1 ONEPLUS OPEN
● £1,599, oneplus.com
OnePlus loves to make a splash. Its first folding phone – which is, for all intents and purposes, the exact same device as the Oppo Find N3 that will be launched elsewhere in the world by OnePlus’ parent company – doesn’t look or feel anything like a debut: it breaks a bunch of foldable records right out of the gate.
The OnePlus Open is, for example, the slimmest foldable on the market, measuring just 5.8mm thick when unfurled. It’s 245g, making it lighter than many flagships that don’t fold, thanks to OnePlus’ use of titanium, carbon fibre and a super-streamlined waterdrop hinge design. And don’t mistake its lightness for weakness, because there’s an eight-axis pressure relief system built into the top edge to prevent excess flex from snapping it in twain.
Finally Samsung has real competition. And not just ‘someone doing something vaguely similar’ competition. OnePlus and Oppo are putting all of their considerable weight in this direction,
