5-inch 1080p Android smartphones are all the rage right now, with HTC, ZTE, Sharp, and Lenovo all jumping into the pool. Chinese Blu-ray player maker Oppo wants a piece of the 5-inch-diameter pie too, and is planning a full-scale international launch for its Find 5 handset. There’s a lot to like about the Find 5. It’s one of the most well-built phones we’ve seen come out of China, but it’s also got a few quirks that prevent it from competing on the same level as the larger international smartphone brands. Priced at $480 (RMB 2,998) in China, the Find 5 is on the high-end for a homegrown smartphone. Rival Meizu, for example, prices its flagship MX2 at $400 (RMB 2,499), and Xiaomi’s Mi2 costs $321 (RMB 1,999). Still, Oppo justifies the higher price by packing in some top-of-the-line specs and a couple unique camera tricks. Video review by Peter Carney. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2GbpNejjyEQ" height="411" width="730" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0">></iframe> Hardware The Find 5’s display is the centerpiece of the device. It has a resolution 1,920 x 1,080 and a pixel density of 441 pixels per inch. Inside, the device is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The rear camera packs 13 megapixels and includes hardware HDR, while the front shooter has 1.9 megapixels. We tested the Chinese hardware version of the phone, which does
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