Oppo F1 smartphone tech specs, features and price

Oppo has always been an innovative player when it comes to coming up with smartphones with better features and specifications. F1 is the latest entrant to the field. Here are a few details on the new device from Oppo.

Design and display
It features a full metal alloy body. Design language is almost equivalent to that found on R7. But the phone does not feel like metal with smooth finish. Dispaly is something you will not be happy with. You get a 5 inch IPS LCD display with just 720p resolution which is definitely not worth the price. There is, however, Gorilla Glass 4 protection available. The pixel density reads 294 ppi which may not impress buyers.

Hardware
The phone is powered by Snapdragon 616 Octa-Core processor. The clock speed reads an impressive 1.7 GHz. The trusted Adreno 405 GPU handles the graphics. Graphics do not seem to be much impressive. You have 3 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory. You can expand the memory by another 128 GB.

Camera
Oppo has built the marketing campaign of Oppo F1 on its camera features. The device has a 13 MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture. In fact, it features a decent camera package at the price point it has been launched. The camera app is impressive enough. It provides you several ultra modes. The ultra HD mode claims to shoot images with a resolution of 51 MP. It definitely has the best in class camera. Then there is the 8 MP front snapper. Oppo has a tag line that reads " selfie expert" for the F1. The front camera has wider aperture at f/2.0 which lets in more light into the camera. The screen itself will act as flash when taking selfies.
Software
The phone runs on Android Lollipop 5.1.1. Customised by Color OS, it has the latest version 2.1.0i. It has a completely different makeover to Android ecosystem with its own lock screen, icons and settings. There are a huge numbers of gestures that are supported.

Battery and other features
Oppo F1 has a 2500 mAh battery which does not give any better backup. It has the best fast charging technology. As for connectivity, it has a hybrid MicroSD/dual SIM slot. Other regular connectivity features like WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS among others are supported.

Price and availability
The phone has been made available at Rs. 15990. A variant with better camera has been expected to be released in April, 2016. It will be priced at Rs. 26990. Oppo F1 is available via retail outlets and across a couple of online stores like Amazon india.

The official site of Oppo has declared the following information regarding the F1 model. It includes specs, features and price which goes like this:

The Oppo F1 phone has a 143.5mm Height with 71mm Width. The phone is 7.25mm thick, weighing around 134g. You get this model in Golden and Rose Gold Colors.

Operating System
Running on ColorOS 2.1, and based on Android 5.1, the Oppo F1 phone has a Qualcomm snapdragon 616 Processor and a Adreno 405 GPU with a 3 GB RAM.

Storage
The phone comes with a 16 GB that Supports a microSD card and it is expandable up to 128GB, while the ICC Version has got 32 GB of storage.

Battery
The phone has a 2500mAh volume of Non-removable battery with the minimum volume of 2400mAh.

Display
The phone has a 5 inches IPS TFT display with
HD (1280 by 720 pixels) Resolution that supports 16 million colors. The Touchscreen is a Multi-touch one with Capacitive Screen, protected by Gorilla Glass 4 and the display unit is given Support for Gloved and Wet Touch Input.

Camera
The Main camera Sensor is of 13-megapixel and the Front camera sensor is of 8-megapixel. with Flash. The Aperture of the Rear camera is f/2.2 and for the Sec it is f/2.0.

Connectivity
The connectivity of F1 has the frequencies of GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz and WCDMA 2100MHz. For LTE Bands it has 1/3/TD-40.
This Dual-SIM phone has its slots for both Micro-SIM Card and Nano-SIM Cards. It supports GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 and OTG.

Sensors
The phone contains a Distance sensor, Light sensor, G-sensor and an E-compass.

In the Boxof OPPO F1, you get a Micro USB cable, the Charger, pair of Earphones, one SIM ejector tool and a case.

Price :
Rs 15,990