Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Oppo has recently announced the launch of a whole new range of smartphones as a part of its F-series of smartphones. The Oppo F1 is the first one to debut in the lineup. This camera-centric smartphone is touted by the company to deliver a premium quality photography experience. The Oppo F1 is currently up for pre-order in Vietnam for a price of 6,490,000 Vietnamese Dongs (approximately US$ 290 / Rs. 19,365) and is expected to launch in India on January 28.

The device has been crafted in an Aluminium unibody, which is just 7.25 mm thick. It features a 5-inch IPS display with a pixel density of 294 ppi and 2.5D Gorilla Glass 4 protection. The Oppo F1 is powered by a 1.7GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 chipset clubbed with 3GB of RAM. It comes with 16GB internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card. In terms of connectivity, the device supports Hybrid dual-SIM, 3G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, and GPS. The smartphone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box with Oppo’s proprietary Color OS 2.1 running on top. Backing the Oppo F1 is a 2,500mAh battery
In the imaging department, the device sports a 13-megapixel primary camera with a single-LED flash. There is an 8-megapixel selfie snapper with a 1/4-inch sensor, and features such as Beautify 3.0, 8 live color filters, and an option to make use of screen’s brightness to capture selfies in low light conditions.