OPPO's new Find N combines Galaxy Fold 3 and Surface Duo 2 concepts into one

What yous need to know

OPPO has announced the Find Northward foldable Android phone.
The design is like a combo Galaxy Fold 3 and Surface Duo 2.
Information technology's just bachelor in Prc with no plans for the US.

The field of foldable phones is ready to abound in the coming years, specially with Android 12L officially ushering in the new era of devices with adaptable displays. Today, China's OPPO has revealed its Find N, which looks like a Samsung Galaxy Fold iii merged with the broader course factor of Surface Duo two.

Our colleague in tech, Michael Fisher, aka MrMobile, got his hands on the new device and shared his thoughts virtually how the design evolves the foldable category.

The Find N, ahem, borrows a lot of similar design language from Samsung and "fixes" a lot wrong with that phone, including its more visible hinge and oddly tall displays.

The Find N features a 7.1-inch 1792 ten 1920 (370 PPI) OLED main brandish featuring an Ultra-Thin Glass layer, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a peak effulgence of 1,000 nits. Surface Duo 2, by comparison, has a larger 8.3-inch AMOLED display at a higher 2688 x 1892 resolution (401 PPI) but peaks only at 800 nits.

OPPO Find N. Source: OPPO

While the Detect N is one giant inner display, with a swipe downwards from the top, information technology tin can dissever the display into 2 halves. That's something that Android 12L is expected to formalize in the OS itself instead of relying on OEM hacks to force it.

Yous can't reverse-fold the Discover N for single-screen mode, either, but yous don't demand to as at that place is a 60Hz v.49-inch OLED cover display, which can ever be accessed.

The similarity to Surface Duo comes in is how much more expansive this phone is compared to Samsung's. It'southward not as broad every bit Surface Duo'due south dual displays simply is, instead, somewhere in betwixt the 2 of them. That makes it perchance better for video and gaming. Nonetheless, y'all won't see as much content on each screen (when divided) compared to Microsoft'due south concept, which more closely resembles a moleskin notebook.

At that place are a few tradeoffs, nonetheless, as well compared to Microsoft's concept.

There is no apparent pen support for the OPPO Observe Due north, which is something that Microsoft is leaning more than into as Surface Duo two (and Android) progresses. Just Samsung has added the S Pen to the Galaxy Fold iii, then information technology is possible. Yet, questions remain about long-term durability due to the softness of the foldable screen (the Find Northward'southward is manufactured by Samsung).

Oppo Find N OPPO Discover N. Source: OPPO

The Find Due north is as well substantially thicker than Surface Duo 2, coming in at nearly 16mm instead of Microsoft's much leaner 11mm. Most of that is because OPPO squished the pattern is more brick-like than spread out like Microsoft.

Both devices are not low-cal, coming in at 275 grams for the Discover Due north and 284 grams for Surface Duo 2, likely due to Microsoft's employ of Corning Gorilla Drinking glass on four panels instead of OPPO'south use on simply one.

Pricewise, the OPPO Find Due north comes in cheaper at 7,699 yuan (nearly $1,210) for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, compared to Surface Duo 2's starting price of $1,499 for 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM.

The real kicker: The OPPO Find N is only for China, with the company having no plans to bring it to the US or other markets. All the same, OnePlus, which often appropriates designs from OPPO, is now a sub-brand of the latter. That ways Western markets may get a similar device subsequently in 2022 should OnePlus take up the challenge.

Surface Duo 2 Inking Outlook Microsoft Surface Duo 2 and inking. Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Cardinal

Overall, the OPPO Find N is a welcomed add-on to this new course cistron for phones and mobile devices. Whether the design is improve or worse depends on preference, which is how the market should work for these devices, akin to single-screen phones and the sheer variety there. (Microsoft claims, via its own unpublished research, that users prefer dual screens for productivity, and electroencephalogram (EEG) information reportedly backed this up.)

Hopefully, we'll see even more in 2022 from other OEMs as Android 12L becomes a reality.

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