Oppo won a huge chunk of the already saturated Asian market with its selfie-centric product development, running with it ever since. The F3 Plus is the company’s upgrade to the highly popular F1s. I got my hands on one to see if the new tech upgrades warrant an entirely new-generation phone model.
DESIGN
The overall aesthetic of the phone feels a bit same-y. The design team decided to keep as much of the F1s DNA as they could. Not that there’s anything wrong with that: the F1s was a nice-looking phone; but a completely new phone would definitely need a nip and a tuck or two to distinguish it from the predecessor.
The silhouette of the phone is sleek, and looks even sexier with the gold finish (also available in black) and the six bands that go around the back all the way to the sides. It is a very thin phone, but an ill-placed bevel separating the metal and glass elements (which may have been put there to make it look nicer from the front) makes it look thicker than it actually is.
If there’s one thing you can’t fault Oppo with, however, it would be the build quality which is excellent as always. It does feel like a premium phone, but with a not-so premium price tag.
HARDWARE
This story is from the May 2017 edition of Gadgets.
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