Nothing Phone (2) vs Oppo Find X9 Ultra | TechTalkTown
Nothing Phone (2) vs Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Nothing Phone (2)
Nothing
7.9
Best design-led $599 phone of 2023
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Oppo
8.8
The best camera phone of 2026
Nothing Phone (2)
What Reviewers Agree On
Best industrial design of any 2023 phone — transparent back + 33-zone Glyph LED interface + clean aluminum chassis make it instantly recognizable.
Nothing OS 2.0 is the cleanest Android skin of 2023 — minimal bloat, fast updates, distinctive monochrome icon pack, and the universal search box.
$599 US launch (Nothing's first officially-sold-in-US phone) hits a clean price/value sweet spot — competes with Pixel 7a + iPhone SE 3rd gen.
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 + 12GB RAM delivers genuine flagship-tier 2022 performance — beat iPhone 14 Plus in 9to5Mac's speed test.
5,000mAh battery + efficient 4nm chip delivers ~1.5-day endurance in normal use per MrMobile.
Deal Breakers
Pros & Cons
Nothing Phone (2)
Pros
Best industrial design of any 2023 phone — transparent back + 33-zone Glyph LED interface + clean aluminum chassis make it instantly recognizable.
Nothing OS 2.0 is the cleanest Android skin of 2023 — minimal bloat, fast updates, distinctive monochrome icon pack, and the universal search box.
$599 US launch (Nothing's first officially-sold-in-US phone) hits a clean price/value sweet spot — competes with Pixel 7a + iPhone SE 3rd gen.
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 + 12GB RAM delivers genuine flagship-tier 2022 performance — beat iPhone 14 Plus in 9to5Mac's speed test.
Detailed Comparison
Display
Nothing Phone (2)
The 6.7-inch LTPO AMOLED at 1600 nits peak with 120Hz adaptive refresh is class-competitive for the $599 price — slightly behind the Galaxy S23 + Pixel 8 Pro on peak HDR but ahead of mid-range rivals.
6.7-inch flexible LTPO AMOLED, 120Hz adaptive, 1600 nits peak brightness — excellent display for the $599 price point.
6 Months Later: 'looks great with good viewing angles and excellent clarity' — premium-class panel after months of use.
Snazzy Labs: 'screen looks pretty freaking good in direct sunlight' but only adequate indoors with low ambient light.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
A 6.8-inch LTPO OLED with up to 144Hz and very high real-world brightness — among the brightest screens on any phone outdoors.
6.8-inch LTPO OLED panel up to 144Hz, with a maximum brightness around 1,800 nits and dimming as low as 1 nit.
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Only IP54 dust + splash resistance — not submergible, lags Galaxy S23/iPhone 15 Pro Max IP68 baseline by a clear margin.
Dual-camera setup (50MP main + 50MP ultrawide) with NO telephoto — biggest hardware gap vs the $799 Pixel 8 Pro or $599 Pixel 7a's hybrid zoom.
33W wired + 15W wireless charging — slow vs OnePlus 11's 80W and Galaxy S23 Ultra's 45W; full charge ~55 minutes per SuperSaf.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
What Reviewers Agree On
One of the best — frequently the best — camera phones of 2026, with a uniquely versatile quad Hasselblad system and class-leading 10x optical zoom
Class-leading battery life: a 7,050mAh silicon-carbon cell routinely delivers 8–10+ hours of screen-on time and can stretch to two days
100W SuperVOOC wired and 50W AirVOOC wireless charging — roughly 0–100% in 45–52 minutes
Stunning, distinctive Hasselblad-inspired design widely called one of the best-looking phones of the year
Excellent, very bright display — ~3,600 nits HDR peak and ~1,800 nits full-screen outdoors
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 delivers top-of-chart benchmark performance
Best-in-class video on an Android phone, with strong stabilization and 8K30 / 4K120 Dolby Vision across lenses
Deal Breakers
Heavy and large (≈236–239g, ~9.1mm) with a polarising oversized circular camera island
Expensive (≈€1,699 / ~$1,100+ in China) with limited or no official availability in many markets
ColorOS trails Samsung and Google on AI-feature depth and integration, and feels iOS-derived to some users
Mediocre sustained performance — 3DMark stability around 49% with peak performance dropping within a minute
5,000mAh battery + efficient 4nm chip delivers ~1.5-day endurance in normal use per MrMobile.
Cons
Only IP54 dust + splash resistance — not submergible, lags Galaxy S23/iPhone 15 Pro Max IP68 baseline by a clear margin.
Dual-camera setup (50MP main + 50MP ultrawide) with NO telephoto — biggest hardware gap vs the $799 Pixel 8 Pro or $599 Pixel 7a's hybrid zoom.
33W wired + 15W wireless charging — slow vs OnePlus 11's 80W and Galaxy S23 Ultra's 45W; full charge ~55 minutes per SuperSaf.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Pros
One of the best — frequently the best — camera phones of 2026, with a uniquely versatile quad Hasselblad system and class-leading 10x optical zoom
Class-leading battery life: a 7,050mAh silicon-carbon cell routinely delivers 8–10+ hours of screen-on time and can stretch to two days
100W SuperVOOC wired and 50W AirVOOC wireless charging — roughly 0–100% in 45–52 minutes
Stunning, distinctive Hasselblad-inspired design widely called one of the best-looking phones of the year
Excellent, very bright display — ~3,600 nits HDR peak and ~1,800 nits full-screen outdoors
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 delivers top-of-chart benchmark performance
Best-in-class video on an Android phone, with strong stabilization and 8K30 / 4K120 Dolby Vision across lenses
Cons
Heavy and large (≈236–239g, ~9.1mm) with a polarising oversized circular camera island
Expensive (≈€1,699 / ~$1,100+ in China) with limited or no official availability in many markets
ColorOS trails Samsung and Google on AI-feature depth and integration, and feels iOS-derived to some users
Mediocre sustained performance — 3DMark stability around 49% with peak performance dropping within a minute
Hits a staggering ~3,600 nits of peak HDR brightness, making it incredibly easy to see and edit shots in direct sunlight.
In manual mode the display peaks at 840 nits, rising to ~1,156 nits in auto on a 75% white patch and up to ~1,932 nits in the native gallery app.
The smoother 144Hz panel and 3,600-nit brightness outperform Samsung's display.
Cameras
Nothing Phone (2)
Dual 50MP setup (main + ultrawide) with no telephoto — solid daylight performance per GSMArena + 6 Months Later, but the missing zoom lens limits versatility against $499 Pixel 7a hybrid zoom or $799 Pixel 8 Pro periscope.
50MP f/1.88 main with OIS + 50MP f/2.2 ultrawide — saves 12.5MP by default, those output 'excellent' per GSMArena.
No telephoto camera — biggest hardware gap vs $499 Pixel 7a (2× hybrid zoom) and $799 Pixel 8 Pro (5× periscope).
Auto Night Mode delivers excellent ultrawide shots with detail, exposure, dynamic range — competitive low-light for the class.
4K @ 60fps main + ultrawide; 1080p selfie video — competitive video specs for the $599 class.
4K video stutter + dropped frames during recording — MrMobile flagged this as the most annoying day-to-day camera issue.
6 Months Later: 'as good if not better than Pixel 8 for daytime video with contrast and fewer digital artifacts' — surprising creator comparison.
Portrait mode relies entirely on AI (no depth sensor) — works on humans but inconsistent on objects/pets.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
The reason to buy it. A Hasselblad-tuned quad system with the most versatile zoom on any phone, a true 10x optical periscope and an optional 300mm Hasselblad teleconverter. Near-universally praised, with only minor sharpness and ultrawide caveats.
A 200MP main, 200MP 3x telephoto, 50MP 10x optical telephoto and 50MP ultrawide, all Hasselblad-branded — camera-first overkill in the best way.
Consistently great photos, sharpness and dynamic range with really good color calibration — this phone did basically everything right in the camera department; an incredibly well-rounded smartphone camera.
Is this the best camera phone ever built? — my new favorite camera phone and one of the best Android phones I've ever used.
Even after a direct shootout, still the best camera phone I've ever used.
Detail is very good, but sharpness remains a bit underwhelming on the main camera.
Performance
Nothing Phone (2)
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 + 12GB RAM is last-gen flagship silicon — the deliberate cost choice that keeps the Phone (2) at $599 vs $799+ for a 2023 SD 8 Gen 2 device. Real-world performance is excellent and battery efficiency is strong.
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4nm, last year's flagship) + 12GB RAM + 256/512GB UFS 3.1 storage.
9to5Mac speed test: beat iPhone 14 Plus by 6 seconds at $200 less — strong 2023 real-world performance.
SD 8 Gen 2 was deliberately skipped to keep the price at $599 — pros call it a smart choice, critics call it 'not a true flagship' (SuperSaf).
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 puts it near the top of the benchmark charts, but sustained-load stability is mediocre and Oppo deliberately throttles early to control heat.
As expected, the Find X9 Ultra earns excellent benchmark scores near the top of the charts.
A 3D ultrasonic fingerprint scanner Oppo claims is 35% faster and 33% more reliable, plus vapor cooling to dissipate heat through the aluminium frame for better sustained performance.
3DMark returned ~7,530 best-loop and ~3,682 low-loop with only ~49% stability, and peak performance didn't last a minute — weak sustained behaviour.
Genshin Impact stayed consistently above 50fps and remained smooth even when throttling to ~30fps after ~16 minutes at 41.5°C, at under 4W power draw.
Honor of Kings averaged 144fps over 30 minutes at max settings; Genshin held max 60fps before stabilizing near 50fps.
Battery & Charging
Nothing Phone (2)
5,000mAh battery + 4nm-chip efficiency delivers ~1.5-day endurance per MrMobile and Cashify — but 33W wired + 15W wireless charging is firmly mid-tier vs OnePlus 11's 80W or Galaxy S23 Ultra's 45W.
5,000mAh battery + 4nm SD 8+ Gen 1 efficiency — MrMobile reported 'a day and a half' typical endurance.
Cashify long-term: '4,700mAh battery + 4nm chipset + lightweight software can last an entire day' — confirms all-day endurance after months.
33W wired charging: full charge in ~55 minutes per SuperSaf — slow vs OnePlus 11's 80W (~25 min) and Galaxy S23 Ultra's 45W.
No charger in the box — buyers must source their own 33W+ USB-C PD brick.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
A genuine highlight: a 7,050mAh silicon-carbon cell that posts some of the best endurance numbers of any 2026 flagship, with fast 100W wired and 50W wireless charging.
Draws power from a 7,050mAh battery — a sizeable increase over the previous generation — with 100W SuperVOOC wired and 50W AirVOOC wireless charging.
Earned an active-use battery score of over 20 hours; with the SuperVOOC charger it went 0–75% in 30 minutes and to full in 45 minutes.
After ~10 hours of continuous use starting at 7am it still had 53% battery, regularly getting 8–9 hours of screen-on time and ~40% left after a 13-hour day.
A PCMark synthetic loop returned 15 hours 2 minutes, and 100W SuperVOOC charging took ~49–52 minutes (the charger isn't included).
With moderate usage you can easily expect more than 2 days of battery life — Oppo finally feels like a truly complete product.
Charges 0–100% in about 52 minutes on the official 80W charger in a head-to-head charge test.
The ultrawide is probably the weakest part of the setup — with the first three cameras taking so much space, Oppo reused the Samsung GN5 sensor here.
Night-mode processing — color, contrast and exposure handling — is so much better than the Galaxy S26 Ultra's, and the ultrawide is now one of the best for detail preservation.
The optional 300mm Hasselblad teleconverter delivers ~13x (300mm) optical-feel zoom that retains real telephoto sharpness, extending to ~60x (1380mm).