The world’s thinnest foldable phone doesn’t come cheap

Oppo has launched the Find N5, the thinnest foldable phone in the world. It’s launching in markets worldwide, including across Europe and Asia, at $2,499 SGD (about $1,867 USD). That’s more expensive than either the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 or Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold in Singapore, though comparable once you adjust for storage. There won’t be any US release at all though, as sister brand OnePlus has already confirmed that it has no plans to launch a foldable phone this year. The Find N5 is slimmer than any rival foldable, so long as you measure it when closed. At 8.93mm it’s thinner than the previous record holder, last year’s Honor Magic V3, and less than a millimeter thicker than an iPhone 16 Pro. Open the phone up and it’s just 4.21mm at its thinnest point — so thin that Oppo told me it had to customize the USB-C port to even fit — though measured this way it is fractionally thicker than Huawei’s 3.6mm trifold Mate XT, which also got a global launch this week. The phone has IPX6, X8 ... Read full article.