Oppo’s newest phone, the R7s, launches in Australia today. It’ll be available online from Oppo’s website soon and is already available at Dick Smith Electronics stores (and online) for $529. For that price you’re getting a competitive set of specs as the phone enters the mid-range battleground.
The R7s continues Oppo’s well-regarded R-series design pedigree, first seen in the super-slim R5 and evolving into last year’s R7 and refined with the R7 Plus. It’s just under 7mm thin, and continues the magnesium-alloy metal unibody design. Oppo’s using a number of new techniques this time around to endow the R7s with an extremely smooth metallic surface.
The display moves up to a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED screen and while it doesn’t change the processor, the Snapdragon 615 is now paired up with a massive 4GB of RAM to aid multitasking performance. The main camera is a 13MP f/2.2 model with phase detection auto-focus claiming an auto-focus time of 0.1 seconds. Oppo’s also claiming a 30% decrease in camera launch time, and smart anti-shake software optimisation. The front camera is an 8MP f/2.4.
It’s good to see a large 3,070 mAh battery packed into the R7s, too. It’s also sporting Oppo’s VOOC rapid charging technology, so you can charge it up to 90% of capacity in 50 minutes – when connected to a VOOC charger.
The R7s is available at $529 from Dick Smith in Gold and Silver. It’s also due to go on sale on Oppo’s Australian website, but is yet to appear at the time of writing.
We’re looking forward to taking a look at the R7s in the next few days, with a review unit winging its way to Ausdroid HQ!
Oppo R7s
- 5.5″ 1080p AMOLED display w Gorilla Glass 4
- Octa-core MSM8939 (Snapdragon 615)
- 4GB RAM
- 32GB Storage, microSD in second SIM slot
- 13MP f/2.2 rear camera
- 8MP f/2.4 front camera
- 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, USB-OTG
- GPS
- Cellular:
- GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- WCDMA: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
- 4G LTE: 1/3/5/7/8/28/TD-38/39/40/41
- Micro SIM, Nano SIM
- Android 5.1, Color OS
- 3,070 mAh battery with VOOC rapid charging
- 151.8 x 75.4 x 6.95mm, 155g
- Case included in box
