Deals: the Oppo Find X10 series and the iPhone Duo launch, here are some alternatives too

This week saw 2 large launches – the Oppo Find X10 bid went planetary and the Apple iPhone Duo started shipping. Let’s person a look astatine the Oppo first.

The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max is simply a beast of a telephone – successful our review, we telephone it “an Ultra successful each but name”. The triple 200MP camera is impressive, the artillery beingness is exceptional, the chipset is almighty and the show is beautiful. What much tin you inquire for? Well, a little terms would beryllium nice.

Right now, Amazon has it with a €100 discount and a prime of 1 freebie – you tin prime betwixt the Oppo Pad 5 with a Matte Display (8/128GB, Wi-Fi, €400), the Oppo Watch X3 (€310) and the Oppo Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit (€550) that goes with the phone. The kit includes a 3.3x/70mm lens (this stacks with the phone’s ain magnification for an effectual 10x/230mm focal length), the indispensable case, a grip and a lanyard. Check retired this photograph comparison to spot however overmuch of a quality the kit makes (and for an overview of immoderate issues it brings).

The Oppo Find X10 besides has a €100 discount and the aforesaid prime of 1 of 3 freebies. This telephone is smaller, 6.59” vs. 6.78” display, and uses the Dimensity 9600M chipset (which is based connected 9500-level hardware). The Pro Max uses the almighty caller Dimensity 9600 Pro instead. The camera hardware connected the vanilla model, portion inactive impressive, is nary lucifer for the Pro Max either. It has a 200MP main (1/1.4” vs. 1/1.3” sensor size), a 200MP telephoto (both 1/1.56, but 65mm vs. 70mm) and a 50MP ultra-wide (vs. 200MP).

Note that the European Find X10 phones person 7,150mAh batteries alternatively of 8,000mAh similar the units sold elsewhere.

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra lone has a €40 discount, but this is comparative to the pre-insanity prices – this makes it cheaper than adjacent the vanilla Find X10. It has the punchy Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a small-ish 6,000mAh battery. The cameras diagnostic a 1”-type main (50MP) similar a due Ultra, a 200MP 3.2-4.3x/75-100mm adaptable focal magnitude telephoto and a 50MP ultra-wide.

The Dimensity 9600 Pro traded blows with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 successful our tests. Of course, that is Qualcomm’s apical spot from 2025. There are already a fewer phones with the caller Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 – not successful Europe, but determination are immoderate successful China.

Still, the Elite Gen 5 is plentifulness almighty and you tin person it for a comparatively inexpensive terms with the Poco F9 Ultra. Its cameras are not similar the different Ultras, but they bash see a 200MP main (with a comparatively tiny 1/1.56” sensor), a 50MP 5x/114mm periscope and a 50MP ultra-wide. The artillery has 8,050mAh capableness and supports 100W wired and 50W wireless charging.

Moving connected to Apple’s archetypal foldable, the iPhone Duo. It starts astatine €2,300 for the basal 256GB exemplary and goes each the mode up to €3,800 for the 2TB model. For comparison, the basal iPhone 18 Pro Max (256GB) is €700 cheaper and if portability is simply a concern, determination is the smaller iPhone 18 Pro for €150 little than that.

You should besides see the erstwhile procreation Pros. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is up to €330 off, portion the tiny 17 Pro is up to €160 off. Here is simply a elaborate examination betwixt the iPhone 17 Pro Max and the 18 Pro Max. We besides person an in-depth examination betwixt the iPhone 17 Pro and the 18 Pro.

Now, let’s look astatine the competition. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 is the lone different wide foldable successful Europe – the Xiaomi 18 Fold is inactive pending. It presently has a monolithic discount, which brings the starting terms down to €1,400 – this is €900 little than the Duo. The discount connected the 512GB variant is overmuch smaller, though.

The Galaxy is thinner (9.7mm vs. 11.3mm) and overmuch lighter (201g vs. 254g) portion offering a akin screen show (5.5” vs. 5.4”) and interior show (both 7.6” with akin facet ratios). They person astir identical artillery capacities excessively (4,800mAh vs. 4,883mAh), truthful endurance volition beryllium connected chipset ratio – it’s a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for the Galaxy and an Apple A20 Pro for the Duo. Both phones deficiency dedicated telephoto cameras, offering lone dual 50MP and dual 48MP modules, respectively.

Samsung besides has a larger book-style foldable, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. Despite having a larger 6.5” screen show (a gangly and constrictive 21:9 panel) and an 8.0” interior display, the Ultra remains bladed and airy – 8.9mm and 215g (that is 39g little than the Duo). This 1 packs a 200MP 1/1.3” sensor successful the main camera and does person a telephoto lens, adjacent if it’s lone a 10MP 3x/69mm module. Here is simply a more in-depth comparison betwixt the Z Fold8 and the Z Fold8 Ultra.

The Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra some person coagulated 30% discounts connected their 256GB variants. The Ultra besides has a decent 17% terms chopped connected its 512GB variant for the Graphite model. At the clip of writing, we’re seeing the 512GB Violet Shadow astatine €1,705 (29% off), but with a distant shipping day – betwixt November 19 and January 7. The terms is alluring, but it’s a worryingly agelong wait.

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