Meet OPPO A71, Speedy Operation Made Affordable?

OPPO has recently launched the new A71 officially for the Philippine market, the latest handset from the popular Chinese brand with capable specs for the price.

Meet OPPO A71

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Even at just PHP 8,990, OPPO aims to bring the speedy operation of their higher-end smartphones to OPPO A71.

How? By equipping it with capable overall specs, decent cameras, and their newest operating system and skin to date.

Let's check it out!

Meet OPPO A71

OPPO A71 in sexy black color

In particular, the OPPO A71 is housed in a sturdy enough silver nano coated plastic w/ improved curves for better grip and hold. It's also pretty slim at just 7.6 mm and lightweight at 137 grams.

3.5 mm headphone jack slot on top

Mic, micro USB port, and speaker below

Volume rocker and power button at left

Dual SIM and micro SD card tray and power button at right

It features a pretty bright and colorful 5.2 inch HD TFT 1280 x 720 resolution w/ scratch resistance and pre-installed screen protector for enhanced protection against accidental light damages and scratches.

The most affordable OPPO smartphone w/ 64 bit MT6750 octa core processor!

Inside, this is the most affordable OPPO handset to boasts a 64 bit MT6750 octa core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz that's speedy enough to load most of the casual tasks with ease.

It's also coupled with Mali T860 graphics that can run NBA 2K17 at all low or low and medium settings properly, 3 GB RAM for smooth multitasking, 16 GB of expandable storage thru a dedicated micro SD card slot, and ample 3,000 mAh of battery.

13 MP f/2.2 main camera

On the camera part, the OPPO A71 has a 13 MP f/2.2 lens w/ autofocus and single LED flash. It's loaded with an improved camera UI that now has a toggle to access 2x digital zoom.

5 MP f/2.4 front camera

For selfies, it has a 5 MP f/2.4 front camera sensor w/ auto HDR, screen flash, and selfie bokeh mode. Our initial sample shots showed decent details, colors, and proper exposure. The selfie bokeh mode isn't that bad as well.

Normal selfie mode

Selfie bokeh w/ beautify sample

The rest of the features

The rest of the features includes: WiFi, 3G, LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, OTG, GPS, A GPS, GLONASS, and dual SIM card slots. It also has accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, and magnetic sensors.

The best part?

It's the very first OPPO smartphone we know in the country that boots with the improved Android 7.1 Nougat OS w/ the newest Color OS 3.1 skin.

The Color OS 3.1 skin has few changes in its UI. The shortcut panel can be accessed by swiping up. It also now has the new OPPO share feature that works like SHAREit app.

What's missing? It has no fingerprint sensor for extra personal security like most sub PHP 10K phones.

Related: OPPO A71: First Camera Samples

OPPO A71 Specs

Display: 5.2 Inch HD TFT 1280 x 720 resolution w/ scratch resistance at 282 ppi
CPU: 1.5 GHz 64 Bit MT6750 octa core processor
GPU: Mali T860
RAM: 3 GB
ROM: 16 GB expandable via micro SD card slot up to 256 GB (dedicated)
Back Camera: 13 MP f/2.2 w/ AF and LED flash
Selfie Camera: 5 MP f/2.4 w/ screen flash
Battery: 3,000 mAh
OS: Android 7.1 Nougat w/ Color OS 3.1
Connectivity: WiFi, 3G, LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, OTG, GPS, A GPS, GLONASS, dual SIM
Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic
Others: Colors: black, gold
Dimensions: 148.1 x 73.8 x 7.6 mm
Weight: 137 g
Price: PHP 8,990

The OPPO A71 is now available nationwide at all OPPO offline and online stores including Lazada Philippines for PHP 8,990 only.

For the price, we think that it's a pretty decent offering on paper.

Agree?