So This is Peak Foldable

Okay, so I've been saying for years that

foldables are for early adopters only

and they don't make sense for regular

people until the only difference between

a foldable and a regular phone is the

fact that one of them happens to fold in

half and there's no other compromises.

So when this all got started 7 years ago

with the Galaxy Fold 1, it was really

exciting that it folded in half, but

there were obviously a ton of

compromises back then to make that

happen for the first time. from the huge

bezels on that cover screen to the

smaller subpar cameras and battery and

other specs, the extremely compromised

durability, and of course, the crease,

the massive crease through the middle.

So, every year, foldables have gotten

better and better and better and better

from a bunch of different companies as

they've slowly tackled each one of those

compromises. So, foldables have gotten

thinner and they've gotten bigger

batteries and they've gotten better

hinges and smaller creases. And that's

all led to this, the Oppo Find N6. Does

seem kind of random that this is now

peak foldable, but I actually think by

the end of this video, you'll agree with

me. So, the obvious problem number one

with old foldables was that they suck to

use one-handed since they're thicker,

they have worse bezels, and just they're

generally compromised versus a normal

slab phone. But we've seen this string

of thinner foldable phones, especially

in the past few years. And now you look

at the Oppo Find N6. From the front,

you'd hardly know it's just a normal

slab phone. Now, you do have the

telltale asymmetrical metal. So, rounded

corners on one side, square corners on

the hinge side. That's how you'd be able

to know. But other than that, it just

looks like a normal 6.6 inch phone. OPPO

has been absolutely cooking with the

materials and the build. So, when you

pick it up and use it, it genuinely

feels like a regular slab phone because

it's the same size as one. Now, this

phone is just under 9 mm thin and weighs

around 230 g. For context, the iPhone 17

Pro Max is also just under 9 millimeters

thin and around 230 gram. So, this is

effectively a no compromises normal

phone, at least dimensions wise, before

you even open the thing. So many of the

previous foldables, I remember using

them and there's like you can use the

outside screen, but you didn't really

want to. You'd rather just open it up

and get to the better screen. But this

you could just use like normal. It's

perfectly fine to take pictures with, to

watch videos on, to text on because the

keyboard isn't too small. It's a normal

aspect ratio. It's great. And it also

has all the flagship specs, by the way.

3600 nits peak brightness, 1,800 nits

full screen, so it's very viewable

everywhere outdoors. Super responsive

120 Hz LTPO, high frequency PWM dimming,

the whole thing. Now, folding in half

also always has presented a bunch of

challenges with just the physics of

fitting stuff in a smaller, thinner form

factor that has to split. So, for years,

these folding phones never really had

flagship cameras because there wasn't

enough room. Uh, and also the batteries

would always be smaller because they

have to split it in half around a hinge,

which is tough cuz they're trying to

power a bigger display. But it's 2026,

so now of course the tech has evolved to

the point where we have silicon carbon

batteries. And this ultra thin phone

split in half still has a total of a

6,000 mAh battery, which is more than a

lot of slab phones already, plus 80 watt

charging and 50 watt wireless charging.

And then as far as cameras, so the

physical sensor size can never quite be

the same as a slab phone because again,

it's split in half. So there's just not

as much room in the Z-axis dimension.

But there has been development of some

big sensors with shallow Z-axis

thickness specifically to fit in thinner

phones. So, this phone has the same ISO

HP5 sensor that's in the S25 Edge, 200

megapixels, one over 1.56 in optically

stabilized. So, there is that plus a 50

megap ultrawide and a 50 megapixel 3x

telephoto. And then, I don't know if you

remember, but folding phones used to

have significantly lesser chips, too.

Less room inside, less room for cooling.

This phone has a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen

5 inside, but a bend version with one

less core. So, for all intents and

purposes, I think we can say it's a

flagship chip and maximizing what you

can do in that thin of a space. Plus,

there's a new dedicated S1 chip for

better network performance. So, now

despite being ultra thin and chopped in

half, this thing has flagship displays,

flagship chips, flagship specs, high-end

cameras. It's also IP59 water and dust

resistance rated, which used to be nuts

for foldables, but now you can just

spill water on this thing and it'll be

fine. But the piece to resistance for

this N6 is without question this center

display. For years for folding phones,

we've gotten used to them, you know,

having a amazing folding screen, but

also having a small crease in the

middle. And the crease, you know, it's

just one of those things where on most

phones, most of the time, it doesn't

bother you. Trust me, as someone who's

used these phones, I've said it before,

it's like bezels. Most of the time,

you're just looking at the content or

reading or typing, so you're not really

seeing it. But every once in a while it

catches the light the right way or you

run your finger over it and it just hits

you're reminded of it and so you can

still notice it sometimes. But not with

this phone. So the N6 has this new thing

they developed called the no feel

crease. And I' I'd seen the marketing.

I'd heard I'd watched some videos about

it but they're mostly sponsored. So I

was a bit skeptical. Okay. But I got it

in my hands. And this thing is actually

super impressive. You open it up. It's

the classic big square. 8.1 in corner to

corner. same full screen brightness,

same 1 to 120 Hz LTPO, same PWM dimming,

but you might notice there's basically

no perceptible crease here. I mean,

there's there's a little bit of crease

if you're really looking for it. But

compared to other foldables we've seen

and that I've used, this is basically no

crease. And the extra bit of engineering

that goes into solving this last problem

is actually very intricate. And they're

already doing a bunch of the stuff that

everyone else has already thought of,

like softening the crease radius by

doing a teardrop shape when it's folded.

But the main innovation here is with

this hinge. They literally laser scan

each individual titanium hinge to map

the slightest variations across the

surface, then 3D print a liquid polymer

to fill in the exact micro gaps to

perfectly smooth out the hinge, and then

harden it with ultraviolet light. is

incredibly complicated, but the end

result is they minimize the surface

level variations across the hinge from

0.2 millimeters down to 0.05 mm, which

is apparently less than half a human

hair thickness. So, that combined with a

slightly thicker layer of top glass that

they're using really makes a big visual

difference and feel difference. A lot of

these foldables also, they look great

out the box, but the more you use it, as

you know, the more you fold and unfold

it, the deeper that crease becomes, the

more you notice it. This process they're

saying is good for 600,000 folds and

still not showing any significant

crease, which, you know, obviously I've

been folding and unfolding this a lot,

uh, but not that many times, so I'm just

gonna have to take their word for it.

But yeah, now that really that's the

last few percent of like quality of life

when you're using a foldable, never

really noticing or perceiving the crease

at all. And the cherry on top is unlike