OPPO’s next flagship phones may ship without a single Qualcomm chip inside. A fresh leak, corroborated by multiple reports, says the Find X10, Find X10 Pro and Find X10 Pro Max will each run a version of MediaTek’s unreleased Dimensity 9600 platform. That would end two straight generations in which Qualcomm’s Snapdragon held the very top spot in OPPO’s flagship range.
The switch lands at an odd moment for the chip business. Memory, not the processor, has become the priciest line item on a flagship’s parts list, and that shift may explain OPPO’s silicon math better than any benchmark leak does.
OPPO Trims the Find X10 Family to Three Phones
Earlier rumors had pointed to four or more Find X10 variants. The latest information, credited to a well known Weibo tipster, narrows that down to three models: the Find X10, the Find X10 Pro and a newly named Find X10 Pro Max, replacing the Ultra branding OPPO used on the last two generations.
The standard Find X10 has reportedly cleared China’s SRRC certification, the regulatory filing phones typically pass through a few months ahead of launch. Certification listings rarely reveal full specs, but the timing lines up with reports of a September debut in China.
| Model | Rumored Chipset | Display |
|---|---|---|
| OPPO Find X10 | Dimensity 9600 Lite | 6.59 inch, 1.5K |
| OPPO Find X10 Pro | Dimensity 9600 Pro | 6.78 inch, 1.5K |
| OPPO Find X10 Pro Max | Dimensity 9600 (flagship) | 6.78 inch, 1.5K |
The Dimensity 9600 Lite is tipped to be an overclocked version of the outgoing Dimensity 9500 rather than a fresh design, while the Pro and standard 9600 chips are expected to move to TSMC’s 2nm N2P node. Geekbench estimates attributed to tipster Digital Chat Station put the Dimensity 9600 Pro at 4,200 to 4,300 single core and 12,000 to 12,500 multi core, numbers that would edge past Apple’s A18 Pro and land in the same range as Qualcomm’s current Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. That is not confirmed. MediaTek has not unveiled the chip, and engineering sample scores routinely shift before production silicon ships.
Qualcomm’s Two-Generation Hold on the Top Tier Breaks
OPPO has split its silicon before, but always with Qualcomm guarding the summit. The Find X8 Ultra ran Snapdragon 8 Elite while the Find X8 Pro sat one tier below on Dimensity. The Find X9 generation repeated the pattern: the Find X9 Pro shipped with MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, while the Find X9 Ultra kept Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 at the top, a chip that still benchmarks roughly 13 percent ahead of the Dimensity 9500 on Geekbench’s single core and multi core tests.
- Find X8 Ultra ran Snapdragon 8 Elite, keeping Qualcomm at the summit.
- Find X9 Pro moved to MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, one tier below the top.
- Find X9 Ultra stayed on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Qualcomm’s most recent hold on the range.
- Find X10 Pro Max, per the new leak, drops Snapdragon entirely for the flagship Dimensity 9600.
If the leak holds, the Find X10 Pro Max becomes the first phone in the family’s Ultra-tier lineage without Qualcomm inside it at all. That is the real break in this leak: not a new lineup name, but the disappearance of the one chip Qualcomm always kept in OPPO’s flagship stack.
The Chip Is No Longer the Expensive Part
OPPO’s timing overlaps with a memory market that has flipped the usual cost order on its head. Mobile DRAM contract prices have climbed roughly 50 percent quarter on quarter, with NAND flash storage up more than 90 percent over the same stretch, according to Counterpoint Research’s memory price tracker. By early 2026, the combined cost of 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage in a flagship device had already crossed $280, more than the price of a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip itself.
Higher retail prices are unavoidable in 2026 as rising costs will be passed to consumers.
Counterpoint Research senior analyst Shenghao Bai said that, in comments relayed by GSMArena, as the firm tracked the DRAM and NAND spike through the first quarter.
Memory typically makes up 10 to 15 percent of a flagship phone’s total bill of materials, according to IDC, a share the research firm expects OEMs to offset by raising prices, trimming specs, or both. MediaTek’s own chip pricing plays into that math. Its outgoing Dimensity 9500 has reportedly sold to phone makers for $180 to $200 per unit, a figure that gives OPPO room to spend elsewhere on a bill of materials already squeezed by memory costs.
The pressure has already killed at least one flagship launch outright. Rival BBK-family brand iQOO reportedly scrapped its India launch over memory cost surge, choosing to skip a market rather than absorb the new component math. Against that backdrop, OPPO handing its entire Find X10 lineup to MediaTek reads less like a chipset preference and more like a hedge against a parts bill that no longer behaves the way it used to.
Displays Stay Familiar, the Camera Bet Gets Bigger
Screen sizes are the one area where the leak points to continuity. The standard Find X10 is tipped to keep a 6.59 inch 1.5K panel, preserving a smaller, one-hand flagship size, while both the Find X10 Pro and Pro Max move to a larger 6.78 inch 1.5K display. Refresh rates were not part of this latest leak, though earlier reports suggested high refresh OLED panels for the two larger models.
Cameras remain the bigger open question. Earlier rumors claimed the Find X10 Pro Max could carry a Hasselblad branded system built around three separate 200MP sensors, with prototypes reportedly testing the setup alongside heavier computational photography processing. The Find X9 Pro’s own spec sheet already lists a 200MP Hasselblad Telephoto camera paired with 50MP main and ultrawide sensors, so a jump to three 200MP units would be an unusually aggressive step even by OPPO’s recent standards. It is not confirmed, and OPPO has not addressed its imaging hardware for the new series at all.
OnePlus Keeps Qualcomm While Its Sibling Switches
OnePlus, which shares a parent company with OPPO, took the opposite path this cycle. The OnePlus 15 launched globally running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the same chip that anchored the Find X9 Ultra. Independent benchmarking has put that chip roughly 10 percent faster on CPU tasks than the Dimensity 9500 found in the OPPO Find X9 Pro, OnePlus’s closest sibling device.
That gap is exactly what MediaTek is trying to close with the Dimensity 9600 family. OPPO is not alone in making the bet early. Vivo’s upcoming X500 series is also tipped to launch on the standard Dimensity 9600, with the X500 Pro carrying the Pro variant, putting two major Chinese brands ahead of MediaTek’s own official unveiling. The earlier Techgenyz report on this leak noted that OPPO and OnePlus are expected to keep sharing some underlying hardware even as their chipset choices diverge, with each brand still tuning its own software and camera processing. By the time Find X10 phones reach shelves, they will compete against flagships from Samsung, Xiaomi, vivo, Honor and OnePlus, several of which are staying on Qualcomm silicon for now.
What Hasn’t OPPO Confirmed Yet?
OPPO has not confirmed a launch date, pricing, or a single memory configuration for the Find X10 series, leaving the chipset lineup as the only detail with real specificity behind it. Battery size, charging speed and camera hardware all remain leak territory rather than settled fact.
- What’s reported: a three model lineup, SRRC certification for the base Find X10, and Dimensity 9600 family chips across all three phones.
- What’s unconfirmed: official launch date, global availability, RAM and storage tiers, battery capacity, charging speeds, final camera hardware, and pricing.
OPPO typically confirms these details in the weeks directly before a launch event, which would put firmer specifications sometime close to the rumored September window.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will the OPPO Find X10 series launch?
No official date has been set, but the standard Find X10 has reportedly cleared China’s SRRC certification, and multiple reports point to a September 2026 debut in China, timed close to when MediaTek is expected to formally unveil the Dimensity 9600 family.
Will any OPPO Find X10 model use a Snapdragon chip?
Current leaks show no Snapdragon variant anywhere in the lineup. That would break from the Find X8 and Find X9 generations, where OPPO reserved Snapdragon silicon for its top Ultra branded model while MediaTek powered the Pro tier.
What is the Dimensity 9600 Lite expected to be?
Rather than an entirely new chip, the Dimensity 9600 Lite is rumored to be an overclocked version of the outgoing Dimensity 9500, positioned to keep the base Find X10 affordable while the Pro and Pro Max move to newer 2nm silicon.
Is the triple 200MP Hasselblad camera on the Find X10 Pro Max confirmed?
No. It remains a speculative, prototype-stage rumor. OPPO has not addressed camera hardware for the Find X10 series, and the company’s most recent official flagship, the Find X9 Pro, uses a single 200MP Hasselblad telephoto sensor rather than three.
Could memory prices push the Find X10’s price higher?
It is possible. Industry-wide DRAM and NAND cost increases have already pushed combined memory costs above $280 per flagship device in some configurations, and analysts at Counterpoint and IDC both expect that pressure to show up in retail prices or trimmed specifications through 2026.
