Oppo A3 Launched With 19:9 Display, but no Fingerprint Scanner

The Oppo A3 is a budget smartphone that was launched launched quietly few days ago. It sports a large 6.2-inch IPS LCD display at 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution, with an aspect ratio of 19:9. There is a notch placed on top of the display which houses the 8MP front-facing camera, the in-ear speaker and other sensors. At the rear, the phone features a 16MP primary shooter equppied with LED flash. But ridiculously, there in NO fingerprint scanner and USB Type-C port.

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In terms of performance, Oppo A3 is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P60 processor, coupled with 4GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage which guarantees smooth multitasking. In addition, the memory can further be expanded via microSD card. The devicde runs Android 8.1 Oreo and uses a 3400mAh battery to keep the lights on.

As for the price and availability, Oppo A3 has been released to the Chinese market and it would hopefully spread to other regions later. The handset costs $330, equivalent to ₦118,000.

OPPO A3 Full Phone Specifications and Price

WIRELESS NETWORK

GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE

• 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
  CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
• 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
• HSDPA: 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
• 4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
• LTE band: 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
• Speed: HSPA, LTE
• GPRS: Yes
• EDGE: Yes

AVAILABILITY

• Announced: 2018, April
• Status: Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, May

DESIGN

• Dimensions: 156 x 75.3 x 7.8 mm (6.14 x 2.96 x 0.31 in)
• Weight: 159 g (5.61 oz)
• SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

• Type: LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  Size 6.2 inches, 96.9 cm2 (~82.5% screen-to-body ratio)
• Resolution: 1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~405 ppi density)
• Multitouch: Yes
  - Color OS 5.0

PLATFORM

• OS: Android 8.1 (Oreo)

PROCESSOR

• Chipset: Mediatek Helio P60
• CPU: Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
• GPU: Mali-G72 MP3

MEMORY

• Card: slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
• Internal: 128 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA

• Primary: 16 MP (f/1.8), phase detection autofocus, LED flash
• Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
• Video: 1080p@30fps
• Secondary: 8 MP (f/2.2)

MULTIMEDIA

• Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• 3.5mm jack: Yes
  - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

CONNECTIVITY

• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
• Bluetooth: 4.2, A2DP, LE
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS
• Radio: FM radio
• USB: microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES

• Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
• Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
• Browser: HTML5
  - MP4/H.264/FLAC player
  - MP3/eAAC+/WAV player
  - Document viewer
  - Photo viewer/editor

BATTERY

• Battery Type: Non-removable
• Battery Capacity: Li-Ion 3400 mAh

OTHERS

• Colors: Knight Black, Soybean Meal, Stardust Silver, Garnet Red

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