Oppo A9 (2020) smartphone - pros and cons

Every consumer wants to own a popular smartphone model from the best manufacturers with huge memory, a camera like a good DSLR, and a powerful processor. But I want to pay for it no more than 20,000 rubles.

Thanks to Oppo products, buying such a miracle is quite possible. This year, the brand will delight us with the new Oppo A9 (2020) smartphone, the characteristics of which are worthy of detailed consideration.

Read below an overview of new items from a reliable manufacturer. We will tell you about the price, functionality, advantages and disadvantages of a smartphone.

A little about the company

The Chinese company OPPO Electronics Corporation was born in 2004. The brand is a subsidiary of BBK Electronics, it quickly gained popularity both in the Middle Kingdom and in other countries.

And in 2012, the company made an interesting marketing step: it made the face of its brand not just anyone, but Leonardo DiCaprio himself.

OPPO reaches new heights every year: for example, in 2019, the company's hard-working employees developed the world's first 10x hybrid optical zoom.

Specifications:

Camera

The trend of the season is a quadruple camera, few of the leading electronics manufacturers have released such a model. Oppo is not lagging behind them. The A9 is equipped with a rear quad camera with the following features:

• main module 48 Mp;
• wide-angle - 8 MP with a viewing angle of 119 degrees;
• two 2 megapixel cameras, which are used to determine the depth of the scene and macro photography, and the latter is possible from a distance of 4 cm.

For night shooting conditions, Ultra Night Mode 2.0 is available, so darkness is no longer a problem even when shooting wide-angle photos.In this mode, people are processed separately from the background, so they look more detailed.

Illumination is carried out by LED flash. The EIS electronic image stabilization system is responsible for image stabilization when recording videos.

The front camera has a fairly serious 16 megapixel resolution. And the face detection function will be very useful when creating group selfies. The camera is located on a teardrop-shaped ledge in the center of the upper part of the screen.

• quad camera;
• face recognition function;
• Ultra Night Mode 2.0.

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Filling

The smartphone is based on an eight-core Snapdragon 665 processor, which, although not a top-end solution, will still provide a comfortable work for the user.

Responsible for the graphics chip Adreno 610. The manufacturer offers devices with 4 or 8 GB of RAM. If it is assumed that modern, resource-demanding games will be launched on the device, then the choice is obvious for the model with 8 GB of RAM.

The built-in memory for all models is the same - 128 GB, but it can be easily expanded with a memory card that supports flash drives up to 256 GB. An external drive is inserted into a three-card slot, which is quite convenient - the full operation of a Dual Sim + memory card is realized.

• three-card slot;
• large amount of RAM.

• not the most powerful processor.

Autonomy

With this case, the Oppo A9 model is all right. A non-removable 5000 mAh battery is installed. With such a reserve of energy, you don't have to worry that by the evening the smartphone will be left without charging. According to the manufacturers, it is capable of continuously displaying HD video for 11 hours. Accordingly, such a capacity affected the weight of the device, it is almost 195 grams.

Also, there is a reversible charging function at the service of future owners, with which you can forget about the Power Bank. In other words, the owner of the same device can share the charge of his battery with you.

Wireless and fast charging, apparently, is not, since they are not announced in the press release. The device is charged via USB Type-C, the Oppo company at the last moment before the release decided to install it, and not the outdated micro USB.

• powerful battery.

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Design

The device has a classic candy bar form factor. The front part of the case is occupied by a screen with a cutout for the front camera and a speaker grill.

All navigation buttons are touch-sensitive. The display is frameless and occupies 89% of the smartphone's surface area

On the left side there is a triple SIM and memory card slot, under which there are separate volume control buttons. On the right side, closer to the center of the device, there is a power button. The bottom edge is occupied by a mini Jack headphone jack, a microphone hole, a charging jack and a speaker grill. The rear panel houses a camera unit and a fingerprint scanner.

The newfangled trend among smartphone manufacturers - painting the back cover in a gradient - has not spared Oppo either. The buyer is offered a choice of two colors: blue-violet and dark green. Both colors look stylish and effective.

• stylish design.

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Display

The screen is the first thing that the buyer sees and pays attention to, so all manufacturers pay maximum attention to the display device.

The 6.5-inch diagonal is not the smallest, and the device will not fit comfortably in every hand. The aspect ratio of the Oppo A9 - 20: 9 - is almost standard at the moment, only a few manufacturers produce smartphones with a 21.5: 9 "cinematic" screen.

This device uses an IPS liquid crystal matrix, which is quite acceptable for a budget performance, although Oppo guarantees excellent readability in bright sunlight.

Resolution 720 * 1600 pixels. The pixel density of 270 ppi is clearly an average figure.
You won't have to wait any longer for this price category, but the excellent viewing angles please.Also in the official presentation, a special screen coating is noted that filters out harmful blue light to reduce eye fatigue during long-term use of the device.

• viewing angles;
• special screen coating.

• average pixel density.

Sound

The audio system in the Oppo A9 is a full-fledged stereo system with two speakers spaced apart at the top and bottom of the chassis. This separation will clearly separate the left and right sound channels. Dolby Atmos system supported.

There are two headphone connection options: wireless via Bluetooth and wired via analog mini Jack.

• full-fledged stereo system;
• mini Jack for headphone connection.

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System

The user interface is represented by the Color 6 system based on Android 9 Pie. The shell is quite thought out and does not cause any complaints from the owners. There is no information on a subsequent update to the recently announced Android 10.

Communication interfaces

On board we have: dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G GHz + 5G GHz) 802.11 b / g / n / ac allows you to maintain a connection at speeds up to 7.65 Mb / s. and Bluetooth version 5.0.

The NFC module also appeared at the last moment before release. It is rarely found in any devices of the middle price category. So it was not in the pre-production sample, but the function is quite popular and the manufacturer went to meet the wishes of customers.

The device supports the main navigation systems: A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS.

• dual-band Wi-Fi.

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Price

According to the announcements, the average price for a product with 4 GB of RAM on board will be 238, and with 8 GB - 280 dollars. Quite a tempting offer, but if you search, you can find rivals that are cheaper and with similar characteristics. Because the Oppo A9 (2020) model cannot be called inexpensive and budgetary.

The model will be available to order from the end of September 2019. It remains only to find where it is more profitable to buy a smartphone.

conclusions

The output is quite an interesting device. All the main functions are present in the device, some of them are even from the flagship range. Although in general this smartphone is completely "average".

Of the distinctive features - a quadruple camera and a capacious battery. Everything else is at the level of competitors of the same price group. Accordingly, it is unlikely that this model will be able to conquer the market, but the Oppo A9 will definitely find its buyers among those who like to take high-quality photos and videos.