OPPO just announced its flagship R9 and R9 Plus smartphones at an event in China. The OPPO R9 has a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 1.66mm ultra-narrow frame and 77.68% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 processor, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and PDAF. The OPPO R9 Plus has a 6-inch 1080p display with 79.3% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 processor and has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX298 sensor, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF).
Both these have a 16-megapixel front-facing cameras and fingerprint sensor is present in the home button that can unlock the phone in just 0.2 seconds. Both these have 6063 aluminium alloy body, VOOC flash charge that will offer 2 hours of talk time with just 5 minutes for charge.
Oppo R9 specifications
- 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display
- Octa-core (4 x 2.0 GHz + 4 x 1.0 GHz) MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor with 700MHz Mali T860MP2 GPU
- 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
- Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with ColorOS 3.0
- 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, 5P lens, LED Flash, 80.6-degree wide-angle lens, 4K video recording
- 16MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 78.1-degree wide-angle lens
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 151.8×74.3×6.6mm; Weight: 145g
- 4G LTE with VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (dual-band), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 2850mAh battery with VOOC Flash Charge
Oppo R9 Plus specifications
- 6-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display
- Octa Core Snapdragon 652 (620) processor (Quad 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.2GHz A53 CPUs) with Adreno 510 GPU
- 4GB RAM, 64GB /128GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
- Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with ColorOS 3.0
- 16MP rear camera with Sony IMX298, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, LED Flash
- 16MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 78.1-degree wide-angle lens
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 163.1×80.78×7.4mm; Weight: 185g
4G LTE with VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (dual-band), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS - 4120mAh battery with VOOC Flash Charge
The OPPO R9 and R9 Plus come in Rose Gold and Golden colors. The OPPO R9 is priced at 2799 Yuan (US$ 430 / 28754 approx.), is now available for order and will go on sale in China starting from March 24 and the OPPO R9 Plus starts at 3299 Yuan (US$ 410 / Rs. 33860 approx.) and will go on sale in China from April 12th. No word on the global roll out yet.