Oppo launches three new entry and midrange smartphones

L ast week, Oppo Mobile introduced three new entry- level and mid- range smartphones in the country. These add to close to a dozen smartphones the Chinese brand has introduced in the Philippines since officially coming in last year.

When Oppo first came into the country, they introduced their flagship handsets – the Oppo N1 and the Find 7a. It was a move to establish brand reputation and unique positioning in the smartphone market. The company then moved on to introduce mid-range and entry level categories.

This batch of new handsets are considered to be in the range of entry to mid-level units, all of which off er dual-SIM functionalities.

First in the batch is a sub-P5,000 handset with a 4-inch display running a simple dualcore chip and 1GB RAM. The Oppo Joy Plus comes at a suggested retail price of only P4,990.

Oppo Joy Plus specs

4-inch IPS LCD display @ 480 x 800 pixels, 233ppi 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6572 dual-core processor Mali-400 GPU 1GB RAM 4GB internal storage up to 32GB via microSD 3.15MP rear camera w/ LED flash VGA front camera Dual-SIM, DualStandby 3G HSPA+ WiFi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.0 w/ A2DP, EDR GPS, A-GPS FM Radio Li- Ion battery 1,700mAh Color OS 2.0 (based on Android 4.4 KitKat) 124 x 63 x 9.9mm (dimensions) 125 grams (weight)

The Oppo Neo 5 is another budget midrange smartphone with a decent hardware confi guration with dual- SIM confi guration but only 3G connectivity.

Oppo Neo 5 specs:

4.5-inch FWVGA IPS LCD display @ 854 x 480 pixels, 218ppi MediaTek MT6582 1.3GHz quadcore processor Mali-400MP2 GPU 1GB RAM 8GB internal storage up to 32GB via microSD 8MP rear camera 2MP front camera Dual-SIM Bluetooth 4.0 Wi- Fi 802.11 b/g/n Color OS 2.0.1 (based on Android 4.4 KitKat) Li-Ion battery 2,000mAh 132 x 65.8 x 9.2mm (dimensions) 132.5 grams (weight)

The Oppo Neo 5 has a suggested retail price of P7,990.

The most interesting handset of the batch is the OPPO R1x with its octa-core Qualcomm processor. The Snapdragon 615 chip runs on a quad- core 1.7GHz ARM Cortex A53 and another 1.0GHz quad-core A53.

The R1x is also among the thinnest at only 6.8mm with a glass-on-glass design as it comes with a sapphire crystal back panel.

Oppo R1x specs

Five-inch IPS HD display @ 1280 x 720 pixels, 294ppi Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 1.5GHz octa- core processor Adreno 405 graphics 2GB RAM 16GB internal storage expandable up to 128GB 13MP rear camera with LED flash 5MP front camera Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+ Wi- Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.0 w/ A2DP, EDR GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS FM Radio tuner ColorOS 2.0.1 (based on Android 4.4 KitKat) Li-Ion battery 2,420mAh 140.6 x 70.1 x 6.8mm (dimensions) 130 grams (weight)

The Oppo R1x will retail for P15,990 in stores nationwide.

Oppo smartphones come with a customized mobile operating system called Color OS 2.0 which is based on Android 4.4. Kitkat. Color OS 2.0 comes with additional features and functionality on top of what Android Kitkat offers. This also allows Oppo to differentiate itself from other Android handset vendors in the market.

The Oppo Joy Plus, Neo 5 and R1x are all available in the market this week.