality or even Video Out, speakers could be louder
Sony Xperia 1 VIII
74mm (2.91in) · Jun 18, 2026 · Rank #19
13+10+10+12+12+4+4+5+5+3 = 78
SUPERIOR* TOP Memory Expansion* TOP Software
EDITORIAL: Sony is back with it's top-dog 1 Series phone but the alarming lack of software effort remains. As usual, the hardware is amazing: premium build, great battery life, bright screen, good front-facing stereo speakers, two-stage camera button and now exclusive in the flagship world: SD memory expansion and a headphone jack. The phone is still one of the narrowest flagships and the only one to hide the selfie in a bazel to let you view content on a full screen.
PROs
relatively narrow, updated design, good SD 8 Elite Gen 5 performance (tho it will heavily throttle under heavy load), 36hr long endurance from a (still just) 5000mAh lithium battery, selfie-free >1500nits bright (and sub-1nit capable) LTPO OLED screen with options like Creator Mode and HDR support, IP68 protection, excellent 52MP 24mm OIS main + 50MP 70mm OIS telephoto + 50MP 16mm ultrawide (all with dual-pixel PDAF) setup, very good 12MP 24mm selfie, good video recording, fast and tool-free expandable memory slot, 4 years of stock-like Android OS with some proprietary tricks, limited desktop replacement functionality with Android 17 update, very fast USB-C 3.2 port with OTG and Video Out, headphone/microphone jack, very good front-facing stereo speakers, two-step camera button
CONs
85min slow 30W (15W wireless) charging, sub-400ppi LTPO screen doesn't drop refresh below 30Hz, flagship-grade camera hardware should produce better images, no AF on a selfie, minimal AI integration and general lack of effort on the software side
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