Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs OPPO Find X6 Pro

This time around, we’re comparing the very best of Apple vs the best of OPPO. In other words, we’ll be comparing the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs OPPO Find X6 Pro. Both of these smartphones are huge, powerful, and expensive. The thing is, they’re very different, though. That not only goes for their design, but internals, and software as well. Before we begin, do note that at the time of writing this article, the OPPO Find X6 Pro was launched in China only. There’s still hope for a global unit, though. We did review it recently, and it turns out it’s an outstanding phone.

We’ll first list the specs of both smartphones, and will then get down to comparing them across a number of categories. We’ll compare their designs, displays, performance, battery life, camera performance, and audio output. There’s a lot to talk about here, that’s for sure, so let’s get down to it.

Specs

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs OPPO Find X6 Pro: Design

Both of these phones are made out of metal and glass. The OPPO Find X6 Pro does come in a vegan leather variant too, on which most of the back is covered by vegan leather, and only a smaller portion with glass. The iPhone 14 Pro Max uses stainless steel for its frame, while the Find X6 Pro utilizes aluminum. Apple’s flagship has flat sides, and it’s also flat on the front and the back. OPPO’s flagship, on the other hand, has plenty of curves, and even its display is curved.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max has uniform bezels, and a pill-shaped cutout on the front. The OPPO Find X6 Pro has extremely thin bezels, and a centered display camera hole. If we flip them around, you’ll notice completely different camera islands. The one on the iPhone 14 Pro Max sits in the top-left corner, and includes three cameras. The OPPO Find X6 Pro’s camera island is centered in the upper portion of the phone’s back, it’s circular, and huge. It also houses three cameras, though.

Both of these smartphones are very large, actually. The Find X6 Pro is a bit taller than the iPhone 14 Pro Max, but also a bit more narrow. It’s also thicker than what Apple has to offer. Apple’s flagship is, however, heavier, considerably heavier, mainly due to its stainless steel frame. If you don’t like large phones, you should stay away from both of them. The iPhone 14 Pro Max is a bit more difficult to handle in one hand as it has flat sides and it’s also wider. They’re both very slippery, and not one-hand friendly at all. They do feel premium in the hand, though. It’s also worth noting that both offer IP68 certification for water and dust resistance.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs OPPO Find X6 Pro: Display

The iPhone 14 Pro Max includes a 6.7-inch QHD+ (2796 x 1290) LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED display. This panel is flat, and it supports a 120Hz refresh rate. It actually offers an adaptive refresh rate. It gets up to 2,000 nits of brightness at its peak, and it’s protected by the Ceramic Shield Glass. This display has an aspect ratio of 19.5:9, in case you were wondering.

The OPPO Find X6 Pro, on the other hand, has a 6.82-inch QHD+ (3168 x 1440) LTPO3 AMOLED display. This panel is curved, and it has a 120Hz refresh rate, which is also adaptive. It supports Dolby Vision and HDR10+ content. This panel gets up to 2,500 nits of brightness at its peak. It is protected by the Gorilla Glass Victus 2, by the way.

The bottom line is, both of these displays are outstanding. They both also offer great protection, and are two of the brightest display in the market at the moment. The Find X6 Pro’s display does get a bit brighter, though. Both offer great viewing angles, deep blacks, and those vivid AMOLED colors. They’re also more than sharp enough, and the touch response is really good on both panels. These are both premium offerings, that get immensely bright, so you can’t really go wrong with either.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs OPPO Find X6 Pro: Performance

The iPhone 14 Pro Max comes with the Apple A16 Bionic SoC. It also includes 6GB of RAM and NVMe storage. The OPPO Find X6 Pro is fueled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, while it includes up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and UFS 4.0 flash storage. They also both include the latest software possible, iOS 16 in the case of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, while the Find X6 Pro comes with Android 13 and ColorOS on top of it.

Both phones do perform admirably, to say the least. It’s a real struggle to get them to slow down, that’s for sure. They fly through regular, everyday tasks, and the same actually goes for gaming. Multitasking is not a problem at all, and the same goes for more processor-intensive tasks too. Image editing, video editing, browsing, consuming multimedia, everything works great.

Even when it comes to gaming, they shine. Both phones can run the most demanding games from their respective app stores (you’ll have to sideload the Play Store on the FInd X6 Pro, but that’s really easy to do). Even Genshin Impact runs great on both smartphones, a game that can really test the performance prowess of phones. You don’t really have to worry about performance on either phone, as long as you remember that the Find X6 Pro is made for the Chinese market, so beware of some software quirks.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs OPPO Find X6 Pro: Battery

The iPhone 14 Pro Max includes a 4,323mAh battery on the inside, while the OPPO Find X6 Pro has a 5,000mAh battery. Apple’s iOS devices usually need smaller batteries than Android phones, and this 4,323mAh unit is actually plenty big for the iPhone 14 Pro Max. They both offer great battery life, actually. Based on our experience, the iPhone 14 Pro Max can usually squeeze you a bit more usage time, but the difference is not that big.

Getting over 8 hours of screen-on-time is possible on both smartphones, with some juice left in the tank. Do note that we didn’t really play games, other than for testing purposes. Both phones have been used quite heavily during our usage, though. Your mileage may differ, though, of course. Your usage will be different, as will the apps you use, and also your signal, all of which affect battery life in different ways.

As far as charging is concerned, it’s not even a competition. The Find X6 Pro blows the iPhone 14 Pro Max out of the water. It supports 100W wired, 50W wireless, and 10W reverse wireless charging. On top of that, it includes a 100W charger in the box. The iPhone 14 Pro Max supports 20W wired, 15W MagSafe wireless, and 7.5W Qi wireless charging. It does not have a charger in the box.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs OPPO Find X6 Pro: Cameras

The iPhone 14 Pro Max is equipped with a 48-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultrawide unit (120-degree FoV), and a 12-megapixel telephoto camera (3x optical zoom). The OPPO Find X6 Pro has a 50-megapixel main camera (1-inch camera sensor), a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera (110-degree FoV), and a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (2.8x optical zoom, 65mm lens).

Looking strictly at the camera hardware, OPPO is better-equipped, that’s for sure. It has a better camera setup, does that reflect in the end results, though? Well, it all depends on the shooting scenarios, and a number of other factors. Truth be said, most of the time, we did prefer the shots from the OPPO Find X6 Pro. That 1-inch main camera gives out nice, natural bokeh, and makes the shots look more professional. For portrait photography, the telephoto camera is perfect, while the ultrawide camera also did a fantastic job. On top of that, zooming in on objects that are further away is also possible with this setup, and it does a great job due to the fact OPPO opted for an IMX890 sensor here, and did a great job software-wise.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max does a great job balancing out shots, and keeping things consistent across its cameras. The shots end up looking great from all three cameras, most of the time. It does sometimes struggle in tricky HDR situations, though that’s something the Find X6 Pro also tends to do. Those situations are very rare, though. The telephoto camera did a great job, but we preferred what the Find X6 Pro delivered in that regard. The Find X6 Pro tends to provide moodier shots at night, with more emphasis on colors. The iPhone 14 Pro Max leans on the true-to-life side of things. The iPhone 14 Pro Max still wins in the video department, but not by much.

Audio

You will find a set of stereo speakers on each of these devices. Those speakers tend to sound really good. They’re not only loud enough, but more than clear enough, and even throw some bass into the mix. We did prefer what the Find X6 Pro delivered, as the soundstage on it sounded a bit wider, but not by much.

A 3.5mm headphone jack is not included on either phone. You’ll have to use their charging ports in order to hook up your headphones via a wire. If you’d like to go wireless, both phones are equipped with Bluetooth 5.3.