The OnePlus 9 and Find X3 series to beat Apple and Samsung again with the first 'billion-color' phones
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OnePlus already teased an event announcement date for its 9 series of phones, while Oppo went with a direct Find X3 line unveiling date, and both are set for next week - March 8 and March 11 - respectively.
Given how the two companies merged their R&D departments recently, the great set of promises that Oppo sent us regarding the Find X3 Pro may very well trickle down to the OnePlus 9 models, just as it happened with the Find X2 and OnePlus 8 models last year. Chief among those promises is that these new lines from Oppo and OnePlus would include 'billion-color' phones.
The first end-to-end billion color solution on a phone
Remember the awesome 6.7" 1440p display of the OnePlus 8 Pro and Find X2 Pro that last year managed to beat both Samsung and Apple as the best mobile screen out there, introducing variable 120Hz refresh rate at the full 1440p resolution before it was cool?
Well, Oppo promised us that the Find X3 Pro would have an even better display when it launches some time this month. What could be better than granular refresh rate adjustments at the full resolution, near-perfect factory calibration, high brightness, and 10-bit dynamic range capabilities? Why, all of that, and an end-to-end billion-color solution for capturing, encoding, storing, decoding, and displaying HDR10+ content, teases Oppo:
OPPO announced its ground-breaking 10-bit Full-path Colour Management System as part of its commitment to experiential excellence. Now, the technology is ready to be shared with the world in Find X3 Pro.
If a chain is as strong as its weakest link, OPPO’s Full-path Colour Management guarantees integrity at every point when it comes to colour. The results are true-to-life, evocative, rich visual experiences, from capture, to encoding, storage, decoding and display... In Find X3 Pro, OPPO painstakingly focuses on the full-spectrum of colour management, from high-impact enjoyment, eye safety, through to accessibility.
The OPPO Find X3 Pro isn’t just a colour powerhouse. Its screen also delivers excellence across resolution, screen refresh rate, and high dynamic range content, bringing users the clearest, most accurate, smooth, and comfortable display to date.
Committed to capturing the moment, OPPO Find X3 Pro’s camera capabilities have been tuned to empower photography and video capture at the highest quality across a range of scenarios.
If a chain is as strong as its weakest link, OPPO’s Full-path Colour Management guarantees integrity at every point when it comes to colour. The results are true-to-life, evocative, rich visual experiences, from capture, to encoding, storage, decoding and display... In Find X3 Pro, OPPO painstakingly focuses on the full-spectrum of colour management, from high-impact enjoyment, eye safety, through to accessibility.
The OPPO Find X3 Pro isn’t just a colour powerhouse. Its screen also delivers excellence across resolution, screen refresh rate, and high dynamic range content, bringing users the clearest, most accurate, smooth, and comfortable display to date.
Committed to capturing the moment, OPPO Find X3 Pro’s camera capabilities have been tuned to empower photography and video capture at the highest quality across a range of scenarios.
It seems that the Find X3 series will include the first phone to do end-to-end wide-color management, and we hope that next week OnePlus will tease that this technology will trickle down to the 9 series as well, shared parent company and all.
Granted, the S21 and iPhone 12 series already have 10-bit color capture and display, but Oppo's painstaking Full-path Colour Management System solution could prove the superior approach here, so we can't wait to take the new phones for a spin.
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