OPPO's next ultimate camera phone may give MediaTek a shot at the top

OPPO could be planning a big change for its next flagship camera.The upcoming Find X10 Ultra is reportedly being tested with MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 Pro, a move that would take the Ultra series away from Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon chips.

But don’t write off Qualcomm just yet: Another configuration with Snapdragon silicon is said to be in development as well — and it may still be the one that hits the market.The latest news comes from Weibo tipster Smart Pikachu, who says OPPO is testing the Dimensity 9600 Pro alongside custom imaging algorithms.

The algorithms are said to be designed to work with OPPO’s Lumo True Image Engine, which is an indication that the company wants to hold onto its camera-processing abilities no matter what chip it ultimately settles on.The potential switch makes sense on paper.

The Dimensity 9600 Pro is built on TSMC’s 2nm process and consists of two C2-Ultra cores running at up to 4.55GHz and six performance cores.

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