The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo recently launched the Oppo F3 selfie-focused smartphone in India earlier this month and now the company on Saturday put up the device on sale on various e-commerce websites in the country. Earlier, Oppo had made the smartphone available across 25 cities in India but only through major offline retail stores. The Oppo F3 will also be available through e-commerce websites including Amazon, Flipkart, and Snapdeal at a price tag of Rs. 19,990.
The company had also announced a 5% cashback offer on its Oppo F3 and F3 Plus smartphones. Note that, the 5% cash back is only available with the offline retailer and not on any e-commerce websites. After 5% cash back, the recently launched Oppo F3 and F3 Plus will be available for Rs 18,991 and Rs 29,441 respectively. Both of the smartphones were launched at a retail price tag of Rs 19,990 for the smaller version, Oppo F3 and Rs 30,990 for the bigger version, Oppo F3 Plus.
On the other hand, the Oppo F3 and F3 Plus smartphones are also available to purchase online via e-commerce platform, Flipkart and Amazon India. On Flipkart, the Opoo F3 and F3 Plus are bundled with a host of offers which include up to Rs 18,500 off on exchange for Oppo F3 64GB variant, while Rs 25,000 off on exchange for Oppo F3 Plus 64GB variant. Apart from that, customers with HDFC Bank Credit Cards will get additional 10% Instant Discount, as part of the Flipkart Big 10 Sale.
Oppo F3 specifications and features: –
The main USP (unique selling point) of the Oppo F3 is its dual front-facing camera setup, one of the camera is a 16-megapixel standard lens and another front camera stands at 8-megapixel with 120-degree wide-angle lens. Just like the Oppo F3 Plus front camera, “one for selfie, one for group selfie”.
In terms of specifications, Oppo F3 smartphone sports a 5.5 inch In-Cell TFT Full HD 2.5D curved glass Display protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Oppo F3 is powered by a 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6750T6 octa-core processor along with Mali T860 GPU. In terms of memory, the phone is backed by a 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via a dedicated microSD card slot. Talking about its software fonts, the dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) Oppo F3 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with company’s ColorUI 3.0 skin running on top of the device.
In terms of photography, Oppo F3 comes with a 13 Megapixel 1.3-inch sensor rear camera with Dual Focus Phase Detection Autofocus(PDAF), dual tone LED flash and full HD 1080p video recording. Talking about its selfie camera, Oppo F3 comes with a dual front camera setup, which includes a 16-megapixel 1.3-inch primary sensor with f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel secondary sensor with 120-degree wide-angle view for group selfies. The smartphone comes with a Smart Facial Recognition feature that will automatically notify users to switch to ‘Group Selfie’ mode if there are more than three people in the frame. The Oppo F3 comes with various camera features, including the Beautify 4.0 app, Screen Flash, Selfie Panorama and Palm Shutter.
Oppo F3 sports a full-metal unibody design with a front-mounted fingerprint scanner that unlock the smartphone in as little as 0.2 seconds. The F3 comes with two different slots for two different SIM cards (Nano + Nano) and a separate slot for a micro-SD card. On the connectivity front, the device support 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), GPS/ A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/ A-GPS and microUSB v2.0 for charging and data transfer. Oppo F3 is fuelled by a non-removable 3200mAh battery and the device measures at 153.3 x 75.3 x 7.3mm and weighs about 153 grams.
