Oppo's Find N3 Foldable Goes Big On Displays And Durability
Oppo's first two horizontal foldable phones caught our attention with a small "golden" aspect ratio of 9:8.4, but with the new Find N3 (also known as OnePlus Open in some markets), the company has opted for a more traditional. Supported by new software recommendations to improve the multitasking experience. Not to mention the improved Hasselblad-branded rear camera setup, foldable stand, and the old OnePlus notification slider.
The Oppo Find N3's new foldable AMOLED display is 7.8 inches wide, with a resolution of 2240 x 2268, with a pixel density of 426 ppi. As for wrinkles, they are less noticeable than before, so this time it's definitely fair to call them "virtually wrinkle-free." The best feature here is a new self-healing coating that can soften scratches to keep the panel clean a little longer.
With its increased height, the Find N3's cover screen has a more familiar and arguably more practical 20:9 aspect ratio (although it is still smaller than the Xiaomi Mix Fold 3). Here we have a 6.3 inch flat AMOLED display, 2,484 x 1,116 (431 ppi) and as a flexible display it supports PWM dimming at 1,440 Hz, 1 to 1 refresh rate, 120 Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, up to 14 inches to reduce eye strain. . High brightness mode and max up to 2800 nits. Interestingly, most previous foldable phones had poor display capabilities on the internal screen.
The Find N3 is built with Oppo's third-generation Flexion hinge, which features zirconium-based liquid metal for firmness, as well as company-designed aircraft-grade steel for added strength. The flexible display is supported by a carbon fiber backing plate for structural strength, making the device "36% more wear-resistant than previous generation foldables." Even better, Oppo asked TÜV Rheinland to certify the Find N3's durability 1,000,000 times, more than double the "only" 400,000 times of the Find N2, not the 200,000 times of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5. F) and - 20°C (-4°F). While there is no intrusion protection layer, the Oppo Find N3 has implemented an air sealing process to make it splash-proof.
The photography is a significant improvement here. The Find N3 is the first smartphone to feature Sony's 48-megapixel (4:3) 1/1.43-inch LYTIA-T808 sensor (it's actually 52 megapixels and 1/1.35-inch, which is 20% larger than its main rival). . It is perhaps the first sensor with a dual-layer transistor pixel structure, an ingenious trick that allows each pixel to receive more light and therefore more detail in the image. Sony even claims that this chip "rivals a high-quality 1-inch sensor." Additionally, this 24mm f/1.7 equivalent main camera features optical image stabilization.
There's also a 64-megapixel f/2.6 periscope telephoto lens with an unnamed 1/2-inch sensor, which is three times larger than the one you'll find on the main competitor's foldable model. With this 70mm-equivalent lens, you get 3x optical zoom and 6x "lossless" zoom (via crop), both aided by optical stabilization via a moving prism structure. You can use the same camera in Hasselblad portrait mode.
Finally, the 48-megapixel, 14mm-equivalent ultra-wide camera features a 1/2-inch Sony IMX581 sensor that Oppo says is 130% larger than its main rival. It comes with an f/2.2 lens, 114-degree field of view, and supports macro shots up to 4cm.
To complete the photography hardware upgrade, the Find N3 features new Oppo Computational Photography (OCP), which captures original brightness data to refine each HDR shot pixel by pixel. The result should be "more natural images with richer highlights and shadows." Along the same lines as the now-retired MariSilicon, the Gallery app's ProXDR display mode uses OCP detail to optimize the screen's peak brightness and differentiate photos; But you can hold down the ProXDR button to view the photo as it is.
For video calls, you have the option of using the 32-megapixel f/2.4 (22mm 1/3.14-inch equivalent) external selfie camera or the 20-megapixel f/2.2 (1/4-inch equivalent) internal selfie camera ). equal to 20mm).
As for the rest of the phone's key features, as expected, the Find N3 features Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 16GB LPDDR5X RAM, 512GB UFS 4.0 storage, dual SIM tray, NFC and a three-speaker system. (with voice support) and a large 4,800 mAh battery. With 67W SuperVOOC charging support, the device reaches over 80% charge in 30 minutes or a full charge in 42 minutes. Right next to the volume rocker above the side-mounted fingerprint scanner you'll find a new slider for notifications (silent, vibration, and ringtone). The entire package weighs 239 grams and is 5.8 mm thick once opened; That's not a record number, but it's still impressive in this category.
On the software front, Oppo has justified the change in aspect ratio by adding useful multitasking features. In this ColorOS 13.2 (based on Android 13), the new "Global Taskbar" on the far left offers an "App Library" button that changes the context menu to quickly launch an app or drag it to screen share. Appearance Next to it is a "File Pocket" button, another drop-down menu that displays your recent files, images, and notes, so you can easily drag them into the active program.
Another powerful multitasking feature is Borderless View, which is basically split screen on steroids. In split screen mode, by tapping the top bar above the app you want, you can click Expand View, which automatically expands the app in question, but still leaves a small portion of other apps visible, allowing you to quickly switch between apps to the other. . Likewise, you can have up to three apps in this horizontal split-screen view; Drag a third app from the Dock to the center of the screen. By expanding the three apps on this split screen, you'll create a "15-inch unlimited view" layout, and you can get an interactive preview at any time with a four-finger tap. As with the standard split-screen mode, you can save combinations of these Borderless View apps for quick access to the home screen.
My previous favorite useful features, namely two-finger split screen (swipe to the center of the screen) and "flexform capture" (partially open the phone to the camera app), are here to stay. As a bonus, Oppo promises four years of software updates and five years of security updates for the Find N3.
Available in “Champagne Gold” and “Classic Black,” the Oppo Find N3 will soon go on sale in global markets, with pre-orders starting October 20 in Singapore. It costs S$2,399 (about US$1,745), which, to our surprise, is a significant jump over the Find N2's price for the same 16GB RAM and 512GB storage configuration. The Chinese version comes as a premium kit priced at 12,999 yuan, or about $1,777, and comes with a stand, car charger, and other accessories. Luckily for folks, they have a more affordable 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage option for just 9,999 Yuan (about $1,367), but it's still significantly more expensive than last year's base model. It will be interesting to see how the nearly identical OnePlus Open differs from its Oppo sibling in terms of price or software.
