OPPO Find N2 was released on December 15th, which happened to be the first anniversary of the release of the original Find N. The selling points of
's new phone are its 233g weight, which is lighter than some candy bar flagships, the only "small large foldable", Samsung E6 screen inside and outside, and 3GHz Snapdragon 8+. It makes up for all the regrets of the previous generation, but the wireless charger is removed to control the weight.
Find N2 cancels the 8+256 version, the 12+256 version is 7999 yuan, and the 16+512 version is 8999 yuan.
specifications
3.0GHz Snapdragon 8+, LPDDR5 memory + UFS 3.1 flash memory. 4520mAh battery + 67W fast charging. 0809X-axis motor, side fingerprint.
unfolds 132.2x140.5x7.4mm and folds 132.2x72.6x14.6mm, which is 1.3mm thinner than the previous generation. Cloud white and pine green are AG glass back covers, weighing 237g. The plain black leather back cover weighs 233g (iPhone 12/13/14 Pro Max weighs 226g, 238g, 240g respectively)
Both internal and external screens are Samsung E6 120Hz AMOLED flexible screen , default 130Hz touch, peak 240Hz
inner screen 7.1-inch upper left corner punch hole, 1920×1792 120Hz LTPO, 8.4:9, 370 PPI, full screen peak 1200 nits, partial peak 1550 nits, with UTG glass.
The external screen slightly increased by 0.1 inches to 5.54 inches, 120Hz, 2120x1080, 429 PPI, full screen peak 1000 nits , partial 1350 nits, 7th generation Gorilla Glass cover.
camera with Mariana 1/1.56, 1μm, F1.8, 6P lens
4800W IMX581 115-degree ultra-wide angle, 1/2, 0.8μm, F2.2, support focus, 6P lens
3200W IMX709 2x telephoto, 1/2.74, RGBW, F2.0, 6P lens
Appearance
The entire unboxing process demonstrates the nobility of a folding screen flagship starting at 7,999 yuan.
Find N2 maintains the Awesome packaging of the previous generation. During the process of opening the box, the phone will be lifted up by the bracket, and the charger/data cable are all packaged in a black box.
didn’t just give it a mobile phone case and charger, but it also came with a lens cleaning cloth. It was so unenvironmentally friendly. Cook shook his head when he saw it.
charging head is a 67W VCB7CACH, manufactured by Dongguan Youhu OEM, modified A port, with a maximum output of 11V 6.1A.
cloud white and pine green are AG glass back covers, weighing 237g. Plain black is a plain leather back cover, 233g. Personally, I recommend AG glass.
The white first-generation Find N and the pine green Find N2 ↓
Find N, Find N2, Find X5 Pro ↑
The "soap with many details" feeling of the previous generation is gone. Find N2 is much more business-like and tough.
Find N2's main camera seesaw is more serious, with small vertical edges and narrow bezels. However, after the body becomes thinner, the comfortable single-sided curved transition and single curved external screen of the previous generation are gone.
40g weight reduction brings a very obvious improvement in feel, you can understand it by looking at the data:
Find N2 folded state 132.2x72.6x14.6mm, 233g/237g weight
first generation Find N folded state is 132.6x73x15.9mm, 275g weight
iPhone 13 mini is 131.5x64.2x7.65mm, 140g
iPhone 14 is 146.7x71.5x7.8mm, and 172g
Find N2 is just like stacking two iPhone minis with shells on top of each other. It is now only a little wider than iPhone 14, and is the only "true small screen flagship" of domestic Android.
external amplifier: speakers are all at the bottom, and the speaker quality is OK. When facing the screen, the left side is the 1115J of Goertek , and the right side is the AAC 1116E. The physical volume is a little different, and the sound field will be a little to the right.
vibration: AAC's 0809 X-axis motor is really a very familiar motor. The strength is okay and the tightness is average.
fingerprint : Still a side fingerprint, the speed and recognition rate are normal. This year, the power button and volume button are placed on the same side, so the folded state is less confusing. But the volume button is placed a bit high, and you have to move your posture to press it.
Creases and hovering
In terms of folding and opening feel, I personally prefer the thick/solid feel of the first generation, but this generation supports more hovering angles and can be fixed from 35 to 145 degrees (the previous generation will slowly close if it is less than 60 degrees).
Find N2, Find N↑ (note the left border and chin)
Find N2, Find N↑
Find N2, Find N↑
Find The anti-reflective coating added to N2 makes the blackness darker when the screen is turned off. Under indoor lighting, I could see my face clearly before, but now I can only see a silhouette.
The creases have changed from "multiple shallow creases" to "a slightly deeper but narrower crease". This generation of Find N2 is still the folding screen phone with the best crease control, maybe no one else.
true top screen
Find N2 internal screen professional mode sRGB color accuracy
Find N2 internal screen theater mode P3 color accuracy
Find N2 external screen professional mode sRGB color accuracy
Find N2 internal and external screens are both Samsung E6 120Hz AMOLED flexible screen, default 130Hz touch, peak 240Hz
inner screen 7.1-inch upper left corner punch hole, 1920×1792 120Hz LTPO, 8.4:9, 370PPI, full screen peak 1200 nits, partial peak 1550 nits, with UTG glass.
external screen slightly increased by 0.1 inches to 5.54 inches, 120Hz, 2120x1080, 429PPI, full screen peak 1000 nits, partial 1350 nits, 7th generation Gorilla Glass cover.
Except for the lack of DC-like or high-frequency PWM dimming, Find N2’s internal and external screens perform very well. The brightness of
is very sufficient: the full white excitation brightness of the internal and external screens of exceeds 910 nits, and the internal screen even has 948 nits.
has excellent uniformity: when the manual maximum brightness of is reached, the four-corner brightness of the outer screen is 458/459/459/458 nits, and the four-corner brightness of the inner screen is 495/499/492/499 nits.
The color accuracy of Find N2’s internal screen has surpassed that of Find X5 Pro. The color accuracy of the external screen is slightly weaker, but it is also at the top flagship level.
Performance and heat
Find N2 This is the 3.0GHz Snapdragon 8+, with LPDDR5 memory + UFS 3.1 flash memory. The CPU performance of
is really very similar to that of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The multi-core performance is better than that of Snapdragon 888 and slightly inferior to Dimensity 8200. GPU performance is almost the same as Snapdragon 8+. The random reading and writing of flash memory is slightly weaker than that of competitor Snapdragon 8+ models.
The room temperature is 20.1 degrees. The Find N2 used the external screen for 20 minutes to play " Peace Elite " (HDR high definition + extreme frame rate + anti-aliasing). The highest temperature was on the back, 34.1 degrees. Because it is a folding screen, the front is completely separated from the heat source, only 29.2 degrees.
The room temperature is 21 degrees. Find N2 used the internal screen for 20 minutes to play "Peace Elite" (HDR high definition + extreme frame rate + anti-aliasing). The highest temperature this time was on the front, 33.9 degrees. has better heat control.
room temperature 20 degrees, unfolded state, using the internal screen, performance mode, 200 nits brightness, Find N2 was tested in 3DMark Wild Life Ulimited, the stability was 71%; in the Wild Life Extreme Ulimited test, the stability was 74.5%.
At first, we thought that the performance would be better if we used the internal screen oven. However, we found that at 200 nits, the power consumption of the internal screen was significantly greater than that of the external screen, and the stability of the external screen oven was actually higher. The highest temperature in the
process is on the right side of the inner screen, at the corresponding position of SoC, 46.6 degrees. The thermal stability of is generally better than that of , but for folding screen devices without vapor chambers, it is actually not as stable.
Battery life and charging
4520mAh battery, 200 nits screen brightness , after 30 minutes of "Peace Elite" (H DR high-definition + extreme frame rate + anti-aliasing), 30 minutes of Bilibili 1080P video playback, 30 minutes of Weibo short video, 30 minutes each of Wi-Fi and 5G surfing , after a total of 2.5 hours of battery life testing, the remaining power was 78% in pure external screen mode and 75% in pure internal screen mode.
Good news/High EQ: The battery life of the internal screen is okay, even catching up with some Snapdragon 8+ mobile phones with 1080P+ screens.
Bad news/Low EQ: Although the external screen is small, the battery life is not as good as expected, but only the same as vivo X90, failed to reach the top
4520mAh battery + 67W fast charge, mid-to-lower range in 67W.
The previous generation 33W battery took 55 minutes to fully charge, but Find N2 can charge 10%-20% more power at each time point, which has opened up an era.
photo comparison
has a separate photo comparison, here are some sample photos.
OPPO Find N2 has Mariana IMX581 115-degree ultra-wide angle, 1/2, 0.8μm, F2.2, support focus, 6P lens
3200W IMX709 2x telephoto, 1/2.74, RGBW, F2.0, 6P lens
iQOO 11 has a V2 chip
The main camera is still GN5+OIS, 5000W, 1/1.57'', 1μm, F1.88, 6P lens
Ultra wide angle 800W, OV08D, 1.12μm, 1/4, F2.2, 16mm 5P lens
2x portrait telephoto 1300W, S5K3L6, 1.12μm, 1/3, 50mm, F2.46, 5P lens
Reno9 Pro+ also has Mariana X NPU:
front 3200W Sony IMX709, RGBW, F2.4, supports autofocus, 5P lens
main camera 5000W, IMX890, 1/1.56, 1μm, F1.8+OIS, 6P lens
800W super wide angle, 120-degree field of view, F2.2. With 200W macro
ultra wide angle 1, global and central magnification comparison
ultra wide angle 2, global and central magnification comparison
ultra Wide-angle 3, Comparison of global and central magnification
"2x zoom"1, Comparison of global and central magnification
"2x zoom" 2, Comparison of global and central magnification
"5 "X zoom", global and central magnification comparison
main camera comparison 1, global and central magnification
main camera comparison 2, global and central magnification
main camera comparison 3, global and central magnification
main camera comparison 4, global and central magnification
main camera comparison 5, global and central magnification
The ranking in people's minds is as follows:
Find The multi-camera consistency of N2 and the main camera night scene still have OTA space. No one can close the gap in the main camera, but the ultra-wide-angle hardware wins too much.
Under the current firmware, the Find N2 ultra-wide-angle has a tendency to have dark metering, but unfortunately the specifications are 2 or 3 stops stronger. Even if it is underexposed, the dynamics and details in the dark areas are obviously stronger, but it is not very pleasing at first glance. The RGBW 2x telephoto has a white balance that tends to be bluish and colder, and the daytime details are not as good as the 1.12μm telephoto of iQOO 11 (iQOO should use the "shaking music algorithm" to have stronger details). Its theoretical advantage should be that it can be used in slightly weak light situations, but I didn't take a sample of the lighting scene because I was lazy, so I will make up for it when I have the opportunity. The white balance and metering of the main camera are relatively stable. does not sharpen very much, and the picture is natural, retaining some noise. The highlight suppression cannot beat the blue factory, ranging from "55 open" to a small loss.
iQOO 11, 800W ultra-wide angle + heavy-handed sharpening results in poor details, and the night scene is also very average, but the contrast, saturation and color are pleasing. The 2x telephoto hardware is average, but the "Shake Music" algorithm is good and the detail performance is significantly better than expected. The sharpening and smearing of the main camera is really too hard, the details are half a notch weaker, and the blue factory is old and traditional.
Reno9 Pro+, the main camera is more balanced than the Find N2 with the firmware at that time. Except for highlight suppression, it is really "50-50" with iQOO 11.The ultra-wide-angle HDR clearly brightens the dark parts and makes the picture contrast low, but it retains more details during the day than iQOO. There is no telephoto, the whole process is 2x cropping, and anything above 2x is a loss.
system and use
OPPO also like vivo, expand and directly display two pages of desktop, this logic is much more comfortable.
webpage, B station APP
chicken
Short videos with different proportions
Nearly square screen view↑
iPad mini 6 (8.3 inches), OPPO Find N (7.1 inches), another instant noodle cover Kindle Oasis (7 inches)
iPhone 12 mini (5.4 inches), OPPO Find N (7.1 inches), iPhone 13 Pro (6.1 inches) and 12 Pro Max (6.7 inches)
Because the size and resolution of the internal screen have not changed at all, I just used the size comparison between the previous generation and other devices.
wants to know the display size of the foldable screen for watching videos. You can get a rough idea by looking at the length of the long side of the fuselage when unfolded. When N2 is expanded, it is not long enough for iPhone. In fact, when watching 18:9 online videos, the video area will be half the length of a finger shorter than iPhone 13/14 Pro Max.
can trigger "hover space" by folding the machine on the home page (as long as it is not closed directly). Flow saving is a mode that “forces the lower half of the screen to be used as a touchpad” and is mainly used when taking photos, listening to music, watching videos, and exercising. The idea is good, but there are not many supported apps, and if we have to turn the machine 90 degrees, our own usage rate is close to 0, so there will be no more beeps...
When the system is split-screen, it can automatically determine based on the position of the three-finger swipe gesture, whether to capture one side of the app or capture the full screen. This solution, elegant!
In the large screen state, you can directly turn the current window into a medium-sized floating window by pinching with 4 or 5 fingers, just like iPad. The maximize and close buttons on the floating window can also be hidden in simple mode.
Although the official has excellent multi-column adaptation examples such as Xiaohongshu, there are also adaptations for silhouettes, CAD, and WPS can even double-open files. But to be honest, the current Android/Apple tablet ecosystem is really not good enough, and there are still many, many improvements that need to be made.
Find N2’s 8.4:9 nearly square internal screen, what I like most is that it allows you to “forget about rotating the phone”, and it can be directly unfolded to be the most suitable state for watching videos. But this also makes the internal screen have higher requirements for application adaptation, and the information density of non-adaptive applications is really frustrating.
As for support for stylus ? It is a good technology, and it is also a good decision not to force it to be installed. Stop playing around, if you really want to draw, find a real tablet.
Summary
Find N has attracted some iPhone mini users. Because the Find N series is the Android version of the iPhone mini replacement, and it is the only replacement:
Find N2 folded state 132.2x72.6x14.6mm, 233g/237g
first generation Find N folded state 132.6x73x15.9mm, 275g
iPhone 13 mini is 131.5x64.2x7.65mm, 140g
iPhone 14 is 146.7x71.5x7.8mm, 172g
In front of them, iPhone 14 looks so "giant" and holding hands. “I hope OPPO will release half of Find N” is the biggest wish of this group of users.
In the past year, the entire folding screen industry has really made rapid progress. The intergenerational improvement of the Find N series is second only to Xiaomi MIX Fold (after all, none of its competitors have such a low starting point).
If Find N is the target user originally, then Find N2 is a perfect complement (except for the wireless charging which was abandoned due to the 3g weight difference). The weight, external screen, SoC, camera, and charging, which have a great impact on daily use, have all been improved across generations, while the internal screen, crease, and system have been slightly improved to a certain extent. The price of the mid-range version remains unchanged, and the price of the top version remains the same but comes with 4GB more memory, which is indeed very sincere.
folding screens will never become mainstream, they are more likely to become a high-end flagship alongside imaging flagships. Its final stable proportion may be around 10% at most. The turning point may be after and Apple follow up. At that time, the trend may change from "flashy" to "the industrial revolution of mobile phones."
