OPPO took its time to develop and release its first foldable smartphone. Over the past four years, the project has gone through six different prototypes, each leading the Chinese manufacturer to a recipe for the perfect model. Finally, OPPO Find N is officially presented – today, December 15, as part of the second day of the Inno Day 2021 corporate conference. Some design technologies make the novelty unique in the market, which in recent years has begun to be filled with competitors.
The main difference between OPPO Find N and its counterparts lies in the form factor. The external screen has an aspect ratio of 18: 9, thanks to which the inner panel unfolds in the 8.4: 9 format (a little narrower than a square). To put this in perspective, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is equipped with an external display of 25: 9, the Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold is 27: 9, and the Huawei Mate X is quite close to the usual 19.5: 9 ratio, like most modern flagships. Moreover, the Find N case is more compact and easier to use due to the small 5.49 “diagonal on the outside (when unfolded it turns out to be 7.1”).
The Find N has also developed the high-tech Flexion hinge: a sophisticated 136-piece mechanism that serves two important purposes. First, it folds the flexible display down in a teardrop shape, making the fold 80% less noticeable. Secondly, it eliminates the wedge-shaped gap between the two halves when folding the smartphone, which can be considered the most innovative design to date.
Other technologies involved in the OPPO Find N concept:
- The FlexForm hinge allows the two halves to be held at any angle from 50 to 120 degrees, allowing the smartphone to act as its own tripod for long video calls or time-lapse photography.
- 12-layer Serene Display panel with Flexion Ultra Thing Glass, which is much thinner than competitors – 0.03 mm versus 0.6 mm.
- Internal display LTPO AMOLED with adaptive refresh rate from 1 Hz to 120 Hz in accordance with the viewed content, sampling rate of the touch layer up to 1,000 Hz and brightness up to 1,000 cd / m² with 10 240 gradations.
OPPO Find N Specifications
- Display: 5.49 inches, AMOLED, 1972 × 988 pixels, 18: 9, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus (external); 7.1 inches, LTPO AMOLED, 1792 × 1920 pixels, 8.4: 9, 120 Hz refresh rate, sensor sampling rate up to 1,000 Hz, HDR10 + (internal).
- Processor: eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) clocked at up to 2.84 GHz, Adreno 660.
- RAM: 8/12 GB.
- Internal memory: 256/512 GB (UFS 3.1).
- Main camera: 50 MP (f / 1.8, 1 / 1.56 “, 1.0 μm, Omni-directional phase detection autofocus, optical stabilization) + 13 MP (telephoto lens, f / 2.4, 1 / 3.4”, 2x optical proximity, phase detection autofocus) + 16 MP (ultra wide-angle sensor, f / 2.2), dual-LED flash.
- Front camera: 32 MP, f / 2.4 (outside and inside).
- Battery: 4500 mAh, fast wired charging 33 W, fast wireless charging 15 W, reversible charging 10 W.
- Operating system: Android 11 with ColorOS 12 interface.
- Communication: Wi-Fi 1/2/3/4/5/6 / 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Galileo, QZSS, NFC.
- Others: Side Fingerprint Scanner, Stereo Speakers, Dual SIM, USB Type-C.
- Dimensions: 132.6 x 140.2 x 8.0 mm (unfolded); 132.6 x 73 x 15.9 mm (folded), weight – 275 g.
OPPO Find N will be available for purchase on December 23 and only in China. The prices turned out to be incredibly attractive at the equivalent of 7,699 yuan ($ 1,200) for the base configuration with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and 8,999 yuan ($ 1,410) for the 12 / 512GB version. OPPO representatives said at the presentation that no release is planned in overseas markets, but this may change in the future.
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