Oct 25, 2016 01:53 PM
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Oppo F1s review: Good selfies aren't worth the price
Chinese phone company Oppo is among the fastest growing smartphone makers globally according to a recent report by IDC. The F1 Plus - also called Oppo R9 - has been instrumental in the company's rise to stardom. The self-proclaimed "selfie-expert" phone had almost everything going its way. If only, it was also sensibly priced, the F1 Plus could have been the mid-level smartphone to beat in India. Sadly, it wasn't. It costs a bomb and that's not necessarily a good thing. Oppo was quick to realise this. Just four months hence, it has launched a follow-up device, or rather, a mini version of the F1 Plus. Oppo calls it the F1s.
The Oppo F1s receives a fresh coat of paint in almost every component, but it keeps the camera credentials of the original F1 Plus intact. If that wasn't enough, the F1s also looks every bit as premium and iPhone-esque as the F1 Plus. It's still a selfie-expert, this one, according to the company. Clearly, Oppo takes its selfies, very seriously. Why else would a smartphone company launch three selfie-centric phones in eight months?
Design and build quality
The F1 Plus was a blatant copy of the iPhone 6S. So is the F1s. In fact, there's very little difference between the F1s and the F1 Plus(and the iPhone) when you keep them side by side. You'll have to observe very carefully to be able to make out the(subtle) differences. Chinese brands taking inspiration from Apple's iPhone surely isn't a taboo. Oppo is just one tip of the iceberg. Moving on, not only does the F1s look every bit like its top-tier sibling, it also inherits its build material(and quality, to some extent). This means, you get an all-metal body and Corning's Gorilla Glass on the front(which is by the way accentuated by a 2.5D curve). The top and bottom ends house the antennas and therefore bask in a brushed metal finish(which basically means that they are plastic).
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The F1s certainly looks premium from afar. Sadly the same can't be said when you actually hold and operate the phone. When in the hands, the F1s doesn't entail the same amount of confidence that a certain F1 Plus or even the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and LeEco Le 2(that cost way less) give you. It doesn't feel all that premium and robust. The F1s' body gives you the same feel that say the LG G5's does, which means it doesn't feel all that metallic when you're actually holding it. It feels plastic. Of course the LG G5 has its own reasons to be that way. It is modular and everything. The Oppo F1s doesn't, which makes it a bigger let-down. It's still super slippery though, which is something that afflicts almost all "metal phones".
