Oppo F9 launched with 6.3-inch water-drop display, 25MP camera & VOOC charging

Oppo has launched its new Selfie Expert — the Oppo F9 in Philippines and Vietnam today. Images with full specifications of Oppo F9 has already been listed in Oppo’s official Vietnamese website. The Oppo F9 bears the company’s new water-drop notch design, an eye-capturing design, new AI features and other updates. So what are these updates? Let’s find out.

Oppo F9 Display and Design

Starting from the display, the F9 comes with a 6.3-inch LTPS IPS LCD captive display. It also comes with the latest corning gorilla glass 6 protection which can survive up to 15 drops from a meter height. And with 19.5:9 body ratio & 90.4% screen to body ratio, the Oppo F9 delivers Full HD 1080p screen.

The design of the F9 is similar to that of Oppo R17. It has a slim body with a thickness of 8mm (~0.31 inch) and weighs about 169 grams. Bearing the company’s new water-drop notch design, the Oppo F9 looks less intrusive and tidy. The notch looks a lot smaller and condensed than a most notched bearing smartphone.

Also, the back of the phone sports a diamond-like pattern which is similar to Oppo F7. The fingerprint sensor is on the rear and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom along with micro USB.

Oppo F9 Camera

As Oppo itself is a camera phone, we can be assured that the camera specification in the Oppo F7 successor with being better. The Oppo F9 features a 25MP Selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. It also supports AI features like AI beautification, AI HDR and more. AI HDR mode allows you to click beautiful and sharp selfies in good as well as in poor lighting conditions.

On the rear, the Oppo offers a dual camera with the horizontal setup. There is a 16MP primary camera & 2MP secondary camera with a f/1.85 aperture on both the lenses. F9’s camera can detect and recognize 16 scenes and objects like grass, dog, sunset and more. It also enables PDAF, LED flash and, depth sensor. The F9 can also record video of 1080p @30fps.

Oppo F9 Software and Battery

Oppo F9 runs on Android Oreo 8.1 with Colors OS 5.2 on top. It is powered by Octa-core MediaTek Helio P60 chipset clocked at 2.0 Hz. The MediaTek P60 chipset is mainly responsible for managing AI processes. Another upgrade of the Oppo F9 is its RAM. It sports 6GB RAM and 64GB internal storage which can be expandable up to 256GB.

Concerning the battery, the Oppo F9 is backed up with a 3500mAh battery. One of the major features of Oppo F9 is it supports VOOC flash charge with 5V/4A 20W. VOOC not only maintains the phone temperature but also provides 5 level protection to the internals. This prevents damage of internals the high current from adapter can cause. And that’s not quite it. Oppo also promises up to 2Hours of talk time with only 5 minute of charge which is truly amazing.

OPPO F9/F9 Pro Specifications

• Display: 6.3-inch 19.5:9 aspect ratio Full HD+ LTPS IPS display
• Resolution: 2280 x 1080 pixels (90.4% screen to body ratio)
• Dimension: 156.7 x 74 x 8 mm
• Weight: 169 g
• SIM: Dual SIM
• Chipset: Mediatek MT6771 Helio P60
• CPU: Helio P60 SoC
• OS: Android Oreo 8.1 (ColorOS 5.2)
• GPU: Mali-G72 MP3
• RAM: 4 GB /6 GB
• Internal Storage: 64GB (expandable up to 256GB)
• Front Camera: 25 MP with f/2.0 aperture
• Rear Camera: 16 MP + 2 MP with f/1.85 aperture and LED flash
• Connectivity: 4G VoLTE, GPS, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi, USB OTG
• Other: Fingerprint Scanner
• Battery: 3500 mAh with VOOC Flash Charge
• Available Colors: Sunrise Red, Twilight Blue, Starry Purple
• Price: $329(~Rs 37000) for 4GB variant; $340(~Rs 39000) for 6GB variant