OPPO Find N5 is thinner than any other foldable today, and that fact is evident once you unfold the device. At just 4.21mm, it is just a smidgen wider than the USB-C port, and using the tablet-sized 8.12-inch OLED inner panel is an absolute joy. The outer 6.62-inch OLED panel on the outside is among the best of any foldable, and thanks to the ultra-thin design, it feels like you're using a regular phone. You also get the best internals of any foldable, the best battery life, the best charging tech, and class-leading ingress protection. Oh, and the cameras are better than any other foldable I used until now. Combine all of that with fluid software and meaningful multitasking features, and it's no wonder than the Find N5 is now my favorite foldable phone.
After several years of development, the folding flagship phone doesn't seem so far away anymore.
What seemed to be a pioneering new form factor now looks set to “fly in the face of the crowd”, and no doubt it will need to make adjustments to its original image of being businesslike, expensive and luxurious.
So we can see that the folding screen in the past few years has continued to make breakthroughs in practicality and good hand feeling, especially thin and light, has become a keyword that every folding screen must have. On the other hand, the folding screen also needs to find more practical scenarios, in order to make this larger size but more square proportion of the screen really play a use.
So, what exactly should be made of the folding screen to meet the needs of more users? This time, it is OPPO Find N5 took the lead and gave us a sample.
Previously we have already commented on the design details of OPPO Find N5 in the picture appreciation, the three colors have a good texture and feel, is still a high value flagship to satisfy people. And today its thickness data is also officially open, folded state satin black and jade white color thickness is 8.93mm, the series of vegetarian leather twilight purple version slightly thicker, 9.35mm, is already no objection to the level of straight plate machine.
What's more rare is that, in addition to the thin and light, its folding feel is still very good, straight edge to the finger to provide enough friction, not pinch the hand is not so difficult to open, open and close the process of the sense of damping is just right, a very good sense of texture, the hovering state can also be stable support, the experience of the details can be said to be full of points, with a very comfortable.
In addition to “comfortable to use”, the folded structure of OPPO Find N5 also puts a lot of effort into “reassuring to use”.
We can also see that it has repeatedly emphasized the importance of new materials. It introduced titanium alloy on a large scale and reshaped the folding hinge, as well as using 3D printing technology to create a complex and precise hinge. The result is a hinge that's thinner, but significantly more rigid, and a hinge that's made of “iron and steel”.
In the part of the screen, OPPO Find N5 also adopts UTG ultra-toughness glass, the upper and lower layers have a double layer of protective film and nano-coating overlays, the impact resistance of the inner screen is said to be improved by more than 50%, and there is also a more stable high-strength stainless steel support plate inside. In addition, it is also equipped with an external protection “exoskeleton”, from the aviation alloy aluminum frame, ultra-thin sky dome composite back cover and Crystal Shield Ultra Porcelain Crystal Glass to provide anti-protection, from the inside to the outside of the more reassuring.
In addition, the OPPO Find N5 has incredibly high specifications for waterproofing, passing IPX6, IPX8 and IPX9 waterproofing certifications, covering accidental conditions such as drenching, dipping and punching that are easily encountered on a daily basis, as well as superb resilience to low temperatures, cold punching and high temperatures, making waterproofing reliability even stronger than some straight phones.
OPPO Office Assistant unveiled
After having a thinner and lighter body, OPPO also wants to make a breakthrough in practicality, and this time it has brought the new OPPO Office Assistant. It has reintegrated OPPO's excellent office capabilities and upgraded them once again. To put it simply, the two-way control of cell phone to computer and computer to cell phone has been greatly upgraded.
Let's start with the phone-to-computer. This time OPPO Find N5 added a better remote control computer function, directly support and macOS interconnection, remote control of Mac computers, the connection is a key to operate, very convenient.
This function is not just a simple remote control of the computer, it also combines the advantages of the folding screen form, you can hover directly in the form of an extremely small laptop, the upper part of the computer's screen content, the lower part of the touchpad or keyboard for macOS, even if it is a cross-system ecosystem, the experience is still not compromised.
Of course, it should be noted that although the OPPO Find N5 has already done a good enough job of simulating a laptop in the form of a folding screen, it is still more or less easy to get tired of working on a screen that is much smaller than a laptop's. The OPPO Find N5 can help you to solve the urgent needs of work, but if you really need to complete high-intensity work in a high quality way, you still need to bring a tablet or a laptop more suitable for the work you want to do. It is more appropriate to carry a tablet or laptop with you.
After talking about the phone to the computer, let's take a look at how to go from the computer to the phone.OPPO's cloud function has been done quite well, in addition to access to the files in the cloud disk, you can also directly access the cross-end file, upload and download rate are very fast, as if the phone is also a cloud disk, very convenient.
For the work , if there are some documents are not around, you can also use this way to access them remotely and edit them directly online and save them in both computer and cell phone, realizing a more convenient online work experience.
Of course, if the OPPO Find N5 is in the same space as the computer, with the support of O+ Connect, its cross-end file experience will be even better, for example, you can open videos in seconds as if you were accessing a local file, realize the extremely fast transfer of photos and file bi-directional saving, etc., and the smooth experience also makes the connectivity become really practical.
AI-enhanced, folding function more practical
The power of OPPO Office Assistant is not only reflected in its ability to interconnect with the outside, but its own ability has also been improved in many ways, especially with the support of AI.
In fact, as early as OPPO Find N3, OPPO has created a unique “panoramic virtual screen” function, flexible switching between different windows, giving full play to the advantages of the large screen, which can be said to be amazing and very useful. In OPPO Find N5, this good use has ushered in a substantial improvement, becoming a new “AI panoramic virtual screen”.
In terms of the document function, which is already quite productive, OPPO Find N5 also further integrates the ability of AI, not only supporting more formats of documents, but also relying on the AI assistant to carry out a lot of operations, which is obviously a fully productive function for those who only need to browse or make small modifications.
In addition, after storing a large number of documents, notes and photos and other files, OPPO Find N5 can also support AI Intent Search to quickly locate schedules and events, and make daily work and life more trustworthy. From this perspective, the AI-enabled OPPO Find N5 ushers in another big upgrade in utility, taking a big step forward in the road to productivity.
Big screen, big battery, and upgraded battery life
In addition to becoming thinner and lighter, the battery capacity of OPPO Find N5 has also been improved, and this time it comes to a full 5600mAh, which also reaches the undoubted straight flagship level.
In terms of cores, the OPPO Find N5 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Supreme Edition flagship platform, which crucially achieves better power consumption while performing well enough.
We also tested the Find N5's internal screen life and got this life test chart below. It's easy to see that its battery life is quite good, with low power consumption for online video playback and social media browsing, and in our Battle of the Golden Shovel test with the highest quality options + rendering optimization settings, it consumed only 24% of the power for one hour of gameplay, which is comparable to the battery life of mainstream straight flagships.
Note that we used the internal screen for all of our battery life tests, which means that it uses a larger screen to achieve straight flagship battery life, which is really commendable.
At the same time, OPPO Find N5 is also equipped with the industry's thinnest 0.18mm wireless charging coil, which can support 50W wireless fast charging, which finally makes up for the regret of wireless charging of the previous generation.
Comprehensive configuration is excellent, or bucket flagship
OPPO Find N5's internal screen size has been further increased to 8.12 inches, and the ratio has been slightly lengthened, although it is still a folding screen generally on the side of the ratio, but compared to the previous generation there is still a small progress. Combined with a flatter, almost crease-free unfolding effect, the screen will naturally look better when unfolded.
As for the image part, OPPO Find N5 is still equipped with excellent ultra-light shadow triple camera configuration, but also continues the same image technology of the Find X8 series, the capture performance is also very good, and there is also a consistent Hasselblad Master Color, which is also still the top image performance among the folding models.
What's even more rare is that the telephoto end of the OPPO Find N5 also adopts a periscope telephoto lens that supports macro, excellent image quality with a very high ability to shoot at close range, the practicality of a substantial increase in the shooting is even more comfortable than a lot of straight models that don't support the telephoto macro while in hand.
Interestingly, from the OPPO Find N3 to the N5, there is a skip of one number, which seems to imply that the new generation has a “cross-generation” configuration upgrade. All in all, if you're a fan of parameters, the OPPO Find N5 won't let you down.
Summary: OPPO Find N5 will not disappoint you.
After shedding the veneer of a pioneering product, the popularized folding screen will inevitably need to face the question of practicality. Lighter, thinner and tougher body is certainly full of black technology, but now it seems that it is already difficult to bring the user a “cool” perception, “what can it help me do”, has gradually become a problem that prevents more users from getting a folded flagship.
So we can see, OPPO Find N5 also really began to try to help users to solve more problems, compared to the previous generation of the main “business etiquette”, it turned its head to further polish the practicality and office attributes, trying to become a piece of appearance of the ultra-thin design, but also has an excellent ability to assist the office of the tool.
The new OPPO Office Assistant is full of surprises, interconnecting with the Mac ecosystem is quite convenient, and remote control of the computer even allows it to be transformed into a laptop to a certain extent, showing the charm of the folding screen form.AI is also rightfully present in this folding flagship, not only to improve the performance of the panoramic virtual screen and other functions, but also practical AI Smart Document, AI Intent Search AI Intelligent Document, AI Intent Search, and Super Boo Assistant. Considering the previous rapid access to the DeepSeek R1 model, we have reason to believe that OPPO will continue to evolve rapidly in terms of AI.
One of the main reasons why I like the Find N5 so much is that it doesn't feel like a foldable. When interacting with the outer panel, I felt like I was using a regular phone, but I still have the versatility of unfolding the device and accessing a tablet-sized panel. That is a big deal, and while Vivo and Honor also have ultra-thin foldables, I think OPPO did a better job overall.
