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Oppo N1: A new innovative smartphone that’s little “Heavy” for your pocket
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ike Gionee and few other Chinese smartphones, Oppo is also relatively unknown to Indian audiences. After the first phone with 13 MP camera and second with Full HD display, Oppo Find 5, then the very thin and light dual SIM Oppo R819, the company now outs a unique cameraphone, Oppo N1.Smartphone newcomer Oppo arrived from nowhere put a great impression on the Android enthusiasts last year, with the Oppo Find 5 offering decent performance and selling for an impressive price. It was a good start for this unknown firm. Now NowOppo is planning to lauch 10 more new models in India. Oppo has their own R&D team which designs smartphones and they also develop software and manufacture the phones themselves, so they are very keen to make an impression through same exciting innovation in their products.
the microSIM slot - accessed by poking a pin in to pop out the tray - while the right-hand edge has the power button a little above the middle for easy thumb access.Notice that the Oppo N1 does not have a notification LED anywhere on the device which to be honest, is disappointing for obvious reasons (though the O-click accessory helps somewhat). On the back we also have a 12cm^2 touchpad which Oppo calls the O-touch.
Features: Oppo N1 has a decent set of specs, including a pretty 5.9-inch 1080p IPS screen (with Gorilla Glass 3), a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 SoC and 2GB of RAM. The N1 edges it out with a larger 3,610mAh fixed battery. Phones weigh a little over 210g, which will take some getting used to. Other specs on the N1 include 16GB or 32GB of built-in storage,13-megapixel f/2.0 camera, penta-band WCDMA radio,802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 Build and Design: and NFC. Slightly disappointed by the missing Right from the packaging the Oppo N1 looks microSD slot, especially for the 16GB model -- it very premium and classy. The handset comes won’t take long before you run out of room for inside a white box casing, which is extremely stylish. your music, 13MP photos and full HD videos. Everything inside the box, like the USB cable and Performance: in-ear headphones have been nicely packaged, Oppo N1 runs on the quad-core 1.7GHz which makes the device look like a piece of art. Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset, which is What immediately sets the N1 apart from technically one performance tier behind the other phones of its size is the innovative rotating Snapdragon 800. It’s backed by the standard camera mount.And it’s a nicely built, sturdy 2GB of RAM other hardware makers put in their mount, locking into place when it’s facing flagship models, so multitasking works well, backwards and automatically flipping the on- with apps staying alive in the memory. It has a screen viewfinder image when you rotate it.As lovely display, bright and colourful, with plenty for the physical size of the Oppo N1, it’s huge and of contrast when viewing photos and video fairly heavy. The N1 is plastic, but it’s a high-quality clips.Viewing angles are great, too. Colours and plastic similar to that of Nokia’s devices and some contrast are consistent. Its innovative camera HTC smartphones. It’s not glossy or slippery like performs really well even in low lights. And in Samsung devices, and though my review unit good light, outdoors, images look great, with has a matte white finish, it doesn’t pick up dirt vibrant colours, good contrast and - for the most and scuffs. An aluminium frame goes around part - accurate exposure. And selfy lovers can set the phone, which gives it an upscale look. The the camera app to spring open when you rotate rotating camera mount means the headphone the lens towards you and there’s even a beautify socket is placed on the bottom of the N1, where setting that will automatically pop up on portrait it battles for space alongside the USB connector shots.Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is the core behind and speaker.The left-hand edge only houses
the Oppo N1, with the maker customising this through a skin it calls the Color OS. Oppo’s tried to make the N1 a little more user-friendly than the stock version of Android, with the phone full of lots of small software touch and gesture controls to help you get it set up the way you want it to work.For example, Oppo’s included something it calls the gesture panel. This is a way of launching apps by drawing pictures, accessed by dragging down from the left-hand side of the Notifications bar (you can edit where it activates in the settings).There’s also the touchpad on the back, or the O-Panel, as Oppo calls it. As with the Gesture Panel, you can associate actions with this via a custom menu, although these are limited to stuff like using it to open the camera and change tracks in the music player. Verdict: A premium smartphone packed with new technologies and innovative features but with a heavy price tag. Pros: Good Camera, Display, Battery life Cons: Touch expensive, Size, difficult to use with one hand Specs: ColorOS based on Android 4.2, 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad core,RAM - 2GB, 5.9in IPS with 1920x1080 resolution (377ppi), Gorilla Glass 3, Camera - 13MP w/ dedicated ISP, dual-mode LED, f/2.0, Storage - 16/32GB, 3610mAh, 170.7x82.6x9mm/213g Price: 32,990/-
Mobility Ratings: Performance: 18 mobility June 2014
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