OPPO Find 5 Review
by Vivek Gowri on May 29, 2013 6:55 AM EST- Posted in
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- Qualcomm
- Mobile
- APQ8064
- OPPO Find 5
Like many recent flagships, the OPPO comes with a 5” 1080p AH-IPS display produced by JDI. It’s pretty similar to the one you can find in the Droid DNA and other phones with this screen dimension and resolution, except for the Galaxy S4, which of course uses Samsung’s own 1080p SAMOLED panel. All of these displays share the 443 PPI pixel density, which is incredibly high, especially in the displays that have a full RGB stripe subpixel matrix. It’s hard to ask for anything more than this in a display, and the differences in sharpness and density in this panel versus the HTC One’s 468 PPI display (1080p on a slightly smaller 4.7” panel) are almost academic. We’re well beyond the point where one can see individual pixels with the naked eye, as on even most 720p displays were (notable exception: Galaxy S3).
The touch controller is provided by Synaptics, with the Find 5 utilizing the same ClearPad Series 3 S3202 as the HTC One and One X, with 10 points of multitouch detection. Even without in-cell touch, there’s not much of a perceptible gap between the LCD and the glass, and the display does quite well outdoors (as there isn’t much reflectiveness added due to air gap).
The display is really bright, one of the brightest Android devices we’ve ever tested. Contrast ratio, at just over 1000:1, is very good, but nothing special and well short of the HTC One’s 1750:1 contrast panel. The colour temperature of 6432K is very close to the 6500K we consider to be neutral, and the panel calibration overall seems to be decent though not as good as we’ve come to expect from manufacturers like Apple or HTC.
I think 4.7” is the sweet spot for display size, something that was reached with the last generation of handsets. There’s not really any benefit to going with a 5” panel over a 4.7” panel beyond just having a bigger number - it’s not like jumping to a Galaxy Note-sized 5.5” or larger display, where the device ends up being more of a phablet than a handset, but it does add just enough bulk to be on the cumbersome side.
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Zandros - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
*side, dammit. Couldn't we edit these things before? :pjabber - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - link
Yes I'm left handed to write (but actually right handed for many other things) so for me having the phone in my right hand whilst I'm writing stuff down means the power button is perfect for my thumb.Having the button on the right side of the phone is perfect for lefties IMO.
Or maybe I just grew up in a working age when we used to make a lot of handwritten notes while talking on the phone.
Reikon - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
I'm right handed and almost always use my phone in my left hand to free up my right hand. It's also easier for one handed use since the menu/back button is usually on the top left, which I can easily press with my left thumb instead of stretching to reach it if held in my right hand.Panzerknacker - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
Strange, your findings in the review are quite different from other reviews:http://tweakers.net/reviews/3017/4/oppo-find-5-sch...
This is a review from the most reliable source that I know, they say the display is the best of all phones on the market today, they get completely different numbers than you guys.
As far as the button layout, I'm left handed and this phone has the best layout I have ever seen, just perfect. Also imo the looks are the best of any phone.
VivekGowri - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
Just based on the numbers, their panel looks slightly better than mine, but overall - good contrast ratio, neutral colour temperature, decently calibrated - how is that any different from what I said?mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
Cant see any benchmarks on the CPU benchmarks page.tipoo - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
Which he explains on the CPU benchmarks page.VivekGowri - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
Oh, no, I just straight up forgot to put them there - that was a big miss by me, sorry guys.VivekGowri - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
Wait, no I didn't, they're there. Why aren't you seeing the benchmarks?tipoo - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - link
Huh, now I see them. I assumed since you said they were so similar you just didn't post them.