It features a 5-inch HD (1280×720 pixels) display 2.5D curved glass and protected by Gorilla Glass 4. The display is pretty neat offering a good contrast ratio. There are three capacitive buttons but are not back lit. The top houses the 8MP selfie camera, ear piece grille and the sensors.
The volume rocker is placed on the left.
The right side has the power button and the SIM tray which can be ejected with a pin.
The Oppo F1 is thin at 7.25mm and has a aluminum unibody. The company says that it has used an alloy treated with zircon sand surface coating applied in a low-pressure, low-speed spraying process.
The smartphone also features a 2,5000mAh battery, and connectivity options like dual-SIM card slots, VoLTE support, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. On the software front, it runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop wrapped under Color OS 2.1. It is one of the few devices available in market now offering VoLTE.
And what is special about the Selfie camera? It has a 8-megapixel f/2.0 selfie camera with 1/4 inch sensor and modes like Beautify 3.0, 8 live color filters. When clicking selfies in low light conditions, the smartphone’s display can be lit up to act as a flash. Other features include palm shutter to start a selfie countdown or voice shout for taking a selfie.
The Oppo F1 is priced at Rs 15,990, and it will go on sale from February 4 onwards. The Oppo F1 Plus, on the other hand, is priced at Rs 26,990 and will go on sale sometime in the month of April.]]>
