A Dimensity 9000 version of the OPPO Find X5 Pro was scheduled to launch on March 18th as an alternative to the regular model powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. However, with a post on Weibo, OPPO now says that the launch has been postponed to April 1st in light of a fresh spike in COVID-19 cases in China.

“On the premise of strictly complying with local epidemic prevention and control policies and ensuring the health and safety of the company’s employees, we have adopted emergency plans to solve the problem,” says the post.

Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com subsequently updated its appointment dates to reflect on the changed plans, with the listing for the phone now showing an April 1st sale date.

Still, the launch postponement shouldn’t bar the OPPO Find X5 Pro Dimensity Edition from becoming the second phone to be powered by the flagship Dimensity 9000 chip, after the Redmi K50 Pro. The Redmi K50 series was launched successfully yesterday.

The OPPO Find X5 Pro Dimensity Edition will be sold in a sole 12GB+256GB variant at a price of 5,799 Yuan, which is around $911. This is cheaper compared to its Snapdragon counterpart, which sells for 5,999 Yuan (around $943) for the same config. Considering the Dimensity 9000 has been found to beat the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in most benchmark tests, it would not be unfair to say that the Dimensity Edition has slightly better value.

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Yesterday, OPPO unveiled the OPPO Find X5 series globally. The Pro model offers all the bells and whistles for a premium price tag. Interestingly, in China, customers can opt for a cheaper version of this smartphone with some minor changes in its specs. This variant of the device is officially called OPPO Find X5 Pro Dimensity Edition.

As the name suggests, the OPPO Find X5 Pro Dimensity Edition arrives with a MediaTek chipset instead of Qualcomm. Precisely, it is powered by the latest Dimensity 9000 SoC rather than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC.

Further, this version of the phone lacks the company’s in-house MariSilicon X image processing silicon. It also misses out on Hasselblad tuning and 5-axis OIS. Finally, it arrives in a single 12GB + 256GB memory configuration and only two color options (black, white).

Apart from the aforementioned differences, the OPPO Find X5 Pro Dimensity Edition is the same as the standard OPPO Find X5 Pro inside out. The handset is priced at ¥5,799 ($918). It will be available for pre-order starting March 14, followed by sale on March 18.

For comparison, the original OPPO Find X5 Pro costs ¥6,299 ($998) for the 12GB + 256GB variant. Its base model (8GB + 256GB) is priced at ¥5,999 ($950), while the top version (12GB + 512GB) goes all the way up to ¥6,799 ($1,077).

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