Oppo Find N2 Flip review

Introduction :

Everyone and their grandma had a flip phone in the early 2000s. It’s a bigger deal in the smartphone age because it now involves bending the display. No surprise, then, that Oppo chose that moniker for its first internationally sold foldable, the Find N2 Flip, which we have for you today.

The Find N2 Flip joins the Find N2 proper to create a duo similar to the Galaxies Flip and Fold situation as part of Oppo’s second generation of widely available foldables. The large(ish) Find N2 stays exclusive to its home market, but the N2 Flip goes global and competes with the Z Flip4 in the Flips battle.

The Find N2 Flip is similar to the Galaxy, but it departs from it in a few key areas. The most notable feature is the 3.26″ cover display, which offers up more possibilities and use cases than the Galaxy’s tiny 1.9″ display. It’s even larger than the 2.7″ outer screen of the Motorola Razr 2022.

Camera quality :

The remaining bits are more tightly spaced. The Oppo’s rather ordinary camera system outperforms the Galaxy in terms of primary resolution (50MP vs. 12MP), but its ultrawide isn’t as excellent (8MP vs. 12MP). The camera setup on the Razr 2022 is the most capable of the three, with a 50MP primary and a 13MP ultrawide with AF. The Find, on the other hand, appears to have the highest-specced selfie camera of the three – for what it’s worth on a device that doesn’t strictly require a’selfie’ camera.

The Find N2 Flip’s foldable display has a 6.8-inch diagonal, which is similar to the other two, though the figures may be misleading when it comes to handling – more on that on the next page. The Find’s charging specifications promise some of the fastest top-ups in the category, and the N2 Flip has the largest battery among its peers. Stereo speakers go without saying, but it’s worth noting that the Galaxy Flip is still the only one with a true IPX8 classification – the Find isn’t water proof, at least not officially.

Design & build quality :

The Find N2 Flip sticks to the standard form factor for the’small’ branch of foldables, which includes the Galaxy Z Flip4, Motorola Razr 2022, and Huawei P50 Pocket. When unfolded, the handset is the size of a big conventional smartphone, shrinking to less than a carton of cigarettes when in’storage’ mode.

One of the most obvious benefits of the Find N2 Flip over the Galaxy Z Flip4 becomes apparent in this state: there is no visible gap between the two halves. To be honest, the Oppo isn’t unique in this regard; every foldable except the Galaxy folds flat, while only Samsung’s designs collapse into a wedge shape.

While the shape and size of models in the compact foldable segment are generally the same, each has its own interpretation of design and looks, as well as functionality – the majority of which are closely related to the outer screen implementation.

The Oppo has the largest cover display of the current crop of small-size foldables, which brings the most utility potential (though, as we’ll discuss in the software section, this isn’t always realised). It also implies a large black window on the device’s back, which may not be to everyone’s liking.

Largest cover screen, excellent interior screen :

The Find N2 Flip improves on the ‘classic’ clamshell folding design. A large bendy panel on the inside expands to a normal smartphone size, while a smaller cover screen on the outside attempts to handle lighter tasks and serves as a camera viewfinder in some special use cases.

However, this Flip forges its own route with the largest cover display ever seen on a handset of this size. According to the figures, it takes up just under half the space of the folded phone, but it’s more than that. At 3.26 inches in diagonal, it provides a 28.4cm² area (not accounting for the rounded corners), which is appreciably more than the next biggest, the Razr 2022 (2.7″, 22.3cm²). The Oppo’s 382x720px resolution in a 17:9 aspect ratio results in a low-ish 250ppi pixel density, whereas the Razr has 364ppi. In comparison, the Z Flip4’s 1.9-inch monitor (9.4cm2, 302ppi) is quite small.

Display quality :

On the inside, you’ll find a 6.8-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1080x2520px (21:9 aspect, 403ppi pixel density). This one has a highest refresh rate of 120Hz (the cover only has a standard 60Hz), HDR10+ support, and a claimed brightness of 1200nits in high-brightness mode.

We measured 1039nits of brightness in bright ambient circumstances with the auto brightness toggle turned on. That falls a little short of the target, but we don’t believe it makes it any less impressive. With the auto mode turned off, the Find N2 Flip’s maximum brightness is 547nits, which is a pretty standard result.

When it counts, Oppo’s Flip is brighter than Samsung’s Flip in strong ambient light. Under the same circumstances, the Razr matches the Find, while the Huawei P50 Pocket tops out at 800-ish nits.

Oppo Find N2 Flip battery life :

The battery capacity of the Oppo Find N2 Flip is listed at 4,300mAh, which gives it a considerable advantage over other devices with the same form factor. The Galaxy Z Flip4, for example, is powered by a 3,700mAh battery, up from a 3,300mAh unit in earlier generations. The Motorola Razr 2022’s battery capacity is even lower than the Flip4’s, at 3,500mAh, and only the Huawei P50 Pocket, with its 4,000mAh cell, gets close to the Oppo’s.

When it comes to how efficiently capacity turns into longevity, there are a lot of variables at play, so we were curious to see if the Find could fulfil the promise it makes on its specsheet.

In the phone test, things were going well. The Find N2 Flip’s time of 27:05h puts it comfortably clear of the P50 Pocket and far ahead of the Moto. The Z Flip4, on the other hand, was suitable for six hours of chit chat. In terms of standby power draw, the Oppo outlasted both the Razr and the Pocket by a wide margin, and it matched the Galaxy Z Flip4 (but didn’t outlast it in that measure despite its larger battery). Finally, the Oppo’s Dimensity 9000+ processor may be to blame, as it appears to be less effective in standby or voice calls than the Galaxy’s Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor.

Charging speed :

The Find N2 Flip can charge at up to 44W, which is an unusual figure for the lineup. Indeed, our review device came with a 67W adapter, which was also included in the Find N2 non-box. Flip’s In practise, charging peaked at 36W, which we believe is near enough to the spec.

The charging speed findings we obtained were marginally faster than the Galaxy Z Flip4 in both the 30-minute and time to 100% metrics, though the Huawei P50 Pocket was marginally faster than the Oppo. The Razr 2022 is noticeably sluggish than the other two. Outside of clamshell foldables, the 62% in half an hour and 58 minutes to 100% aren’t spectacular, but they’re also not too terrible.