The Oppo Find N2 is the brand's second attempt at a foldable smartphone, but what new features does it offer compared the Find N announced a year ago? The Find N2 wasn't the only interesting product Oppo announced at the 2022 edition of its INNO Day event. The Chinese manufacturer also unveiled the Find N2 Flip, a clamshell-style foldable smartphone that will be released globally.
Placed side by side, the Find N2 and Find N look quite different. The new phone is lighter, has a flatter frame, and a redesigned camera island. The 5.49-inch (1,972 × 988) 60Hz cover display of the Find N has been replaced by a 5.54-inch (2,120 × 1,080) 120Hz screen. It has a peak brightness of 1,350 nits, compared to 1,000 nits on the previous generation. The inner display still measures 7.1-inches, and is an LTPO panel with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. However, its peak brightness of 1,550 nits is a huge upgrade over the Find N's 1,000 nits.
Stronger Hinge & Faster Charging
The hinge is one of the most important aspects of a foldable smartphone, and Oppo has made significant improvements with the Find N2. The redesigned hinge uses higher quality materials such as carbon fiber and a stronger metal alloy, and Oppo claims the crease has been reduced by up to 67 percent. Oppo's new foldable is also more powerful as it has the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset inside, whereas the Find N featured a Snapdragon 888 chipset. It also has 12GB or 16GB of RAM with 256GB or 512GB of non-expandable storage. The Find N maxed out at 12GB of RAM.
For the cameras, the Find N2 has a 50MP f/1.8 Sony IMX890 sensor with OIS, a replacement for the Sony IMX766 on the Find N. It swaps the 16MP ultra-wide camera for a 48MP sensor, while the telephoto camera also gets a boost from 13MP to 32MP. The front cameras on the cover display and main display retain 32MP resolution. Another significant upgrade is the use of Hasselblad camera technology for color calibration and tuning, and Oppo's proprietary MariSilicon X imaging NPU.
The battery capacity is a tiny bit larger at 4,520mAh, compared to 4,500mAh on the Find N, but the main improvement is the fast charging speed which has been bumped up from 33W to 67W. Unfortunately, the Find N2 loses out on wireless charging. However, it does gain support for a stylus called the Oppo Pen.
Both phones feature a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, face unlock, NFC, Wi-Fi 6, and dual-frequency GPS, and the Find N2 also adds Bluetooth 5.3 and support for LHDC. Oppo ships the Find N2 with ColorOS 13 based on Android 13 which means it is running on the latest software. In comparison, the Find N shipped with Android 11 even though Android 12 was already official at the time of launch. While the Find N launched for a starting price of ¥7,699 (~$1,103), the Oppo Find N2 is slightly more expensive starting at ¥7,999 (~$1,146).