Oppo may end up with another very specific bragging right: according to a fresh leak, the Find X10 Ultra could be the only ”top-tier” Android flagship in 2027 to pair a dual periscope camera with a 10x super telephoto lens. That would leave Vivo on the sidelines after apparently abandoning its own 10x zoom experiment for the X500 Ultra, a move that feels less like caution and more like a quiet retreat.
The Oppo Find X10 Ultra leak matters because Android camera flagships have spent years chasing the same flex – longer zoom, bigger sensors, more computational wizardry – but very few have tried to make 10x optical reach a mainstream selling point. Samsung has long leaned on periscope hardware at the ultra end, while Xiaomi and others have flirted with ambitious zoom setups without turning them into a durable pattern. Oppo, if this leak holds, will again be the company pushing furthest into the niche.
Find X10 Ultra camera and display details
Digital Chat Station says the Find X10 Ultra’s zoom system should get further upgrades over its predecessor, although the tipster didn’t spell them out. The rest of the rumored hardware is already sounding aggressively premium: a 6.89-inch 2K LTPO OLED display, a 7,000mAh+ battery, and a next-generation 200MP Samsung HPA LOFIC primary sensor.
- 6.89-inch 2K LTPO OLED display
- 7,000mAh+ battery
- 200MP Samsung HPA LOFIC main camera sensor
- Dual periscope camera with 10x super telephoto lens
Vivo X500 Ultra appears to have dropped 10x zoom
Vivo’s situation is the more surprising turn. The company was only recently rumored to be testing a 10x telephoto camera for the X500 Ultra, which would have been a big leap over the X300 Ultra’s single 200MP periscope camera with around 3.7x optical zoom. Now that prototype is said to be cancelled, with Vivo reportedly sticking to a 200MP periscope camera plus ISZ, or in-sensor zoom, instead.
That is a sensible engineering trade-off, even if it is a little boring. A 10x setup is expensive, thick, and hard to tune; a high-resolution periscope with crop-based zoom is easier to ship and easier to sell. But it also means Vivo may have stepped away from the kind of headline feature that gets camera nerds and spec chasers equally excited.
Find X10 Ultra launch timing in 2027
The Find X10 Ultra is expected to arrive in the first half of 2027, after the rest of the X10 lineup. If the leak is right, Oppo will spend that window polishing a camera package that no other Android flagship matches, while Vivo plays it safer and Samsung keeps doing Samsung things from the usual ultra-premium perch. The open question is whether buyers still care enough about true 10x zoom to reward the extra hardware, or whether the smarter move is the one Vivo may have just made.