On the second day of OPPO INNO DAY 2021, OPPO has launched their first foldable flagship smartphone, the OPPO Find N. The company stated it took a result of four years of research and development and six generations of prototypes for OPPO Find N to bring a new approach for foldable smartphone and offers a refreshed user experience both for people who have used foldable devices in the past, as well as users who are new to the foldable form factor.
Pete Lau, Chief Product Officer of OPPO, said, “New form factors are ushering in an exciting new time in smartphone technology. OPPO has invested a significant amount of time and effort into coming up with a better approach to a foldable smartphone, experimenting with a range of form factors, hinge designs, display materials and aspect ratios, to create a new device that meets the needs of more users. With the OPPO Find N, we aim to change people’s perceptions about what a smartphone can offer and begin making foldable devices more accessible to an even larger audience.”
Here are the key highlights for the OPPO Find N:
- Two display: 7.1-inch inner display (8.4:9 aspect ratio) and a 5.49-inch outer display (18:9 aspect ratio)
- Flexion Hinge – uses 136 components with extreme precision of up to 0.01 mm. Uses water-drop hinge design for minimal crease and eliminate the gap between displays when folded
- Can be unfolded at any angle between 50-120 degrees
- FlexForm Mode offers a range of software features that take advantage of the folding display
- Serene Display (foldable display) offers excellent protection and durability. It uses 0.03 mm layer of Flexion UTG (ultra-thin glass) and the ability to be folded over 200,000 times while still maintaining an overall smooth folding experience with next to no crease, as verified by TUV
- Inner screen uses LTPO display with smart dynamic refresh rate technology that adapts the refresh rate anywhere between 1-120 Hz based on the content you are watching. The inner display also features support for a touch sampling rate of up to 1,000 Hz
- Both screens provide 10,240 automatic brightness levels with a peak brightness of up to 1,000 nits
- New gestures to make side-by-side multitasking more intuitive – use two fingers to swipe down in the middle of the device to split the screen in half, or turn a full-screen window into a floating window by pinching it with four fingers
- Software of the OPPO Find N is optimized to allow users to smoothly and naturally switch between the two screens. When unfolding the phone, the content is seamlessly relayed from the outer screen to the main inner display. And when folding the device, the user can swipe up on the cover screen to continue using the same function on the outer screen.
- A range of keyboard customizations for the large inner display, including a split keyboard that makes it easier to use two thumbs to type
- Flagship-level triple-camera setup includes a 50 MP Sony IMX 766 main sensor, a 16 MP ultra-wide lens and a 13 MP telephoto lens
- Selfie cameras on both the inner and outer displays
- 3D-curved design on both outer edges of the device to improve the hand feel and maintain a sleek look
- Streamlined curves visually lower the height of the camera module, while the Gorilla Glass Victus back panel and ceramic camera plate blend an elegant touch with a tasteful finish
- Comes in three colours – Black variant combines glittery matte glass and new film lamination techniques to achieve a subtle and premium shimmering effect on the base layer; White option is inspired by a white ceramic glaze, with glossy glass and a refined texture that matches the ceramic camera plate to create a consistent feel; Purple version is reminiscent of a bottle of luxury perfume, using multiple layers of customized films to create illusions of light and shadow with a transparent texture
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 with up to 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512 GB of UFS 3.1 storage
- 4,500 mAh battery with 33W SUPERVOOC Flash Charge,15W AIRVOOC wireless charging (compatible with standard Qi) and 10W reverse wireless charging
- Dual speaker system and Dolby Atmos support
- Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
However, this OPPO foldable phone is only for China market at the moment so we have to wait for further announcement by OPPO for global version. For more information about OPPO INNO DAY 2021, visit https://www.oppo.com/en/events/innoday2021/.
Credited to OPPO Malaysia