Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 could be about to get a serious rival from Oppo

And they might actually be sold worldwide

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Samsungis leading the way with foldable phones right now, with the brand newGalaxy Z Fold 4andGalaxy Z Flip 4setting the standard for other phone makers to follow – and the next in line to launch a foldable handset or two could well be Oppo.

As perPricebaba, Oppo is going to go head to head against Samsung, even down to the naming: we’re apparently getting a tablet-style Oppo Find N Fold and a clamshell-style Oppo Find N Flip in the next few months.

We already have the foldableOppo Find N, which was launched last year (and we enjoyed using), but it’s only available in China. It looks as though the new Fold and Flip models are going to be sold in more regions across the world, ready to give Samsung some serious competition.

OnePlus too?

Apart from the existence and the naming of these devices, there isn’t too much to glean from this latest report.

One tidbit of information we do have is that the handsets are set to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor, the flagship mobile CPU of the latter half of 2022 (at least as far as non-iPhones are concerned).

Oppo and OnePlusmerged last year, and OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has recentlybeen tweetingabout the hinge system used on the Oppo Find N. He’s also been asking for feedback on “the next generation of foldables” via the OnePlus Community forums.

That suggests more Oppo foldables are indeed on the way – and perhaps that they might be joined by a foldable with OnePlus branding. Such a devicehas been rumoredfor several months, and with OnePlus and Oppo now pretty much the same company, all the technology is already there to put out a OnePlus Fold.

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Analysis: getting the timing right

Samsung is undoubtedly out on its own with its foldable phones at the moment. We’ve also seen foldables from Oppo, Xiaomi, Huawei and Motorola, but the availability of these handsets has been limited – the recently unveiledMoto Razr 2022is only on sale in China at the moment, for example.

The signs are that plenty more foldables are coming though, and not just from Oppo. As manufacturers improve their production processes and the cost of foldables starts to come down, they should be much more widely available in a couple of years.

After Oppo and perhaps OnePlus, we’re expecting to see aGoogle Pixel Foldmake an appearance:Googlehas long been rumored to have a foldable phone in the works, but it feels as though there’s finally some momentum behind the Pixel series, which would mean the timing is right to introduce another form factor.

It’s the same withApple– a foldable iPhone is almost certainly at least being tested, if not necessarily certain to be launched, but Apple seemsprepared to take its timein developing it, clearly deciding that the world is not ready for ‘mainstream’ foldable phones, no matter what Samsung says.

Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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