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TrendForce has been studying the global market for various equipment, including the market for smartphone manufacturers, for 16 years. According to TrendForce, in 2016, 1 billion 360 million smartphones were sold worldwide. The ten most popular manufacturers (accounting for 81.1% of global smartphone sales) are presented in this ranking. It included seven Chinese brands, two South Korean and one American.

10th place. ZTE. The Chinese manufacturer concentrated 3.5% of the global smartphone market in 2016, showing slight growth compared to 2015, when its share accounted for 3.4%. TrendForce predicts that in 2017 ZTE's share will drop to 3%.

9th place. TCL. The Chinese manufacturer, whose smartphones are not represented on the Russian market, controls 3.7% of the global market. In 2015, its share was the same, and in 2017, according to the TrendForce forecast, it will drop to 3.2%.

8th place. Lenovo. For the Chinese brand, which is well known to Russians, 2016 was unsuccessful: if in 2015 it was in 4th place in the world with a share of 5.4%, then in 2016 it dropped 4 positions down and its share accounted for only 3.7% world market. TrendForce forecast for 2017 is 3.8%.

7th place. Xiaomi (pronounced "Xiaomi" in Russian). Another popular brand in Russia also showed a decrease in sales compared to 2015: 3.7% of the market versus 5.2% a year earlier. At the same time, Xiaomi moved down one position. TrendForce forecast for 2017 is 3.8%.

6th place. LG. The South Korean manufacturer received 5.5% of the world market in 2016, showing a slight increase (in 2015 it was 5.2%). At the same time, over the year, LG still moved down one position. TrendForce forecast for 2017 is 5.5%.

5th place. Vivo. This Chinese brand is a sub-brand of the Chinese company BBK Electronics, which also produces smartphones under the Oppo and OnePlus brands. Only the OnePlus brand has reached Russia, and Vivo (like Oppo) is not represented on the Russian market. Due to the rapid growth of sales in China and India, Vivo concentrated 6% of the global market share in 2016 (a year earlier it was 3.6%), rose from 9th place to the top five, displacing brands such as Xiaomi, Lenovo and LG. TrendForce predicts further growth for the Vivo brand to 7.1% of the global market in 2017.

4th place. Oppo. Another subsidiary of the Chinese brand BBK Electronics. Oppo is still focused on the Chinese market and is little known outside of China. Nevertheless, the Chinese market segment is enough to control 7.2% of the smartphone market in the world as a whole. A year earlier it was only 3.8% and 7th place in the world. TrendForce predicts further growth for the Oppo brand to 8.5% of the global market in 2017.

3rd place. Huawei. This Chinese brand, unlike the previous two, is well known in Russia. In 2016, Huawei reached 9.6% of the global market share, demonstrating strong growth (in 2015 it was 8.3%) and halving the gap with second-place Apple. If in 2015 Apple and Huawei shared 10% of the global market, then in 2016 only slightly more than 5%. According to TrendForce, Huawei will remain in third place in 2017 with a share of 11.1%, reducing the gap from Apple to 4.5% of the global market.

2nd place. Apple. The American iPhone manufacturer has become the main anti-hero in the smartphone market in 2016. The 7th iPhone did not meet the expectations of buyers and showed weak sales, as a result, Apple's overall sales fell by 11.5% over the year, their share of the global market fell from 18.2% to 15.3%. TrendForce predicts that Apple will retain second place and 15.6% of the global market in 2017, but for this Apple will have to try and release the 8th iPhone more interesting than the previous one.

1 place. Samsung. The South Korean giant remains the leader in the global smartphone market year after year. However, in 2016, its reputation was somewhat tarnished due to the spontaneous combustion scandal of the summer flagship Galaxy Note 7, as a result of which Samsung recalled 3 million devices. At the same time, the success of the spring flagship Samsung Galaxy S7, which at the end of 2016 was among the top three best-selling smartphones in the world, as well as good sales of the 2015 flagship Samsung Galaxy S6 and other models of the company allowed it to remain the leader in the global smartphone market and lose sales in three times less than Apple: 3.3%. In 2016, Samsung accounted for 22.8% of the global market compared to 24.7% a year earlier. TrendForce forecast for 2017 is still the first place in the world and 22.6% of the global market.

Our readers who are not too close to the world of technology have probably repeatedly asked themselves the question: which company’s smartphones are best to buy these days? Let us say right away that even a specialist will not give you a definite answer, unless, of course, he is objective. Gone are the days when the market was dominated by a few companies from which you had to choose. Today the segment is represented by dozens of manufacturers, each of which is trying to have some feature, to show as many smartphones as possible and of the highest quality possible. Therefore, it is difficult to say which smartphone manufacturer is the best or the worst.

Well, since it is difficult to make an unambiguous verdict on this issue, we decided to put together a small top in which we will try to mention the most popular companies whose phones are in demand, which already have authority in the market and a huge army of fans. We will tell you why this or that smartphone manufacturer deserves attention, and what significant models it has shown recently.

Samsung is a leader whose position is difficult to challenge

No matter what growth Chinese smartphone companies show, no matter what success their countrymen achieve, no matter what Apple shows, the most famous Korean company remains at the very top. Samsung deserves first place in a number of ways. Regular release of high-quality flagship smartphones? Eat. Multi-million dollar sales? Where would we be without them? A bunch of lines of different price segments? On the spot. Innovative developments? Please.

In 2017 alone, Samsung introduced about a dozen smartphones of different classes, providing devices to all its fans, regardless of status. Yes, Chinese companies churn out new products with enviable regularity, but are they able to offer the same high quality and long-term support? Koreans know how to make cool smartphones, they know how to sell them.

The most prominent representative of Samsung in 2017, of course, was the flagship Galaxy S8. A new screen, the most powerful processor at that time, excellent cameras and stylish design. Already at the end of summer, the Koreans released , a savior that should correct the situation with the failure of last year's Note 7. And the phablet succeeds, as sales confirm. Other Samsung lines were not left without updates. The manufacturer has released cool and updated the Galaxy A series.

Why are users so fond of smartphones from this company? As already noted, high quality materials and workmanship play an important role. Even budget solutions look very decent. Let's not forget that the company develops some of the most advanced flagships, which receive all the best at the time of release. Finally, Samsung guarantees decent support - your smartphone will not be forgotten a month after its release, but will be updated for at least a couple of years.

Why do you want to scold one of the best smartphone manufacturers? If you can understand the price of flagship new products, then for mid-range, low-class devices the manufacturer asks a lot. Samsung has not been accused of many defects (not counting the disastrous Galaxy Note 7, which was recalled from sale last year due to explosions).

Samsung's popularity and crazy income from the sale of its () devices earn it a well-deserved place in our ranking of the best smartphone manufacturers in 2017. Keep it up!

Apple - where there is Samsung, there is Apple

Unsurprisingly, the Apple company is right next to the Korean one. In terms of sales and income, it is difficult for it to compete with Samsung - it releases only two smartphones to the market annually. The exception was 2017 - Apple was generous with three iPhones at once. We have already prepared a review. True, only the one who joined the ranks can be called truly interesting.

Apple smartphones are deservedly in demand - they are beautiful, powerful and elegant devices. The American manufacturer does not miss the opportunity to introduce any new technology; in addition, the manufacturer tries to make every detail for his device independently. Despite the much smaller number of smartphones introduced annually, Apple manages to remain among the best companies in its segment.

The advantages, as already noted, include elegant design, high-quality assembly, and characteristic features that make the devices stand out. Apple smartphones typically rank first in performance tests and have some of the best cameras. One of the striking features can be considered the iOS operating system - no other smartphone is equipped with it. Plus, Apple is famous for supporting its products - smartphones that were 4 years old receive updates to the latest OS versions.

The main disadvantage of Apple smartphones is their high price. The company can sell even a relatively old device at the price of a strong mid-range device from another manufacturer. In addition, there has been some stagnation recently - for the fourth year in a row, the design of Apple smartphones has remained virtually unchanged.

Huawei is a company with grandiose plans

Huawei, in a fairly short period of time, moved from the status of “some Chinese company” to the status of “one of the largest smartphone manufacturers.” The company has a wide range of models, a lot of fans not only in its home country, China, but also abroad. Today, Huawei is among the leaders; it even managed to outsell Apple, albeit for a short time. In addition, the manufacturer announces its truly ambitious plans - over the next few years, the company plans to become the best in the smartphone market.

Huawei's lineup is, without exaggeration, huge. You can easily find a budget smartphone for just over $100, and a flagship that competes with representatives of more formidable brands. The company's devices have a recognizable style, they are beautiful and powerful, modern and with a bunch of different features. The company produces its own processor and cooperates with the largest manufacturers of various components for mobile phones.

In 2017, the most prominent representatives of the company will be, which has probably already been shown (the article was written a few days before the presentation). These are flagship devices with modern screens, dual cameras from Leica and top-end proprietary chipsets. Huawei promises us advanced artificial intelligence among its features.

The advantages of Huawei smartphones include high quality materials, eye-catching design, and powerful hardware. In many respects they are not inferior to devices from other companies. Huawei tries to make every smartphone as modern and sophisticated as possible, so the company deservedly gets into the top three.

Disadvantages include the somewhat limited cost of some solutions. In addition, a number of flagships, at least before the release, were inferior in some respects to their more famous competitors.

LG is a company you want to believe in

Last year was somewhat unsuccessful for LG. Their modular G5, despite a number of truly new ideas, did not appeal to users. The Koreans were clearly inferior not only to their neighbors, but also to lesser-known Chinese brands in the world. However, LG started 2017 with a bang, introducing the first with a FullVision display. Even Samsung with their Galaxy S8 was ahead. And although the LG G6 did not gain the same popularity (a smartphone based on last year’s chip), it became clear that the company was on the right path.

LG, no matter what problems it has, remains one of the world's largest companies that knows how to make quality products. Last year's decline is giving way to growth with the release of truly trendy smartphones. Yes, the manufacturer still does not have an abundance of decent budget devices, not counting the recent frameless device. But in the flagship segment everything is not bad. At the beginning of autumn, the company presented one of the brightest new products of the outgoing year.

LG, in fact, like other large companies, has complete order with the quality of smartphones. The same LG G6 can even boast of a military standard of shock protection. The company is constantly experimenting, which, however, is not always beneficial. However, it happens that experiments bear fruit in the form of new “tricks”, which are subsequently used by the entire market. Smartphones from one of the best companies in South Korea are relatively inexpensive, for a large brand.

If you ask me today which brand of smartphone is best to choose in 2017, I will definitely recommend you something from LG. Although last year I probably wouldn’t have remembered about it.

Xiaomi – Chinese quality

Well, what top or ranking of the best is complete without mentioning this company? Xiaomi is omnipresent! It has captured the budget segment, things are going well in the middle class, and the flagship class is not in trouble either. Literally every day there is news that Xiaomi is releasing or is about to release something new. The strong point of this Chinese company is cheapness. Which, in fact, is not surprising. They're all like that there.

But in the case of Xiaomi, cheap doesn’t mean it’s bad. The company makes even inexpensive devices look and feel quite decent. The not-so-bright design is compensated by powerful hardware and acceptable cameras. In addition, with them the manufacturer offers a proprietary sophisticated shell and good autonomy. Smartphones from one of the best companies in the Celestial Empire are very popular in our country and are also common in other countries, which is facilitated by Xiaomi’s policy.

What company solutions are popular today? Of course, the flagship Mi6 and the recent one with an edge-to-edge screen. From the fact that it’s cheaper, I can recommend last year’s Mi5. The company's budget segment is now mainly represented by Redmi Note 4X. The tandem looks interesting, which we also reviewed.

We think the advantages are clear - acceptable characteristics at a low price. Among the shortcomings of Xiaomi smartphones, localized firmware is not always up to date and some shortcomings of individual models.

Sony is just a black streak

The Japanese have been having a hard time with really bright new products lately. It is noticeable that Sony does not keep up with all these newfangled trends, continuing to release its typical smartphones. The situation was slightly improved by a pair of new phones, which she showed at the recent IFA exhibition in Berlin. The compact flagship attracted particular public interest. The long-awaited new product is equipped with today’s top-end processor and a 4.6-inch display.

Sony smartphones have a distinctive design that not every user will be interested in. Instead of a frameless screen, which every major manufacturer now installs in their flagships, the Japanese, on the contrary, make the frames noticeable. But the solutions have a really high-quality camera with buffer memory, which allows you to record videos at 960 fps. There are also a pair of stereo speakers that produce excellent sound. On top of everything else, new and Compact work on fresh .

It’s hard to find fault with the quality of smartphones from one of the best companies. Yes, and these devices have their own “chips”, despite the fact that they do not follow general trends. But the price tag for many devices is clearly too high, considering hundreds of competitors at a similar cost. The best smartphone manufacturer in Japan certainly deserves a place in our ranking, despite the specified nuances.

Meizu – stylish and affordable

Meizu is the main antagonist of Xiaomi. While the latter have powerful smartphones, the former have beautiful ones. Like Xiaomi, this company is relatively young and ambitious. In a short period of time, it managed to turn from a little-known Chinese brand into the world's largest manufacturer of equipment, whose activities are monitored by millions of users and major media outlets.

Meizu smartphones are quite stylish, although the similarity to the famous American company is noticeable. With hardware, not everything is so rosy, but the recent one, which received a modern energy-efficient chip from Qualcomm, gives us hope that bright new products await us in the future. At the end of summer, the company also updated its flagship line, showing a pair, the feature of which was an additional screen on the back side. The devices turned out to be controversial, but undoubtedly interesting.

In addition, early next year Meizu is going to surprise us with the most frameless smartphone. The key drawback of most of the company's solutions is budget processors, which, well, are not able to add attractiveness to gadgets.

Google Pixel – the search engine also has good smartphones

The Google logo has been appearing on the backs of smartphones for quite some time. And of course, the corporation is still developing the most popular mobile OS. Last year, a couple of flagship smartphones were released under the Google brand, which were noticeably different from everything that was already on the market. The devices sold well, so the release of new solutions was expected.

And so, in the fall of 2017, the company is releasing another tandem of smartphones that will compete for the title of the very best. , just at the time of writing this article there is a Google presentation. It's worth noting that Google doesn't produce its own Pixels itself, outsourcing these tasks to other companies. This year, for example, one model is being developed by HTC, another by LG. But, despite all the successes, it is still too early for Google to place its smartphones among the leaders in the ranking of the best companies.

The best smartphone manufacturers worthy of mention

We decided not to include the following companies directly in the ranking of the best smartphone companies, but they undoubtedly deserve attention. Here we have, firstly, well-known companies that simply have a bad streak, and secondly, manufacturers that are rapidly gaining popularity. So:

• Lenovo (Moto). A truly large company engaged in the production of a wide variety of electronics. It does not have typical flagships, but there are more than enough mid-range and budget-class phones. Products of good quality, with all the necessary functions, relatively low price of the devices.
• OnePlus. She became famous for her . It produces 1-2 smartphones a year - pure flagships, which in terms of performance often outperform top-end smartphones of A-brands. It will probably be among the best companies when it begins to actively release new products in different segments.
• ZTE. Showing amazing growth lately. It has several lines of different segments; the company's smartphones regularly appear in various ratings. ZTE is preparing a frameless smartphone.
• Micromax. Despite the fact that the company develops budget smartphones, it is extremely popular in a number of markets. Quite good and cheap devices at an affordable price, which ensures its growth.
• ASUS. It may not be as popular as other well-known brands, but it has nice smartphones in its lineup. ASUS focuses on modern design, camera capabilities and autonomy.
• HTC. Until recently, it was one of the best smartphone manufacturers, but now the mobile division has been sold to Google. Nevertheless, there are still flagship devices on the market that can attract interest with top-end characteristics.
• Oppo and the like. Competition in the Chinese smartphone market seems to have reached its peak. Oppo and a number of other companies with a similar name literally overtook the world leaders in the number of devices sold in just a couple of years. And they are not going to stop there. True, smartphones from these companies are not yet widespread on the domestic market.

As a result

Well, now you know which smartphone brand is best to choose in 2017. The mobile market is developing very quickly. Companies that were at the top of Olympus yesterday may find themselves at the very bottom today. And, on the contrary, little-known manufacturers are becoming market leaders before our very eyes, developing innovative products in large quantities. We will update our ranking of the best smartphone brands from time to time so that you always have up-to-date information about the realities of the market.

The Chinese company Oppo Digital is a well-known manufacturer of digital technology and electronics that helps with work and allows you to significantly diversify a person’s leisure time. Smartphones from this brand deserve special attention thanks to innovative features, such as high-speed charging, which allows you to fully charge the battery in 10 minutes.

Advantages and features of Oppo smartphones

This company does not rely on the frequency of releasing new models, but on thoughtful diversity. That is why all brand devices differ significantly from each other. For example, the Oppo Finder was once the thinnest phone in the world, and the Find 7 smartphone can take 50-megapixel photos.

At the same time, critics often note that Oppo is trying to inherit, using the most successful models to emulate. If you are a fan of the famous apple brand, then you will definitely like models that use the best practices of the American brand.

Famous selfie cameras of Oppo smartphones

The quality of images provided by the front camera of Oppo smartphones has long won the attention and appreciation of many users. The Find 5, equipped with a practical camera, was called "for women."

If you want to take a fresh look at the art of photography, as well as fill your device’s memory with bright and colorful pictures, then you should buy such a gadget. The latest models use two cameras (front and rear) equipped with zoom, which significantly increases the range of possibilities for the photographer.

The features of Oppo smartphones also include:

• fast charging;
• large and high-quality display;
• light weight with noticeable dimensions;
• design as close as possible to the iPhone.

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The Chinese company Oppo, part of the BBK concern together with Vivo, well known to domestic users for the affordable DVD players of this manufacturer that were common in the old days, has once again made an attempt to officially enter the Russian market. Previous attempts ended in failure, but this time the company is confident of success. Local star Yegor Creed was invited as an “ambassador” (“ambassador”) of the brand, who personally attended the presentation of new smartphones and praised their capabilities in every possible way. However, upon closer examination, everything turned out to be not so smooth. There are only two models entering the Russian market: Oppo F5 and F5 Youth. For testing, we took the regular version of F5 and, using its example, we will evaluate whether the capabilities of the new mobile devices are as wide as the manufacturer itself presents, and whether these smartphones really correspond to the declared level.

Key Features of Oppo F5

• SoC MediaTek MT6763T, 4×ARM Cortex-A53 @2.3 GHz + 4×ARM Cortex-A53 @1.65 GHz
• GPU Mali-G71 (MP2, 770 MHz)
• Operating system Android 7.1, ColorOS 3.2
• Touch display IPS 6″, 2160×1080, 403 ppi
• Random access memory (RAM) 4/6 GB, internal memory 32/64 GB
• Nano-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• MicroSD support up to 256 GB
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• WCDMA/HSPA+ networks (850/900/1900/2100 MHz)
• LTE networks FDD (B1/2/3/5/7/8/20/28), TD (B38—41)
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz)
• Bluetooth 4.2
• GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
• Micro-USB 2.0, USB OTG
• Main camera 16 MP, f/1.8, autofocus, 1080p video
• Front camera 20 MP, f/2.0, fixed. focus
• Proximity and lighting sensors, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer
• Fingerprint's scanner
• Battery 3200 mAh
• Dimensions 157×76×7.5 mm
• Weight 152 g

Contents of delivery

Oppo F5 comes in a simply designed package: there is no velvety cardboard, no black background - just white and a stylized picture in the center. Only Apple packages its flagships this way now.

The kit consists of a USB cable, a compact power adapter (2 V 5 A), as well as a tool for removing cards, a very large paper book with documentation, a case and simple plastic headphones without rubber pads.

As for the case, it evokes a strange impression: only one epithet comes to mind - “conda”. Now almost all self-respecting Chinese manufacturers have begun to include protective covers as an accessory, and this one is the roughest and clumsiest of all. Made of hard and very thick plastic, ugly and inelegant, it noticeably increases the volume of the body. And yet, the very fact that it is included in the kit is already a plus, since it is not easy to find an exactly suitable case for all Chinese smartphones.

Appearance and ease of use

Oppo F5 received a body generally similar in design to most modern Chinese smartphones. If you remove the logo, it will be impossible to understand whether it is a product from Oppo, Asus, Meizu or anyone else. The aluminum trough, streamlined on all sides, with strongly rounded corners and side edges smoothly converges with the same rounded 2.5D glass of the front panel.

Thin lines on the upper and lower ends are not the usual figured grooves for external antennas, but just an element of decoration, recesses for beauty. It is not entirely clear where the antennas were actually hidden - or perhaps the material of the housing is not metal at all, but some kind of metallized plastic. At least, the manufacturer itself does not directly state anywhere that the Oppo F5 has an all-metal body.

In addition, the smartphone is surprisingly thin and light, and the sides are so narrowed that they are almost pointed. Due to this, the device has a very small surface area of ​​​​contact with the palm, is poorly held in the hand, and constantly strives to turn in the fingers and fall out of the hands. It would be better if the sidewalls were made flat and wider...

The camera module noticeably protrudes beyond the surface, but, unlike the iPhone 6, from which much is copied here, the back of the body is strongly sloping, not flat, so it is impossible to use the device lying on the table - it sways whenever you touch the screen, as if paperweight.

There are no complaints about the operation of the fingerprint scanner; recognition is clear. The creators of the smartphone also took care of those who like to log in using portrait photography, and this function works surprisingly smoothly and clearly, even in less than ideal lighting conditions. The flash consists of only one LED and does not shine very brightly.

The front panel is completely covered with protective 2.5D glass, the manufacturer of which is unknown. There is no LED event indicator above the screen, which is very strange for a smartphone of this level of positioning.

There are no hardware buttons at the bottom under the screen; the buttons here are only on-screen; their panel can be hidden and called back. You can try to do without buttons altogether, using gesture controls, but with them everything is not so simple (we will talk about this in detail in the section on software).

They also went overboard with the side keys. Mechanical buttons were placed on opposite side faces and placed on the same level. If you hold your smartphone tightly in your hand and try to press the buttons with the fingers of the same hand, you are likely to press the keys on both sides. The collective mind of manufacturers has long come to the formula of placing both buttons on one side edge, but the creators of Oppo F5 were clearly guided by the iPhone, which now cannot be called the most comfortable smartphone in terms of ergonomics.

The card slot is not hybrid; a memory card can be installed here in addition to two Nano-SIM SIM cards. Hot swapping of cards is supported.

There are no elements at the top end, except for the second microphone; the rest are collected at the bottom. Users have already criticized Oppo for its decision to install not a USB Type-C connector in its flagship, but a Micro-USB connector, which is at least strange for a modern device of this level. I’m glad that the creators’ conservatism was enough to preserve the 3.5 mm audio output. The main speaker and conversational microphone are installed here.

Oppo F5 is available in three colors: black, gold, and red, which will only be available for the 6/64 GB version. The front panel of the red version remains black.

Screen

Oppo F5 is equipped with an IPS display covered with 2.5D glass with curved edges. The physical dimensions of the screen are 68x136 mm with a diagonal of 6 inches. The display resolution is 2160×1080 (18:9), that is, the pixel density is fine here, it is about 403 ppi. The frame around the screen is quite narrow, but together with the strongly protruding sides, the distance from the edges of the screen to the overall edges of the case is at least 3.5 mm on the sides, and approximately 1 cm on the top and bottom.

It is possible to use automatic brightness adjustment based on the operation of the ambient light sensor. Multi-touch tests diagnose support for 10 simultaneous touches. It is possible to unlock the screen with a gesture. There is a night mode, which, according to the developers, “filters blue light and relieves eye strain.”

A detailed examination using measuring instruments was carried out by the editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface that is scratch-resistant. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are better than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photo in which a white surface is reflected in the switched off screens (on the left - Nexus 7, on the right - Oppo F5, then they can be distinguished by size):

The Oppo F5's screen is slightly darker (photo brightness 107 versus 111 for the Nexus 7). The ghosting of reflected objects in the Oppo F5 screen is very weak, this indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen (more specifically, between the outer glass and the surface of the LCD matrix) (OGS - One Glass Solution type screen). Due to the smaller number of boundaries (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, such screens look better in conditions of intense external illumination, but their repair in the case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be replaced. There appears to be a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating on the outer surface of the screen, but its effectiveness is significantly lower than that of the Nexus 7, and yet fingerprints are removed more easily and appear at a slower rate than with regular glass.

When manually controlling the brightness and displaying the white field on the entire screen, the maximum brightness value was about 500 cd/m², the minimum was 3 cd/m². The maximum brightness is very high, so, given the excellent anti-glare properties, screen readability even on a sunny day outdoors should be at a good level. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located to the right of the front speaker slot). In automatic mode, as external lighting conditions change, the screen brightness both increases and decreases. The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider; the user can use it to try to set the desired brightness level in the current conditions. If you leave everything at default, then in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 5 cd/m² (dark), in an artificially lit office (approximately 550 lux) it sets it to 160 cd/m² (normal), in a very bright environment (corresponding to outdoor lighting on a clear day, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) increases to 530 cd/m² (even higher than the maximum with manual adjustment). We were not entirely satisfied with the result, so in complete darkness we slightly increased the brightness, ultimately obtaining the following values ​​for the three conditions indicated above: 17, 160, 530 cd/m² (ideal combination). It turns out that the auto-brightness function works absolutely adequately and allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. At any brightness level, there is no significant backlight modulation, so there is no screen flicker.

This smartphone uses an IPS matrix. The microphotographs show a typical IPS subpixel structure:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without significant color shift even with large viewing deviations from perpendicular to the screen and without inverting shades. For comparison, here are photographs in which the same images are displayed on the screens of Oppo F5 and Nexus 7, while the screen brightness is initially set to approximately 200 cd/m², and the color balance on the camera is forced to switch to 6500 K.

There is a white field perpendicular to the screens:

The uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field is good.

And a test picture:

The color saturation on the Oppo F5's screen is natural, the image is slightly darkened, and the color balance is slightly different from the balance of the Nexus 7 screen.

Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors have not changed much on both screens, but on the Oppo F5 the contrast has decreased to a greater extent due to the strong bleaching of blacks.

And a white field:

The brightness at an angle of the screens has decreased significantly, but in the case of the Oppo F5 the decrease in brightness is slightly greater. When deviated diagonally, the black field becomes very bright and acquires a purple tint. The photographs below demonstrate this (the brightness of the white areas in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the screens is the same!):

And from another angle:

When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is very good:

The contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is high - about 1500:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 32 ms (16 ms on + 16 ms off). The transition between halftones of gray 25% and 75% (according to the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 50 ms. The gamma curve, constructed using 32 points with equal intervals based on the numerical value of the shade of gray, did not reveal any blockage in either the highlights or the shadows. The exponent of the approximating power function is 2.31, which is slightly higher than the standard value of 2.2. In this case, the real gamma curve slightly deviates from the power-law dependence:

This device has a very aggressive dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness in accordance with the nature of the output image - on dark images, the backlight brightness is greatly reduced. As a result, the resulting dependence of brightness on hue (gamma curve) does not correspond to the gamma curve of a static image, since the measurements were carried out with sequential display of shades of gray on almost the entire screen. For this reason, we carried out a number of tests - determining contrast and response time, comparing black illumination at angles - (however, as always) when displaying special templates with a constant average brightness, and not monochromatic fields in the entire screen. In general, such a non-switchable brightness correction does nothing but harm, since constantly changing the screen brightness can at least cause some discomfort, reduce the visibility of gradations in shadows in the case of dark images and reduce the readability of the screen in bright light, since in average images the backlight brightness is not the lightest is underestimated. For example, when displaying a black field on one half of the screen and a white field on the other, the maximum brightness is reduced by 20%.

The color gamut only in the green area is slightly wider than sRGB:

The spectra show that the matrix filters moderately mix the components with each other:

As a result, the colors have a natural saturation. This device has the ability to adjust the color balance using the color temperature adjustment slider in the night mode settings (of course, there was some nonsense about eye fatigue and vision protection in the description):

The balance of shades on the gray scale is average, since the color temperature on most of the gray scale is significantly higher than the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the spectrum of an absolutely black body (ΔE) in the dark area is above 10. At the same time, the color temperature and ΔE change noticeably from hue to hue - this negatively affects the visual assessment of color balance. (The darkest areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since color balance does not matter much there, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.) The correction (as indicated in the screenshot above) improved the color temperature situation slightly, but ΔE increased:

To summarize: the screen has a very high maximum brightness and has excellent anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems, even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is also possible to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately. Also, the advantages of the screen include the absence of an air gap in the layers of the screen and flicker, high contrast, good uniformity of the black field, as well as a color gamut close to sRGB. Significant disadvantages include a weak oleophobic coating, low black stability due to gaze deviation from perpendicular to the screen plane, and non-disabled dynamic adjustment of the backlight brightness. There are a lot of shortcomings, so even taking into account the importance of the characteristics for this particular class of devices, the screen quality cannot be considered very high.

Camera

This device places special emphasis on the front camera in general and taking selfies in particular. This camera even has a higher resolution than the main (rear) one: it is 20 megapixels. True, the maximum aperture of the front lens is f/2.0, while the rear camera uses an f/1.8 lens. The pictures have good detail, there are no special complaints about sharpness, but color rendition and white balance are not always adequate to reality. The dynamic range of the sensor also leaves much to be desired: slightly more illuminated areas are completely undeveloped, obvious overexposures are visible everywhere in the pictures, although the lighting conditions during shooting were far from extreme.

The manufacturer even calls its new Oppo F5 and F5 Youth “camera phones” and classifies them as a kind of its own “selfie expert” series, since they use “technology for processing and improving selfie pictures and instant SelfieTune facial recognition.” According to the developers, “the technology is able to recognize more than 200 points on the face and create improved pictures that will look as natural as possible.”

In practice, during the presentation, none of the journalists were particularly impressed: the usual “beautifier” that is now found in any Chinese smartphone. The higher the degree of “enhancement,” the more the textures are smoothed out and the more plastic-like the face becomes. As practice shows, all these improvements “catch” for the most part only the Asian part of the audience.

The main camera uses a module with a 16 MP sensor resolution and an f/1.8 lens. This “cameraphone” did not receive a second rear module at all. Autofocus here is not lightning fast, but there are no special complaints about its performance. The camera control interface is clearly copied from the iPhone, the similarity was noted by everyone present at the presentation. There is no separate settings menu here, there is only a scrolling bar with a choice of shooting modes. Even in Expert mode, there is no option to save pictures in RAW.

The camera can only shoot video at a maximum resolution of 1080p, there is no stabilization. The camera does not impress with the quality of video recording; it is far from the generally recognized leaders in this matter. The noise reduction system copes with its responsibilities adequately, so the sound is recorded clearly.

• Video No. 1 (48 MB, 1920×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Video No. 2 (22 MB, 1902×1080@30 fps, H.264, AAC)

The camera captures details well across the frame, although areas of slight blurriness can sometimes be seen at the edges. In mid-shots, detail drops a little, but this does not detract visually from the pictures. The camera copes well with indoor shooting. On homogeneous surfaces and in shadows, you can notice grain from the noise reduction, but thanks to the high resolution of the images, it is small and practically does not spoil the details. The camera copes well with macro and text shooting. As a result, it is quite suitable for artistic and documentary photography.

Telephone and communications

The smartphone supports several LTE FDD and TD frequency bands, including all three used in Russia (Band 3, 7, 20). Within the city limits of the Moscow region, the smartphone works stably in the networks of domestic operators, confidently maintains the 4G network, and quickly restores communications after a break.

The device behaves adequately in both Wi-Fi bands (2.4 and 5 GHz); there are no complaints about the operation of the Wi-Fi module. You can organize a wireless access point via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth channels - Bluetooth version 4.2 is supported.

But the absence of an NFC module in a smartphone costing 25 thousand rubles, given the worldwide development of convenient contactless payment technologies, now looks like a completely unforgivable disadvantage.

The navigation module works with both GPS (with A-GPS) and the domestic Glonass, but without the support of the Chinese Beidou. During a cold start, the first satellites are detected quickly, within the first seconds. The device has a magnetic compass, necessary for navigation programs.

The phone application supports Smart Dial. The settings for sorting and displaying contacts in the phone book are standard for Android. It is possible to record telephone conversations from the line. There are no special complaints about the conversational speaker, the volume level is sufficient, the voice of the interlocutor is intelligible. The vibration alert is barely felt, its level is noticeably below average in power.

The smartphone can support both SIM cards in 3G/4G mode simultaneously in active standby mode. That is, the SIM card will be in active standby in 3G, even if another card is assigned to transfer data in 4G. The interface allows you to select a specific SIM card for voice calls and SMS in advance. The cards operate in Dual SIM Dual Standby mode, there is only one radio modem.

Software and multimedia

The software platform is Google Android 7.1 with its own ColorOS shell version 3.2. All these customized shells for smartphones from Chinese manufacturers are now becoming more and more similar to each other, the distinctive features are being erased, and all developers eventually come to a certain unified style (obviously, which suits the majority of users). It is difficult to highlight any specific features inherent in this ColorOS, but one thing is certain: like everything else on the Oppo F5, the interface is as close as possible in design and organization to what can be seen on iPhones. Here, not only the size and appearance of the icons are almost identical, but also the quick settings and notifications panel, which in the vast majority of Android smartphones is pulled out with a gesture from above, is moved down and slides out exactly like in iOS. There is also no usual option to restart the device from the menu by pressing the power button; you can only turn off the smartphone completely. Again, this inconvenience only exists on the iPhone.

Naturally, there is no separate list of installed applications, but there is broad support for gestures, a two-window mode, called here “split screen,” and an application cloning mode for working with different accounts on social networks. A set of useful utilities includes a voice recorder, compass, FM radio, there is a file manager, a store of your own themes and the usual phone manager, which carries out comprehensive system monitoring for granting permissions, detecting viruses, protecting payments, clearing caches, etc., etc. P.

As for management and identification, there are slightly more possibilities here than in most modern Chinese shells. Firstly, the ability to recognize faces has been added, and it works quite well. There are, of course, mistakes, but they are rare. Secondly, the functionality of smartphone control has been expanded: you can change the positions of the navigation buttons on the panel, or you can disable them altogether, replacing them with gesture control. But everything is not easy there: there are a lot of gestures, a certain segment of the screen is allocated for each, if you miss, a gesture performed in a slightly different place will lead to completely different results. You can simply get confused and forget the purpose of the gestures, then it will become very difficult.

To listen to music, you use your own audio player with a rather laconic interface, similar to the player interface in Huawei smartphones. Sound settings are handled by a separate Real HD Sound program with a set of preset equalizer values ​​and a manual adjustment function. However, despite the loud names, the sound of the smartphone both in headphones and through the speaker is simple, the sound is desaturated and dim, somewhat “rough”, that is, not very clear, at maximum volume, and in general the volume reserve is small . There is a built-in FM radio and voice recorder, the latter demonstrates good sensitivity.

Performance

The hardware platform is built on a single-chip system MediaTek MT6763T, made using 16-nanometer technology. This SoC includes eight 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 cores in two clusters with frequencies up to 1.65/2.3 GHz. A dual-core ARM Mali-G71 GPU with a frequency of 770 MHz is responsible for graphics processing. Our sample had 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of built-in flash memory. Of this, about 22 GB of storage and approximately 2.3 GB of RAM are free. A modification with 6/64 GB of memory is also on sale.

It is possible to expand the memory by installing a microSD card (up to 256 GB), and for this you do not have to remove one of the SIM cards. However, applications are not installed on the card. It is also possible to connect external flash drives in USB OTG mode. It is curious that in the settings you must remember to enable this mode again each time, since it automatically turns off after 10 minutes of inactivity.

MediaTek MT6763T is a fairly recent chip, also called Helio P23. The Taiwanese manufacturer introduced this SoC in 2017, it is intended for mid-range models. The platform is far from the most powerful, but it has an updated, more modern ARM Mali-G71 video accelerator (dual-core, 770 MHz), which supports the Vulkan graphics API.

Accordingly, the smartphone copes quite successfully with any games, and there are also no complaints about the performance of applications. Oppo F5 produces about 65K points in AnTuTu; according to performance tests, its platform is comparable to Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 and HiSilicon Kirin 659.

Testing in comprehensive tests AnTuTu and GeekBench:

For convenience, we have compiled all the results we obtained when testing the smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks into tables. The table usually adds several other devices from different segments, also tested on similar latest versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry figures). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison it is impossible to present the results from different versions of benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” - due to the fact that they once passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions of test programs.

Testing the graphics subsystem in gaming tests 3DMark, GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark, the most powerful smartphones now have the ability to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for assessing the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowance for the fact that their results significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this is possible during testing not always. For Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

AndroBench memory speed test results:

Thermal photographs

Below is a thermal image rear surface obtained after 10 minutes of battery testing in the GFXBenchmark program:

Heating is localized in the upper part of the device closer to the left edge, which apparently corresponds to the location of the SoC chip. According to the heat camera, the maximum heating was 35 degrees (at an ambient temperature of 24 degrees), which is relatively little.

Playing video

To test the omnivorous nature of video playback (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Internet. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern options using processor cores alone. Also, you shouldn’t expect a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a table.

Further testing of video playback was performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.

We did not find the MHL interface, like Mobility DisplayPort, in this smartphone, so we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Method for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices)”). Screenshots with a shutter speed of 1 s helped determine the nature of the output of frames of video files with various parameters: the resolution varied (1280 by 720 (720p), 1920 by 1080 (1080p) and 3840 by 2160 (4K) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). In the tests we used the MX Player video player in the “Hardware” mode. The test results are summarized in the table:

Note: If in both columns Uniformity And Passes Green ratings are given, this means that, most likely, when watching films, artifacts caused by uneven alternation and frame skipping will either not be visible at all, or their number and visibility will not affect the viewing comfort. Red marks indicate possible problems with playback of the corresponding files.

According to the frame output criterion, the quality of playback of video files on the screen of the smartphone itself is good, since frames (or groups of frames) can (but are not required) be output with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and, in most cases, without skipping frames. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels (1080p) on a smartphone screen, the image of the video file itself is inscribed in the screen height (in the case of landscape orientation), centered horizontally and displayed one to one pixel by pixel, that is, in the original resolution. The brightness range displayed on the screen corresponds to the actual range - all gradations are displayed in shadows and highlights.

Battery life

The non-removable battery of the Oppo F5 has a capacity of 3200 mAh - this is an average level, closer to the entry level. However, apparently, the good optimization of the modern chip has an effect, since the smartphone demonstrates a fairly high level of battery life in all modes, comparable to the battery life of other devices with larger batteries. In real conditions, there are no miracles: the smartphone confidently survives until the evening charge, but nothing more.

Testing has traditionally been carried out at the usual level of power consumption without using power saving functions, although the device has them.

Continuous reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, light theme) at a minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to 100 cd/m²) lasted until the battery was completely discharged for at least 17.5 hours, and when continuously watching videos in high quality (720p) with the same brightness level via a home Wi-Fi network, the device operates for more than 12 hours. In 3D gaming mode, the smartphone can work for up to 6 hours.

From the included network adapter, the smartphone is charged with a current of 1.5 A at a voltage of 5 V; it takes just under 2.5 hours to fully charge. Wireless charging is not supported.

Bottom line

Oppo's next attempt to come to Russia with its smartphones looks strange. The Chinese manufacturer (perhaps not fully understanding the market situation) offered the oversaturated mobile market a device that was, by all objective assessments, simple, setting a very high price for it for devices of this class - obviously, hoping for a miracle. However, a miracle is unlikely to happen, and the highly overrated F5 smartphone, which is not only not outstanding, but even in some ways noticeably inferior to its competitors, with a not-so-best display, an average platform, and not Qualcomm, but MediaTek, without NFC support, with a Micro-USB connector becoming a thing of the past, simple sound and, most importantly, with by no means top-end, although good cameras, it is unlikely to interest many. The device itself may be quite suitable, but the way it is positioned and at what price they are trying to offer it to sophisticated users causes some confusion. For Oppo, this is already the second, if not the third attempt to officially enter the Russian market, and of course, it will be very interesting to watch the company’s further actions in this direction.

Hi all! I’m sitting at home.... Call on my cell phone: - Come urgently, there’s a mega new product from the company “OPPO”! Well, I think it’s not the famous “OPPO N1”! Yes, it turned out that way. The start of sales in China itself began only on October 10, and now a month later I have this smartphone in my hands. By the way, the first batch was sold out in just 0.35 seconds, although the batch itself was only 200 units. In the Middle Kingdom itself, several million people have already expressed a desire to become the owners of such an unusual smartphone. I think there is no need to worry about excellent sales. In Russia, the appearance of this gadget is expected at the end of the year at a price of 20 thousand rubles. Why was such a stir created around the smartphone essentially even before its release? It's simple! This smartphone has at least four distinctive features: a rotating camera, a stylish appearance, an “O-Touch” touch panel and a proprietary shell from a company called “Color OS”.

Thinking out loud.

China is our everything! Everywhere you look, everything is made in China. Machinery, medical equipment, heavy industry, smartphones, food industry, etc. Apple also produces its products in the homeland of paper and gunpowder. So should we be afraid of products made in China? Especially products that are released directly under local brands. Here are a few companies: OPPO, XIAOMI, HUAWEI, ZTE, LENOVO and this is just the tip of the iceberg that inexorably covers the whole world. At the moment, these are already advanced and well-known trademarks all over the world, which are strikingly different from the basement "Uncle Liao". Firstly, this is a high level of quality, in-house engineering developments and control at all stages of production. We must assume that the latest flagship smartphones from companies such as: Oppo, Huawei, Lenovo, Zte have already firmly occupied their niche in this area and, in terms of the totality of characteristics and quality, no longer differ, say, from products from Sony, HTC and the same Apple, and in some parameters even exceed them. Let’s say the previous smartphone from “OPPO” called “OPPO Find 5” is a very good product and in terms of screen quality it is inferior only to “HTC ONE” and then only in terms of the size of the screen itself and the density of dots per inch, but in terms of sound it completely outperforms it . It is possible that my next smartphone will be completely Chinese.

About OPPO.

OPPO. Chinese electronics manufacturing company (one of the brands of BBK Electronics). The company began its activities back in 1995, and since then, for several years, it has been a leader in the production of home phones in China. Currently, it is one of the leading companies in the production of wired and cordless telephones. In 2005, mobile and DECT phones were also added to the product line. In 1995, an educational electronics division was founded, specializing in the manufacture of computers for students and electronic dictionaries, which took a leading position in the Chinese market. In 1997, a department of audio and video electronics was created, specializing in VCD players, and later in DVD players.

The company name represents the first letters of the word “opportunity” (from the English “opportunity”), and is also translated from ancient Greek as “good friends”.

OPPO products are supplied to Russia under the OPPO and BBK brands. In Russia, the company became known as a manufacturer of MP3 players under the OPPO brand.

Currently, the company has entered the market with high-performance business-class smartphones based on the Android operating system.

The official international website of the company is en.oppo.com
Official Russian website of the company - oppo.ru
Official English-language forum - oppoforums.com

At the beginning of 2010, a real scandal occurred when journalists from the resource audioholics.com discovered that the insides of the Lexicon BD-30 Blu-Ray player, costing $3,500, exactly matched the Oppo BDP-83, costing $500. That is, Lexicon didn’t just use components from OPPO, it simply took a Chinese player, inserted it into a solid case and charged an additional $3,000.

That's what this OPPO is like!

Technical characteristics of the device.

Let's look at the technical part of the smartphone:

Network - GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA/HSPA (900/2100 MHz).
Platform - Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), Color OS.
Smartphone display: capacitive, 5.9”, 1920 x 1080 pixels, IPS, multi-touch 10 touches.
Protective screen coating - Corning Gorilla Glass 2.
Camera - 13MP, Exmor RS, 1/3.06", autofocus, dual LED flash, f/2.0, Full HD video recording.
Processor - 4 cores, 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 600.
Graphics chip - Adreno 320.
RAM - 2 GB.
Internal memory - 16GB.
Navigation - GPS, GLONASS.
Wi-Fi - (802.11a/b/g/n).
Bluetooth - 4.0.
Interfaces - USB 2.0, USB OTG, 3.5 mm jack.
FM radio with RDS - Yes.
NFC - Yes.
Sensors - light and distance, gyroscope, accelerometer, digital compass.
Battery - Li-ion, 3610 mAh.
Dimensions - 170.7 x 82.6 x 9 mm.
Weight - 213 g.
Form factor - monoblock with touchscreen.
Type - smartphone.
Announcement date: September 23, 2013.
Sales start date: December 2013.

Packaging, complete set.

What I like about Chinese phones is their packaging! It’s a pity that in some cases, when it reaches other markets, sometimes chic packaging turns into a banal cardboard box. I hope this doesn't happen with OPPO N1. In our case, the packaging is an aesthetic masterpiece!

The smartphone comes in a white plastic square box. Package dimensions: 17.5x17.8x2.7 cm. The top lid does not close completely and a 3mm gap remains, which visually divides the package into two different parts. Already taking this packaging in your hands you feel some kind of delight and visual pleasure. In appearance, the packaging does not reveal itself in any way that this is the packaging of a mobile phone; it looks more like the packaging of some kind of secret device. On the front side of the package there is only the “OPPO” logo, and on the back side there is only the briefest technical information; there are no more marks on the box. This in itself is already an intrigue and you want to look more and more into the mysterious interior. Opening the package, you can see that the entire space is divided into three sections. On the right side is the smartphone itself under a paper cover with the "OPPO" logo, under the smartphone there is a separate envelope with documentation and a metal clip for removing the SIM card tray. On the right side, in a separate box, there is a USB cable and a 110-volt charging unit (supplies to Europe will have a 220-volt plug). The headphones are also packaged in a separate plastic box-bobbin, the wire is wound around the base of the bobbin itself.

Yes, everything is so elegant and beautiful! No scattered plastic bags with components for you. Please note that the entire set is white, just like the smartphone! For example, there are white smartphones with a black USB cable or black headphones. In our case, everything is according to Feng Shui!

Equipment.

The bottom line is:

1. The smartphone itself, built-in battery.

2. Documentation.

3. SIM card tray clip.

4. USB cable.

5. Charger.

6. Headphones.

A Bluetooth immobilizer tag will be included separately with the package. I will tell you about its purpose below in the text. The tag itself comes in a small square cardboard box, which in shape and general appearance repeats the packaging of the smartphone itself, a kind of symbiosis of additional accessories.

Equipment.

1. The label itself.

2. CR 2016 battery.

3. Keychain for attaching the tag.

Appearance, design.

The first thing you notice is the size of the smartphone. Interested to know where the race to increase the diagonal will lead? That in a couple of years a smartphone with a screen diagonal of seven inches will be considered the norm?! Even compared to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and LG E988 Optimus G Pro, the smartphone from Chinese wizards looks simply huge. I haven’t said this word for a long time and, in fact, I don’t like to apply it to smartphones with a large screen, but in this case I simply have to say it: -SHOVEL!!!

To whom, of course, but for me personally this is already too much in terms of overall dimensions. It’s good in the winter, I threw it in my jacket pocket and forgot, but what to do in the summer? Should I sew separate pockets, buy rapper clothes, or go back to purses? If you have decided to buy a smartphone of this kind, I strongly recommend that you first go to the store and feel it in person, so to speak, so that later the size does not become a shock for you. Okay, this is all lyrics and I propose to move directly to the appearance....

And so.... The appearance of the smartphone is a completely original engineering development of the OPPO company. There is no borrowing or copying the appearance of competitors' products, well, the SIM card tray and that's probably all. Surprisingly, the smartphone is very comfortable to hold in your hand, the weight of 213 grams is distributed throughout the smartphone and the heaviness is not felt at all. The general shape is an elongated rectangle, the screen is narrow and due to this you can work with one hand to a limited extent, for example, with the thumb of your left hand you can reach the left and bottom edges of the screen, while the upper area remains inaccessible. Thickness is only 9mm. is also a good indicator for this class of devices. The top and bottom edges of the smartphone have a slightly oval shape, the corners are rounded, but not much.

In white, the smartphone looks very solid and elegant; my personal opinion is that black color is clearly not suitable for it. An interesting feature is the screen frame; it has slightly round corners, and thanks to this, when turned off, the appearance of the screen follows the shape of the corners of the smartphone, and the bottom edge of the screen is combined with the oval shape of the bottom end. At first glance, very thin frames along the edges of the screen are immediately noticeable, only 1 mm, but the first impression is deceptive. As soon as you activate the screen, you immediately notice a black frame around the perimeter of the screen and the frames become 4mm wide. This is how the illusion turns out. In terms of overall appearance, I would give the smartphone a more feminine orientation; the shapes and content would be soft and airy.

The SIM card in a smartphone is in microSIM format. Inserted from the left side using the supplied paperclip. Simply use a paper clip to press the notch in the tray and the tray will come out.

The basic material used in the design of the smartphone is high-quality, matte white polycarbonate plastic. The smartphone is completely non-slippery thanks to this coating; it does not slip out of your hands, leaving no fingerprints or scratches. This is definitely one of the most practical materials for production. There was also a place for a metal part. This is a metal edging that runs along the perimeter of the smartphone and, as it were, divides the smartphone into two parts. The edging itself is painted white and protrudes slightly at the ends of the smartphone; the edges of the edging are not painted; at the lower end, the edging goes around the technological connectors on the device’s body. The volume button and the power button are built into the frame itself and are also white; the buttons themselves are very narrow and small, which makes them almost invisible against the general background.

The build quality is excellent, which should correspond to the company's flagship. In our case, the case does not contain any third-party sounds. The back of the case does not press or squeak. The control buttons do not play. In a word, we have a very high-quality assembly and production of the final product. Everything is at a very high level, there is absolutely nothing to complain about.

Functional connectors on the device body.

Let's look at the controls:

1. There are no controls on the top end, unless you take into account the rotating mechanism of the camera module.

2. On the right side there is a power button and a volume button.

3. At the bottom end: the second speaker, thanks to this arrangement, the speaker does not overlap when the smartphone is lying on the table, microUSB connector, 3.5mm headphone jack, main microphone hole.

4. On the left side there is only a tray for installing a SIM card.

5. On the front side at the top there is the main speaker, proximity sensor, automatic brightness control sensor. At the bottom below the screen there are touch control buttons: context menu, home and back. In the settings, you can set the backlight time or turn off the backlight completely, or leave it constant.

6. On the back side: camera, flash, second microphone, “OPPO” logo, immediately below the logo there is an O-Touch touch panel and a built-in NFC chip.

Functional elements.

SCREEN. The first thing you notice is the huge screen, it simply magically attracts your eye. Size 5.9 inches, resolution naturally 1920 x 1080 pixels - FullHD, IPS matrix, pixel density per inch 373ppi, multi-touch for 10 touches as on all matrices of this type.

A pixel density value of 373ppi is more than enough for you to be unable to see individual pixels on a given screen, which is actually the case. All objects on the screen are very well drawn, have smooth transitions and sharp edges.

There is no air gap on this type of screen, which contributes to a more vibrant and natural image transmission. There is a second-generation Corning Gorilla Glass protective coating, which further prevents scratches. There is an oleophobic coating on the screen, which also prevents the appearance of fingerprints. Viewing angles are maximum, colors are not distorted at any viewing angle.

In the sun, this screen performed very well; the image practically does not fade and you can always read the information on the screen itself. At first it seemed to me that the screen lacked the saturation of color shades, but as it turned out during operation, these were the features of the shell from “OPPO”; it was simply made in calm color tones; after installing my wallpaper, everything fell into place. Color reproduction is very good and natural, there is no acidity or oversaturation of color that is inherent in “AMOLED” matrices. When watching movies for a long time, for example, on the screen of this smartphone, your eyes do not get tired at all. On my own behalf, I will add that the maximum brightness is not enough, I would like to add a little, but to a large extent this is nit-picking and personal qualities of perception. The screen responds instantly to touch, the responsiveness is simply amazing. Based on the totality of all the characteristics, we have a very high-quality screen. It's just great to play on, watch movies and photos. Naturally, if you plan to view video files larger than 4GB, you will have to format the phone’s memory in NTFS format.

CAMERA.

A distinctive feature of the smartphone is the rotating camera module, and in this case it is one camera that is front and rear at the same time. I remember in the early 2000s there were already phones/smartphones on the market with this type of camera, in particular Samsung and Nokia produced similar devices, but then they somehow abandoned this concept. And so OPPO decided to return to this type of camera layout.

I’ll say right away that I really liked this decision. If we take into account the fact that manufacturers install not very high-quality front modules, which in video communication mode do not perform at their best in terms of image transmission, then this rotary mechanism solves all problems at once. Now we have a high-quality front camera! By the way, it works just fine in Skype, the picture quality is excellent, taking into account the FullHD screen and the quality of the camera itself. How convenient it is to take pictures from different positions! If earlier I held my smartphone at an awkward angle to take an interesting shot, now I simply turn the camera module to the position I need. Everything is brilliant and simple! The module itself can be rotated 206 degrees, the manufacturer claims the ability to rotate the camera module 100,000 times if the mechanism fails, and this is about 7 years of operation, most likely during this time you will simply have time to change the smartphone itself. In rear camera mode, the module itself has a common base with the smartphone body. In front camera mode, the rotating module already protrudes slightly above the top end. Along the perimeter of the rotary module there is a metal edging that harmoniously fits into the overall appearance.

Camera 13MP. with Exmor RS sensor, 1/3.06 f/2.0 aperture from Sony and dual LED flash. N-Lens - this is the name the company came up with for their camera, I don’t think there are any technological aspects hidden behind this, most likely a name for beauty.

SONY has G-Lens, HTC has UltraPixel, OPPO has N-Lens. Sounds nice. The maximum photo resolution is 4128x3088. Video with maximum quality 1080p at 30 frames per second, mp4 format, bit rate 156 kbps. The speed of the camera and image saving is good, but does not reach the speed of similar smartphones from Sony, LG, Samsung. What I liked was that the camera settings were not overloaded. There are few of them and it’s not difficult to figure them out: portrait, smart scenes, auto, action, landscape. Flash mode: on, off, flashlight, auto. Settings of the camera module itself: 2MP, 3MP, 10MP, 13MP. The shutter sound can be turned off, a countdown timer can be set from 2 to 8 seconds, a photo can be taken using a mark on the screen, or a GPS mark. There is a panorama mode and HDR. The HDR mode works selectively, that is, at some points in this mode, photographs turn out better than without it, and here it is worth experimenting. The night mode does not provide any advantages when shooting; the automation very accurately determines all shooting modes; in my memory, this is perhaps the best determination of shooting modes of all the tested smartphones. Autofocus is quite fast, the pictures are of very good quality, sharpness and color rendition are at a high level. I did not detect any color distortions in the resulting images. Pictures can be taken using the volume button. In the smartphone settings, you can activate the automatic camera activation mode when the module is switched to front mode. You can activate the camera by simply placing three fingers on the screen and bringing them together. In terms of the overall quality of the resulting images, they somehow cannot be put above the same images that are obtained in smartphones from Sony, LG, Samsung. Here we have another high-quality camera for smartphones, which is also perfect for use in everyday conditions.

Sample pictures:

Examples of pictures in HDR mode. The first shot is simple, the second is HDR:

Video example:

O-TOUCH.

If you look closely, on the back panel you can see a barely noticeable touch panel in the form of a square with sides of 3x4 cm. This area allows you to control various functions of the smartphone with the index finger of your left or right hand. Over time, the arsenal of available actions will be replenished. At the moment, you can double-click to open or remove any application on your smartphone. You can also assign the launch of any application to each side of the touch square. Holding your finger on the sensor for a long time will take a photo. You can scroll through desktops or smartphone menus simply by touching the desired edge of the touch area. It is also possible to control the music player using the sensor: switch tracks or rewind a song.

O-CLICK.

As I said above, the delivery package will include a Bluetooth immobilizer tag. The mark is round on both sides, and has cut edges on the other two. The tag itself is enclosed in a metal ring and the general style and shape coincide with the smartphone itself. So what is this accessory for?

You can use this mark as a remote control for the camera, you can take pictures by clicking on the mark itself. Search for a phone, click on the label and the phone will beep. Alarm mode, after enabling this function, the phone will sound an alarm when you are more than 5 meters away from you. This tag will also notify you if you receive a call or a message on your phone. The tag itself can be secured using the included key fob. Quite useful functions; you can take pictures with the camera unnoticed by others or use the tag as an alarm.

COLOROS.

Those who are accustomed to the standard Android OS look in this smartphone will not find anything in common with the standard firmware from Google, and only the location of the shortcuts can remind you that this is still a smartphone on Android OS. Before us is a powerful shell based on Android OS 4.2.2. from "OPPO" and already the company "CyanogenMod". Yes, in fact, we have the first official “cyan”. About 200 engineers and programmers worked on this firmware shell for almost a year. Everything that was possible has been changed compared to the stock firmware. All shortcuts, icons, settings, wallpaper, design, location paths, in a word, EVERYTHING have been redrawn! Even for me at first it was not easy to understand all the nuances of this shell. In the near future, the developer promises to release a separate toolkit for easy installation of new firmware. The main menu is built according to the 4x5 formula - three desktops with installed programs.

There is cyclic scrolling in the main menu. If we separately talk about all the advantages of this shell, it will take several A4 pages. I suggest looking at screenshots of the shell and a short video about Color OS itself.

In progress, testing.

CPU. Previously, there was information that this smartphone would have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 installed, but apparently something didn’t work out and in the end we only have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600. This processor is designed for upper-mid-class mobile devices. This single-chip system, which includes a quad-core Krait 300 CPU with a frequency of up to 1.9 GHz, an Adreno 320 GPU and an LP-DDR3 RAM controller, provides 40% greater performance compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC. The Snapdragon 600 has only one version and it is APQ8064T, and is produced on the 28nm LP process. The 600 version can work with cameras up to 21MP, and it is possible to take 3D pictures. It is also possible to work in Wi-Fi networks of the “gigabit” 802.11ac WiFi standard and support for wireless video transmission technology - Miracast HD 1080p. The processor does not have a built-in LTE module and is supplied separately. It is clear that this is not the top-end processor, but it is sufficient for all tasks. In terms of performance, it will be relevant and in demand for a very long time, especially since at the moment there is no game in the Play Store that could fully load this bundle. In all tested games: N.O.V.A. 3, Modern Combat 4, Real Racing 3, Asphalt 8 - this processor showed its best side, all games ran at full settings without any lags or slowdowns. Even in the latest Dead Trigger 2, everything worked perfectly on high graphics settings.

For fans of synthetics, graphics of various tests:

MEMORY. Two 16GB versions of the smartphone will be supplied to the market. and 32GB. I got the 16GB option. memory, after loading we have about 9.81GB at our disposal. Most likely, Color OS itself took up a large amount of memory. For everyday needs, this amount of memory may not be enough because in our case there is no support for memory cards. In general, recently some smartphone manufacturers have really surprised me. Yes, we released a cool smartphone, yes it is powerful, yes it has a cool screen, yes an excellent camera, etc. But where is the memory card slot? To be honest, I can’t explain his absence in any way. Then release smartphones with at least 32GB. memory. After all, what is 9.81GB in our case? ? These are three good toys, but you still need somewhere to save music, photos, films, etc. So you have to constantly struggle and find a compromise on what to download, what to delete.... The RAM in the smartphone is 2GB. and after downloading there remains 1.88GB. this is even more than what remains after loading into the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which by the way has 3GB. random access memory. This volume is enough for absolutely any task, and at least three of any applications can always be kept in the background. USB-HOST is not supported.

Wi-Fi. Here again everything is fine. Wi-Fi works perfectly, I didn’t find any problems during operation. Naturally, the smartphone itself can act as a Wi-Fi access point. Wi-Fi Direct is still here - this is a new standard for wireless data transfer that allows devices to connect directly to each other without an additional intermediate link in the form of a router. There is also Wi-Fi Display, an industry standard developed by members of the Wi-Fi Alliance. It describes the wireless transmission of image and sound from one device to another nearby using a simple and secure discovery and connection procedure. For example, a web page opened on a PC can be shown on a nearby TV, and a photo viewed on a smartphone can be simultaneously visible on the tablet screen.

GPS/GLONNAS.

Simultaneous support for two navigation standards, American GPS and Russian GLONASS, has been implemented. Thanks to this, a cold start takes less time. It is not possible to select the GPS or GLONASS mode separately; they work in pairs; such a tendem provides greater satellite detection or more accurate positioning on the ground. In my case, at least 19 satellites were displayed, which is not a bad indicator.

SOUND. VIDEO. Having looked through the Internet, I did not find information about the sound part of this smartphone, but I had the opportunity to compare the sound quality with the "Oppo Find 5". In terms of volume, of course, “N1” is a little inferior to its older brother. The volume is slightly above average, but it is sufficient to hear a call in a noisy place. At full volume, the speaker does not produce noise or distort the sound. But in other respects, the sound quality is no different from “Find 5”, so I would venture to suggest that “N1” also has Dirac HD Sound and Dolby Sound technology - these technologies improve the sound both at the software and hardware levels. As such, the sound from the speakers is simply gorgeous; you can hear all the sound aspects of the composition being played. The included headphones were quite frankly surprising. Typically, various manufacturers do not bother to include decent-sounding headphones in the package. Once you start listening to music on headphones, it will be difficult to tear yourself away from the “N1”. The sound quality is at a very high level, the bass is very noticeable. We can safely say that "OPPO N1" is perfect as an MP3 player. Out of the box, the smartphone perfectly digests all known video formats, so installing a third-party player is not required at first. A very strong vibration signal, you can feel it even in a winter jacket.

QUALITY OF SPEECH. The smartphone has two microphones, which naturally has a positive effect on the quality of transmitted and received speech. The interlocutor can be heard very well, as well as you. The speaker is also excellent, there is a reserve in volume. From personal impressions, I can say that in this case we have one of the best smartphones on the market in terms of speech quality.

Battery life.

The smartphone has a non-removable 3610 mAh battery. This is a very good indicator of battery capacity, but given the size of the FullHD screen and the fairly powerful processor, it will be quite interesting to know the operating time on a single charge.

1. Work in "just phone" mode - only calls. This is not the total talk time, but a certain number of calls - 42 hours.

2. Work in mixed mode: calls, Internet, video, games - 14 hours.

3. Play MP3 file in headphones, maximum volume - 52 hours.

4. Video playback, sound and screen brightness at maximum - 8 hours.

5. Work in 3D applications (games), sound at maximum, screen brightness 75% - 5 hours.

As you can see, the miracle did not happen and the duration of operation on one charge turned out to be predictable. I was surprised by the short playback time of an MP3 file, but at the same time I was pleased by the duration of playback of video files. Otherwise, the operating time is standard for similar smartphones. The main energy consumer is the screen, followed by the central processor.

Conclusions.

Here are perhaps all the main points of this smartphone that we were able to identify and check in the allotted period of time. Of course, one week is not enough to fully master this gadget. I would like to test the camera in more detail, dig deeper into the settings, etc. According to general impressions, the product was largely a success, but a lot will depend on the final price in our market. If the price is not higher than 20 thousand rubles, but ideally 17-18 thousand, then most likely the smartphone will have some success. In all respects, this still turned out to be a niche product; few would agree to such a huge size of the device itself. For some, the rotating mechanism of the camera module or the rear touch panel will be a novelty. At the moment, in terms of the totality of solutions used, the smartphone as such has no competitors. If you definitely love big and unusual smartphones and want to get a surprise from your purchase, then “OPPO N1” will undoubtedly surprise you... Would I buy such a smartphone? Most likely yes! The ease of use of the camera and a bunch of gadgets in the smartphone make it at least unusual, and everything unusual is interesting. And I just want to watch the evolution of Color OS.

PROS:

1. Great screen.

2. PTZ camera with good picture quality.

3. Amazing sound.

4. Interesting and unusual Color OS.

5. High performance.

6. Workmanship.

7. Gorgeous packaging.

8. Bluetooth immobilizer tag included.

MINUSES:

1. Large overall size, so to speak, is not for everyone.

2. Not enough built-in memory.

3. Lack of a slot for a memory card.

That's all ! Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this review!

Thanks to DNS and OPPO for providing the product for review.