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OPPO announced the Find N2 earlier today, alongside its sibling, the Find N2 Flip. The OPPO Find N2 is a direct successor to the Find N from last year. It’s a new and improved version, and quite frankly it feels even better to use than its predecessor did. We’ve received a sample of the Find N2 a couple of days ago, so we didn’t have plenty of time with the device yet. Still, we did have some time to form our initial opinion, and get a good feel of what the Find N2 has to offer. In this article, I’ll focus on the phone’s design/hardware more than anything else, I’ll leave most of the other details for the full review.
The OPPO Find N2 is A LOT lighter than its predecessor
First and foremost, the OPPO Find N2 is a lot lighter than its predecessor. It weighs 233 grams (vegan leather model) / 237 grams (glass back model). Considering that its predecessor was 275 grams heavy, this is a huge improvement. And yes, you will feel the difference in the hand. For full disclosure, I’ve used the variant with a Vegan Leather backplate, so the lighter of the two models. The Find N2 is also thinner than its predecessor. It measures 14.6mm when closed, and 7.4mm when open. The Find N measures 15.9mm when closed, and 8mm when open. That’s also a difference you’ll notice, and it’s amazing OPPO managed to cut down so much in such a compact body. The use of carbon fiber helped with both quality and weight when it comes to the Find N2 build.
It feels really comfortable to hold, which is a rarity when it comes to this type of foldables
The OPPO Find N2 has flatter sides than its predecessor, and it feels really comfortable to hold. The sides do have chamfered edges, by the way. Opening and closing the device feels great. The all-new hinge is used here, and it feels really sturdy during operation, it locks the phone into place properly. You can even open it in both 45-degree and 125-degree angles, additionally, if you want. OPPO uses a brand new Flexion hinge here, the company managed to reduce the number of parts from 138 to 100, which is also quite a feat of engineering. All of that didn’t impact the crease in a negative way either. The crease is now even less noticeable than before, and the Find N was great in that regard. It’s much less noticeable than on the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and HONOR Magic Vs, for example, both of which I used quite recently.
OPPO included two 120Hz OLED displays here
The bezels are also quite thin, and there’s a slight curve on the right side of the cover display, just to make it easier for you to swipe around. It’s a welcomed addition, that’s for sure, and it was there on the original as well. The main display does not feel plasticky under your fingers or anything of the sort, using it is a pleasure. Both displays are actually 120Hz panels, which is something you’ll notice. Both displays also get quite bright, and the colors are vivid. Trust me, these displays are more than good enough.
The phone’s main display measures 7.1 inches, and it’s not a portrait display, like it is on the Galaxy Z Fold 4. It has an aspect ratio of 9.6:9, so it leans towards the horizontal orientation. Why is this important? Well, there’s no need to rotate your phone when watching videos or anything of the sort. The cover display measures 5.54 inches, and both displays have a 480Hz touch sampling rate. That’s also something you’ll notice if your current phone has a low touch sampling rate.
The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 keeps the phone running smoothly
The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 keeps everything running smoothly, and there’s also plenty of RAM here. The power consumption is also quite good, that’s also something the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is great at. I’m not going to talk about battery details here, I’ll leave that for the review, but the numbers are quite good here. I’ve managed to fully recharge the phone in about 40 minutes thanks to 67W charging. Oh, and yes, the charger is included in the package. Wireless charging is not supported, though.
The software is still made for China here, though, unfortunately. OPPO did not know whether the phone will launch globally when I talked to them, but for the time being, there are no plans to make it global. The OPPO Find N2 Flip will be coming to global markets, though. I managed to install Google Play Services on the Find N2, and they work fine, so I will be reviewing the device.
It feels like a quality product through and through
I did take some pictures with the device, but nowhere near enough to make any conclusions. That’ll have to wait for the full review as well. All in all, the OPPO Find N2 feels like a considerable improvement over its predecessor, which is a great thing. This is what a folding phone should feel like. It should be compact when folded, and spacious when unfolded. Out of all the folding phones I’ve used thus far, only OPPO managed to get the hardware right thus far, at least in my opinion.
