The OPPO Find X9 Ultra has won the EISA Award in the “Photo & Video Smartphone 2026-2027” category. The Expert Imaging and Sound Association is honoring a flagship camera device in which photos and videos are processed using the same optics, sensors, and color processing. For OPPO, this is the first EISA trophy to jointly recognize the photo and video performance of a single device.
In a nutshell: On August 24, 2026, EISA named the OPPO Find X9 Ultra the “Photo & Video Smartphone 2026–2027.” This recognition is based on the camera system developed in collaboration with Hasselblad, featuring focal lengths ranging from 14 to 230 mm (up to 300 mm with a teleconverter). The same camera system also captures video in 8K at 30 fps and 4K at 120 fps. In Germany, the Find X9 Ultra currently costs 1,699 euros.
What EISA Is and Why the Award Matters
The Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) is an association of 54 European trade publications specializing in consumer electronics. Each year, the organization presents awards in five categories: Hi-Fi, Home Theater & Vision, In-Car Electronics, Photography, and Mobile Devices. Because each decision is made by a panel of technology editors from multiple countries, the EISA award is regarded in the industry as one of the more independent evaluations, distinct from those of individual review publications.
The jury’s rationale: uncompromising optics from 14 to 230 mm
OPPO Europe CEO Elvis Zhou puts the award into perspective: “The EISA Photo & Video Smartphone Award means a great deal to us, as it is presented by experts who are exceptionally dedicated to image quality. It confirms that we were right not to compromise on optics, color accuracy, and creative freedom.” EISA President Ljubisa Miodragovic adds that that the Find X9 Ultra “sets new standards in smartphone photography with its uncompromising approach” and particularly highlights the focal length range of 14 to 230 mm, which can even be extended to 300 mm using an optional teleconverter.
Camera System in Detail: Five Modules, Two Hasselblad Sensors
At the heart of the device is the camera system developed in collaboration with Hasselblad, which basic-tutorials.de reported on even before the market launch. On the back, five modules work together: four high-resolution cameras and a special True Color camera for white balance. At the core are two 200-MP Hasselblad sensors, plus a 50-MP Ultra-Sensing telephoto lens, whose Quintuple Prism Reflection Periscope redirects the light path five times, packing a native 10x zoom into the body.
High-resolution sensor cropping extends this to a 20x zoom with optical-quality results—unusual for this class of camera.
| Focal length (35mm equivalent) | Zoom level |
|---|---|
| 14 mm | Ultra-wide angle |
| 23 mm | Main camera |
| 47 mm | 2x (crop from the main camera) |
| 70 mm | 3x periscope telephoto |
| 139 mm | Sensor-cropped zoom |
| 230 mm | 10x periscope telephoto (up to 300 mm with teleconverter) |
Camera-quality video: 8K/30 fps and O-Log2 for color grading
Since the same camera system is also used for video recording, the Find X9 Ultra captures 4K at 120 fps and 8K at 30 fps—a first for one of OPPO’s flagship models, according to the company. Added to this is the new O-Log2 profile, certified under the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES), which delivers footage that can be imported directly into professional color-grading workflows without prior conversion. White balance for photos, moving photos, and videos is uniformly controlled via the multispectral True Color camera, ensuring that colors remain consistent across all shooting modes.
Price, Availability, and Competition in Germany
The OPPO Find X9 Ultra is already available in Germany, starting at 1,699 euros for the 12/512 GB model. Under the hood is a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, along with a 6.82-inch 144-Hz OLED display with a resolution of 1,440 × 3,168 pixels and a 7,050-mAh battery with 100-watt fast charging.
The award comes at an opportune time for OPPO. Xiaomi has apparently scrapped its 18 Ultra entirely due to the current memory price crisis, and according to recent leaks, Samsung is working on a radical camera redesign for the Galaxy S27 Ultra, which is still to come. OPPO can use the EISA trophy as a selling point to fill this gap: a finished, award-winning camera system versus two competitors still in the midst of a redesign.
The first leaks about the successor already indicate that OPPO is continuing to expand its zoom technology. There’s already talk of an even larger dual periscope for the Find X10 Ultra.
Conclusion
With the EISA Award for “Photo & Video Smartphone 2026–2027,” the OPPO Find X9 Ultra receives one of the most prestigious accolades from the European tech press. The award recognizes an approach that no longer separates photo and video technically but instead processes them through the same Hasselblad optics and color processing. Whether this will pay off in everyday use against Samsung, Apple, and the resurgent Chinese competition remains to be seen—the Find X9 Ultra must now prove itself on the German market, where it has recently become available for 1,699 euros.