Oppo Find N6 Design Details and Zero Feel Crease

Today, we are able to announce further details about the Oppo Find N6 and its Three-Zero Design Principle.

The photos in this article are direct from the press event and for some reason the images of the TV screen are all messed up.

The phone's design is based on three core principles: the first being 'zero compromise bar flagship' when folded closed; the second is 'zero crease tablet' when open; and the third is 'zero limit productivity device'.

I was lucky enough to attend a press conference at MWC where I was advised of the design details and the '3-Zero Principle' behind it. During this visit, I did get some hands-on time, and I will be sharing some photos of the phone with you in this article.

However, for the majority of the article, I want to focus on the first two aspects of the Three-Zero Design Concept. So, first up, let's have a look at 'Zero Compromise Bar Flagship.'Something Oppo learned previously was that although people do want a folding phone, they also don't want a phone that is much larger than a standard candy bar-style design. It is down to this key design decision that Oppo has focused on the 'zero compromise bar flagship' principle. What that means in real terms is that when the phone is in its folded state, the device is thinner than 9 millimeters. To be precise, it is 8.93 millimeters thick. This is an evolution upon the previous Oppo Find N5 that was a fraction over nine millimeters. As someone who daily drives the Oppo Find N5, I can vouch for the thinness and its feeling very much like a regular candy bar phone when folded closed.

Another aspect that Oppo has looked at is the cover display. On the previous generation Oppo Find N5, they already had one of the larger cover displays for a foldable. They have continued this principle going forward and have kitted the Oppo Find N6 out with a 6.62-inch cover display, around which they have a 1.4-millimeter symmetrical bezel. This goes a long way to provide the familiar and comfortable feel of a candy bar phone that has the hidden flexibility of being able to unfold into a larger format tablet.

The third element that was important in getting to this candy bar-style device is protection, in particular, ingress protection. As a result, Oppo has built the Oppo Find N6 to have IP58 and IP59 protection, which is the highest ever for an Oppo foldable device.

In addition to the external details, Oppo has also focused internally. As such, they are bringing the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (albeit a slightly binned seven-core version) to the Oppo Find N6.This will, of course, be supported with the Adreno 840 GPU and up to 16 gigabytes of RAM. To power the device, Oppo has fitted a 6,000 mAh battery, which is capable of 80-watt wired charging using the SuperVOOC standard, or 50-watt wireless SuperVOOC charging. These speeds are very similar to what was found on the Oppo Find N5, so I'm glad to see that there has been no decrease, and from my experience, they are plenty fast enough.

The last aspect of the 'zero compromise candy bar' design concerns the cameras. Now, to be completely honest, I have not utilized the cameras. However, I have used the camera on the Oppo Find X9 Pro, and the cameras are very similar in terms of spec. So, as a primary rear camera, we have a 50-megapixel ultrawide, a 200-megapixel main, and a 50-megapixel 3x telephoto. The same Lumo imaging engine (likely the MariSilicon Image Engine) that we found on the X9 series is present, as is the Hasselblad camera partnership to enable Hasselblad modes. In terms of video, you can expect 4K at 60 frames per second with Dolby Vision on all the rear cameras, and 4K at 120 frames per second on the main rear camera with Dolby Log recording. As for the front camera's, it is a 20-megapixel sensor on both the internal and external display.

The next element of the 'Three-Zero Design Philosophy' is the crease, and this is potentially the most important element for the end-user. Oppo has redeveloped how they build the hinge to ensure the 'Zero Feel Crease.' They are using their second-generation Titanium Flexion Hinge, which uses 3D printing to fill the void between the hinge and the screen. This results in the void being less than 0.05 mm and creates the 'Zero Feel Hinge.'

Another technology they are using to achieve the 'Zero Feel Hinge' is the adoption of 'Auto-Smoothing Flex Glass,' which will allow some natural bounce back of the flexible element of the screen to help tension the screen area over the hinge, therefore reducing any bump or dip that could be perceived to be there.

Now, Oppo could have just designed this and claimed they had implemented it, and we would have been none the wiser. However, that is not Oppo’s style. They have put this hinge technology through rigorous testing, and in doing so, they have had the hinge tested by TÜV Rheinland for minimized crease and also for reliability, and they have certifications for both of these tests.

One of these tests requires the phone to be folded 600,000 times without the screen or hinge failing or showing signs of damage. How this relates to the real world is that for the ownership period of your phone, you should not have any issue with the screen failing due to mechanical stress.

As mentioned previously, I was on-site at the press conference where the Oppo Find N6 was being previewed to the media, and they did have various samples available for hands-on experience. I can vouch for the 'Zero Feel Crease' not only on the new samples but also on samples that had undergone many thousands of fold and unfold actions. I was also lucky enough to get hands-on with a device that was being used by a member of the team. None of these devices showed any wear and tear in the crease area, and on all of them, the crease was appreciably less evident than on my Oppo Find N5, which I had with me at the time of the press event.

I dont have the full official specs yet as the ones currently circulating are not 100% accurate and I don’t want to publish the wrong specs mistakenly. However What I will say is the rumoured specs that can be found (you know where to look) are pretty much bang on.

In the meantime here are a few of the hands-on images I can share with you for the moment.

If you are interested in getting hold of one of these devices then you will need to be looking at the import option if you are in any region outside of China and some APAC regions as this is not coming to Europe, the UK or either of the America’s. Luckily enough the device is not available to pre-order on the World largest global import operator, right here on the Average Dad Tech Store. Check out this link for more details.