Last year’s OPPO Find X was the first phone with a slider design. Unlike the Mi MIX 3 and the Honor Magic 2 which actually have two distinct halves sliding against each other, only a portion (of the frame) of the Find X actually moves. A new patent reveals OPPO may want to try its hand another slider phone with a slightly modified design.
The patent diagram shows the phone will have really thin bezels all around the display although the chin is a bit thicker. Based on the patent design, we think this is also a motorized slider and not a manual one. There are no two distinct halves sliding over each other like the Mi MIX 3, instead, about a quarter of the rear of the phone actually slides and when it does, it reveals the two front cameras.
This portion that moves also carries the rear cameras but they are not hidden when closed as you have on the Find X, so you don’t have a plain back when the slider is shut. There are two cameras on the back too and they are arranged vertically with an LED flash below the setup.
There isn’t a fingerprint scanner visible on any part of the phone. We think it has one under the display or OPPO might use only Face Unlock as it did with the Find X. There are volume control buttons on the left and a power button on the right.
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It is too early to say if this will be a member of the Find series if it does make it to the market or the F or R series. It might also be a future Reno phone. Nevertheless, we look forward to it becoming a real product.
