Selfie-expert Oppo F1 now available in Rose Gold color

Oppo has announced a Rose Gold Edition of its camera centric F1 smartphone in India. The F1 Rose Gold Edition is now available to buy at Rs. 15,900. To recall, the Oppo F1 Gold color variant went on sale in India last month, and was made available in eight cities.

The Oppo F1 comes with 5-inch 720p IPS 2.5D Gorilla Glass 4 display, Snapdragon 616 SoC w/ Adreno 405 GPU, 3GB RAM, 16GB inbuilt expandable storage (up to 128GB via microSD card), Hybrid Dual SIM, 13MP rear camera (w/ LED flash, PDAF, 1080p video recording and 8MP front camera with screen flash for snapping better selfies in low light conditions. It and Color OS 2.1 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop and is fueled by 2500mAh battery.

Recently Oppo, being the official global partner of ICC World Twenty20 2016 launched a limited edition F1 ICC WT20. It costs Rs. 17,990 and comes bundled with a gift kit which includes a key chain, selfie stick and back cover, showing the ICC logo.

Selfie-centric Oppo F1 launched in India for Rs. 15,900

China based Oppo launched the first F series smartphone in India, the F1, a photography-focused smartphone that has been designed for selfie lovers. It sports a premium aluminium unibody design with a slim 7.25mm frame. The alloy body is treated with zircon sand surface coating for a smoother finish that is softer to touch.

Since it's a selfie-centric smartphone, the Oppo F1 comes with some innovative imaging features, that enables users to snap quality selfies even in low light. It is equipped with 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 PDAF (phase-detection auto-focus) is accompanied by an LED flash and can record 1080p videos.

The Oppo F1 features 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. 

Priced at Rs. 15,990, the Oppo F1 will be available in 8 cities in the country. (Surat - Feb. 4, Bangalore/Gurgaon - Feb. 6, Delhi/Pune/Chennai/Mumbai/Trivandrum - Feb. 6).  It comes in Rose Gold and Golden colors.

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.