Paris. The megacity of lights, the Eiffel palace, the Louvre, the Notre Dame, the Champs- Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe, and Roland Garros. As you may know if you follow tennis, this is one of only four monthly Grand Slam events, and the only one of the bunch that features a complexion court. therefore, it’s rather unique, nicely fitting the megacity it’s set in.
What does any of this have to do with mobile phones, you may wonder? Well, Oppo has been a decoration mate of Roland Garros for three times now and it’s lately blazoned that it’s renewed its cooperation with the tennis competition for this time and the coming. To praise, the organization generously welcomed me to go to the Women’s Singles Final at Roland Garros, which occurred keep going Saturday, on June 5.
For someone who’s noway attended a tennis Grand Slam event in person, this was understandably relatively instigative, and therefore I wanted to try commodity new and produce this point which is in part a trip report and in part a real-world hands-on experience, down from cold hard figures, spec wastes, and testing labs.
And what better phone to go to Paris with than Oppo’s rearmost flagship, the Find X5 Pro? It’s been my handy companion throughout the weekend, while I explored the megacity as well as the Roland Garros colosseum, as you’ll see below- note that all the prints in this composition that aren’t of the Find X5 Pro have been shot on the Find X5 Pro. Thus, if you’re prepared to go along with me, we should go to Paris!
Friday:- Louvre to Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame
As the flight landed noon on Friday, it was out to the hostel for a quick and effective check- heft, and also quick top-up of the Find X5 Pro’s battery as I wanted to make sure it was at 100 when I left. Thankfully, this is veritably easy to do with the Find X5 Pro’s incredibly presto charging- that is, if you don’t forget to pack the string and bowl that came in the box. I didn’t, and so around 4 PM, it was time to head towards the touristy areas.
The top-up itself was just a matter of twinkles, which weirdly still can’t be said for the flagship phones people buy most( looking at you, Apple and Samsung). Seriously, there’s no overdoing how great it’s to be suitable to charge your phone for 15- 20 twinkles( if it’s not dead formerly) and principally have enough juice in it to last you the remainder of the day.
From this point on, I spent a lot of time on Google Charts trying to detect intriguing sightseer lodestones to go to, also getting directions for them, searching for caffs to eat at, grocery stores to purchase water from, etc. It’s not a magnification to say the Find X5 Pro was nearly always in my hand and was used a lot- and still, it made it through the eight or on the other hand so for hours I was making the rounds easily. It also stayed cool the entire time, with not indeed a hint of overheating despite heavy use of GPS and mobile data and a lot of multitasking. I didn’t have any time to play games during my trip, but for this type of use on the go the cooling system inside surely worked veritably well.
The screen is outstanding too, it’s incredibly nice to look at, and the side angles help with the aft gesture a lot when you use gesture navigation- your cutlet noway goes over anything sharp, thanks to the way the screen angles into the frame. I’ve encountered any accidental traces because of the screen angles.
While the Parisian sun was missing in action for utmost of the weekend, it did come out then and there and the Find X5 Pro’s display was fluently comprehendible indeed in direct sun, although it’s fair to note then that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra goes indeed further when demanded. On the other hand, I no way felt the need for further brilliance throughout my time with it.
To reach the central areas, I took the Paris metro, which should presumably be a sightseer magnet in its own right, what with it being among the world’s oldest systems and all that. The trains are intriguing too, for the controversial use of rubber tires on some of the lines, which makes for a veritably distinctive smell when one of the trains leaves the station, but also a veritably distinctive noise- and this you can hear indeed from inside a train. I’ve used the metro system for virtually all my peregrination through the megacity during the weekend, and it was a fun experience.
I got out near Notre Dame and proved the state of its repairs from hence, and they feel to be progressing nicely. It was also a half an hour or so tromp in the conterminous area before I set up a eatery that sounded not to be of the sightseer trap variety, where I had the suitable amazing lunch you can see among the prints over.
Next over was what for numerous people might be one of the main events when in Paris the perambulation from the Louvre gallery to the Arc de Triomphe. With stops on the way, substantially for print-taking openings, and I’ve to say the experience of shooting with the Find X5 Pro is just great, indeed if you’re missing out on long drone because of the lack of a periscope camera( Hi, Apple!).
Shot-to-shot times are pleasantly surprising, indeed after having handled a bunch of flagships from other companies in recent months. The Find X5 Pro’s camera app is the smoothest bone I’ve ever used, on any smartphone. It’s just caloric, with the usual Android exception of switching between cameras- this is smoother than on other Android bias, but still not relatively as smooth as on an iPhone.
As you’ll see, there’s virtually no quality penalty going from the main shooter to the ultrawide, and that’s still a tough nut to crack indeed in 2022 for utmost Android bias, and the color wisdom seems veritably well matched too between the three detectors, so it won’t incontinently, obviously feel like you had three different cameras with you. Sure you can still see some differences then and there if you go looking for them, but overall, the results are emotional and the experience of shooting with the Find X5 Pro is, so far, alternate to none.
Starting off at the Louvre, of course everyone knows the iconic aggregate which is now the entry point to the gallery, but the sheer scale of the aged gallery structures girding it might be thwarting at first- or admiration- converting. Or both. It’s just a huge complex, and unfortunately there was no time to sit in line and visit, but indeed walking around it takes quite a long time. It’s just that big.
It’s likewise adjusted, in an orderly fashion, with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel right close to it, the Luxor Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe, as well as the Grande Arche de la Defense which is in the office quarter a many long hauls to the northwest. However, if that makes any sense, since they’re all aligned, If you sit just right in the Louvre area you can just about make out all of these monuments ‘ through ’ each other. And therefore the admiration returns.
Advancing towards the notorious Champs- Elysees I crossed the Jardin des Tuileries and the Place de la Concorde, and also it was a veritably slight uphill trip to the Arc de Triomphe and its crazy cloverleaf which has no road markings and putatively no rules for yielding. This makes for a symphony of honks a lot of times, but indeed though I spent over 20 twinkles around there, I witnessed zero crashes. So regardless of the assumed franticness of this framework, I get it really works?
It was formerly late at this point so it was back to the hostel by metro again, for a veritably delicious regale, and some rest as Saturday was a big day- it was each about Roland Garros.
Saturday:- Montmartre during the night, Roland Garros during the day
As the hostel was within walking distance to the colosseum, I did walk through some veritably quintessentially French small thoroughfares, savoring factory-invested sundecks left and right. It was refreshing to be off the main sightseer avenues, and just have this bit of the megacity to myself on the way to the Women’s Singles Final at Roland Garros.
Once there, entry was a breath and I explored the grounds a bit before heading into the Court Philippe Chatrier, which is the new name of the main court at Roland Garros. This was fully torn down and rebuilt between the 2018 and 2019 events, and also in 2020 it eventually added a retractable roof, therefore icing that the most important matches can take place anyhow of the rainfall. This was veritably useful as it started raining just as Polish player Iga Świątek won the final she played against Coco Gauff from the US. The roof closed without any dislocation in the game, veritably snappily and quietly.
Generally in tennis events the guarantor ensigns around the court all partake the same background color, so as to not be too distracting to the players, and at Roland Garros this background is green as you can see- which concurrently or not matches Oppo’s brand veritably well( and Rolex’s too, for that matter).
The match took just over an hour, and it was amazing to see commodity like this live after having spent numerous, numerous times watching similar tests onTV.However, you should surely try and make it to a Grand Slam event at least formerly- it’s quite an experience, If you like tennis. With the game finished, including the veritably nice words the two players had to say to each other at the end, and the rain started, I headed back to the hostel where I principally awaited for what was now a proper rainstorm to quiet down. On the way, I passed the Parc des tycoons, which if you follow football/ soccer you know is the home of PSG.
As the rain thankfully stopped a couple of hours latterly, I headed to Montmartre, a veritably graphic area on a hill, where the Sacre- Coeur church sits right in the middle. And in front of that there’s a great view of part of the megacity, although not the Eiffel palace because it’s to the side. Anyway, access is either by( a lot of) stairs or the Funiculaire de Montmartre, which despite being called that’s no longer a proper funicular- more like an inclined elevator. Still, it’s veritably welcome if you don’t enjoy walking upstairs all that much.
After going down with it again, I spent half an hour or so wandering around the numerous nice small thoroughfares filled with cafes and caffs before I eventually set up one to have some pizza at( don’t judge me, it looked amazing). And also it was back to the hostel taking the metro from the Abbesses station, which on the outside features the traditional “ Metropolitain ” branding- and I couldn’t help but snap a picture of this as you can see below.
On this content- did you know that Metropolitain is a docked interpretation of the name of the first transport company to operate the Paris metro? Or on the other hand the way that the word ” metro “, which is currently being used across the world, comes from the shortening of the word Metropolitain, first utilized in Paris? Well, if you didn’t, now you know.
In Montmartre, I was really impressed with the Find X5 Pro’s print processing speed- indeed when using Night Mode. This is by far the fastest Night Mode I’ve ever come through, and the speed just makes using it a no-brainer. also again, the bus mode shots also come out enough spectacular themselves. So while you clearly can overpass to Night Mode for all-night photography, since there’s nearly no speed penalty(shot-to-shot time was generally under 2 seconds, just to give you an idea), generally you just don’t have to because bus will do- and I don’t mean “ will do ” in a “ you ’ll learn to live with it ” way, moreover. It has some bus- Night Mode magic erected- in, and that’s indeed briskly than homemade Night Mode, which, given how fast Night Mode is, will feel nearly immediate.
Sunday;- Eiffel palace and views from above
By this point you’re presumably wondering what kind of person goes to Paris without snapping one picture of the Eiffel palace, and don’t worry- after checking out from the hostel on Sunday, that’s exactly where I went. With a short diversion in the near Jardins du Trocadero to take some prints of the nice cradles that are in front of the galleries there. And also yes, I hopped across the ground to the Eiffel palace, but didn’t go by because the lines were crazy. Also- if you’re in the Eiffel palace you can’t really take great filmland of the Eiffel palace.
So, wanting to avoid the crowds there but still enjoy nice views across the entire megacity, I went to the Montparnasse palace. It’s the first and oldest hutment in Paris, and while it’s about 100m shorter than the Eiffel palace, the viewing sundeck at the top is a much more relaxed and commodious place. The rainfall, as you can see, wasn’t great, but it didn’t rain and so I got to take in the sheer gigantism of the megacity girding me veritably well.
The final stop on my trip was the Galeries Lafayette department store on Boulevard Haussmann, just because I wanted to see the stirring pate outside.
Okay, I’ll confess, I had a look around the shops too, and went to the rooftop sundeck as well, but while it has nice views especially of the near Opera Garnier, and access is free, it’s way too low to compare to what the top of the Eiffel palace or the Montparnasse palace would give you. Just saying.
crucial takeaways
Oppo’s top-of-the-line bias, ever since the Find X2 Pro launched a couple of times agone, has always been incredibly undervalued in my opinion, with a lot of the mainstream focus being away( cough … Apple … cough … Samsung). And it’s a pity because the Find X Pro line has constantly delivered great performance, record-breaking smoothness, and better running than any of the challenges, and yet it’s done all this enough much under the radar.
The Find X5 Pro sticks veritably well to the formula, indeed if it looks nothing like the Find X2 Pro from the reverse, and only slightly resembles the Find X3 Pro. While its design may be controversial to some, you should really only judge it once you’ve held one in your hand. It’s by far the most comfortable to use of all the mainstream arbor-type flagships of the time, owing to the angles far and wide. There are simply no sharp edges then at each, and that’s stimulating. Add to that the unique sense of the ceramic reverse, and you get a nice touch of luxuriousness as well.
While you may not inescapably ‘ see ’ its hefty price point reflected in this phone’s spec distance, you’ll surely be suitable to feel it the moment you touch it. The equivalent goes for the case that is remembered for the container, despite the fact that it’s not extravagant at all, the iced finish is greatly improved feeling to the touch than the usual jelly case other Chinese makers throw into their boxes( and indeed Oppo for cheaper bias). It’s also semi-transparent so you can still see a bit of that ceramic reverse through it, which is a nice touch. The camera islet has a weird shape for a reason, by the way- you can rest your indicator cutlet on its lower crest if you’re right-handed, and this greatly aids in one-hand usability while also icing you don’t touch any of the detectors while holding the device.
Performance has been top-notch as you’d anticipate from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset outside. And in terms of smoothness, compared to all the phones we’ve reviewed long-term, it’s presumably stylish. ColorOS12.1 is just pure adulation, there’s no better way to put it.
also again, Oppo does need to fix the bus brilliance wind, which right now is set to favor going from brighter to lower bright in a veritably slow fashion. The adaptation is instant in the other direction, which is great, but why not both? As it was I did need to manually acclimate it to lower brilliance when entering a place, for illustration, where it wasn’t as bright around as outside. This is easily commodity repairable through a software update, so hopefully, it’ll be. Likewise, the fact that Do Not Disturb mode simply doesn’t work as intended if you record it to go on and out at specific times each day.
These were literally the only two bugs I set up in the Find X5 Pro’s software, and that’s not surprising as ColorOS has, in the once couple of times, really gotten me used to a bug-free experience, much more so than utmost of the other Android skins. It has constantly been among the stylish of the bunch for lack of bugs, at least when we’re talking about the Find series( unfortunately my time with Renos and A series bias has been limited so I can’t enfeeble for those, but theoretically I don’t see why effects should be different).
It’s simply a joy to capture prints with this phone, indeed though it may be lacking in the tackle department if you want a lot of drones. Sure, the 3x detector can do crops but over 5x the quality degrades to an extent that’s visible- and this is, ironically, thanks to how comparatively good the shots are over until that point. easily this isn’t the phone for you if you want 10x or 20x drone shots that still look good, but for everything differently, it’s enough amazing in terms of cameras.
When you’re out and about a lot on a megacity break like this, battery life is extremely important, indeed more so than when you’re in your home city because there’s no bowl “ at work ” and you’re moving a lot, therefore counting on mobile data( notoriously more battery empty than Wi-Fi), and you’re presumably landing a lot of prints too, and using GPS navigation a lot, and so on. With all this in mind, I set up the Find X5 Pro’s battery life to be veritably good, if not earth-shatteringly great.
I’m not going to give you factual battery life figures then, since they depend on so numerous variables, but I’m going to say this if you travel like this and are roving around from veritably early morning until late at night constantly using the phone, you might have to do a quick top-up at some point, it’s doubtful to hold up for 16 hours on mobile data with constant GPS use and print firing. still, for days spent on Wi-Fi at home and/ or work, it surely has what it takes to be a ‘ full day ’ phone, no worries about that. And when traveling, superfast charging proves to be much further of a game-changer than when you’re at home.
Seeing that both Oppo and Rolex are guarantors of Roland Garros got me allowing that actually there are intriguing parallels between the two companies ’ strategies, at least when you consider Oppo’s flagships. Hear me out- Rolex is “ luxury ” without actually being considered high horology, and it focuses on making veritably good products that may not, on the face, “ procure ” their cost markers, however which have a ton of study put into them, directly down to nanosecond subtleties that most extreme individuals may very well miss, particularly while never giving one a shot. And yet people still aspire to enjoy a Rolex.
Oppo has the first part of that surely nailed, with its pricing for its top-of-the-line bias as well as the sheer quality of those products and its exquisite attention to detail. So now it just needs to make people see the Find series as aspirational, and therefore move them to buy these mobilephones in larger and larger figures- and easily financing elite sports events like Roland Garros is an important part of getting there, trying to produce the association in your mind between a decoration event like this and an Oppo phone.
This is exactly what Rolex has done for decades, not just with tennis but Formula 1 too and innumerous other events that are regarded as decoration in one way or another. Oppo has started on a analogous path, now it just needs to keep at it and up its marketing game more in places where brand mindfulness still lacks, like Europe.
And also in a many times, perhaps the association between the brand and the high-end stuff it sponsors will stick? We’ll have to stay and see, but in the meantime, I hope Oppo keeps churning out flagship smartphones that are as good as the Find X5 Pro and doesn’t stop paying attention to details that other companies might just overlook- like the factual in-hand sense of using a device, the running, the stutter-free and nearly bug-free software experience, and the extremely fast charging.
This time it also used its own, in-house camera processing chip, the MariSilicon X, and I’ve no doubt it’ll continue to ameliorate that in the future to keep the coming Find series bias at the top of the camera game, which is where the Find X5 Pro surely is at the moment. However, make sure you read our in-depth review, If you’ve made it this far and are interested to learn further about the Oppo Find X5 Pro.