Instead, Ive felt perfectly content doing it all on theOppo Find N5since it arrived a few weeks ago.
The book-style foldable has an 8.12-inch inner screen and a 6.6-inch outer screen.
Its a larger machine than theGalaxy Z Fold 6thats out now and evenGoogles Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
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Its relative thinness compared to the rest of the foldable offerings makes it palatable despite the larger screen sizes.
Thats not to say the Oppo Find N5 is a perfect foldable.
It starts at $2,500 Singapore dollars, or about $1,880 USD.
© Florence Ion / GizmodoThe Find N5’s front cover screen is 6.6-inches across.
It still suffers from the conundrum of using this factor in the first place, especially with small hands.
Its a hefty cradle with just the fingers!
My hands are medium-to-small, I know, and were not built to act as phone holsters.
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However, the bigger inside screen made me realize that what I wantisa folding tablet phone.
I dont want a folding machine pretending to be a phone in my pocket.
Thats the point of such an expensive phone that does this, and the Find N5 facilitates all that.
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Im ready to embrace bigger, thinner folding devices.
For one, this is one of the thinnest folding devices you’re free to hold today.
The battery is ample enough, at least for what Oppo has going on here.
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Its a 5,600 mAh battery, a little bigger than youd find in Google and Samsungs foldables.
Its way bigger than Samsungs Galaxy Z Fold 6, which has a 4,400 mAh battery.
I havent execute the full battery test, but battery life has been promising anecdotally.
© Florence Ion / GizmodoThe backside of the Find N5 is basically a OnePlus device with the same Hasselblad branding.
Everything else about the Find N5 is a standard smartphone affair, down to theQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Eliteprocessor.
Again, this seems to be a common trope of usage among folding smartphones.
Samsung does this already, and there are rumors that Applewill do the samewith its folding smartphone.
The Find N5s 8.1-inch inside screen is where its at.
Its the widescreen thats working for me.
Samsungs Galaxy Z Fold 6 is good if youre trying to use a more phone-like foldable.
It just feels like I can get more done.
Wait, why are you telling me about this phone?
It also shows us what manufacturers think is an essential feature for its users.
You cant have a thin unit without a few caveats.
For instance, the camera on the Find N5 is middling.
Like Samsungs Galaxy Z Fold 6, its limited to a 3x optical zoom.
Samsung and Google have committed to seven years of software updates and security patches.
Oppo and OnePlus remain committed to the four-year timeline.
The Find N5 also isnt what Id call durable.
The case the manufacturer sent over with our review unit doesnt even cover the front part of it.
It pops onto the back, and theres enough case to cover the hinge.
The entire cover screen remains exposed.
Oppo achieved an IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 rating.
The Find N5 can withstand varying water conditions, including rain submersion and high-pressure water jets.
Its about the same on Google and Samsungs devices.
Its good news for those of us who are gadget freaks obsessed with the future being available now.
The Find N5 is a comfortable foldable.
The hinges are sturdy enough that the Find N5 can prop itself up on its own.
Sorry for the tease, however, as those of us in the U.S. cant buy this phone outright.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
However, some of our most-anticipated tech for the month won’t arrive until April.
The “World’s Thinnest” foldable smartphone is probably never coming to the U.S.
