The Hot Five

Oppo Find X5 Pro

The star of our next 16-page smartphone frenzy? Maybe…

Sony Playstation VR2

A next-gen headset worthy of your next-gen PS5? Could be…

Technogym Ride

Good enough to leave Peloton panting in a ditch? Perhaps…

Honor Magic4 Pro

Is ultra-fast charging the future of phones? Quite possibly…

Sony Linkbuds

Have these in-ears got a ‘holed’ of our heart? Find out on p58…

If you’ve skipped ahead to p36 and read our smartphone-testing frenzy, you’ve probably already decided which one will be next to grace your pocket. But what’s this? It looks like Oppo approaching with a gigantic phone-shaped spanner, and there’s only one place that’s being thrown: in the works.

Powered by Qualcomm’s range-topping Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip and 12GB of RAM, the Find X5 Pro has 256GB of storage to fill with pics from its Hasselblad-optimised cameras: two 50MP sensors for the wide and ultrawide snappers, a 13MP telephoto, plus a 32MP selfie-cam that peeps through a punch-hole in the 6.7in QHD+ AMOLED screen. Oppo’s Marisilicon X neural processor handles all the imagery and adds a new 4K Ultra Night Video mode, which should stop evening scenes looking grainier than a bowl of rice. Charging speed is an Oppo strength and the X5 Pro is no different: the 5000mah battery can be charged to 50% in just 12 minutes, while a full wireless juicing takes 47 minutes. Not bad for a gigantic spanner, eh? But wait, because Honor’s new offering on p11 is even faster…

As hot as… a lovely bowl of rice £1049 / oppo.com