Oppo N1 review: A 2013 phone with a 206° rotating camera and a rear touch panel.
The swivel-camera original.
Oppo N1 pioneered the rotating-camera idea — a 206° swivel module gave you the same 13 MP lens for rear shots and selfies — plus a rear gesture pad and even a CyanogenMod edition. Bulky and niche, but a genuinely inventive early Oppo.
01Display
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2013 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
56/10056/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2013.
03Performance
50/10050/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2013.
04Battery
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 8 points above the cohort average.
05Build
64/10064/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2013.
06Value
54/10054/100 puts it above the 51-point average for flagship phones of 2013.
- 206° rotating camera — same lens front and back.
- Rear "O-Touch" gesture panel.
- Offered a CyanogenMod edition.
- Big battery for the era.
- Huge 213 g, 5.9" body.
- Snapdragon 600 was mid-tier.
- 3G only.
- Rotating hinge was a durability question.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 87-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .