There was a talk that Chinese smartphone makers offer better specs at an affordable cost but quality could not be vouched for.
Oppo is one of the few Chinese smartphone companies to make millions change their perception and offer customers products that are fresh in design and approach.
Here is the F21 Series from Oppo, folks. It has both the looks and the brains but it is too early to talk about its performance. For now take a look at the series. We have two models in the F21 Series – The F21 Pro and F21 Pro 5G.
Display
Both the handsets come with a 6.4-inch AMOLED display. F21 Pro has upto 90 Hz refresh rate and it is fronted by a 2.5D Corning Glass for extra durability while the 5G Variant comes with only 60 Hz refresh rate according to Oppo, and has Schott Xensation glass for protection, according to GSMArena.com.
For the shutterbugs
The F21 Pro is given a better push out of the two in terms of camera, as it is equipped with 32MP selfie camera—backed by Sony’s IMX709 RGBW selfie sensor—is 60% more sensitive to light allowing users to get crisp, clear and well-exposed photographs.
OPPO has also introduced the segment-first 2MP microlens on the OPPO F21 Pro—with support for 15x/30x magnification—that lets users explore textures, colours, shapes and sizes at a microscopic level. Its AI Portrait Enhancement feature adjusts the colour and skin tone of the subject to produce sharper portrait images.
The F21 Pro 5G, on the other hand, boasts a 16MP front camera, a 64MP main camera, a 2MP depth camera, and a 2MP macro triple camera unit. It comes with the AI Scene Enhancement feature that optimises colour saturation and contrast in over 23 scenes, like birds, architecture, and food. Also, its Dual View Video feature allows you to use front and rear cameras simultaneously to record a video.
This is Special
The F21 Pro comes in two colour options: Sunset Orange and Cosmic Black. The Sunset Orange model is equipped with OPPO’s industry-first Fibreglass-Leather design on its back that doubles up as a ‘frameless’ battery cover to make the phone thin, light and durable. The Fibreglass–Leather design uses a lychee texture coating and a moulded plate cover that seamlessly integrates the phone’s back cover with the mid-frame for a premium look and feel.
The F21 Pro also comes with the Orbit Light feature that encircles the microlens and emits a soft breathing light to notify you about messages, calls and the charging status of the device’s battery. The F21 Pro is just 7.54mm thin and weighs 175g. The phone is fronted by a 2.5D Corning Glass for extra durability.
The F21 Pro 5G, on the other hand, comes in two colours: Rainbow Spectrum and Cosmic Black. The Rainbow Spectrum model uses a three-layer texture and a two-layer coating process that gives its back cover a matte finish with a subtle glittery appearance. Together, the layers create an iridescent and prismatic effect.
The Cosmic Black model flaunts the OPPO Glow design that makes the rear look glossy while giving it a matte-in-hand feel that is fingerprint and stain-resistant.
Under the hood
The OPPO F21 Pro drives smartphone performance with its Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 chipset, while the OPPO F21 Pro 5G is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G Mobile SoC. Both the devices in the F21 Pro Series come with a 4,500mAh battery and 33W SUPERVOOC that fully charges the devices in 63 minutes.Both the devices come with 128GB storage and 8GB RAM that can be increased by an additional 5GB via OPPO’s proprietary RAM Expansion technology to run multiple memory-heavy apps with zero lag.
Cost
OPPO F21 Pro is priced at INR 22,999 and will be available from 15th April onwards, while the OPPO F21 Pro 5G and the OPPO Enco Air2 Pro—priced at INR 26,999 will go on sale from 21st April across online and mainline retailers.