{"id":36994,"date":"2026-03-17T20:48:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36994"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:48:40","slug":"chinas-oppo-doubles-down-on-foldable-smartphones-as-potential-apple-entry-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36994","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Oppo doubles down on foldable smartphones as potential Apple entry looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is mounting a fresh challenge in the foldable handset market after launching the latest product in its Find N series, as the industry faces rising <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">memory prices<\/span> and anticipation builds around <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Apple<\/span>\u2019s foldable iPhone.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Find N6, launched globally on Tuesday, featured upgraded hinge technology designed to make the crease on the foldable screen \u201cvirtually imperceptible\u201d, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWhile foldables offer the advantage of a larger display, the crease has remained one of the primary concerns for users,\u201d said Pete Lau, senior vice-president and chief product officer at Oppo. \u201cIt\u2019s a challenge Oppo has sought to solve ever since the original Find N.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The handset has a thickness of just 8.93mm (0.35 inches) when folded and weighs 225 grams (7.9 ounces). It runs on Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile platform, supporting artificial intelligence capabilities and multitasking performance.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Oppo\u2019s latest push into the premium segment comes as smartphone makers grapple with surging component costs amid a memory shortage. The memory crunch has threatened to squeeze profit margins and forced companies to raise prices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Find N6 is 8.93mm thick when folded and weighs 225 grams. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/17\/0a2352eb-2c38-4004-9b44-2c591bdcb029_eaeb4a13.jpg\" title=\"Find N6 is 8.93mm thick when folded and weighs 225 grams. Photo: Handout\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Find N6 is 8.93mm thick when folded and weighs 225 grams. Photo: Handout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Last week, Oppo announced price increases of 300 yuan (US$44) to 500 yuan on some handsets \u201cin the face of rising costs for multiple key smartphone components including high-speed memory hardware\u201d. The new prices took effect on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3346829\/chinas-oppo-doubles-down-foldable-smartphones-potential-apple-entry-looms?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is mounting a fresh challenge in the foldable handset market after launching the latest product in its Find N series, as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[156,6292,5399,12336,4062,14795,4663,6926,15574],"class_list":["post-36994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-apple","tag-chinas","tag-doubles","tag-entry","tag-foldable","tag-looms","tag-oppo","tag-potential","tag-smartphones","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}