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after the successful and very well-received find five-o po is out with another one that thinks bigger and somewhat outside the box aides Josh freghar from Android Authority what's going on everybody and this is our first look at the Oppo n1 Oppo was gracious enough to bring me out to their launch event in Beijing and after a spirited presentation I got my hands on the new 5.9 inch large n1 after their great find five seeing another big release from Oppo was definitely an exciting prospect what we're looking at here is a much larger phone that said squarely in the phablet space basically right alongside the Sony Xperia Z ultra and someone beyond to the Samsung Galaxy Note range this is an aluminum clad phone but in the hand it has a soft touch it basically feels like to find five in terms of its contact with the skin and aside from its larger size it is actually still pretty easy to grip Oppo has really made design one of its biggest priorities and in the presentation they made a big deal of the fact that all of the ports have been brought down to the bottom to ensure all the other sides remain very sleek the button layout is all on the right side and brought halfway down in order to make it easier to access the bright IPS screen does its job well bringing a very bright 1080p experience to this large screen that should please all of those media junkies out there when you come down the back you get the all white background with the opal logo but when you look closely there is a small square area that has some edging on it this is the AU touch area which is one of the N ones innovations with the phone as big as this navigation might be quite difficult especially in one hand and oboe wanted to make life easier by putting a touch-sensitive area on the back that you can use your index finger on to navigate plenty of functions are available like swiping among home screens tapping to take pictures and more should come as the SDK is made available to app developers for now it's a thoughtful but admittedly rather limited feature but it should grow as time goes on but the two biggest stories regarding this device are the ones that you notice right away not only is this a much larger phone than many of us might be used to with that 5.9 inch screen the camera way up top brings a modern take to an old gimmick rotation yes the speaker grille and the rear facing camera have been put together into one movable unit thus allowing you to have the rear facing camera move forward to become your front-facing camera with all angles in between possible for shooting as well the camera has to flash diodes that work in congruence to get you either a softer or stronger light depending on your circumstances so not only is the n1 doing away with subpar front-facing cameras by allowing you to use the rear camera it is also opening up possibilities for you to capture pictures from many possible angles there advertisement showcasing this was nice but it also served as an example of how creepy it might be to have this kind of freedom but I guess it's up to you to decide on that one underneath the hood Oppo opted to put in the Snapdragon 600 processor that clocks in at 1.7 gigahertz backed by the audrina 320 the user interface did move along very smoothly and we saw no hiccups so even if benchmarks put it below the faster Snapdragon 800 devices out there it can still sit among them in actual usage there is no expandable storage for the 16 or 32 gigabytes available and here are a few quick shots from the camera taken in the pretty dimly lit room I was in with an aperture of F to the camera is already equipped with low-light tools and thus did well under these circumstances the rotation in the camera unit might make some users wary of its overall longevity but Oppo claims that it will withstand a long long time of movements one of the bundled accessories with the n1 is a small module called the oak click this is a small but still attractive looking button that has a few different functions it mainly is able to remotely snap a picture if you put the phone down for say a group shot but also is a two-way phone locator device and finally in software we were all waiting with bated breath to hear about the CyanogenMod partnership unfortunately information was quite sparse as they definitely announced the partnership but stopped short of giving further information one of the main questions was if Opel was going to continue with its own operating system this was answered pretty emphatically with the unveiling of the color OS so this is how it's basically going to work Opel units thus far will come with the color OS installed but the CM ROM will be bundled along with instructions on how to install or flash it a special edition of the n1 with CyanogenMod pre-installed is in the works but will see a limited release as far as color OS goes it is very similar to the OS that we saw in defined 5 with a couple new features mainly support for gestures that are put in via a new drop-down that you can access by dragging down from the top-left corner it is nice to see Oppo continuing with their own were endeavors but the CyanogenMod announcement definitely propels them into more Western audiences all of whom should be paying more attention to the fast-growing Oppo if they haven't already and so there you have it the Oppo n1 is quite the endeavor from a Chinese manufacturer that somewhat surprised but definitely pleased all of us would then find five once we get our hands on a unit for a full review make sure you check it out as we are definitely excited to put the n1 through its paces until then stay tuned to android authority for all of the best coverage because we're your source for all things Android