Oppo's foldable phone sounds way more interesting than the Galaxy Z Fold 3

Oppo's foldable phone sounds way more stimulating than the Galaxy Z Fold 3

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While Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 3 is currently the best foldable phone according to our ranking, an upcoming rival from Oppo could steal that crown, going by a leaked specs list.

This information comes from prolific leaker Digital Chat Station, posting happening Chinese social media platform Weibo. It's not exactly exculpate where they got the information from, simply since they'rhenium leaking details on upcoming phones all the time, we can only presume they have sources.

Accordant to Appendage Chat Station, the Oppo foldable phone will have a screen that's somewhere between 7.8 and 8 inches - the leak doesn't specify the 'outer' screen size, or even the form factor, but the leaked size about confirms it's a 'book-panach' foldable like Samsung's Galaxy Folds.

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The leak out continues that the screen will get a 2K solving, which would be some 1200 x 2000 pixels depending on the screen aspect ratio. This will apparently experience a 120Hz refresh rate and will use OLED tech.

DCS says the phone bequeath have the Snapdragon 888 chipset - this is currently 1 of the top processors available to Android phones, but a parvenue rendering is unsurprising in December 2021, which implies the foldable could come before and then.

With regards to the cameras, DCS suggests the phone will hold a 32MP presence-facing Chrysophrys auratus, and connected the erect will tout the Sony IMX766 50MP sensor. Some those cameras make the foldable sound like the Oppo Find X3 Pro, which had them both, and was a wonderful camera telephone as a final result.

Finally, DCS states the earpiece will run Android 11 with Oppo's ColorOS 12 laid over the top - again things that point to an impendent release, with Android 12 rolling out soon - and that it will possess a pull-mounted fingerprint scanner.

Analysis: Samsung? More like Sam-done

Some of the leaked Oppo foldable phone glasses nominate it sound like a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 touch, especially since rafts of it sounds the same, but there are some areas in which it has a clear edge.

For example, that 50MP Sony sensor would give the phone a clear photography advantage over the Z Fold 3 with its 12MP snappers, as the IMX766 is fantastic for capturing colors and light.

The 32MP selfie camera would also constitute much to a greater extent utmost-RES than Samsung's 4MP front-facer, and presumably it won't use an under-display camera either, the use of which on the Fold resulted in whatsoever very fluky selfies.

At 7.6 inches crosswise, the Z Fold 3's screen is a bittie littler than the Oppo is expected to be, though many people might non notice that 0.2-inch departure.

IT's really the camera section that makes the Oppo foldable sound more stimulating than the Z Fold 3 - for a phone as high-priced Eastern Samoa the Samsung, you'd expect top photography, but IT doesn't quite deliver. We still need to hear more about Oppo's pick in front we call it the best outright, only IT sounds promising.

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