OPPO Find 5 Pro Reviews

All things considered, we like the Oppo Find 5 and have no problem recommending it folks looking for an attractively-priced and superbly-built Android-based platform. The single proviso is that you ditch the stock firmware for a functional aftermarket ROM in order to get the best performance and overall user experience. Fortunately, Oppo goes further than any other manufacturer, including Google, towards enabling user modification and embracing the enthusiast market.Looking forward, it’s clear that Oppo has the ability to directly compete in the high-end Android market by offering great hardware at affordable off-contract prices. We have the much newer N1 in-house, and will follow up shortly on our experiences with that successor. We're particularly interested given the company's partnership with CyanogenMod, which promises to provide it with software that is commensurate to the quality of its hardware.

The hardware is honestly excellent, particularly considering the fact that it came from a small company with little previous awareness. I was very impressed with the design-level polish, and even if the industrial design was inspired by Nokia and Sony, at least OPPO did a good job integrating the various design touches into the Find 5’s design. The ergonomics are still a little questionable, but I’m willing to let it slide. The rest of the hardware package is great, with solid build quality and a top-notch display. From an imaging standpoint, this is basically as good as you’re going to get with a conventional high-resolution sensor. It’s not as premium feeling as devices like the One, Xperia Z, and iPhone 5, but it’s definitely a step above the Galaxy S4 and pretty much on par with the Lumia 920. When you think of hardware being on par with the best of what comes out of an elite design house like Nokia, you realize just how ambitious the Find 5 is from the standpoint of the engineering and development teams. It’s honestly a real accomplishment for the Find 5 to be even mentioned with those devices, and for that OPPO needs to be recognized. I’m excited to see where they can go with their next generation devices, particularly if they can get their software ducks in a row.

The unlocked Oppo Find 5 is big, sleek, and worth a look, especially if you don't want to carry the same phone as everyone else.

The OPPO Find 5 is not a Samsung Galaxy device, nor is it an iPhone. It’s not a Motorola hardcore delivery, nor is it an LG powerhouse, or a Google Nexus device for that matter. It’s not the HTC One and it’s certainly not a Sony device. Instead you’ve got a unique approach from OPPO in a package that’s certainly going to stay strong in owners’ pockets for extended periods. And the end result of OPPO’s efforts are a bright spot for the company – this device, packaging to final smartphone build, make the case for this brands’ future. Keep an eye out for future OPPO releases and count them in as a brand to be reckoned with in the next few years across the pond – hopefully beyond China, too.

Oppo doesn't have a history in phones, but you'd never tell just by looking at the Find 5. It's a beautiful device with killer specs and, better still, it's priced lower than the competition. We really liked the screen of the Find 5 - the phone carries the 5-incher well and the 1080p resolution (plus things like great viewing angles and that coveted laminated look) make for an amazing picture. However, we worry about the screen glass (it doesn't seem particularly tough) and the dead pixel is another issue. Also, the jump from 300+ ppi to 400+ ppi pixel density isn't as spectacular as the first "Retina" displays were, but that's a problem shared by all 5" 1080p flagships.

With this year's Oppo Find 5, however, the Chinese company, established 2004, proved that it can make world-class phones in the hottest consumer electronics category at the moment. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that these days any electronics manufacturer can pick Android and slap together a phone or two with off-the-shelf parts. The real challenge, however, is to pick the right ingredients for polished performance in all aspects, and fuse it together with proprietary software overlay, so that the handset both delivers on the usability front, and differentiates you in the mind of consumers from the sea of Android phones. The relatively unknown Oppo has done just that with the Find 5 – it got the best large screen on the market in terms of pixel density and the other criteria, powered the phone with a proven fast chipset, snatched one of the best mobile camera sensors, and enhanced the audio experience in both headset and speaker modes, as well as provided good call quality.