Smartphone Oppo K1 - advantages and disadvantages

Oppo K1 is the first budget smart phone with a flagship fingerprint scanner right on the screen.

In a huge number of smartphone manufacturers, a new name or a new product pops up every day. All of them are trying to attract the attention of the consumer with something unusual and amazing. All these are methods of competition, which is increasing hourly.

One of the relatively new names - Oppo Electronics Corporation - now flashes almost on every site of the relevant subject.

What is OPPO

Orro Electronics is one of the divisions of the Chinese mega corporation VVK Electronics, which is known for the wide production of household appliances in various areas. As a separate production with its own name, Orro was founded in 2004. The very next year, OPPO's first MP3 player went on sale in China, and a high-end DVD player was launched in the United States at the same time.

By 2008, the production of portable electronics and telephones was launched as well. The company has been registered in different countries and opened its representative offices. In the US, it became OPPO Digital. By 2009, Thais were able to purchase the new brand's products.

2011 became a decisive point of reference for popularity due to the advent of a smart phone based on the Android operating system, and 2012 - a loud statement about itself with a novelty - the thinnest mobile device in the world - "OPPO Finder", which opened new doors for the division of the Chinese mega manufacturer to the world level . Thus, the ORRO brand sounded in such countries as Russia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia and others. The well-known actor Leonardo DiCaprio was invited to shoot commercials and became the face of the manufacturer, who chose a very successful meaningful slogan “find me” (find me) for his advertising company.

Since 2013, Russian smart markets have officially begun to sell OPPO products, but already in 2014 the manufacturer decided to curtail its representative office in the country due to low sales. But Russia has always attracted the attention of large producers with the breadth of its consumer circle, so a return, even after three years, was inevitable.

ORRO is one of the leading leaders in the Chinese market. In European countries, among the more powerful manufacturers with big names, it is quite difficult to win their place, but the new brand manages to do this, albeit step by step, but confidently and irrevocably.

Oppo K1 - model description

With its new Orro K 1 smartphone model, the manufacturer managed to surprise and attract many consumers. Many are looking forward to when it will be released to the public.What is the highlight and if the new miracle of Chinese technology has shortcomings.

Design K1

With its appearance, the mobile device is very close to expensive models such as OnePlus 6T, the cost of which is not at all at the budget level. Orro played very competently, using flagship manners in their appearance in their state budget. Who wouldn't want to show off a phone with a metal-and-glass body, iridescent color highlights on a bright blue or red color option? In addition, the screen itself is almost frameless, which makes it very attractive. A kind of "smile" to the future user is a drop-shaped notch at the top of the display, with a camera hidden there. The reverse side is shiny glass, and here everything is more expected - there is a dual camera with a flash, which are connected into one.

The overall solution of the smartphone (75.5 * 158.3 * 7.4 mm) does not detract from the comfort of use. The choice of body color is not great, but it will suit many - blue and red - fits perfectly into the "ancient" differentiation by gender: blue for boys, red for girls. The black classic is missing, and this is unlikely to upset anyone, since the color side of the smartphone is likely to be hidden in a case.

• Partially metal case;
• Screen with minimal frames;
• The size of the display, which occupies up to 85% of the entire area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe "face" of the smartphone;
• Comfortable dimensions of the device.

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Screen

The display size is 6.4 inches, the absence of frames makes the screen visually larger, because it occupies about 84% of the entire area of ​​the front side. The K1 model used AMOLED technology, which is more often used in expensive smart phones. Budget tiers tend not to boast good quality for this type of screen, but this model is likely to be an exception to the rule. All the benefits are obvious: brighter color reproduction, savings in energy consumption, viewing quality in the corners and, as a result, images will have a high quality level. The dimensions of the device benefit from this technology - the thinness of the model corresponds to 7.4 mm.

The resolution is 1080*2340, which meets the requirements of Full HD. This ensures that the picture is clear without grainy inclusions.

The phone is equipped with a sensitive multi-touch that supports up to 10 simultaneous touches.

The big advantage of the smartphone, which makes it the first among its kind in the budget range, is the fingerprint scanner, which is not located at the back, as is usual for such models, but directly under the display.

• AMOLED matrix;
• Quality of color display;
• The image at the corners of the display does not suffer from the loss of color shades;
• High screen resolution;
• A fingerprint scanner located under the screen (an innovation for a budget range of smartphones).

• With all the advantages of the Amoled display, it tends to tire the eyes with long-term use.

Processor and Memory

The new device is equipped with Android version 8.1 Oreo ColorOS 5.2. Manufacturers, trying to keep the budget cost of the device, did not fill the device with expensive hardware, so the active engine is a Qualcomm eight-core processor with a Snapdragon 660 MSM8976 Plus chipset, in which Adreno 512 is responsible for the graphics - all this does an excellent job with ordinary daily tasks. The platform also has a new image processing system, regardless of lighting. Accordingly, this contributes to energy savings, which can be used for productivity due to the presence of the dual chamber of the device.

In game mode, of course, you have to find compromise solutions in some places, but the Adreno 512 video accelerator is always ready to help.

As for the memory capabilities, the manufacturer provides two versions of the smartphone: one of them has 4 GB of space for the operating system, the other - 6 GB, the amount of internal memory is the same in both - 64 GB. There is no possibility of expanding with an additional memory card - there is no slot. But what is available contributes to a decent high-speed operation of the device in multitasking mode.

• Performance exceeds the capabilities of its predecessors in its price range;
• A good graphics editor that improves images regardless of format;
• For gaming use, the Adreno 512 video accelerator is the optimal solution to problems in this segment;
• 8-core processor in the configuration of the smartphone;
• RAM (its volume) contributes to the speed of the device in performing daily tasks + improves the gaming process of the device;
• Built-in memory (64 GB) - enough to store and install additional applications and files that improve the properties of the mobile device.

• From time to time, the temperature of the device may increase (special risk - gaming mode), as a result - a decrease in the performance capabilities of the processor;
• There is no additional smart memory expansion.

Camera characteristics

Camera parameters are common for a budget line of devices. The main camera is dual - 16 and 2 megapixels. A depth sensor is provided, which is necessary to perform the background blur function. Works great with this ability. Additional features include the presence of an LED flash, HDR - a technology that provides excellent image processing (both photos and videos), increasing the brightness of colors, the shooting mode "panorama". Video camera settings are 2160p and 1080p at 30fps. Among other things, there is auto focus, the ability to set a focus point, face detection, auto shooting, optical techniques and scene selection.

The front camera will satisfy even the most demanding selfie lover - 25 megapixels is enough to create high-quality pictures and good video images.

• The presence of a paired main camera;
• Good flash;
• Application of HDR technology;
• Fast camera auto focus;
• Shooting in qHD;
• Large extension of the selfie camera (front).

• Small expansion of the second main camera (2 MP);

Battery and battery life

The battery capacity (3600 mAh) will please both active users and those who use the device strictly for its intended purpose. In the active constant use mode, the smartphone can be autonomous for about 7 hours, the standby mode is up to 6 days without recharging. Particularly lucky are those who cannot do without telephone conversations: Orro K 1 will willingly perform the function of “talking” throughout the day (up to 25 hours). For normal use, the battery life is also quite decent and is about 3 days. With all this, it is possible to quickly charge the battery. So even if the needs of the user exceed the intended capabilities of the smartphone, this can be easily fixed.

It is a little alarming that the battery is stationary and cannot be removed, as well as the lack of wireless charging, but now this is not uncommon in new models of such devices.

• Large battery capacity;
• Battery life in all possible modes (standby, talk, normal use, active use);
• Stationarity of the battery (will last longer).

• Periodic increase in temperature under the influence of the processor.

Networking and wireless connectivity.

The smartphone supports two active SIM cards (nano SIM type). The main type of network is 4G, but all the previous ones fully operate at frequencies: 2G (GSM): 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; 3G (WCDMA): 800/850/1900 MHz; 4G (FDD-LTE): B1 (2100)/B3 (1800)/B7 (2600).For all its Chinese imports and temporary unavailability of purchases in the country, it supports the work of all available Russian mobile operators.

Wireless connections - wi fi (dual-band high-speed) and Bluetooth (version 5 + among the additional features of LE).

• An additional feature of Bluetooth 5 - LE, which saves battery power;
• 2 active sim cards.

• Dual band WiFi.

Conclusion

In general, the novelty from OPPO stands out in its price range with the presence of flagship chips, which will undoubtedly create popularity among buyers. All characteristics of the device correspond to the quality and level of a smartphone that is one step higher from its relatives.

If the price bids when they appear on sale in Russia are not overstated (in China, the phone went on sale at a cost of about $230), then it will become a worthy competitor for many representatives of more common brands.