First impressions: Oppo Find 7
New Delhi: In India, Oppo is an underdog. You won't find its smartphones easily on shelves, or promoted with big-budget ads on TV. However, the Chinese firm is determined to take on premier league players
The talking point of Oppo Find 7 is its 5.5-inch QHD IPS display, which offers a massive resolution of 1440x2560 pixels, or 2K resolution, which translates to an impressive 538ppi pixel density. This results in an overall impressive viewing experience along with great colour reproduction, excellent contrast with piercing whites and deep blacks, good viewing angles. So, whether you're playing Temple Run 2 or streaming a film, colors are rich and vibrant, with an appropriate blend of temperature and saturation levels.
The Oppo Find 7 is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor and offers 32GB of inbuilt storage with expandable storage support via microSD card (up to 128GB). The Find 7 features 3GB of RAM, which is more than the 2GB RAM found on the Galaxy S5 and One (M8) and the same as the Xperia Z2. It is a great device for doing multitasking, with no performance issues in terms of running apps, playing games or doing other routine work on the smartphone. Zipping between home screens on the device gives no lag and it handles full-HD and 2K videos pretty well.
The rear camera of the Find 7 comes with a 13 MP Sony Exmor RS sensor, coupled with a lens composed of six pieces, which should minimize distortion, while still offering a great 2.0 aperture. The Find 7 offers a huge range of camera software features, the most interesting of which is called Super Zoom, that takes ten images and stitches them together to create one 50 MP image with extra detail. The device also has an impressive 5 MP shooter with an 80 degree field of view. The 4K video recording feature of the device is impressive and images taken in both well-lit and low-light conditions looked brilliant.
The Oppo Find 7 runs a highly customised version of Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), which it calls ColorOS 1.2. The company's default theme and launcher is wildly different from stock Android, with exclusive app icons, system-wide fonts and widgets. Color OS is also burdened with a large amount of pre-installed software. For instance, the email, calendar and note-taking apps, are no where when compared with apps by Google and the Files app wastes large portions of the screen with unnecessary white space. However, you'll still find lots of customization options in Color OS. The smartphone has its own themer app, which offers an array of wallpapers and app icon packs.