GoKawiilTL;DR OPPO has launched the Find N6 foldable phone in China.
The inner display’s crease can’t be felt with your finger, while it’s only faintly visible at certain angles.
The foldable phone also has a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, a 6,000mAh battery, and a 200MP Hasselblad main camera.
OPPO has been teasing the OPPO Find N6 in recent weeks, saying this foldable phone is the first to offer a so-called Zero-Feel Crease. Now, the waiting is over for some, as the Find N6 has been launched in China.
The imperceptible crease is the focus at launch, as OPPO claims people can use the 8.12-inch inner display “without the interruption of a crease.” For what it’s worth, I briefly tried the device and found that I couldn’t actually feel the crease. However, I noticed that it was faintly visible at certain angles. So it certainly seems like there’s some merit to the company’s claims. It also comes amid rumors that the iPhone Fold could adopt similar tech.
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The company attributes the Zero-Feel Crease to a second-generation titanium “Flexion” hinge with “3D Liquid Printing” technology. The latter process sees OPPO using laser scanning to detect “microscopic” surface irregularities in the hinge, with 3D-printed photopolymer droplets used to fill in these tiny gaps. The firm is also using so-called Auto-Smoothing Flex Glass tech to reduce crease formation over time by up to 82%.
In terms of durability, OPPO says the inner screen has received TUV certification to stay flat after 600,000 folds. Furthermore, the firm says the Find N6 has been certified by TUV to withstand one million fold cycles. Either way, these look like significant new benchmarks for foldable phones. And in a cool touch, OPPO says both screens support the firm’s AI Pen stylus. That’s a welcome move after the Galaxy Z Fold 7 dropped S Pen support.
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