Oppo Find N3 Flip Review: Building on Basics

gadgets.ndtv.com:

When competing with Samsung for vertical foldables, Oppo has always gone with more. More screen space, more cover display, more camera. While doing all of this, the Chinese smartphone brand has also gone with a more refined hinge, all of which worked in favour of the Oppo Find N2 Flip when I compared it with the Galaxy Z Flip 4 early this year—a few months on, Motorola released its Razr 40 Ultra, which offered a radical design with an edge-to-edge cover display (and embedded cameras) along with features like an IP rating and wireless charging. A few months later, Samsung launched a refreshed Galaxy Z Flip 5, which followed the trend set by Motorola and offered a large, squarish cover display but fell short on execution with badly optimised software.

And now we have Oppo's second attempt at a vertical foldable. Surprisingly, Oppo has not given in to the trend set by Motorola by going with a square cover display. Oppo retains its tall rectangular cover display but has come up with new tricks to make it more useful. It's also got a brand-new camera system and an alert slider, which seems to be borrowed from OnePlus. The rest remains pretty much the same, but is it enough to take on Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra? Let's find out.

The Oppo Find N3 Flip is priced at Rs. 94,999 and offers 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. There are just two finishes to choose from – Cream Gold and Sleek Black. Oppo's pricing seems quite competitive compared to Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 5, which is still priced at Rs. 99,999 for its base 8GB RAM and 256GB storage option and goes up to Rs. 1,09,999 for the 512GB storage variant. In contrast, Motorola's Razr 40 Ultra is priced even lower at Rs. 79,999, for which you get 8GB