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Foldable phone face-off: Oppo Find N vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 – we put them through their paces

  • The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Oppo Find N both fold inward like a book, and they share the same chip, RAM and refresh rates
  • The Galaxy Fold is better for apps and has superior speakers, while the Fold is suited to games and videos and has the better camera

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The Oppo Find N (left) and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 (right), both folded. Photo: Ben Sin
Ben Sin
In the first year of the foldable phone era, 2019, there were questions about which form was superior: Samsung’s Galaxy Fold closed inward towards the user like a book, while Huawei and Royole’s foldables – the Mate X and FlexPai – folded outwards away from the user.
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Xiaomi teased a tri-fold device that stacked itself in thirds like a business letter.

It would appear that Samsung’s idea has won, because since then Huawei and Xiaomi have both followed the Galaxy Fold’s form. Now another Chinese smartphone brand, Oppo, has done the same with its first foldable, the Find N.

I’ve been using the Oppo Find N side-by-side with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 for the past weeks. So how do these two foldables stack up against each other?

The Oppo Find N (left) and the Samsung Galaxy Fold 3’s main screens when unfolded. Photo: Ben Sin
The Oppo Find N (left) and the Samsung Galaxy Fold 3’s main screens when unfolded. Photo: Ben Sin

Design and hardware

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a boxy, upright rectangular tablet (with a 7.6-inch bendable screen) that folds in half vertically to become a TV-remote-shaped device. In this form, the Fold 3’s 6.2-inch cover screen is very tall and narrow, with a 25:9 aspect ratio.

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