The Pokmon Company is hosting a morning livestream on February 27 at 9AM ET to share the "latest news and updates" from Pikachu and pals. You can stream it via the official YouTube channel. This is the yearly Pokmon Presents event that typically provides info on whats coming to empty our wallets throughout the year (and beyond.)So what can we expect this year? Both The Pokmon Company and Nintendo remain tight-lipped, but we can make some educated guesses. Pokemon Legends: Z-A, the follow-up to the open-world Pokmon Legends: Arceus, was announced in early 2024. Its high time we got some more details on the upcoming game.The title was originally advertised as a Switch exclusive, but now that the Switch 2 is on our radar, maybe itll be a dual-release or something. We could get that information, along with an announcement regarding the games trio of starter Pokmon.Theres a new Pokmon TGC set arriving in May. Its called Destined Rivals, so we can expect a detailed look at this update. We might even get a tease for another set down the line. Pokmon cards, both digital and physical, are still very much a big deal. To that end, we could get details regarding new features for TGC Pocket.Pokmon GO's next season starts on March 4, which is just a few days after the stream. Well most definitely get a trailer for that, along with some updates on any new features. Beyond that, its a guessing game. Hope springs eternal that well finally get those remakes of Pokmon Black and White. In any event, February 27 is right around the corner.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/theres-a-pokemon-presents-livestream-scheduled-for-february-27-171813096.html?src=rss

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Before he lost his job in a mass firing by the Trump administration last Friday, Nate Vince was the only locksmith for the hundreds of buildings and millions of visitors at Yosemite National Park.Imagine a city-size place with one locksmith to all those people, Vince says. When theres a car accident and an emergency medical person cant get into a vehicle, or cant get into their supplies they need, they would call me. Now, with the nearest cities hours away, theres no one who can easily do the same work.He says a coworker who was also fired was the parks only HVAC technician, handling heating and cooling for every building in the park. At a nearby national monument, he says a friend who was a park ranger was fired despite the fact that he was that parks only EMTa first responder who has saved lives.This is flat-out reckless, the park ranger, Alex Wild, wrote on Instagram after the elimination of his job. Wild had always had good performance reviews. But like other workers who were fired, he got a form email saying that he had failed to demonstrate fitness or qualifications for continued employment.A National Park Service employee is seen as photographers flock to take photos of Firefall at Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, United States on February 19, 2025. [Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images]Rethink your vacation plansIn Southern California, a worker at a national forest who was fired said that part of their job involved preventing wildfires. My crew is responsible for so much prevention and post-wildfire cleanup, and at this point its almost a guarantee that this forest will have some sort of major wildfire, as it has for the last few years, the former employee said off the record.Across the country, around 1,000 National Park Service employees were fired on February 14, from staff who run ticket booths to janitors. Another 3,400 workers were fired from the Forest Service. Hundreds of other employees chose to accept the governments (likely illegal, and unfunded) offer to resign from their job and still get paid for months. The net effect: If youre planning a vacation to a national park or public lands this spring or summer, the experience might be very different than it was in the past. Bathrooms might be closed or overflowing with trash because there arent enough workers to clean them. Trails might fall into disrepair. Some smaller parks may have to shut down entirely. And ecosystems are likely to suffer.Visitors are already seeing changes now. Last weekend, if you tried to go Franklin Falls, part of a national forest in Washington, you would have seen a barricade on the road and a sign saying that the trailhead was closed due to the large-scale termination of Forest Service employees. If you tried to visit the Grand Canyon, you would have waited twice as long as usual at the entrance.Cuts on top of cutsThe cuts compound challenges that parks had after years of inadequate funding. Our parks were already stretched thin, says John Gardner, senior director on budget and appropriations at the nonprofit National Parks Conservation Association. Since 2010, he says, staffing in national parks has dropped by 20%, while the number of visitors grew by an average of 16%. (The situation is worse in some parks, like Zion, which has twice as many visitors no additional staff.)Now, Gardner says, there are positions across the boardfrom maintenance to resource care to interpretation that have been lost. And that threatens the protection of cultural and natural resources as well as the visiting experience.Work behind the scenes to manage forests and other ecosystems will suffer. Were not the people you see out on the trails leading walks, but were the reason that the resources are there for visitors to enjoy, says Angela Moxley, a botanist who was just fired from her job restoring habitats and studying endangered species at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.One of the things I still cant wrap my head around is that I just had to walk away from all of these projects I was working on, she says. There was no time to make any sort of plans to hand over the work or discuss any of it. And there arent going to be enough people left anyway to take over the project, anyway.In November and December, for example, she sowed seeds into wetlands, and had planned to go out next month to see which plants had germinated and determine the next steps to take. Now Ill never know, she says.Like other workers who were fired on Valentines Day, she was in a probationary periodshe had been in her current role for just under a year, meaning that she didnt have the same job protections as staff with more tenure. She also got the same email as others, blaming her performance for the firing, despite excellent performance reviews.When Trump took office in January, seasonal Park Service employees also had their job offers rescinded. After pressure, the Department of the Interior said last week that it would reinstate 5,000 of those employees. But Gardner says that its an open question how quickly those positions can be filled now; some workers have moved on, and others will question whether they really want the jobs.I think youre going to see a lot of people wary of applying, and theyre going to consider other opportunities, says Gerry Seavo James, a deputy campaign director at the Sierra Club. At some parks where the number of visitors peaks in the spring, onboarding for seasonal visitors typically would have started now. The delays mean that parks likely could be critically understaffed.Trash piles up on the National Mall, which is overseen by the National Park Service, during the 2018 shutdown. [Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images]What will the parks be like?Visitors may have negative experiences, and parks could see serious damage. During the first Trump administration, when a government shutdown in 2018 closed national parks, Joshua Tree National Park was devastated. People drove around the gates, drove through the desert off-road, and camped in areas that werent allowed for camping, including an area that is important for a Native American tribe, says Curt Sauer, a former superintendent at Joshua Tree. The trash was immeasurable, and the human defecation around the restrooms, which were closed. Some of the parks unique trees were cut down; illegal campfires damaged other parts of the fragile ecosystem.Closed bathrooms in Yosemite National Park, 2018. [Photo: Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images]Slashing jobs at the Park Service and Forest Servicenone of which were particularly well-paidisnt going to save the government much money. (In fact, hiring outside workers to do the same jobs will probably cost more: Nate Vince notes that he was paid around a third of what he would have made as a locksmith in the real world.) Seasonal workers typically earn around $1519 an hour, and in some cases, thats covered by visitor fees, not the federal budget. The total budget for the Park Service is less than one-fifteenth of one percent of the federal budget.Theres nothing efficient in culling the ranks of the Park Service workforce, says Gardner. Its reckless, and it undermines an important economic driver. Every dollar invested in national parks, he says, returns around $15 in economic activity in nearby communities.A view of Golden Gate Bridge and Presidio as seen from Twin Peaks in San Francisco, 2023. [Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images]The destruction is the pointIf saving money isnt the goal, its possible that deliberate destruction is. When parks and public lands cant function properly, that, in turn, is going to lead to frustrations by the public, which will just further bolster the argument that these federal land agencies are incapable of doing their jobs, and that the land would be better served by putting them in state or private hands, says Neal Clark, the wildlands director at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, a nonprofit that works to protect public lands.The author of Project 2025s section about the Department of the Interior, William Perry Pendley, has argued in the past that public lands in the West should be privatized. Project 2025 talks about reducing national monuments and environmental protections, and increasing drilling for oil and gas. Trump has talked about building freedom cities on public lands. In an executive order on February 19, Trump said he was eliminating the Presidio Trust, which manages the 1,500-acre Presidio National Park in San Francisco; some Trump supporters have suggested that the park should be developed into housing.I think its important to remember the entire public land system is a response to corporate greed and exploitation of what were shared resources, says Clark. Were hearing the same arguments today that were made 100 years ago, and theyre coming from essentially 21st-century robber barons. This is about corporate greed. Still, national parks and public lands are broadly popularand some past attempts to change them have failed. (Reagan, for example, wanted to auction off public lands to help with the deficit, but that didnt happen.) Public pressure on Congress can help, says Gardner. The most important thing that people can do is reach out to their elected members of Congress, he says. If you have time, make an extra call to the representatives for districts with parks like Yellowstone, he saysand tell them that you wont be bringing your tourist dollars unless parks have the staff they need to run properly.

Welcome toAI Decoded,Fast Companys weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every weekhere.Inside the new Grok 3 modelIn just two years, Elon Musks xAI has become one of a dozen or so labs capable of developing state-of-the-art AI models. Now xAI is out with its Grok 3 large language model, which beats state-of-the-art frontier models, such as OpenAIs GPT-4o and DeepSeeks V3, in common mathematics, science, and coding benchmarks by a wide margin. Meanwhile, the smaller Grok 3-mini performs at par with the larger competing models.The new Grok model reportedly was trained using unprecedented computing powerfirst with a cluster of 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. A small group of rival developers have been testing an early version of Grok 3, and most say theyre impressed, with some caveats. OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy posted on X that Grok 3 exhibited sharp reasoning skills and was able to resolve some complex problems. He estimates that the model is on par with OpenAIs o1-Pro reasoning model and slightly better than DeepSeek-R1 and Googles Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking.However, he did find that Grok 3 choked on some prompts commonly known to give large transformer models trouble, such as determining how many Ls are in Lollapalooza, for example. Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang posted on X that Grok 3 is a state-of-the-art model and gives it props for achieving the top spot on the Chatbot Arena benchmark. Whereas AI skeptic Gary Marcus, who also posted on X, said that while Grok 3 shows real progress, it doesnt represent a significant leap beyond existing models.More benchmark test scores will surface in the coming days and weeks to provide a fuller picture of how Grok 3 stacks up against the competition. Impressive as that is, the development of new thinking models is now moving so fast that Grok 3 could disappear back into the pack of benchmark performers three months from now. AI labs are only now learning how to scale up the computing power that thinking models use after being presented with a problem. Upcoming models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and others will show the fruits of that research.Brookings: The AI revolutions winners and losers wont be who or where youd thinkA new Brookings Institution analysis of AIs effects on jobs and job losses suggests highly educated urban workers will be most at risk of losing their jobs.The last industrial revolution mainly affected lower-wage manufacturing and service jobs in smaller towns and rural areas. This time around, itll be knowledge workers in tech hubs and financial centers who will face the greatest exposure to AI-driven change.In San Joses Santa Clara County, Brookings found that nearly 43% of workers could see half or more of their tasks transformed by AI tools including OpenAIs ChatGPT and Anthropics Claude. Meanwhile, workers in less tech-oriented regions like Las Vegas would see less than a third of their tasks altered by AI tools. This pattern holds true across the nation, with major disparities even within states: Californias exposure rates range from 42.8% in tech-heavy Santa Clara County to just 26.7% in rural Mono County.Its not so surprising when one looks at the technology itself, according to Brookingss report. Factory-floor machinery was meant to replace repetitive physical tasks, while generative AI specializes in cognitive work: writing, analysis, coding, and other knowledge-based tasks. The more education and higher wages a job requires, the more likely it is to be touched by AI capabilities.Brookings, a D.C.-based policy think tank, says lawmakers should be thinking about ways of protecting the jobs of urban-knowledge workers, and reskilling them, while ensuring that rural areas arent left behind in accessing AIs productivity benefits. The geography of technological disruption has been rewritten, the think tank says, and the implications for workforce development and economic inequality are only just beginning to emerge.Ex-OpenAI Mira Murati unveils AI startup, but its focus remains vagueFormer OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has unveiled her new AI company, Thinking Machines Lab. While the product the startup intends to build remains unclear, Murati apparently intends to build AI in a very different way than her former companyout in the open.The AI research community used to be a fairly chatty place, but the research breakthroughs that led to ChatGPT soon attracted a lot of moneyand with big money comes more secrecy. So, while companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic closely guard their training methods, Murati said in a blog post that Thinking Machines will regularly publish its technical insights, research papers, and code. If DeepSeek is any guide (it open-sourced its models and published its research methods), this practice could intensify the race toward the industrys goal of creating artificial general intelligence (that is, AI thats generally smarter than humans).Muratis blog post also expresses an intent to create models that can be more easily steered toward specific applications in specific subject areas. AI systems remain difficult for people to customize to their specific needs and values, Murati wrote. She said her company will build systems that are more widely understood, customizable, and generally capable.The Information reports that more than two-thirds of the researchers at Muratis company come from OpenAI, including OpenAI cofounder John Schulman and former head of safety Lilian Weng. The startup intends to build systems that assist humans, not replace them. Instead of focusing solely on making fully autonomous AI systems, we are excited to build multimodal systems that work with people collaboratively, Murati wrote. We see enormous potential for AI to help in every field of work.Beyond that, little is known about what Thinking Machines Lab will build. Based on Muratis background and statements, it seems likely that the company will focus on very large foundation models that can be trained or adapted to many different specialized tasks.Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that another OpenAI alum, cofounder Ilya Sutskever, is in talks to raise more than $1 billion in funding in a round that could value his AI startup, Safe Superintelligence, at more than $30 billion.More AI coverage from Fast Company:This AI tool could help curb domestic violenceThis AI trend lets TikTok users relive historys bestand worstmomentsHow to use AI to find new movies, music, and booksAI hallucinations could get lawyers fired, one law firm saysWant exclusive reporting and trend analysis on technology, business innovation, future of work, and design? Sign up for Fast Company Premium.

Robert Obier has taken an unusual vocational path: Architecture degree from LSU, followed by a Masters of Industrial Design from ArtCenter. After all that, he opted to become a fine artist. Hopefully that's more to do with Obier's passions than being a damning indictment of the two fields closest to us.The prolific Obier produces sculptural artworks that bear hints of Art Deco and Frank Lloyd Wright, with a dash of 20th-Century-sci-fi thrown in.My exploration of form is rooted in my passion for design, invention and technology. From the artful drawings of Leonardo Di Vinci to the computer generated creations of Industrial Light and Magic, I am inspired by the human imagination and I strive to understand the hidden unifying principals that shape our understanding of the world and are the genesis of our best creations. Formula XW-1 My work explores the fusion of the disciplines of architecture, industrial design and fine art. Each piece is as much a realization of an abstract design concept as it is a unique work of three-dimensional art.Citadel Iteration #1 A strict and systematic organization of components define this work and manifest a distinct unifying methodology that has both physical and spiritual origins. At first glance, the geometric forms seem strangely familiar as if seen somewhere before - but where - when? Upon closer examination - perhaps the designs are remnants of some distant and secrete civilization or even an, as of yet, unknown and mysterious future. The forms are intentionally abstract giving shape to that initial "spark" of design inspiration. Schematic concepts emerge as built objects without the practical or functional restrictions that necessarily accompany the development of an architectural or industrial product. Flying Fortress The final sculpted artwork is usually derived from an initial "thumbnail" sketch. The preliminary shapes are often explored and refined through multiple iterations as 3-d computer models. The work combines the "tried and true" techniques of old-fashioned craftsmanship with today's most advanced rapid prototyping technologies such as CAD modeling, 3-D printing, and CNC fabrication. From creation through completion this dichotomy of 'handmade' and 'computer generated' informs the development and execution of the work.Citadel Iteration #2 Particular finish applications such as weathering and rust recall an 'earlier time' in the story of certain pieces - the scars of a past life. Nevertheless, the work has a timeless quality - seeming to exist in the past, the present and the future - simultaneously.Industrial Icon Obier has plenty more to see here.

Each morning on the farm I clean out coops and change waterers, messy business that requires gloves. And, because corners of the coops are dark, a headlamp. The pain is turning it on and off; the button on my BioLite headlamp is tiny, and my gloves are often dirty, so I have to pull the gloves off to activate/deactivate the headlamp.Tradespeople also run into this problem, and their needs have been answered by this NightBuddy 230. A quick swipe of the hand in front of a sensor turns the light on or off: The $35 unit features five lighting modes, including a red light that won't attract bugs or animals. Overall it draws rave reviews online from mechanics, plumbers, installers, campers and more. Companies pushing AR and VR products are still working out gesture control, but here's an example of an existing application that already makes a difference in people's daily lives.

PROS: Super-thin and lightweight design Almost undetectable crease Great main and telephoto camera performance Fast wired and wireless chargingCONS: Underwhelming 8MP ultrawide camera performance Speakers are only on the front screen sideRATINGS:AESTHETICSERGONOMICSPERFORMANCESUSTAINABILITY / REPAIRABILITYVALUE FOR MONEYEDITOR'S QUOTE:The OPPO Find N5 stands out in the growing foldable market, offering an impressive package for those seeking a high-end, versatile, and reliable foldable smartphone.I was a big fan of the OPPO Find N3, so when I heard rumors that OPPO might be exiting the foldable market, I was disappointed. Thats also why I was excited when I received the news that OPPO is indeed launching a new book-style foldable phone. What I liked about the Find N3 was that its camera performance didnt feel like a compromise, something that was not always the case with many foldable phones when the Find N3 was released. While having a powerful imaging system on a foldable phone means dealing with a sizable camera bump, it was a trade-off I was happy to live with.The foldable phone landscape varies significantly across regions. While US consumers are limited to Samsung, Google, and OnePlus, international markets enjoy a more diverse selection, with brands like Xiaomi, Vivo, Huawei, and others competing to deliver increasingly sophisticated foldable devices. Now, roughly 15 months after the Find N3s debut, OPPO has unveiled the Find N5, pushing boundaries once again.Designer: OPPOThe Find N5 brings a lot to the table. Its the worlds thinnest book-style foldable, the first foldable powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, and the first foldable certified with IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 ratings. As a longtime admirer of the Find N3 Fold, I approached the Find N5 with high expectations. Lets see how it stacks up.AestheticsWe are at a time when flagship smartphones are moving away from large camera bumps, and the OPPO Find N5 makes a bold yet elegant statement. The camera island has been thoughtfully redesigned, achieving a 20% reduction in thickness compared to its predecessor while retaining OPPOs distinctive Cosmos Ring design. This refined approach creates a more sophisticated profile that aligns with the phones premium positioning.The Find N5s design philosophy emphasizes clean lines and minimal ornamentation, yet manages to maintain visual interest through careful material selection and finish details. Available in two colorways, each variant offers a unique aesthetic appeal. The Cosmic Black variant features a sophisticated matte back panel that evokes a deep, mysterious appearance resembling frosted glass. Its matte gray frame creates a seamless, monolithic appearance that exudes understated luxury.The Misty White variant, on the other hand, incorporates nano-lithography technology to create an ethereal, constantly shifting pattern across its back panel. This finish catches and plays with light in subtle ways, creating an almost ethereal effect as you move the device. The silver frame provides a striking contrast that highlights the phones premium construction while adding a touch of brightness to the overall design.Both colorways share a similar textured back that delivers an exceptionally refined tactile experience. The surface treatment not only provides a pleasant silky touch but also helps minimize fingerprints and smudges, maintaining the phones pristine appearance during daily use.ErgonomicsThe Oppo Find N5 claims the title of the worlds thinnest book-style foldable, measuring just 4.21mm when unfolded and 8.93mm when folded. The phones dimensions are 160.87mm x 145.58mm x 4.21mm when unfolded, and 160.87mm x 74.42mm x 8.93mm when folded. The Find N5 boasts more than just thinness; its also very light, weighing only 229g. To put it in perspective, that is only 6.8mm thicker and 2g heavier than the iPhone 16 Pro Max.Despite its slim profile, the device feels robust and well-engineered. Holding the folded Find N5 feels almost like holding a slab phone, and it fits comfortably in your palm or pocket. Oppo revisited almost every componentfrom the motherboard to the USB-C port, the hinge, and the frameto achieve this balance of thinness, lightness, and durability.Another impressive feature of this phone is the crease, or rather, the lack of one. Its barely noticeable both visually and tactically. You wouldnt notice the crease unless you look at it from a certain angle. Whats even more remarkable is that you hardly feel it when you run your finger across it, both in terms of width and depth. The Find N3 already had a very subtle crease, but the Find N5 takes it to the next level, with a crease that is 10% narrower and 50% shallower. It has the most deceptive crease of any foldable phone Ive ever tried.The hinge feels consistent throughout its range of motion. Unlike the inconsistent hinge of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 or the more effort-demanding hinge of the Pixel Fold, opening and closing the N5 feels smooth and fluid. Unfortunately, the Find N5s hinge isnt as steady when the phone is opened at a wider angle. There were a few occasions when the phone slowly opened flat while I was watching a video with the phone at about a 95 to 100-degree angle.Another thing to note is the position of the volume rocker: its too high. Youll need to shift your palm or hold the phone with two hands to reach it. Also, when I hold the phone open, with my pinky finger supporting most of the weight, it digs into my pinky. But this probably has to do with the position of my pinky, as I tend to support the phone with the side of my pinky near the nail. If I support it with the pad of my pinky, its not an issue.PerformanceDisplay quality stands as one of the Find N5s strongest features. The outer 6.62-inch OLED screen (2616 x 1140 resolution, 431 PPI) delivers impressive brightness up to 1600 nits outdoors. The inner 8.12-inch OLED display (2248 x 2480 resolution, 412 PPI) reaches 1400 nits of outdoor. Both screens feature adaptive 1-120Hz refresh rates with LTPO technology and support HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. The outer displays 20.7:9 aspect ratio provides a familiar smartphone experience, while the inner screens 9.9:9 ratio creates an immersive viewing canvas. The transition between displays is seamless, enhancing the overall user experience.The Find N5 features stereo speakers, but they are only located on the outer screen side. This design choice reduces the immersive experience, as youll notice the sound coming from just one side of the phone when watching content with the phone unfolded.Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, the Find N5 handles multitasking and intensive workloads effortlessly, maintaining cool temperatures even under pressure. Find N5 runs ColorOS15.0.1 based on Android 15. The improved Boundless View makes multitasking, switching between apps, copy and paste easy and seamless. Find N5 further enhances productivity through various AI features, including AI Document for translation and summarization, and AI Call Summary for transcribing audio conversations.One of the standout features is O+ Connect for Mac, which builds upon OPPOs existing file transfer capabilities between OPPO devices and iOS and iPadOS. This new functionality enables remote Mac control through the Find N5, though it requires the O+ Connect application to be installed on your Mac. The device also supports the OPPO Pen, adding another layer of productivity and creativity. However, testing this feature wasnt possible during the review period, as I was unable to acquire the OPPO Pen.The Find N5s imaging system builds upon OPPO and Hasselblads photography expertise, featuring a triple-camera array. The 50MP main camera shares the same Sony LYT-700 sensor (1/1.56-inch, f/1.89) with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) as the Find X8, delivering excellent results in both daylight and low-light conditions. Images show impressive sharpness, accurate white balance, and strong dynamic range.Accompanying the main sensor is a 50MP telephoto camera (1/2.75-inch sensor, f/2.7) with OIS, offering 3x optical zoom and 6x lossless zoom capabilities. While the camera technically supports up to 120x zoom, image quality deteriorates significantly beyond 6x. The telephoto lens doubles as a capable macro shooter with a 10cm focal length.The 8MP ultra-wide camera (15mm-equivalent, 116-degree field-of-view, f/2.2) proves to be the systems weak point, particularly in challenging lighting conditions. This limitation is especially disappointing given the foldable form factors unique advantage for selfie composition using the outer display as a viewfinder.Video capabilities include 4K 60fps recording on both main and telephoto cameras, while the ultra-wide is limited to 4K 30fps. Camera switching during video recording is possible but lacks smoothness in transition.OPPO has managed to pack an impressive 5600mAh battery into the Find N5s slim frame, complemented by robust charging capabilities. The device supports 80W SuperVOOC wired charging and 50W AirVOOC wireless charging, ensuring quick power replenishment when needed. Battery performance is particularly noteworthy given the devices form factor. The Find N5 easily handles a full day of heavy usage, including extended periods of content consumption on the larger inner display and intensive camera use. This endurance is especially impressive considering the power demands of the big inner screen.SustainabilityOne of the concerns many people have when it comes to foldable phones is durability. The hinge is the essential element of a foldable phone, forming the foundation of its structural integrity and ensuring its overall durability. The hinge of Find N5 is crafted from aerospace-standard Grad 5 titanium alloy and utilizes advanced 3D printing technology to achieve precision and strength.Just like the hinge, the inner screen is subjected to the physical stress of opening and closing. To address this, N5 uses what it calls a Dual Shielded Flexible Screen. This technology employs an ultra-thin stainless steel plate, ultra-thing glass, and an exclusive anti-shock film, making Find N5 70% more shock-resistant compared to the previous generation, according to Oppo.The other worry that comes with a foldable phone is its vulnerability to water. Luckly Find N5 is IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9-rated, which means it can withstand submersion and high-pressure, high temperature. While it does not have an official rating for dust protection, protection against extreme water conditions gives you peace of mind whether you are caught in the rain or accidentally drop the phone into water.As for the update, Find N5 will get 4 years of Android updates and 5 years of security updates. This is pretty much the industry standard when it comes to software support, so its reassuring that OPPO isnt cutting corners here. Improving the phones longevity plays an important role in reducing its negative impact on the environment as time goes by.ValueThe OPPO Find N5 is a remarkable device, showcasing cutting-edge foldable smartphone technology. Its engineering achievementssuch as its thin profile, innovative hinge, and durabilityposition it as a premium option in the foldable space. Youd be hard-pressed to find such a potent laundry list of desirable bullet points in a single device.While its retail price and market availability will play significant roles in determining its value, the combination of advanced features, productivity tools, and exceptional build quality makes the Find N5 a strong contender in the high-end foldable market. If youre looking for a blend of portability, build quality, productivity, and camera performance, the Find N5 delivers a compelling package.VerdictThe OPPO Find N5 represents a refined approach to foldable smartphone design, addressing many common issues associated with the form factor. OPPO has delivered a well-polished device thats practical for everyday use, with features like its slim profile, near-invisible crease, and water resistance.Its standout achievements include impressive camera performance, seamless display transitions, and a solid balance between portability and battery life. The integration of productivity features like O+ Connect for Mac and AI tools further elevates its utility.The OPPO Find N5 stands out in the growing foldable market, offering an impressive package for those seeking a high-end, versatile, and reliable foldable smartphone. As foldables continue to mature, the Find N5 suggests that OPPO is leading the charge in refining this exciting technology.The post OPPO Find N5 Review: Engineering Excellence, Productivity Powerhouse first appeared on Yanko Design.

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