The camera-centric Oppo F1 gets official in Vietnam

Oppo has officially announced the Oppo F1, the brand’s first smartphone under the new camera-centric F series in Vietnam.

The defining feature of the Oppo F1 is the 8-megapixel front facing camera, that comes with several software tweaks including Beautify 3.0 interface and eight live color filters. In addition, the display doubles as the flash to capture better selfies in low-light conditions. The 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture is accompanied by an LED flash and can record 1080p videos.

The Oppo F1 sports a 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display with 2.5D Gorilla Glass 4 protection and is powered by 1.7GHz octa-core Snapdrgaon 616 64-bit processor with Adreno 405 GPU, 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, further expandable via microSD card up to 128GB. It runs Color OS 2.1 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop and houses hybrid SIM slot that lets you use the secondary nano SIM slot as a microSD slot when required. Connectivity features include 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS. It is fueled by 2500mAh battery.

The Oppo F1 (Gold) is priced at 6,490,000 Vietnamese Dongs ($290 | Rs. 20,000). An online retailer in Vietnam  has started taking pre-orders and will start shipping from January 21. The first 1,500 people to pre-order the F1 will receive an iLike Bluetooth headset.

The Oppo F1 is also expected to launch in India on January 28.