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The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max evokes strong, mixed emotions in me. On the one hand, this is a fantastic phone in just about every way. It has excellent battery life, extremely good cameras, very good software, and is genuinely fun to use. Everything about this phone screams of quality.

On the other hand, I can't have it. I used to have it (mostly), but now I can't have it anymore. OnePlus and Oppo had (okay, still have) a solid relationship with each other. They used the same parts bin. What launched as an Oppo flagship elsewhere, generally became a OnePlus flagship in the U.S. Then BBK, the parent company of OnePlus, shut down that company outside of China. No more OnePlus phones for me, you, or anyone outside of its home country.

That's why the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max rankles so much: I hate it because I love it so much. I want it here in the U.S., and that is something I likely will never get.…