Oppo Find N5 review: the final evolution of foldables
Oppoas Find N5 feels like the end game for foldable phones. Not because itas make or break for a segment of the phone market that never quite took off like manufacturers hoped it would, but because I simply donat know where we go from here. Thereas scarcely room to make the phone thinner without ditching USB-C entirely; battery life, performance, and even cameras are now on par with other flagship phones; and this time, Oppo even managed to fit wireless charging and water resistance in, too. This is what we were promised all along. Now what?
Hardware and camerasItas hard to see how the hardware improves much further. At 8.93mm thick when closed, this is the thinnest foldable in the world, shaving almost half a millimeter off the previous record holder, Honoras Magic V3. Itas just 4.21mm thin when itas open, which proves thereas still space to trim a Huaweias trifold Mate XT runs to just 3.6mm a but weare close to at least one hard physical limit. Oppo told me it had to customize the USB-C port to fit it into a phone this thin. Thereas only a hairas breadth of metal on the portas outer edge. If foldable phones are going to get meaningfully thinner …