OPPO is one of the top Chinese smartphone manufacturers in India at the moment that went for the offline route. The vendor offered its devices in the major brick-and-mortar retail stores across the country. Instead for going for the online route, the company had marked an absolute entry in the Indian market with its N1 mid-range offering, which it initially sold in the brick and mortar stores. However, since the launch of the N1, the vendorhas launched several s smartphones in the budget and mid-range to attract the buyers, which has been available in the brick-and-mortar and online stores in the country. OPPO’s recent entry in the country was the F1, which is a selfie-centric offering. Now the vendor has just launched a successor to the F1 in the form of the F1 Plus, which is actually identical to the OPPO R9 that was recently unveiled in China.
If you are planning to buy a selfie-centric smartphone then the OPPO F1 Plusis one of the best offerings available in the sub Rs 30,000 price range. To find out how the OPPO F1 Plus stands against its predecessor, let’s compare the specs of the phone against its predecessor.
OPPO F1Plus : features of the flagship selfie smartphone from OPPO
Camera
For selfies and video calling features, the OPPO F1 Plus gets a whopping 16-megapixel secondary snapper, which is further supported by f/2.0 wider aperture, a 5-element lens and 78.1-degree field of view (FOV). For primary images, the phone offers a 13-megapixel rear shooter with several imaging tweaks including f/2.2 aperture, a 5-element lens and 80.6-degree FOV. As per the brand, the F1 Plus also gets the SmartSensor image stabiliser technology to deliver better quality images under the low light conditions. The phone’s SmartSensor image stabiliser is being touted as the world’s smallest optical image stabiliser.
Design
Coming to the design, OPPO has gone for a metallic design for the F1 Plus. The phone is being offered in three metallic colour choices including silver, gold and rose gold. The handset measures quite slim around the waist with a waistline of 7.25mm frame, and tips the scale at just 145 grams. So when it comes to the design, the OPPO F1 Plus offers and excellent designed available in different colour choices.
Display and OS
The OPPO F1 Plus sports a 5.5-inch full HD AMOLED display, bearing a pixel density of 401 pixels per inch. So when it comes to the media viewing experience, the OPPO F1 Plus offers the best experience found on the smartphones from the Chinese vendor. As for the OS, the OPPO F1 Plus runs Android Lollipop with ColorOS 3.0 on top. The brand’s custom OS based on Lollipop brings several software tweaks to enhance the user experience.
Configuration
The OPPO F1 Plus is powered by an octa-core MediaTekHelio P10 processor, which is further supported by meaty 4GB of RAM to deliver smooth performance. For storage, the handset gets 64GB of internal memory, which users can further increase up to 128GB in size by inserting a microSD card. Overall, when it comes to the configuration, the OPPO F1 Plus offers one of the best configurations available in its price range.
Connectivity and battery
In terms of connectivity, the OPPO F1 Plus offers hybrid dual-SIM slots, 4G LTE including support for Indian 4G networks, VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and A-GPS. The handset also gets a fingerprint sensor, which as per the vendor works even with wet fingers and is capable of unlocking the device in just 0.2 seconds. As for the battery, the phone is fuelled by a 2,850mAh battery with support for VOOC Flash Charge technology, which as per the brand gives the phone around two hours of talk time in just five minutes of charging.
Conclusion
The OPPO F1 Plus is among the best smartphones available in the Indian market with a crisp display, a powerful processor, amazing camera features for quality self-portraits, a decent battery life, and a fingerprint sensor for enhanced security of user data. The phone has been priced at 26,990 in the Indian market and will go on sale later this month. Looking at the specs the OPPO F1 Plus offers, it appears to be amongst the best high-end smartphones on the market with amazing selfie features in the sub-Rs 30,000 price range & stylish mobile back cover here avilable at best price. So, are you going for the OPPO F1 Plus or have any other device in your mind? Share in the comments with all.
