Oppo Find X3 to launch with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G next year

Oppo Find X3 is the latest Snapdragon 888-powered smartphone confirmed after Realme Race and Xiaomi Mi 11.

Alen Wu, OPPO Vice President and President of Global Sales (Oppo)

Oppo today announced it will launch the next Find X series smartphone with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G chipset. Oppo will be joining Realme and Xiaomi to launch one of the first phones with the new flagship chipset.

Oppo Find X3 flagship smartphone will also launch with the company's newly unveiled 10-bit Full-Path Color Management System. Launched at the Oppo Inno Day 2020, the new system is said to be a first for Android that supports full DCI-P3 wide gamut and 10-bit colour depth from capture, storage and display. Oppo also said the new technology will help enhance the viewing experience with more accurate colour reproduction.

Oppo Find X3 is scheduled to launch in Q1, 2021 but a specific date hasn't been announced yet. Oppo has previously launched the Reno 5G with the Snapdragon 855 chipset, and the Find X2 5G smartphone as well.

In addition to Oppo, Realme and Xiaomi more brands are slated to launch Snapdragon 888-powered phones. These include Asus, Black Shark, Lenovo, LG, Meizu, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, Sharp, Vivo, and ZTE.

Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 888 5G mobile platform comes with the 3rd-gen Snapdragon X60 5G Modem-RF system that supports mmWave and sub-6 across all major bands. The flagship chipset also has gaming upgrades as it is designed to support up to 144 frames per second. When it comes to photography, the Snapdragon 888 5G is said to be 35% faster than the previous generation. The chipset can capture photos and videos at 2.7 gigapixels per second which is around 120 photos at 12-megapixel resolution.