OPPO R5, the world's thinnest 5-inch OPPO R5, is 4.85mm thick and is the best choice for iPad Air 2

Thinness has always been a dimension that smartphones have been pursuing, but when the thickness approaches the 5mm mark, it seems that it is difficult for mobile phones to be made any thinner.

Not long ago, OPPO once again broke the "bottom line" of the smartphone industry, reducing the thickness of the new OPPO R5 to 4.85mm. Let's take a look at what a smartphone with a thickness of less than 5mm feels like.

Unboxing: Where did the phone go?

OPPO has put a lot of effort into the packaging of its two smartphones this year. Compared with OPPO N3, the square box of OPPO R5 adopts a darker style, which makes it look more technological.

But when we opened the package, we were surprised. Where was the phone? This made us turn our attention to the house-shaped wooden box that arrived with the phone.

If there was no OPPO logo, this wooden box might just be a wooden gift box in the eyes of ordinary people. OPPO actually put four golden chocolates in the box, but where is the phone?

After disassembling the wooden box into eight pieces, the interlayer at the bottom caught our attention. After removing the partition, we found that the phone could really be placed in such a compact space. This can probably only be done by the extremely thin OPPO R5.

The whole device at a glance: "flash charging", earphones, case, everything is included

It is no exaggeration to say that the packaging content of OPPO R5 is well thought out.

First of all, OPPO R5 has a protective film on the screen, just like the previous OPPO N3, so users no longer have to go to the flyover to find the "master".

VOOC "flash charging" is the most practical patented technology of OPPO smartphones, which is also available on the ultra-thin OPPO R5. The exclusive VOOC charger and cable are equipped with a unique green USB port.

As for earphones, since the OPPO R5 is too thin, you cannot find a standard 3.5mm headphone jack on the side of the phone. However, OPPO provides a MicroUSB to 3.5mm adapter cable and some pretty good earphones. But this can only be considered a compromise solution. You can't listen to music while charging. In short, being thin has its disadvantages.

Surprisingly, OPPO R5 comes with a harder phone case as standard. Are they afraid that the phone case is too thin and will “cut” your palms?

But even with the "case", the protruding camera on the back of the body is still quite obtrusive. As smartphones become thinner, Apple cannot solve the global problem of protruding camera. So if you want to make the back of OPPO R5 flat, you need to buy a thicker case.

Compared with thinness: Apple iPad Air2 is no match

4.85mm is just a number. To directly show the thinness of OPPO R5, we found the latest and thinnest iPad Air2 tablet in the Apple family for comparison.

When comparing OPPO R5 with the iPad Air2, which is 6.1mm thick and known as the "world's thinnest tablet", we can only say that it is "thinner than thinner". Even the volume button on the side is closer to a thin gap.

Of course, in addition to being "thin", the 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor and the 5-inch 1080P display, which is rare among ultra-thin phones, also make the OPPO R5 not fall behind in terms of parameter configuration. How does a 4.85mm smartphone perform? Our experience is still ongoing.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.