The Chinese manufacturer, OPPO, unveiled their latest flagship that may or may not arrive to Philippine shores.
The much anticipated OPPO R9s, the follow up to the crazy thin OPPO R7, has just been unveiled.
We were given exclusive access to get a glimpse of the Limited Edition Chinese New Year OPPO R9s to review.
Design
Emulating all the design cues of the iPhone 7, you can easily mistake this R9s as the (RED) version of the Apple headliner.
The entire construction of the OPPO R9s is made of metal with slivers of cutouts that make antenna lines seem like a part of the design.
Apart from the left flushed camera beside the dual tone LED flash, the OPPO logo sits squarely at the middle.
The design rounds out towards the front panel to meet the Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Display
The 5.5inch AMOLED display will be the first thing to greet you upon powering up. Colors are eye popping and blacks show deep blacks.
Viewing angles are also great specially with the 2.5D curvature of the glass panel.
Using the phone under broad daylight will also not be a problem.
Camera
The OPPO R9s will feature a 16MP camera for both the rear facing shooter as well as the front facing camera.
The main setup will be set at f1.7 aperture and the selfie camera is set at f2.0.
Video taking will max out at 4K resolution but the absence of Optical Image Stabilization may be a bummer.
Battery & Performance
The R9s will be powered by a 3010mAh battery supporting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC clocked at 2.0GHz paired with Adreno 506 GPU, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of on-board storage.
If competing models are any indication then the OPPO R9s will be more than capable at lasting throughout a good day.
Should you find the need to recharge a necessity, then the proprietary VOOC Charging should be able to give you hours of battery life in just a few minutes of being plugged in.
The R9s is expected come in gold, black, and rose gold apart from the Limited Edition Red.
There is no official word as to how much will this sexy phone retail for let alone the limited edition Red.
Let us know what you think of the OPPO R9s at the comments section below.
Limited Edition OPPO R9S Full Specs, Official PH Price, Release Date in the Philippines
| SPECS, PH Price | Limited Edition OPPO R9S |
| Display | 5.5-inch 1080p FHD, 401ppi |
| Size | 6.6mm thick, 145g weight |
| Design | all-metal body, 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5, curved glass |
| Colors | gold, black, rose gold and limited edition red |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core chipset |
| Processor | 8Â x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 |
| Graphics | Adreno 506 |
| Memory | 4GB RAM, 64GB internal, microSD card slot up to 256GB |
| Main Camera | 16 MP f/1.7 with LED flash, phase detection autofocus, HDR |
| Multimedia | 4K or 2160p @ 30fps, 1080p @ 30fps |
| Front camera | 16 MP, f/2.0 |
| Connectivity | GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz | (3G)UMTS 4G LTE, WiFi ac, Bt 4.0, GPS, A-GPS, hybrid dual-nano sim card slot |
| OS | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| Software | Color OS 3.0 |
| Battery | 3010mah with VOOC charging |
| Ports | micro-USB 2.0 port, 3.55mm headphone jack |
| Official Price | retails in China for $400 or almost Php20,000 Philippine peso(before taxes) |
| Availability date | October 2016 in China |
| Where to buy | China |
