Oppo A12s Specs Review – Entry-level Smartphone With 3GB RAM

Looking for an entry-level smartphone? here comes the Oppo A12s which is the more affordable version of the Oppo A12 and it comes with some great features you will love to have. It has combo rear cameras, large screen size, and also enough battery on the inside.

Design And Display

The Oppo A12s is a nice device that is built with a combination of plastic and glass. It has a smooth panel housing the cameras in a horizontal line and then the LED flash. It features body dimensions of 155.9 x 75.5 x 8.3 mm and weighs 165 grams.

The Oppo A12s has a waterdrop notch with a screen size of 6.22 inches under the IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen. The screen has a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and 276 PPI density. It also features Asahi glass protection and 81.4% screen-to-body ratio.

Oppo A12s
Oppo A12s

Camera Features

On the camera setup, it comes with a combo rear camera of 13 MP main and additional 2 MP snapper. The camera features Autofocus, Continuous shooting, Digital zoom, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, etc. It can record 1080@30fps, 720p@30fps video resolution, and its paired with an LED flash. There is a front camera of 5 MP for selfies and video calling.

Hardware And Software

The Oppo A12s has a Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 chipset that is built on a 12nm process node. The chip is what we mostly find on budget phones and it has a clocking speed of 4×2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53. It has PowerVR GE8320 GPU for graphics and runs on the Android 9.0 Pie operating system.

Storage Capacity And Sensors

The inbuilt storage is 32GB coupled with 3GB RAM for a smooth performance. The memory is further expandable via a micro SDcard up to 128GB. As for the sensors, the Oppo A12s features Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, and proximity.

Battery Power And Network Connectivity

The smartphone has a non-removable battery of 4230 mAh without fast charging technology. The battery promise to last up to 28 hours of talk time. There are also dual SIMs that has 4G LTE network and other regulars such as Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, FM radio, A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS and micro-USB 2.0, USB On-The-Go.

Oppo A12s Full Specifications

Model Name Oppo A12s
Announced 2020, July
Market Availability Available

Network

Network Type GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900)
5G Network No
Network Speed HSPA, LTE-A / 5G
Network GPRS Yes
Network EDGE Yes
SIM Type Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Body

Body Build Glass front/plastic body
Body Dimensions 155.9 x 75.5 x 8.3 mm
Body Weight 165 grams
Protection n/a
Body Colors Light blue, light silver

Display

Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Display Size 6.22 inches
Display Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels
Display Multitouch Yes
Display Pixel Density 276 ppi density
Display Screen Protection Yes Corning Gorilla

Camera

Primary Camera 13 MP + 2 MP
Secondary Camera 5 megapixel
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Camera Features LED flash, panorama, HDR
Camera Flash Yes

Platform

Operating System Android
OS Version 9.0 Pie
User Interface Yes

Hardware

Chipset Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)
CPU Octa-core (4×2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
Graphics processor (GPU) PowerVR GE8320
System Internal Memory 3GB RAM
Internal Storage 32 GB
Storage Card Slot Yes
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity

Connectivity

Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-Fi Hotspot Yes
Bluetooth Yes, 5.0, A2DP
USB Type Type – C
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC No

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po Battery
Battery Capacity 4230 mAh battery
Battery Placement Nonremovable
Fast Charging No
Wireless Charging No
Battery Standby
Battery Talk Time
Battery Music Play Time

Media

Audio Playback Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Video Playback Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Video Out n/a
FM Radio n/a
Alert Types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Ring Tones MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes

Other Features

Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email
Browser HTML5
Java n/a
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Oppo A12s Price And Availability

The Oppo A12s will sell for $129 and it’s now available in Light blue and light silver colors.

Where To Buy Oppo A12s


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