Oppo on Friday announced that its recently introduced selfie-focused smartphone, the A57, will hit Indian markets on February 3. For now, India price details of the Oppo A57 are not known.
To recall, the Oppo A57 was launched in China in November at a price of CNY 1,599 (roughly Rs. 16,000). It will launched in two colour variants - Rose Gold and Gold. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer made the India launch announcement in a tweet on Friday, stating, "The all new #OPPOA57 is hitting the markets on the 3rd of February." With the wording, it appears the smartphone will become available to buy from that day itself.
The dual-SIM Oppo A57 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box customised with Oppo's ColorOS 3.0 skin on top. It is powered by an octa-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 SoC coupled with 3GB of RAM and Adreno 505 GPU for graphics. The smartphone packs a 5.2-inch HD (720x1280) LCD display with 2.5D curved glass.
The Oppo A57 houses a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. The rear camera is a 13-megapixel shooter with an aperture of f/2.2, and PDAF, along with an LED flash module. The smartphone also has a fingerprint scanner mounted on the physical home button on the front.
For storage, Oppo A57 has an inbuilt storage of 32GB that can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 128GB). Connectivity options in the smartphone include 4G LTE, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth v4.1, Wi-Fi, GPS, USB, and 3.5mm audio jack. The smartphone is powered by a 2900mAh battery.
The Oppo A57 measures 149.1x72.9x7.65mm and weighs in at 147 grams.
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