OPPO F3 review Camera Phone

Introduction

A pair of lenses at the front- this is how Oppo is trying to make good on the "Selfie Expert" claim for the second generation in a row. It's hardly news for anyone who caught our F3 Plus Now, if the latter was presumably the "better half" in the pair, the regular Oppo F3 that we're about to review is the more compact phone - the economy package, so to speak.

We are still trying to figure out whether it's playing second fiddle in this Selfie Expert duet, or if it's the value package that's supposed to shake up Oppo's sales in the right markets. It really seems like Oppo is deliberately keeping the focus on the F3 Plus, but Southeast Asia may be just the right place for the regular F3 to get out of its sibling's shadow

Oppo F3 key features

• Body: Aluminum unibody, Gorilla Glass 5, 153.3 x 75.2 x 7.3mm, 153g
• Screen: 5.5 inches, IPS LCD with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution (401ppi)
• Chipset: Mediatek MT6750T octa-core CPU (8x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), Mali-T860MP2
• Memory: 4GB of RAM plus 64GB of inbuilt storage; microSD slot (dedicated)
• Camera: 13MP, f/2.2, 1/3" sensor with phase detection autofocus and a single LED flash
• Selfie cam: Dual, 16MP, f/2.0, 1/3" sensor size + 8 MP 120-degree, f/2.4
• OS: ColorOS 3.0, running on top of Android 6.0 Marshmallow
• Battery: 3,200mAh Li-Ion (sealed)
• Connectivity: Dual-SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by); LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps; Wi-Fi a/b/g/n; Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE;
• Misc: Front-mounted fingerprint reader