The Find N encounters a fork in the road
Whenever foldable phones are mentioned, the first company most people think of is Samsung. Last year, however, Oppo made headlines because of a foldable it made – the Oppo Find N, which was China-only. It wasn’t a direct copy of the Galaxy Fold, unlike most foldable phones coming out then, but rather, it came in a unique, shorter and wider form factor that many preferred to what Samsung had. This effectively meant you could use it as a standard form-factor smartphone when closed, instead of having to use a weird, ultra-tall aspect ratio. Now, it looks like Oppo is preparing a few follow-ups, and this time it’s going right after Samsung.
According to a new report from Pricebaba (via 9to5Google), Oppo is working on launching two foldable phones this fall, splitting the Find N line in half, much like Samsung’s Galaxy Z series. One of the devices would be the Oppo Find N Fold, which would likely be a follow-up to the Find N launched last year. The other would be the Find N Flip and it would be a clamshell device similar to the Galaxy Z Flip 4 that just launched.
Both devices have reportedly been registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (via Pricebaba), meaning we may see them outside of China this time around.
Otherwise, we don’t really know much about these phones. We can expect them to launch with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 if they want to try to compete with Samsung’s phones internationally – Indian blogger Yogesh Brar has indicated this – and maybe great cameras to surpass them. It would be great if the Oppo Find N Fold also kept its wider design that many people loved in the Find N last year.
Of course, we’re speculating on very few concrete details at the moment, but we assume things will change once we get closer to the announcement date.
