1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,520 I've been sitting on my review 2 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,240 of the Oppo Find X for weeks now. 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,760 Not because I didn't wanna do it, 4 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:07,800 but because I've actually, in my opinion, 5 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,720 very patiently been waiting for them to fix 6 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,680 a game-breaking bug that has made the phone infuriating 7 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,070 for me to use as a daily driver. 8 00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:19,430 Well, it's still not fixed, but the clock's run out 9 00:00:19,430 --> 00:00:22,460 and we're just gonna have to go ahead with this. 10 00:00:22,460 --> 00:00:27,460 Is the phone with arguably the world's sexiest design 11 00:00:27,580 --> 00:00:29,340 actually any good? 12 00:00:29,340 --> 00:00:31,060 Or are we just being expected to spend 13 00:00:31,060 --> 00:00:43,390 a thousand US dollars for a fashion statement? 14 00:00:43,390 --> 00:00:45,650 One of the first things I do with any new device 15 00:00:45,650 --> 00:00:48,350 that isn't an iPhone with Apple's Taptic Engine 16 00:00:48,350 --> 00:00:50,450 is turn off the haptic feedback. 17 00:00:50,450 --> 00:00:53,990 Android devices suck at this basically across the board, 18 00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:58,140 but the Find X's is particularly bad given the price point. 19 00:00:58,140 --> 00:01:01,060 And you guys are probably sitting there thinking, 20 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:04,520 wow, that's an awfully nitpicky thing to open with 21 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:08,060 on a device review, but it kind of sets the stage 22 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:11,200 for my overall impressions of the Find X. 23 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:12,300 More on that later though. 24 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:15,490 First, let's get to the good stuff. 25 00:01:15,490 --> 00:01:20,000 Nothing, nothing I've ever touched feels quite as premium 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,420 as the Find X. 27 00:01:21,420 --> 00:01:24,700 Oppo and by extension, their subsidiary OnePlus 28 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:27,940 have spent years playing catch up to the Samsungs 29 00:01:27,940 --> 00:01:29,400 and the Apples of the world, 30 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,080 but the Find X is clearly a statement piece 31 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,480 that stands entirely on its own. 32 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,920 The gentle notch on the back, 33 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:41,940 and the way that the rear cover accent color shifts 34 00:01:41,940 --> 00:01:44,580 from subtle to bold depending on the angle 35 00:01:44,580 --> 00:01:47,600 gives it a truly distinctive look. 36 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,820 And furthermore, the form factor, 37 00:01:49,820 --> 00:01:51,660 not to mention the balance of this thing 38 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:54,280 is damn near perfect. 39 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,200 With gently curved Gorilla Glass 5 40 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,980 on both the front and back 41 00:01:57,980 --> 00:02:01,500 that tapers to a nearly seamless transition to the chassis 42 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:04,700 that manages to fit comfortably in your hand 43 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:07,500 pretty much no matter how you want to hold it. 44 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:08,480 That is, 45 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,780 assuming of course that you can keep a handle on it at all. 46 00:02:10,780 --> 00:02:13,400 This is an exceptionally slippery phone. 47 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,980 My unit actually ended up falling off of a surface 48 00:02:15,980 --> 00:02:18,740 that was only very gently inclined 49 00:02:18,740 --> 00:02:20,760 minutes after I had placed it there 50 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,360 because of subtle vibrations from a nearby speaker. 51 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,920 Fortunately, there was no damage, 52 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:27,340 which was a bit surprising, 53 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:30,560 especially given the engineering marvel 54 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,920 that is Oppo's front camera and facial recognition system. 55 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:38,140 Simply swipe the lock screen or open up the camera app, 56 00:02:38,140 --> 00:02:42,020 and you'll be greeted with a competent little selfie camera 57 00:02:42,020 --> 00:02:45,560 and a sophisticated facial scanning array 58 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,860 that managed to match the speed of the iPhone 10 59 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:50,400 in my testing. 60 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,860 And actually the good news keeps rolling here. 61 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:55,700 The specs of the Find X are right on par 62 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,320 with any other flagship phone on the market, 63 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,220 meaning that you'll be enjoying the best experience 64 00:03:01,220 --> 00:03:02,880 that Android has to offer, 65 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,580 and you'll look good doing it, 66 00:03:04,580 --> 00:03:07,140 at least until Snapdragon 855 shows up 67 00:03:07,140 --> 00:03:08,040 in the next few months. 68 00:03:08,140 --> 00:03:10,540 And, wait, hold on a second. 69 00:03:10,540 --> 00:03:13,740 Sorry, did I say the best Android has to offer? 70 00:03:13,740 --> 00:03:15,080 No, it's not that. 71 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,180 It might be the best that Oppo's ColorOS has to offer, 72 00:03:19,180 --> 00:03:22,020 but ColorOS is quite frankly, 73 00:03:22,020 --> 00:03:27,020 not representative of the best that Android has to offer. 74 00:03:27,020 --> 00:03:30,840 There are just so many usability issues here. 75 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,480 I mean, first up was the impossibility 76 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,020 of setting up an Oppo account for recovery purposes. 77 00:03:37,020 --> 00:03:38,140 Long story short, 78 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:39,980 I finally thought through the steps 79 00:03:39,980 --> 00:03:42,660 of multiple instances of verification 80 00:03:42,660 --> 00:03:45,260 with no copy paste allowed for whatever reason, 81 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:46,820 and got to this Chinese site 82 00:03:46,820 --> 00:03:48,340 that according to my in-laws 83 00:03:48,340 --> 00:03:50,880 said something about being verified. 84 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:52,660 And then I tried to log in 85 00:03:52,660 --> 00:03:55,140 only to be told the account isn't active, 86 00:03:55,140 --> 00:03:57,920 and it's still not active apparently. 87 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,800 Then I was really impressed 88 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,660 by the way that Oppo handles junkware installation, 89 00:04:02,660 --> 00:04:06,160 giving you the option on first boot to nuke it. 90 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,580 That is until I realized that there's lots of things 91 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:08,140 that Oppo can do. 92 00:04:08,140 --> 00:04:10,220 There's lots of stuff still on the phone, 93 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:12,680 and there is no way to switch 94 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,280 to an app drawer style home screen with the stock launcher. 95 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:19,160 So what that means is that anyone who's not a power user 96 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,980 is gonna end up with a useless junk folder, 97 00:04:21,980 --> 00:04:24,130 like on the iPhone. 98 00:04:24,130 --> 00:04:25,800 Let's continue. 99 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,160 I'm not really one to complain 100 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,340 about the visual style of an Android skin in general, 101 00:04:30,340 --> 00:04:34,060 and ColorOS mostly seems fine to me, 102 00:04:34,060 --> 00:04:37,100 but, and this one might actually be a first for me, 103 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:38,000 the system font, 104 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,760 really grinds my gears and not for like artsy reasons. 105 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,180 I just have a much harder time telling at a glance 106 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:50,020 if my messages are unread in my Gmail app, for example. 107 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:54,360 Now to Oppo's credit, the Find X has great battery life, 108 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,140 but I was pretty annoyed 109 00:04:56,140 --> 00:04:58,220 when I found out one of the reasons why. 110 00:04:58,220 --> 00:05:00,800 It turns out it's been putting my Hangouts app 111 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,160 to sleep entirely without asking me 112 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,980 if I wanted that behavior. 113 00:05:05,980 --> 00:05:07,880 Go ahead, David, send me a Hangout right now. 114 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:12,880 So what happens is I just don't get my notifications 115 00:05:13,460 --> 00:05:16,480 until I open up the app manually, 116 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,820 at which point I will get spammed 117 00:05:18,820 --> 00:05:22,260 by everyone who's been trying to reach me for the last hour. 118 00:05:22,260 --> 00:05:26,400 This is the thing I reported to Oppo three weeks ago. 119 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:27,760 There's the ping. 120 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,540 That currently has no ETA for a fix. 121 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:34,920 Then buggy behavior in Chrome and that usual nonsense 122 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,880 where Netflix has to be installed manually with an APK, 123 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,740 instead of through the Play Store on some Chinese phones. 124 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:42,800 It's just icing on the cake. 125 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,200 I mean, yeah, every one of those things, 126 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,840 except the Hangouts thing, that's really stupid. 127 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:48,920 Every one of those things is a pretty minor issue 128 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,240 on the surface. 129 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,480 But the long and the short of it is a phone is, 130 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,880 it's like your daily companion. 131 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,060 You take it with you everywhere. 132 00:05:57,060 --> 00:05:58,680 It's about the experience. 133 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,540 And I didn't like using this phone. 134 00:06:01,540 --> 00:06:04,280 It just cuts a lot of little corners 135 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,200 for the sake of being sexy. 136 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:07,880 Like that crummy vibration motor 137 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:09,100 that I mentioned earlier. 138 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:12,720 And it just doesn't do enough to redeem itself in my eyes. 139 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,500 The camera launches quickly, 140 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:16,640 but it can't be triggered with a double tap 141 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:17,780 of the lock screen. 142 00:06:17,780 --> 00:06:22,580 And it is decent at best, especially given the price. 143 00:06:22,580 --> 00:06:25,180 And this pain train is just leaving the station, folks. 144 00:06:25,180 --> 00:06:26,920 The Find X lacks NFC, 145 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,620 making two-factor authentication more of a chore. 146 00:06:29,620 --> 00:06:32,380 It's not waterproof or even water resistant, 147 00:06:32,380 --> 00:06:35,120 presumably due to the sliding camera mechanism. 148 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,020 It doesn't have wireless charging. 149 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,720 It doesn't have a micro SD slot for expansion. 150 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,560 It doesn't have a headphone jack. 151 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,600 It doesn't have an always on display 152 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,580 or even wake on lift, 153 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:48,440 meaning that you will need to unlock the screen 154 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,260 and swipe it to activate their facial recognition 155 00:06:51,260 --> 00:06:52,940 every time you want to turn it on. 156 00:06:52,940 --> 00:06:57,940 And the display isn't HDR certified for Netflix, 157 00:06:57,980 --> 00:07:00,760 which results in noticeably worse image quality 158 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,640 to go along with the degraded 159 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,460 mono speaker listening experience. 160 00:07:06,460 --> 00:07:07,780 Bottom line, 161 00:07:07,780 --> 00:07:12,940 considering buying the Find X, get a Note 9. 162 00:07:12,940 --> 00:07:17,220 It's better in every measurable way. 163 00:07:17,220 --> 00:07:18,260 So thanks for watching, guys. 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