Oppo R1C Mobile Price List in India

Features and Specifications

This is a lighter handset with total weight of 130g and its back panel is made up of Sapphire Crystal. The device supports dual SIMs. The screen is large 5-inch made up of LTPS LCD capacitive touchscreen technology that offers 16M colors. The screen is capable to provide multi-touch feature. The OS is Android v4.4 KitKat above which runs the Color OS v2.0.1 UI. The power has been provided to this handset through 1.7 GHz Quad-core processor while the RAM is 2GB. The internal storage is 16GB which can be expanded further up to 128 GB with the help of microSD card. The primary camera is towards the rear side which is of 13MP with a single LED light and many features like face/smile detection, autofocus, touch focus, geo tagging and HDR. The camera is capable of recording videos at1080p while the secondary camera is towards the front which is of 5MP and is used nicely for the video calls and the selfies. The battery in this handset is 2420mAh Li-ion while numerous connectivity features are there like NFC, microUSB, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, GSM/LTE.

Design and Quality

This device comes in different colors. The screen is beautifully diamond shaped made up of sapphire crystal. The screen of the device comes in two different technologies either sapphire crystal or the corning gorilla glass. The sapphire crystal version is expensive than the corning gorilla glass version. The designs of both the versions are very similar to Sony Xperia Omni Balance. Though it is not a clone of Xperia but the design has been inspired by the Xperia. Towards the back top is the 13MP camera with an LED flash. At the base of the camera is the company logo along with the certification marks towards the bottom. Towards the bottom of the front screen are the three capacitive touchscreen navigation buttons. But these buttons are not supported by back light. So operating them during dark would be little deceptive but during the day it, they have a reflective layers over them which avoid any problems using them. Towards the right hand side is the SIM/microSD card tray which though needs a pin to get opened and cannot be opened with finger. There are two volume rockers also present towards right hand side. The two SIM cards supported by the device include one micro and the other nano SIM. Towards the bottom of the handset is the dual stereo speaker as well as a microUSB port. For the good reception of the radio, two plastic infusions are provided on both sides. The camera at the back is not protruding and if the device is lit up under sunlight, it generates beautiful diamond shaped blinking effect which looks nice to the eyes. The white color version of the handset doesn’t support fingerprint/smudges but the blue/violet versions are highly prone to fingerprints/smudges.

OS and Tech

OppsR1C has been provided with latest OS Android v4.4 KitKat above which runs the company’s own proprietary UI which is Color OS. The OS since its latest so it works very nice and gives quick multitasking. The UI was very simple to handle in this case.

Camera and Multimedia

The camera is nice here producing good quality images with the support of numerous camera modes and more modes can also be downloadable from internet. The pictures quality is nice but under low light, little noise can be observed while under good light, the pictures gives good details. It is able to record full HD videos of nice quality. The front camera also works nicely for the selfies and video calls.

Battery and Memory

Under the moderate use, the battery can make the phone last for the whole day. Though this much battery may not be liked by many users who are expecting much more but this is not bad too. The RAM is quite heavy thus gives good performance of the device while the internal storage with expansion is nice here.

Pros and Cons

For Pros:

·         Beautiful design

·         Latest OS

·         Fast processor

For Cons:

·         Saphire crystal version is expensive

·         Moderate battery and camera

Verdict

The Oppo R1C is a nice upper mid-range device. It doesn’t come up with typical flagship specifications but still it has powerful features which are going to be appreciated by the users. The expansion to the storage is huge which is another point that could be used as its selling-point. Though the battery life is not excellent but it is good for a device very thin.