Oppo Find N5 review

Design, build quality, handling

The exquisite design is probably the highlight of the Oppo Find N5. First and foremost, the phone is very thin. We believe it is the thinnest foldable to date. It only measures 8.93 mm and just 4.21mm when closed. That is insanely thin. While closed, the Find N5 feels like a regular "slab" phone, perhaps with a case on and when open, it is in a league of its own.

Despite its thin profile, the Find N5 feels very solid and well-made. There is practically no flex to the body and no hollowness, either. The hinge is nothing short of an engineering marvel. It is called a Titanium Flexion Hinge, and Oppo is marketing it as having a 26% smaller size and 36% superior rigidity. We aren't sure exactly what these numbers are based on and what Oppo is comparing to, but the hinge is very impressive. It offers a smooth motion with equal tension and a satisfying snap at both ends. It also lays out the display impressively flat with a minimal crease.

Speaking of the display crease, it really is very hard to spot. It is not impossible; it is still very much there and can be felt with a finger. However, Oppo has done a stellar job reducing it in every possible way. The official claim is that it is 10% narrower and 50% shallower.

Circling back to construction and materials, the phone is decently light for this form factor, tipping the scale at 229 grams. Yet, there is no shortage of premium materials in its build. The bigger chink of the phone's body and frame is made from 7000 series aluminum and carbon fiber. The outside display is protected by a nanocrystal glass that promises to be 20% stronger. With a stronger anti-shock film, the inner display is also stronger (70%).

The Find N5 is available in a couple of colors: Cosmic Black and Misty White.

The Find N5 also offers impressive ingress protection. IPX6 + IPX8 + IPX9, to be precise, the last of which might just be a world-first for a foldable.

The Find N5 has a pretty standard button layout when folded. You get a volume rocker and a power button/fingerprint reader combo on the right-hand side. These are convenient enough to use but are a bit high up on the frame, which is our biggest complaint. You also get an alert slider, which ends up on the right-hand side next to the volume rocker when the phone is closed.

Oppo Find N5

The fingerprint reader is of the traditional capacitive variety and is very fast and accurate.

There are no visible sensors around either the inner display or the cover screen. The sensors are hidden away underneath the panels. And indeed, both displays have an accompanying proximity sensor and light sensor, as it should be on any good foldable.