Oppo A9 smartphone - pros and cons

Six months after the presentation of Oppo A7, the company delighted its fans with a new product - Oppo A9. The smartphone, like its predecessors, belongs to the middle price segment, so most of this model will be affordable.

The review will guide you on the price of the device, as well as tell you about its performance, functionality, main characteristics, pros, cons and features.

About Oppo

Oppo is a subsidiary of BBK Electronics Corporation and is currently the fifth largest smartphone supplier in the world.

The history of the company begins in 2004 - the year of its foundation. At the beginning of its journey, the company was engaged in the manufacture of MP-players, which were distinguished by an extraordinary appearance, then MP4-players with large screens for watching films for that time. Since 2008, the company began to produce phones, which, like the players, were very unusual and interesting. In 2009, the first phone with a touch screen was released, and the world saw the first smartphone on the Android operating system in 2011. At the beginning of 2012, the second model of the line was released. And by the middle of the year, the company introduced a very ultra-thin smartphone. At the end of the year, there was a presentation of the next, iconic smartphone Oppo Find 5, which opened the door to trading platforms in different countries.

Oppo is based in Guangdong Province, Dongguan City. There is also a plant where more than 20 thousand workers and 1,400 engineers work. 4 million gadgets are produced per month. Also, a division of the company is located in Silicon Valley in San Francisco, which specializes in the manufacture of headphones, sound amplifiers, players and other audio and video equipment.

Oppo A9 smartphone review

Table with parameters and their description

Package and cost of a smartphone

In a branded box, the buyer will receive:

• telephone;
• warranty card;
• user manual;
• metal key to open the slot for the SIM card and memory card;
• Charger;
• USB cable.

How much does the novelty cost?

The average cost of the Oppo A9 is 26,419 rubles. This model has no modifications, it is sold in only one version.

Design

The Oppo A7 has a delicate and sophisticated appearance. The back panel is made of plastic very well imitates glass. The main feature of the cover is a three-dimensional gradient of green, white or purple to choose from, which shimmers gorgeous in the sun or under artificial lighting.

On the back there is a dual camera and LED flash, below is a fingerprint scanner and brand inscription. The scanner is too high up and unlocking the device may cause discomfort.

On the front side there is a drop-shaped cutout at the top of the screen for the front camera, and above it is a grill from the earpiece, a proximity and lighting sensor. There is a small chin at the bottom. The volume rocker is on the left side, on the right is the power button. On the top there is a noise canceling microphone, on the bottom there is a spoken microphone, a USB port, a 3.5 mm jack and a speaker.

Camera

The main camera has two modules:

1. The first module has a resolution of 16 megapixels and aperture f / 1.8, there is phase autofocus. The frame rate when shooting video is 30 frames per second. The image resolution is 4608 x 3456 pixels (15.93 Mp), video - 3849 x 2160 (8.29 Mp).
2. The second module with a resolution of 2 megapixels has an aperture of f / 2.4, and serves as an auxiliary camera for taking a deeper picture.

Camera features:

• touch focus and autofocus;
• dual LED flash;
• panorama;
• HDR image;
• Full HD resolution, with a frequency of 30 frames per second;
• face recognition and scene selection;
• setting white balance and ISO;
• optical stabilization;
• exposure compensation;
• digital zoom and continuous shooting;
• autostart.

Don't worry about how the camera takes pictures at night. For shooting videos and photos, there is a special application Ultra Night Mode 2.0, which improves the quality even in low light.

The front camera has a resolution of 16 megapixels and an aperture of f / 2.0. Video resolution - 1920 x 1080 pixels (2.07 Mp), images - 4608 x 3456 pixels (15.93 Mp). The frame rate is 20 frames per second.

Display

The Oppo A9 uses IPS technology for manufacturing. The display is covered with 2.5D curved glass and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for long-lasting durability.

The capacitive screen with a diagonal of 6.53 inches and an area of ​​104.7 centimeters square, occupies 84.8% of the screen to the body. The resolution is 1080 x 2340 pixels and the aspect ratio is 19.5: 19. The pixel density per inch is 395 pixels. The maximum number of colors that the screen can show is 16777316, and the color depth is 24 bits

Performance

The smartphone has a smart and reliable processor MediaTek Helio P70 on a single-chip platform, with a 12 nanometer process technology, 64-bit capacity and a clock frequency of 2,100 megahertz. The chip has 8 cores: 4 Cortex-A73 cores with a frequency of 2 GHz and 4 Cortex-A53 cores with a frequency of 2.0 GHz. Helio P70 has a 4G modem, the bandwidth of which reaches 300 Mbit per second. For good interaction of two SIM cards at the same time, there is support for Dual 4G VoLTE.

Computing is handled by an ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU. The clock speed of the graphics chip, which consists of 3 working parts, is 900 megahertz.

The device quickly copes with its tasks, since the amount of RAM reaches 6 GB. As for the built-in memory, according to the standard it is 128 GB. But the manufacturers did not stop there. The amount of memory can always be increased up to 256 GB. A9 supports such types of cards as: microSD, microSDXC, microSDHC.

Software

Oppo A9 runs on the Android 9.0 Pie operating system, with the proprietary ColorOS 6 shell. ColorOS 6 shell is based on a minimalistic white background with a gradient so as not to burden the user's eyes. The interface is able to flexibly adapt to its owner. The Hyper Boost software engine is responsible for the high level of performance in the system, applications and games. Among the many useful programs are:

• System Boost, Game Boost 2.0 and App Boost are game acceleration programs with many additional useful options.
• Game Assistant - allows you to block incoming messages and calls during gameplay.Also, the utility will allow you to record the gameplay.
• Game Space - Eliminates the worry of lost game data due to internet disconnection. To do this, this function creates a two-channel network that uses 4G and WI-FI connections.

In addition, there are navigation gestures, smart assistant and many other useful and amazing features.

Autonomy

The Oppo A9 has a 4020 mAh non-removable lithium polymer battery. An excellent and useful solution is the presence of the fast charging function.

Communications and sensors

• The device uses the following connection technologies: VoLTE, Computer sync, Tethering;
• Supports standards: CSS 3, HTML, HTML 5;
• For data exchange: microUSB 2.0 connector, for charging, data storage and On-The-Go;
• Bluetooth 4.2 with A2DP, LE and EDR protocols;
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, WiFi Direct;
• Navigation system: BDS, GLONASS, A-GPS;
• Mobile networks: LTE, TD-SDMA, GSM, CDMA, HSPA, UMTS.

The phone has the following sensors:

• fingerprint scanner;
• approximation;
• lighting;
• gyroscope;
• accelerometer.

Advantages and disadvantages of a smartphone

• beautiful, delicate design;
• successful imitation of glass and a gradient finish on the back panel;
• neat drop-shaped cutout for the front camera;
• useful additional functions of cameras;
• display protection with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and 2.5D;
• productive processor;
• the ability to increase the amount of memory;
• proprietary shell ColorOS 6, with a lot of useful functions;
• user-friendly interface;
• fast charging;
• large battery capacity;
• acceptable price.

• high location of the fingerprint scanner.

Conclusion

2019 is full of new products in the world of smartphones, but, despite the large assortment, questions about how to choose the right device and what selection criteria to take into account in the first place do not disappear. After all, you can always ignore some of the characteristics and end up not getting what you wanted. That is why, before buying, you should definitely carefully study consumer reviews, characteristics and reviews on the smartphone you like. Also, before buying, be sure to consult with professionals.