I Tested the Oppo Find N5, and This Is What a Foldable Should Feel Like

The Oppo Find N5 appears to have achieved what foldables have long strived for, at least from a design perspective: It’s ridiculously thin and feels like a normal phone when closed, with the added perk of a spacious, (almost) crease-less internal screen that’s easy to navigate.

Oppo’s latest foldable, unveiled Thursday, is being marketed as “the world’s thinnest book-style foldable when closed.” And indeed, it measures only 8.93mm thick when closed – which, for reference, is just slightly thicker than an iPhone 16. When open, it’s 4.21mm thick – so no, there’s no headphone jack. In fact, the phone is just thick enough to fit a USB-C port at the bottom, and the volume and power buttons on the right side are similarly slim. It’s priced at $2,499 Singapore dollars, which converts to roughly $1,870 (£1,482, AU$2,930).

Compared to other foldables, the Find N5 is thinner than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold, the Xiaomi Mix Fold 4, and even the Honor Magic V3. The Find N5 is also impressively lightweight at 229 grams, weighing 10g less than the Galaxy Z Fold 6. 

In my hand, the Find N5 truly feels like a standard phone when using the 6.62-inch cover screen. The size and layout are comparable to a nonfolding flat phone, and it feels natural to hold. It’s just slightly heavier than the iPhone 16 Pro Max, making it easy to forget I even have a foldable in my hand at times. The cover screen has a 120Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 2,450 nits.

When open, the Find N5’s display measures 8.12 inches. (By comparison, the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s inner screen measures 7.6 inches.) The internal screen also has a 120Hz refresh rate, and can reach a peak brightness of 2,100 nits. It features an antireflection film, which is helpful, especially with such a large display. 

Personally, compared to an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy S phone, I found colors on the Find N5’s displays to be slightly more muted on both the cover and internal screens. But that’s a high bar, and the overall display quality on the Find N5 is still nothing to sniff at; images remain sharp and the screen is comfortable to look at in both bright conditions and low light. 

Despite the larger real estate on both the cover and internal screens, the Find N5 is still easy to maneuver when unfolded (though I admittedly have bigger hands, giving me a slight advantage here). Holding the phone feels comfortable with either one hand or two thanks to that lightweight build. Split screen mode is helpful for multitasking and also makes it easier to reach both sides of the screen with each hand (If only I were ambidextrous…). 

One of the Find N5’s most impressive features is what it doesn’t have: a noticeable crease on the inner screen. I can hardly see it at all when the screen is on, and even when it’s off, it’s so minimal. The hinge is made of grade 5 titanium alloy, and there’s no awkward gap when the phone is folded. Opening and closing the phone feels seamless, and it doesn’t awkwardly catch at any point.

Oppo has also been touting the phone’s overall durability. The Find N5’s frame is made from aluminum alloy, which the company says adds a 30% increase in strength over the previous model. The cover display, which is made of nanocrystal glass, gets up to a 20% improvement in drop resistance and a 10% increase in scratch resistance – neither of which I’ve had to test firsthand yet, thankfully. 

In my hands, the phone feels sturdy despite its thinness; I don’t get the sense it’s going to bend, even when applying some pressure, and the hinge is stable. Even the internal screen doesn’t seem fragile, and I can tap away without worrying about how it’ll hold up. 

The Find N5 comes in two colors: cosmic black and misty white. The device I used was black, and it featured a matte backing that created the right amount of resistance when holding the phone, and meshed well with the smooth aluminum frame running along the edges.

How bulky is the camera bump? 

With such a slim build, there’s a lot of pressure riding on the camera module not to mess things up by being too bulky – and thankfully, it’s not. Oppo says it customized the entire camera system so as not to thwart its efforts in maintaining a thin design, while also supplying a solid camera. You’ll definitely notice the slightly beefy module, but the single glass cover across all lenses helps to smooth things over, and it doesn’t protrude too much from the phone’s backing. 

The Find N5 features a 50-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel ultrawide camera and a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto camera. The selfie cameras for both the cover and inner screens are 8 megapixels. 

I took the camera for a quick spin, and I’m impressed with the punchiness of colors and the precision of portrait mode. (Though if you tend to dislike more saturated images, this may not be your cup of tea.) Despite the overall brightness of colors and how well the phone lit up nighttime shots, images did tend to appear less sharp than what you might get with an iPhone, for instance. But there is a general smoothness you’ll get in exchange. 

The Find N5 can shoot 4K video at 60 frames per second, and footage is similarly punchy and smooth. 

Battery and processor

The Find N5 packs a 5,600-mAh battery, the largest yet on a Find N phone. It features 80-watt fast charging, as well as 50-watt wireless charging. It’s good to see that a slimmer build doesn’t necessarily mean skimping on battery capacity. 

Oppo says the Find N5 lasts for up to 25 hours of continuous video streaming. I managed to squeeze in a three-hour streaming test in which I played a YouTube video in full-screen mode at full brightness over Wi-Fi, after which the battery dropped from 100% to 89%, which is pretty solid. And in a charging test, the phone went from 0% to a full charge in just under an hour. 

The Find N5 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, which Oppo says improves CPU, GPU and AI performance by more than 40%. Indeed, that processor has brought noteworthy performance gains to other phones, such as the Galaxy S25 lineup and the OnePlus 13.

The Find N5 comes with 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM. 

Speaking of AI, you’ll get features like on-screen translations, document and call summaries, and photo editing tools like AI eraser and unblur. From my initial tests, the AI eraser does an impressive job removing objects and filling in the background, but unblur does what its name suggests only minimally, leading to subtle differences between the original and modified photos. Still, seeing these more practical and (usually) helpful AI applications is great.

The Find N5 also features Google’s Gemini AI tool and Circle to Search, one of my favorite phone features. With Circle to Search, you can easily find more information about anything on your (cover or internal) screen.

Overall thoughts

The Oppo Find N5 demonstrates that foldables don’t have to be bulky, awkward or fragile. With a rugged yet lightweight build, this phone feels natural to hold while closed and easy to manage when opened. So far, battery capacity doesn’t appear to take much of a hit in spite of its thin design, and super-fast charging is a big win. 

The camera is good but, based on my first impressions, not quite on par with other premium flagship phones from Apple and Samsung – but you’ll still get really well-lit shots both in the daytime and at night, and nice, punchy colors. 

Overall, the Find N5 does away with common foldable drawbacks like screen creases (for the most part), bulky hinges and an awkward front display. Instead, it offers a foldable that feels like what foldables have been trying to be all along: slick, intuitive and appealing.

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