Description
Design
The first things we need to talk about foldable phones are the hinge mechanism that underpins their construction and Oppo’s done a great job with the Find N2 Flip. It has the latest-generation ‘Flexion Hinge’ features a system of cams to serve up an incredibly satisfying movement when you fold the phone open and shut, and the whole construction feels impressively solid. The N2 Flip has IP-certified water resistance of IPX4 compared to the Galaxy Z Flip 4’s IP68, it can withstand a spray of water, while Samsung’s best phones can all withstand full submersion up to a meter. The Find N2 Flip’s design was launched in two variants: textured Astral Black and glossy Moonlit Purple where as Flowing Gold remains a China-exclusive variant. When the phone is folded shut, the outer face of the hinge reflects a wave-style pattern that catches the light and adds extra interest, showcasing a level of polish and attention to detail that most devices lack. The N2 Flip is a little bigger, heavier, and thicker than most competitors in the market. It weighs 191 grams and is 7.45mm thin
Display
The Oppo Find N2 Flip flaunts a 6.8-inch 20:9 Full HD+ panel’s use of LTPO E6 AMOLED tech ensures sharp and vibrant visuals, with minimal brightness drop-off or color distortion when viewed off-axis, as well as support for a variable refresh rate from 1Hz to 120Hz, for greater power efficiency than a fixed-refresh panel. The display has a peak brightness of 1,600 nits. It’s great for enjoying media and offers one of the nicest user experiences of any clamshell foldable displays currently out there. The cover display is bigger than any other clamshell foldable phone on market. It can handle obvious tasks – like acting as a viewfinder when snapping selfies with the phone’s primary camera – to obscure.
Software
The Find N2 Flip featured the latest Android 13, dressed in Oppo’s own ColorOS 13 user experience. It has some first-party Oppo apps that are copies of some of Google’s native apps. In addition, it has quick access to split-screen multitasking via a three-finger swipe gesture, a universally-accessible Smart Sidebar, and floating window functionality all of which serve the display’s tall aspect ratio well and bolsters the phone’s productivity chops. There’s also a unique feature that is an interactive pet that stays on the lock screen, past the AoD. You get options of five animals and they’ll be doing something different every time you wake up the cover screen and tapping on the animal will make it react in some way. There are many useful tools within the settings menu if you want full control over your Find N2 Flip. The features are wide-ranging but generally carried over from previous ColorOS versions. A host of screen-on and screen-off gestures are available, the Smart Sidebar is a handy pane of shortcuts you pull from the side, and split-screen and Flexible windows are available.
Performance
The Find N2 Flip runs by the Dimensity 9000+, a high-end Mediatek chipset manufactured on a 4nm process. It boasts a CPU that’s very similar to the one inside the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 that the Galaxy Z Flip4 and the Razr 2022 use and a Mali-G710 MC10 GPU. You will get several RAM and storage options starting from 8GB/256GB up to 16GB/512GB. RAM is LPDDR5 and storage is UFS 3.1. The one thing Oppo has tried to tailor the experience to the unique qualities of a foldable like the Find N2 Flip is connectivity thanks to Bluetooth 5.3 and WiFi 6 and N2 Flip also supports eSIM with simultaneous dual 5G SIM support.
Camera
It has a trio camera setting across the Find N2 Flip’s body, a 50MP primary and 8MP secondary ultrawide on the back, alongside a 32MP punch-hole front-facer, set into the top of the phone’s main display. The N2 Flip’s camera system is featured with a Sony IMX890 sensor, it is the same sensor you’ll find in OnePlus’ latest flagship, the OnePlus 11, and although here it’s supported by Oppo’s dedicated MariSilicon X imaging NPU for image processing. The large cover display makes it quick and easy to snap selfies, portrait shots or shoot video using the phone’s primary sensors without having to open the phone up. Conversely, you can be snapping normally but give your subject an idea of the final image you’re capturing, with the cover screen preview feature.
Battery Life
One of the best features of the Oppo Find N2 Flip is its battery and charging credentials. The Oppo is powered by a bombastic 4,300mAh cell that should boast superior longevity and supports 44W charging which has the speed of charging up to 50% in 23 minutes and 100% in under an hour.
