Oppo A9’s design
Design of Oppo A9 smartphone Oppo a7 ,Review) And Oppo a5s ,Review) It is similar to and all three handsets are part of the same series. The Oppo A9 has a large 6.5 -inch display and a small earpiece. Corning Gorilla Glass 5 has been used for the protection of the display. Plastic screen protector will be already installed on the phone.
There are thin bezels above Oppo A9 and on the side but the border is slightly thick in the lower part of the phone. It is long, the hand may have to be stretched a little to reach the top of the display. On the right side of the phone, the volume button has got a place on the left side.
The fingerprint sensor has been given on the back of the Oppo A9. Just two rear cameras are provided with LED flash just above the fingerprint sensor. Micro-USB port will be available at the bottom of the phone which is a bit disappointing because many phones in this price segment are equipped with USB Type-C port.
This phone will also get a 3.5 mm headphone jack and loudspeakers at the bottom. Oppo A9 have two color variants- Purple and Marble Green. We have marble green color variants available for review. The retail box will get 10 watt charger, transparent cases and headphones.
Oppo A9’s specification and software
Looking at the price of Oppo A9, it has some good specifications. The phone has a MediaTek Helio P70 processor, the use of this chipset Realme 3 (ReviewIt was also done in. Having this chipset in a phone priced at Rs 15,490 may disappoint something while Redmi Note 7 Pro present in the market (Review) Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor has been used in and Oppo K3 (Review) And realme x (Review)) Snapdragon 710 chipset has been given in it.
The same variant of Oppo A9 has been launched which is equipped with 4 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. The phone has a 4020 mAh battery to revive the phone and its weight is 190 grams. The phone for connectivity includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth version 4.2, USB-OTG support. The phone has other sensors including light, proximity and gyroscope.
The Oppo A9 runs on Android Pie -based ColorOS 6.0. Our review unit is running on the July Security Patch. The user interface is the same as we saw in the recently launched Oppo’s 3 and Reality X. However, Oppo A9 will get more blotware pre-installs, it will already get UC Browser, Facebook, WPS Office, NewsPuint, Dailyhunt, Hello, Paytm, WYNK Music, Weboanaval and Amazon apps already.
There is also game center, game space and Oppo appstore for apps and games. We found that the apps installed like UC browser and Hello keep sending push notifications every hour. If you want, these apps can also be un-installing from the smartphone.
Oppo A9’s performance, battery life and camera
The Oppo A9 uses MediaTek Helio P70 processor, this chipset handles all the task of all the day without any problem. There was no problem in launching apps and multitasking. 4 GB RAM is capable of giving smooth experience. As we told you, its redemption handsets are equipped with more powerful chipsets at the same price.
We liked to see the content on Oppo A9 because the display is crisp and bright and its viewing angles are also good. The speaker at the bottom of the phone makes the sound loud. The fingerprint sensor given on the back panel of the phone quickly unlocks the phone. Face unlock feature uses selfie camera, it is easy to setup and it unlocks the phone rapidly.
While playing PUBG Mobile, we saw that the game was set on medium quality preset and on graphics balanced and frame rate medium. The game on this settings went on without any problem. The Oppo Game Space cleared the RAM and disabled the pop-up notification. We played the game for 20 minutes and found that 4 percent of the battery was consumed. The phone was not much hot which is a good sign.
The 4,020 mAh battery in Oppo A9 provides a very good battery life. The phone’s battery lasted more than a day after general use such as active WhatsApp account, use of Google Maps for navigation and playing pubji mobile. However, charging is slow when charging the phone with a 10 watt charger, it takes more than two hours to fulfill the phone.
The Oppo A9 is equipped with a dual rear camera setup. The rear has a 16 -megapixel primary sensor and 2 megapixel secondary sensor with LED flash with LED flash. A 16 -megapixel selfie camera with F/ 2.0 aperture will be available on the front panel. The camera app on Oppo A9 is the same as we have seen in another Oppo smartphone.
Apart from normal photos and video mode, it has portate, night, pan, expert, time-laps and slow-mo. There are separate buttons for HDR and dazal color. The default camera app provides the filter that can be applied before taking the shot. Oppo A9 also has AI Scene Recognition.
In the light of the day, the pictures taken from the Oppo A9 were good, the phone locks the focus before taking the picture. We found that the picture of the object passed was good, but the objects which were located at a short distance were lacking in the picture. Close-up shots came well and AI of the phone also helped.
Oppo A9 maintains a difference between subject and background. Sharpness and details in the picture captured well but AI boosts Colors a little. The age detection of the phone was good. The Oppo A9 does not allow the blur to adjust before or after taking the shot. We found that the details were well captured in the portate shot from Oppo A9.
Camera performance may decrease slightly in low light. There is a lack of details in the picture but the Oppo A9 keeps the noise under control, the picture is good but the photo is seen when zoom is seen. Knight mode helps in drawing photographs and bright photos. Selfies drawn with a 16 -megapixel front camera also came well.
The details in the picture were well captured, the portate shots drawn from the selfie camera were also acceptable but some improvement in the age detection was needed. This phone does not blur the gap between the person’s orm and the body. Both primary and selfie camera are capable of recording video on 1080 resolutions. Video stabilization has also been given, a little shimmer effect was seen in the video clip in low light.
Our decision
Oppo A9 is a good smartphone but it looks less attractive if you look at the competition. With this phone of Rs 15,490, it appears that Oppo A9 is somewhat higher than Oppo’s 3 and other smartphones coming in this price segment. MediaTek Helio P70 is a competent processor but its opposition Redmi Note 7 Pro (Review)) Snapdragon 710 chipset is available in Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor, Reality X and Oppo 3.
Given the price, the camera performance is acceptable, if your budget is slightly low then the versei handset Redmi Note 7 Pro and Reality 3 Pro can also prove to be the best option. If you are willing to spend a little extra, then 3 better cameras of Reality X and Oppo come with more modern designs.