After great success with its Oppo F3 Plus, Oppo has decided to launch its sibling Oppo F3 in the country. The big highlight of the device is its dual selfie Expert camera, and the smartphone is priced at Rs. 19,999. The Oppo F3 will be available for pre-order from today Exclusively at Flipkart, until May 12, and the first sale will be on May 13.
Design wise, the Oppo F3 looks identical to the Oppo F3 Plus that was launched in March. When compared to its bigger sibling, the Oppo F3 sports slightly less exciting specs, but the price tag is significantly less as well. To recap, the Oppo F3 Plus was launched at Rs. 30,990.
The F3 Plus was big, and in my review, I also pointed out how it may have been a little too big to handle. Oppo’s answer to the same comes a few months later with the launch of the smaller Oppo F3, one that comes with slightly underpowered chipset (in comparison to the F3 Plus) but packs in a similar camera setup as its bigger sibling.
Build and Design
The design remains true to Oppo’s ongoing design philosophy. It is far from the polished metal body of the F3 Plus and features a design with a plastic, glass and metal mix. The 2.5D Glass on the front gives it a premium appearance, while the metal back plate feels cool to touch when held in the hand. The plastic bits on this mid-range selfie smartphone are limited to the overall frame that surrounds the display and the buttons and at the top and bottom panels on the back. Only the area with the Oppo branding and other markings is made of metal.
Oppo F3 Camera
Oppo F3 Specifications
The Oppo F3 also bears a fingerprint sensor on the home button, said to unlock the smartphone in as little as 0.2 seconds. The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) Oppo F3 runs ColorOS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. There’s a new feature called Clone Apps that allows you to use two WhatsApp accounts on the smartphone. The Oppo F3 bears a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) In-Cell TFT 2.5D curved display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection and 401ppi pixel density, which was as big as the one on last year’s F1 Plus model. It is powered by a 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6750T6 octa-core SoC coupled with Mali-T860 GPU and 4GB of RAM. Oppo F3 can handle graphics-heavy games such as Asphalt 8 with ease. While the chipset may not be powerful in terms of performance, it is not a power hog and will sip on very little power from the battery which should deliver some good figures when it comes to battery life.
The Oppo F3 sports 64GB of inbuilt storage that’s expandable via a dedicated microSD card (up to 128GB). The smartphone bears a triple-slot tray, letting users utilise two SIM cards and one microSD card at the same time. On the rear, the Oppo F3 Plus sports a 13-megapixel 1.3-inch sensor with PDAF, and LED flash. The Oppo F3 packs a 3200mAh non-removable battery as well.
Oppo F3 vs Vivo V5s vs Gionee A1: Comparison table
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Features |
Oppo F3 |
Vivo V5s |
Gionee A1 |
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Display |
5.5-inch full HD |
5.5-inch HD |
5.5-inch full HD |
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Processor |
Mediatek 64-bit MT6750 octa-core |
Mediatek 64-bit MT6750 octa-core |
MediaTek 64-bit Helio P10 octa-core |
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RAM |
4GB |
4GB |
4GB |
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Storage |
64GB (expandable) |
64GB (expandable) |
64GB (expandable) |
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Rear camera |
13-megapixel |
13-megapixel |
13-megapixel |
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Front camera |
16-megapixel + 8-megapixel |
20-megapixel |
16-megapixel |
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OS |
Android 6.0 Marshmallow with ColorOS |
Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Funtouch OS 3.0 |
Android 7.0 Nougat with Amigo OS |
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Battery |
3,000mAh |
3,000mAh |
4,010mAh |
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Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE support, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, OTG |
Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE support, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, OTG |
Dual-SIM, 4G VoLTE support, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and OTG support |
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Price |
Rs 19,990 |
Rs 18,990 |
Rs 19,999 |
Connectivity options on board the Oppo F3 include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth v4.0, GPS/ A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, and Micro-USB. The smartphone measures at 153.3×75.3×7.3mm, and weighs 153 grams.
Customers who pre-order the Oppo F3 will be running a contest where three lucky winners will stand a chance to watch the ICC finals in London.
