OPPO’s Discover N5 may very well be even thinner than the Magic V3, and that is an enormous deal

OPPO is slated to launch the Discover N5 later this month, and a brand new leak offers us a sign as to simply how skinny the system can be. In line with Abhishek Yadav on X, the upcoming cellphone can be simply 4.2mm whereas unfolded, and that is a substantial achievement.

Honor’s Magic V3 is my favourite foldable, and the explanation I desire it to its rivals has to do with the load; it’s thinner and lighter than absolutely anything else on this class. That will change with the introduction of the Discover N5, with OPPO clearly intent on outdoing Honor.

Whereas thickness and weight would not actually matter when utilizing a conventional cellphone, it completely makes a distinction with foldables. The defining function of the Magic V3 is that it feels similar to an everyday cellphone when folded, and it removes a number of the friction that is related to foldables.

The Magic V3’s 4.4mm thickness when unfolded is just marginally bigger than the USB-C port, so for OPPO to go even thinner is a substantial achievement. In truth, teasers shared by the producer again in January present that the system is just a smidgen thicker than the width of the USB-C port.

I’ve usually been a fan of OPPO’s foldables, and whereas I did not use the Discover N3, I examined its international different, the OnePlus Open. It is virtually a given at this level that the Discover N5 can be rebadged in international areas because the Open 2, and U.S. clients ought to have the ability to get their palms on the system. In fact, all of that is conjecture on my half — OnePlus hasn’t mentioned something concerning the Open 2 at this second in time.

That mentioned, the OnePlus Open 2 ought to pose a substantial problem to Samsung in North America ought to it make its debut in that a part of the world. Whereas Honor sells its telephones within the U.Ok. and different western markets, it hasn’t reestablished its presence in North America, so there is no dependable strategy to get the Magic V3 within the area. Having a contender to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 with a considerably thinner design and higher cameras has the potential to shake up the established order, and I am unable to wait.