I ’m wrapping up a two - week trip to China , which has accept me to two cities , allowed me to attend the Oppo Find X8 extremist launching , and see Huaqiangbei , the world ’s most vivacious engineering grocery . During a sojourn to the latter , I found $ 9 AirPods Pro , which are shocking , and a $ 12 Apple Watch Series 10 , which is downright bizarre .
This slip also let me to experience a embarrassment of earpiece that are n’t widely available globally , if at all . company like Xiaomi , Huawei , Oppo , and Vivo are n’t usable in many countries , and even when they are , the beneficial speech sound often do not make their way to westerly securities industry . Instead , they ’re for local Formosan customers to experience only .
Here are four Chinese phones that I wish were available globally ..
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Huawei Pura X
The most unequalled speech sound is also the newest . Announced a few weeks ago , the Huawei Pura X rethink the form gene for the unspoiled flip speech sound . Phones like the Motorola Razr and the Galaxy Z Flip 6 have large front display that unfold into traditional smartphone - sized presentation and mannikin factors .
The Pura X takes a refreshingly different approach : the masking showing is smaller than those used by Samsung and Motorola at 3.5 in , but it ’s designed to be used horizontally , and the cameras are located entirely separately from the showing . When you blossom forth it , you get a 6.3 - inch display that ’s also smaller than the competition , but crucially , it ’s significantly wider .
Before I experienced it , my initial reaction was that it would be unlikely to be that useful . However , it is the ideal form broker , particularly if you love watch movies , show books , or scrolling through societal medium . A wider display is n’t as ergonomically friendly , but it ’s the first prison term we ’ve seen a companionship attempt to blend the flip and book - mode folding phone shape factors .
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It ’s so singular that it deserve a spot on our list of the best folding phones , just for that reason .
Oppo Find N5
I ’ve already review the Oppo Find N5 , and it ’s the one fold phone that I always keep with me . Its bountiful job ? It ’s only available in China and Singapore .
The world ’s thinnest folding speech sound , it ’s a colossus that build up on the successful OnePlus Open and adds a range of advance , include a triple camera ( two of which are 50MP ) , stylus support on both displays , and IPX8 / IPX9 water ohmic resistance . It features the enceinte main display on a folding phone , measuring 8.12 inches , a Snapdragon 8 elect processor , and a 5,600 mAh barrage with support for 80W wire charging and 50W wireless charging .
All of this is packed into an impossibly thin body that mensurate just 4.21 mm when stretch out and 8.9 millimeter when folded . For setting , the latter is over 3 mm thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 , and less than 1 mm heavyset than the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Galaxy S25 Ultra . As far as fold phones go , the Find N5 proves that you do n’t always have to compromise .
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Xiaomi 15 Ultra
From folding telephone to non - foldable models , and the Xiaomi 15 Ultra , a camera powerhouse . It was announced at MWC 2025 in February and is the latest addition to a longsighted transmission line of Xiaomi Ultra phone dedicate to picture taking .
It feature a totality of five sensing element . There ’s a 50MP main television camera , a 50MP ultrawide tv camera , and a prison term - of - flight 3D depth sensor . There ’s also a 50MP telephoto lens that proffer 3x optical zoom , and a secondary 200MP periscope telephotograph lens that provides a singular 4.3x optical zoom .
By far the most interesting feature is the optional picture taking kit , which bestow a protective housing around the phone , transforming it into a handheld camera sodding with soft zoom triggers and a metal photographic camera ring . Of all the phone on this list , the Xiaomi 15 Ultra is usable in the most countries , admit the UK , but it is n’t usable in the US .
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Vivo X200 Pro
From one picture taking powerhouse to another : the Vivo X200 Pro . It ’s set to be bring together by the Vivo X200 Ultra in the next few days , but the X200 Pro brings the good of other Ultra earpiece in a more low-priced Pro model .
The 50MP main television camera is joined by a 50MP ultrawide camera and a 200MP periscope telephoto camera that offers 3.7x opthalmic zoom . It ’s another unique focal duration , and while I ’m yet to spend enough clock time with it to comment on the camera , the rear finish on the blue modelling is especially different .
It boast a field glass destination with a rippled formula underneath that is move , specially when liken to the more mundane finish on most telephone set . It features 90W pumped up charging , 30W wireless charging and a 6,000 mAh Silicon Carbon battery . All of this at a price that ’s roughly $ 880 when convince from Chinese Yuan .
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China has a plenty more phone and contrivance that stand out for a variety of reasons , but these four phones all offer something unique and stand out from the best phones you may corrupt in the US . I should know : I have all four in my will power as I type this while in a auto from Shenzhen to Hong Kong .
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