A trip to Paris with the Oppo Find X5 Pro

 Paris. The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe, and Roland Garros are all highlights of this city of lights. If you follow tennis, you may be aware that this is one of only four yearly Grand Slam tournaments, and the only one with a clay court. As a result, it's rather unique, and it fits in well with the city in which it's set.

You may be wondering what any of this has to do with smartphones. Oppo has been a premium partner of Roland Garros for three years, and it recently announced that it has renewed its partnership with the tennis tournament for this year and next. To commemorate the occasion, the company graciously invited me to the Women's Singles Final at Roland Garros.

This was understandably exciting for someone who had never attended a tennis Grand Slam tournament in person, and so I wanted to try something new and create this feature, which is part travel report and part real-world hands-on experience, away from cold hard numbers, spec sheets, and testing labs.

What better phone to bring to Paris than Oppo's latest flagship, the Find X5 Pro? It was a great companion for me as I explored the city and the Roland Garros stadium over the weekend, as you'll see below - keep in mind that all of the photos in this article that aren't of the Find X5 Pro were taken with the Find X5 Pro. So, if you're up for it, let's go to Paris!

Friday: From Notre Dame and the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe

I spent a lot of time on Google Maps after that, trying to find interesting tourist attractions to visit, then getting directions to them, looking for restaurants to eat at, supermarkets to buy water from, and so on. It's not an exaggeration to say the Find X5 Pro was almost always in my hand and was heavily used - and it still worked flawlessly for the eight hours or so I was out and about. It also remained cool throughout, with no signs of overheating despite heavy use of GPS and mobile data, as well as a lot of multitasking.

The screen is also fantastic; it's incredibly pleasing to the eye, and the side curves aid in the back gesture when using gesture navigation; your finger never comes into contact with anything sharp because of the way the screen curves into the frame. I've never had any issues with accidental touches due to the screen curves.

While the Parisian sun was absent for the majority of the weekend, it did appear on occasion, and the Find X5 Pro's display was easily readable even in direct sunlight, though it's worth noting that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra goes even further when necessary. During my time with it, however, I never felt the need for more brightness.

I took the Paris metro to get to the central areas, which should probably be a tourist attraction in and of itself, given that it is one of the world's oldest systems and all. The trains are also interesting because of the controversial use of rubber tyres on some of the lines, which produces a distinct smell as one of the trains leaves the station, as well as a distinct sound - which can be heard even from inside the train. During the weekend, I used the metro system for almost all of my travels around the city, and it was a great experience.