4.2 mm: Oppo prepares extremely thin foldable research n5 in front of 17 comments
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At OPPO, February 20 is the announcement of the N5 foldable smartphone research, which is based on a spilled depth of only 4.2mm in the open state, the thinnest foldable smartphone. The Discovery N5 could also form the basis of the successor to the OnePlus Open.
According to Oppo, the “global launch” has set the manufacturer for 12 German hours on February 20. However, the smartphone is presented in Singapore. Asia is also expected to be the chosen N5 research market at the start. Oppo still no longer offers smartphones or other products in Germany, although they are also allowed to be offered again in this country. The X8 Pro (test) search should start again shortly and announce the return to the German market.
Finding N5 should only measure 4.2mm
Via Oppo’s official According to rumors, the smartphone half should only measure 4.2mm when opened, so a total of 8.4mm build depth can be assumed – excluding the cameras.
Oppo finds N5 (Bild: Oppo)
Thinner than Honor v3
This would make the Search N5 a bit thinner than the Honor V3, which depending on the back material comes in at 4.35 or 4.4mm. The honor smartphone measures 9.2 or 9.3 mm closed. Thin currently only builds the Huawei Mate However, the Mate
Oppo confirms IPX9 certification
The IPX9 certification is already confirmed by the official team, so the N5 research also offers protection against water in case of high pressure jet / steam cleaning. According to the statement, however, it does not appear to be protected against dust ingress, while for example Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 (test) relies on the IP48 standard, so solid foreign bodies with a diameter of ≥ 1.0 mm and Protection against permanent immersion are offered.
Folding compared to Samsung
Speaking of Samsung: The Galaxy Z Fold 6 also serves OPPO for a comparison with your own N5 search, with which you should show that a fold can be seen in the panel. A side view can also be seen in Oppo.
Snapdragon 8 Elite with one less nore P
On the technical side, the Snapdragon 8 elite is to be used in a new edition with five instead of six performance cores. The Snapdragon 8 elite is generally two performance cores Prime and Six based on Oryon-2 cores, and one of the performance cores is to be eliminated in the N5 research.
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