OPPO A38 with 6.56″ 90Hz display, 50MP camera, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 12,999


OPPO has launched the A38 smartphone in India, after it was introduced a few days back. It packs a 6.56-inch HD+ screen with 90Hz refresh rate with a 5MP camera inside the notch, is powered by MediaTek Helio G70 SoC with 4GB of RAM and up to 4GB of virtual RAM. It runs Android 13 with ColorOS 13.1 on top.

The phone has a 50MP rear camera along with a 2MP portrait sensor. The back has a Glowing Silk Design that sparkles with a luxurious silk-satin finish from OPPO Glow’s innovative design.

It as a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 33W SuperVOOC fast charging via USB Type-C.

OPPO A38 specifications
  • 6.56-inch (1612x720pixels) HD+ LCD screen, 90Hz refresh rate, 100% sRGB / DCI-P3 color gamut, up to 720 nits peak brightness
  • Octa-Core MediaTek Helio G70 12nm processor (Dual 2GHz Cortex-A75 + Hexa 1.7GHz 6x Cortex-A55 CPUs) with ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 GPU
  • 4GB LPDDR4X RAM, 128GB eMMC 5.1 storage, expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
  • Android 13 with ColorOS 13.1
  • Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
  • 50MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 2MP portrait camera with f/2.4 aperture, LED Flash
  • 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
  • Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
  • Dimensions: 163.74×75.03×8.16mm; Weight: 190g
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • Splash resistant (IPX4)
  • Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, USB Type-C
  • 5000mAh battery with 33W SuperVOOC fast charging
Pricing and availability

The OPPO A38 comes in Glowing Black and Glowing Gold colours, is priced at Rs. 12,999 for the single 4GB + 128GB model and is on sale from Flipkart.


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