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hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with the review of the Oppo find 5 now I'm paper this thing looks awesome but how does it actually stack up the first thing you'll notice about the find 5 is that it's a brick of a phone and I mean that in a good way not only is it fairly big but it's also quite a bit heavier than something like the galaxy s4 and solid is the perfect word to describe the build quality even though it's made out of plastic find five feels like it can take some serious abuse which is definitely something I like to see fire it up to find a 5 inch full HD 1080p screen it's on par with the best phones out right now with incredible amounts of detail and very accurate color and contrast fire up a game and the large size definitely works well and with that resolution there's no chance of being able to see individual pixels with the naked eye as an IPS display it works reasonably well outdoors although it isn't quite as bright as some other phones up top you'll see a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera along with the notification LED and speaker grille and below the screen are the capacitive menu home and back keys I accidentally hit them quite often as they're closer to the screen than I'd like however it's something you get used to another oddity is the placement of the slate button on the left side of the phone it was something I got used to eventually but being over on the right side or up top would have been better in my opinion the back is coated in a sharp-looking matte black finish with the speaker grille on bottom and camera up top audio quality was reasonable if a little light on dynamic range which is about what you should expect from most phones these days the 13 megapixel camera and dual LED flash is surrounded by brush metal which adds a bit of style to the otherwise plain back the images overall are good not quite as nice as what you'll find on the galaxy s4 but you do have a lot of megapixels to work with along with surprisingly decent low-light performance where things get a bit disappointing is when you take a look at the software Oppo is loaded to find v with a heavily skinned version of Android 4.1 and it's a bit of a mess the unlock screen looks nice for example but would often not fully unlock unless I was very deliberate if you set the alarm or have a calendar notification by default it plays a long and loud nature sound that can be a real pain to actually get shut off app icons are automatically given as shadow and background which just looks bizarre next to some of the stock icons which pass on this treatment nothing in particular amounts to a deal-breaker and Oppo has been constantly upgrading the phone but it didn't take me long before I was ready to flash a custom ROM hardware wise there's really not much to complain about defined 5 sports a quad-core Snapdragon s4 pro processor running at 1.5 gigahertz along with 2 gigabytes of RAM and either 16 or 32 gigabytes of storage with no microSD card slot while it's not quite up to the cutting edge like on the galaxy s4 HTC One it's still one of the fastest and most responsive phones out today about the only thing I can fault it for in this department is the lack of LTE it supports both 18 T and t-mobile here in the US with HSPA+ which is plenty fast for the most part but it would have been definitely nice to see it rounded out with LTE with the 2500 milliamp hour battery I was impressed by the battery life all but the most heavy smartphone users should have no problem getting through a day with defined 5 the find v can be summed up two ways on the hardware side it's got a beefy build good specs good screen good battery life with the only real exception being that does not have LTE on the software side however it is a bit of a mess now for the most part it is usable and of course it is Android 4.1 however this phone really is in need of a good custom rom with an unlock price of $500 it's a tough sell compared to the Nexus 4 which is not only cheaper but it's also a better phone for most people however keep in mind that Oppo twas a very new company and the fact they've actually been able to make a phone that's this good and this competitive right out of the gate is really impressive so if you guys are interested in a phone with a kick-ass build and don't mind flashing a ROM the Oppo find 5 is definitely worth a look what do you think about the find 5 did they miss the mark or did Oppo nail it definitely sure to let me know what you think in the comments below if you're interested in more feel free to check out my list of the best smartphones out right now and if you enjoyed definitely be sure to leave this video a thumbs up if you sure to subscribe for more reviews like this anyway guys I will catch you next time you