With the launch of the OPPO Find N, another smartphone brand has entered the foldable phone market. Although, it remains to be seen how the Find N stacks up against established players like Samsung, which has seen great success with its Galaxy Z series. Earlier today (15th December 2021), the Find N was launched with a price tag much cheaper than its rival Galaxy Z Fold3, but does this mean that the Chinese brand is skipping out on features? Let’s find out.

OPPO Find N VS Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G

Design

Samsung has already received praises for its latest foldable smartphones that offer both notable specs and a premium design. Its Galaxy Z Fold3 is the top end model and offers a clean design with a minimal camera module. When folded, it becomes quite compact but thicker as well, which is also the case for the Find N. But while Samsung had focused on ensuring a sleek and protected experience with IPX8 waterproof rating, Oppo went for an improved hand feel approach. The company placed an emphasis on user’s overall experience while using the device. It arrives with an ergonomic design, display that stays crease free for at least 5 years, and the handy FlexForm mode that even ties in with the camera app, thanks to its new Flexion hinge mechanism.

Display

Talking about the Galaxy Z Fold3 first, it sports a 7.6 inch primary AMOLED display that has a 2K resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate, and HDR10+ certification. Its external screen is a 6.2 inch AMOLED, which also features LTPO technology. On the other hand, the Find N offers a 7.1 inch E5 AMOLED panel that has an odd 1792 x 1920px resolution for its squarish internal display that supports 120Hz adaptive refresh rate and TÜV Rheinland certification as well. The external display is a 5.49 inch AMOLED panel, but notably, both the internal and external panel feature a punch hole selfie camera.

Specs & Software

In terms of specs and software, both smartphone are quite similar. The Find N and Galaxy Z Fold3 5G feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC along with UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5 RAM. But the Find N starts from an 8GB+256GB model, while the Galaxy counterpart starts from a higher 12GB+256GB configuration. However, both models top at 12GB RAM + 512GB internal storage. The South Korean tech giant’s foldable phone runs One UI 3.1 based on Android 11, while the Find N runs ColorOS 12 that is also based on Android 11 OS.

Camera

For photography, the OPPO Find N might have a clear edge over the more expensive Galaxy Z Fold3. It sports a triple camera setup on the rear, which comprises of a 50 megapixel Sony IMX 766 primary camera, 16 megapixel ultra wide angle lens, and a 13 megapixel telephoto shooter. Both the external and internal display also offer a 32 megapixel punch hole selfie shooter as well. Meanwhile, Samsung offers the Galaxy Z Fold3 with a triple camera module that is similar to the previous generation. In other words, you get a three 12 megapixel sensors for the primary, ultra wide angle, and telephoto sensors. The selfie shooter is housed underneath the primary display and includes a 4 megapixel main and 10 megapixel wide angle lens. During the launch conference today, Oppo execs had showcased the new foldable phone’s camera capabilities, which appears to be quite a bit more versatile than the Samsung offering.

Battery

The Find N seems to have an edge in terms of battery as well, with its 4,500mAh capacity that supports 33W SuperVOOC charging, 15W wireless charging, and even 10W reverse charging as well. On the other hand, the Galaxy Z Fold3 houses a 4,400mAh battery that supports just 25W fast charging and 11W wireless charging. While it also supports reverse charging, the Find N wins in this department on paper.

Price

This is perhaps one of the most interesting aspect of the Find N. Oppo is entering the foldable phone segment in bang with a price tag that is close to conventional top end flagship phones like Apple iPhone 13 series or the Samsung Galaxy S21 series. It starts from 7,699 Yuan (roughly 1,200 US Dollars) in China while the Galaxy Z Fold3, Samsung’s current top end foldable model, starts from around 1,700 US Dollars. Unfortunately, the global pricing for the former is unknown at the moment.

OPPO Find N VS Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G: PROS and CONS

OPPO Find N

PROS

• Better Camera specifications
• Slightly larger battery and faster charging rate
• More affordable
• Ergonomic Design and New Flexion Hinge

CONS

• Still pretty expensive compared to some affordable flagship phones
• Display loses out to Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3

PROS

• Larger internal and external displays with higher resolution
• Support for S Pen Stylus
• IPX8 Waterproof rating for better protection
• Under Display Camera technology

CONS

• Easily one of the more expensive handset in the ultra premium segment
• Lackluster Camera specs

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Samsung isn’t exactly the best choice for those that love tinkering around with their devices. Unlocking the bootloader not only voids the warranty but also trips Samsung’s Knox security suite and disables Samsung Pay permanently, making rooting a process that does not come sans setbacks. However, on the Galaxy Z Fold3, the stakes are much higher as not only do you break Knox but also lose camera functionality completely.

XDA Developers earlier reported that the final confirmation screen during the bootloader unlock process on the Galaxy Z Fold3 mentions that the operation will cause the cameras to be disabled. And proceeding with the unlock steps indeed confirms the case, as not only does the stock camera app fail to operate but all camera-related functions also cease to function.

This issue has now been addressed with the second One UI 4 beta release, according to XDA Senior Member exocetdj. All camera features now work as they should even after the bootloader is unlocked on the update.

Do keep in mind here though that the issue has seemingly only been resolved in certain regional variants of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 (model numbers F926B and F926N), so caution is advised before proceeding.

Now that the deal-breaking restriction has been lifted, custom ROM development will hopefully be starting as it usually does for almost every popular Android device.

In other news, Apple recently lifted similar restrictions that broke Face ID upon swapping out the original for a third-party screen with the iOS 15.2 Beta 3 update.

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