The latest data from the market research agency Counterpoint points out that the folding screen mobile phone market in 2026 is undergoing a structural change, and the product form is gradually shifting from the traditional small folding to the more practical “wide folding” large folding design. Currently, mainstream brands including Apple and Samsung are actively developing their own wide-folding models, and some manufacturers have even chosen to allocate budgets from other product lines to fully invest in this new track. As one of the brands in the folding screen market, OPPO has also launched relevant deployments!
According to the latest news from Mainland bloggers Digital Chat Station, OPPO’s first wide-folding flagship model Find N7 is expected to be equipped with a new generation Snapdragon 8E6 flagship processor. The chip uses TSMC’s 2nm process and is expected to be further optimized in terms of performance and power consumption. What’s more interesting is that the fuselage will have a built-in large-capacity battery of up to 6500mAh, which is expected to become the industry’s first wide folding screen flagship that combines 2nm top-level chips with ultra-long battery life. The new phone is expected to be officially launched in the first quarter of next year at the earliest.
Compared with traditional large folding mobile phones, the core advantage of wide folding is that it improves the screen display ratio and solves the problem of poor appearance of large screens in the past. When traditional large folding mobile phones are unfolded, the inner screen ratio is often close to a square, and obvious black borders will appear on the top and bottom when playing mainstream videos. The wide fold adopts a wide screen ratio that is closer to that of a tablet. Whether it is horizontal screen viewing or multi-tasking split screen operation, it can provide an immersive visual experience closer to the iPad. At the same time, in the folded state, it can also take into account the daily one-handed holding feel.
In addition, the previous generation folding flagship OPPO Find N6 has achieved extremely flat screen crease performance by virtue of its bionic symmetrical four-axis hinge structure and sky dome memory glass. The market expects that the new Find N7 will inherit and optimize this crease-free technical feature, bringing users a more mature folding screen experience.
