This is the thinnest book style foldable on the market. The OPPO Find N5 Breaks a lot of records when it comes to foldable devices. If you're looking for a foldable without most of the sacrifices you'd usually have to make, this is it.
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00:00This is the Oppo Find N5 Foldable, and it's the first Oppo phone I've ever featured on the channel.
00:07Oppo actually reached out to us, and they wanted to sponsor this video, but I had a big question for them.
00:12Can we tear the phone down?
00:14To my surprise, that was a requirement.
00:16They want us to tear this phone down.
00:18They want us to take a look at the insides.
00:20They want us to show you guys everything.
00:22I'm already impressed at how thin this is, so I'm also curious, what's inside this phone?
00:27How did they make it so thin?
00:28It's literally the size of a USB-C port.
00:30That's crazy.
00:31Let's, uh, let's have a look.
00:33This is the Cosmic Black Edition.
00:35You can see the back glass has kind of a matte texture.
00:38It's pretty nice.
00:39We also have what they're calling the Cosmos Ring, which holds the camera array.
00:42I'll go into specifics of everything as soon as I tear it down, which is very soon.
00:46But before I do, this phone is actually the thinnest book-style foldable phone on the market right now.
00:52Unfolded, this is only 4.21 millimeters thick.
00:57And folded, it's only 8.93 millimeters thick, which is insane.
01:02This weighs 229 grams.
01:04And when you're using it like this, it feels like a normal phone.
01:07You kind of forget it's a foldable.
01:09And then you open it up, and you have this massive screen.
01:12Speaking of opening it up, it's time to tear this guy down.
01:15We'll start off by cooking the front cover display.
01:18So this is actually a 120 hertz display, which is probably done cooking by now.
01:24It also has a peak brightness of 2450 nits, and they used an ultra-thin nanocrystal glass,
01:32which is thinner than traditional glass, without sacrifices to durability.
01:36I'm also probably the first person to tear this phone down on camera, which is pretty cool.
01:40Because this phone has such a high water resistance rating, IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9,
01:47getting into this phone might be a little bit difficult.
01:49We're just applying some alcohol around the perimeter of the display.
01:52To remove the screen, we'll use a metal prying tool, and wedge it between the screen and the frame,
01:57and gently pry it, and kind of scrape across the display.
02:01Because this is so water-resistant, well, it's sealed shut, and removing the display was not easy.
02:08Now, we can go ahead and open it up.
02:12Take a look at how thin that display is.
02:15I genuinely think it's the thinnest I've ever seen.
02:17We'll put that aside.
02:19And that is the inside of the Oppo Find N5 foldable phone.
02:24So, we have three Phillips screws here.
02:27Looks like it's all Phillips screws, which is nice.
02:29And we have two Phillips screws here to remove this cover.
02:33We're probably gonna remove this one first, because that's where the battery is, and we wanna disconnect that.
02:38Now, we'll remove the plate, and we can disconnect the battery.
02:42I believe this is the battery.
02:44We can also unscrew the Phillips screws over here.
02:46Unscrew number two.
02:48Remove this.
02:49And now, we can go ahead and disconnect that front cover display.
02:54This is a pretty good-looking phone on the inside, but I wanna show you guys the battery.
02:58So, to do that, we're gonna have to disconnect every flex cable we can see.
03:02This isn't your typical lithium-ion battery.
03:06Oppo specifically made it to be as thin as possible.
03:09It's actually a silicone carbon battery.
03:12Similar to batteries used in electric vehicles, instead of the usual lithium-ion batteries we're so used to seeing,
03:18these can charge faster without getting as hot and have a higher energy density.
03:22You can charge this phone to 100% in less than 50 minutes due to its 80-watt charging speeds,
03:27because of how good these batteries are.
03:29Now, to remove the battery, we'll pour some isopropyl alcohol underneath.
03:32Let that soak for a little while.
03:34Wedge the plastic prime card underneath the battery, detaching it from the housing.
03:38Removing this actually wasn't that hard.
03:41It's mildly adhered. There's no pull tabs or anything, but just sliding a card under with some isopropyl alcohol, it wasn't difficult at all.
03:47Because this battery is so thin, though, you have to be careful with it, because it can bend.
03:52But on the battery, it says that it's a 2,515 mAh battery.
03:58I'm kind of speechless at how thin this is. I've never seen anything like this before.
04:02Before we move on, we have our SIM card reader right over here.
04:06We have a loudspeaker over here.
04:08This little gold thing is a microphone.
04:10We have the sub-board, the 8-megapixel camera right up there.
04:13And we also have another speaker here, which is actually the earpiece speaker.
04:17And then our slider connects right over here.
04:20Let's, uh, let's tear this side down.
04:22This is made of aircraft-grade glass fiber, and it has kind of a textured feel to it,
04:27which may or may not help me remove it with my suction cup.
04:30Let's find out.
04:31So, the suction cup is not sucking well on the back glass.
04:37I keep saying back glass, but this isn't really like glass at all.
04:40Prying into it, it can bend, meaning we can't crack it on the way in, which is always nice.
04:46Having this material on the phone offers a five times stronger drop performance than the previous generation.
04:53It's strong like metal, but also much lighter.
04:56Open it up, and take a look at that.
04:59That is the brains of the Oppo Find N5.
05:03They genuinely did not waste any space in this phone.
05:07It's so compact.
05:09So, this is the wireless charging coil, and it can actually charge the phone with speeds up to 50 watts using an AirVOOC charger.
05:16I didn't know that was a thing, honestly.
05:18But I think now is a good time to mention that on this board is the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip,
05:24which makes this the first foldable to have such a powerful chip.
05:28The sacrifices you make when you buy other foldables versus their flagships aren't really here in this device.
05:34You get pretty much everything, including this massive inner display.
05:38To get to the battery, though, it looks like we have to remove the camera module.
05:42And over here, we have the 50 megapixel telephoto camera.
05:47Down here, we have the 50 megapixel main camera with OIS.
05:51And up here, we have the ultra-wide camera.
05:54We'll go ahead and unscrew every screw we can see until this guy comes off.
06:00Remove.
06:01Now, it looks like we have a few flex cables we have to disconnect.
06:05This motherboard is so unbelievably compact. It's insane.
06:09Now, we can remove our wireless charger.
06:11And just like we did before, we're going to pour some ISO under the battery, let that sit for a little bit,
06:17and then pry under gently using a plastic prying card.
06:21Removing it, despite not having pull tabs, honestly, not that hard.
06:25And...
06:27Boom.
06:27Removed.
06:28This battery is also extremely thin, and together with both these batteries,
06:33you're getting 5600 milliamp hours, which equates to 25 hours of continuous video streaming,
06:39making this the longest battery life in any foldable.
06:43You might have noticed by now that the materials behind the battery are actually different.
06:47You can tell there is a color difference, and that's because this part over here is made of aluminum ceramic,
06:53which is only 0.18 millimeters thick,
06:56while this one over here is made of carbon fiber and is 0.07 millimeters thick.
07:02Crazy.
07:02It's time to check out that motherboard, so we're going to unscrew any screws holding down the motherboard,
07:08disconnect the front camera.
07:09We should just be able to pull up on it and remove it.
07:14Whoa.
07:15Yeah, that's insane.
07:17So, you might have noticed this is incredibly thin, seems to be a theme with this video,
07:22and this is actually the most compact motherboard that Oppo has ever made.
07:27It's only 1.39 millimeters thick, and it's a two-layer board with a four-sided layout.
07:33You can see parts of the board are elevated and higher, because it's a sandwich board.
07:39They wasted absolutely no space, and they did that because they wanted to make sure there were no compromises on battery.
07:45Now, let's take a look at that Snapdragon chip.
07:47To do that, we need to fold back all the copper on the motherboard, and, well, you can't quite see it.
07:53That's actually because it's stacked below the RAM.
07:55It's right under the RAM, and you can kind of see a bit of the green, which is the Snapdragon chip.
08:01Now, it's time to take apart the inner display, and check out that hinge.
08:06This is an 8.12-inch display, 120 Hertz, and it has a peak brightness of 2100 nits.
08:13Cook the Oppo, find N5.
08:15Now that we've heated up the display, we can pry a plastic prying card between the frame and the actual display.
08:22This little plastic frame here around the display is meant to seal everything off, so nothing can enter and go under the display.
08:29We'll pry around the entire thing, and remove both sides.
08:33Now that that's off, we can take our plastic prying card, and also pry under the display.
08:38To my surprise, removing the inner display was actually much easier than I'm used to, and that's due to a few things I'll mention later.
08:45Before we can fully remove the display, we need to disconnect it from the sub-board that we still have installed in the phone.
08:52To disconnect it, though, we actually have to remove that board, and then we can remove the entire display.
08:58And now you can get a good look at the 0.1-millimeter stainless steel layer Oppo has added behind the screen to provide some structure.
09:06It also made prying it off just a little bit easier.
09:09So, on the screen, there's an anti-shock film made from custom elastomer material.
09:14The film basically helps absorb stress from bending and stretching, so the screen stays durable over time instead of warping or cracking.
09:22Now, let's check out the hinge.
09:24So this is Oppo's titanium flexion hinge.
09:28It's made from grade 5 titanium alloy, the same material used in the Boeing 787s and even Mars rovers.
09:36It's 36% stronger and 26% smaller than before, allowing Oppo to keep the phone ultra-thin without sacrificing durability.
09:45Oppo also used 3D printing technology to precisely shape the hinge components, making them lighter and more compact.
09:52The thing that shocked me the most is finding out that this phone was IPX9 water-resistant.
09:56And water-resistance in foldables is tricky, especially around the hinge, obviously, because it's a moving part.
10:02They used back glue to secure everything in place. That's this kind of adhesive.
10:06And then they used dot glue in strategic locations to reinforce the seal and prevent gaps.
10:12That's the more stringy kind of glue.
10:14And then they used fluid glue right over here to really make sure that there's a strong water-resistant barrier and that nothing's entering the actual phone.
10:20Really impressive that they were able to give this such a high water-resistance rating.
10:24What was even more impressive was the process of putting this back together.
10:28It was a little bit easier than I thought it would be.
10:31Once we got the board and everything else in, it was time to test out the inner display.
10:35And to my surprise, it actually worked.
10:38These displays break extremely easily, but that 0.1mm thick stainless steel sheet at the back really provided support for when I was trying to remove it.
10:47And there we go. The Oppo Find N5 is all back together.
10:51Hope you enjoyed this teardown. I really did. This phone is absolutely insane.
10:56And, uh, yeah. I'll see you guys in the next one. Peace.