Chinese OEM, Oppo has cleared the pathway for the entrance of Oppo A73 into the smartphone market. The OPppo A73 follows the same display size feature found in the Oppo F5 and Oppo F5 Youth, thereby making it the third smartphone from Oppo to feature such a large display size. Oppo A73 portrays other good features which shall be discussed in the segments below:
DESIGN AND DISPLAY
The Gold and Black colour options which this smartphone comes in and the ceramic body build it’s made of adds essence to its aesthetic. The smartphone has a very slim and light nature given its 7.5 mm thickness and 152 g weight respectively. Its display is iconized by the 2.5D Curved Glass and LTPS display screen type. The top bezels serves as the home to the secondary camera, earpiece and the ambient light sensor. The physical keys present are the volume keys (which appears on the left side) and the power button (which appears on the right side). The fingerprint sensor egets the rear location alongside the primary camera and the LED flash. The “oppo” emblem sits beneath the fingerprint sensor. The other dimensions of the smartphone are 156.5 mm length and 76 mm width.
This smartphone has a large 6.0 inches FHD+ display. This LTPS touchscreen has a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels. Gathering screen sharpness momentum together with the screen rsolution is the 402 PPI pixel density. Its 78.40% screen-to-body ratio didn’t limit the smartphone from having an 18:9 aspect ratio. Corning Gorilla Glass is also present on the screen to serve protection.
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CAMERA AND CONNECTIVITY
The smartphone’s rear camera has a primary 13 MP shooter with f/2.2 aperture fo capturing excellent pictures. 1.12μm pixel size, 5P lens, Blur mode, Dual LED flash and a host of other features accompany the rear camera. The front camera which lacks the presence of a LED flash has a 16 MP shooter to its name. It also possesses features which include – f/2.0 aperture, 1.0μm pixel size, 5P lens and 1/3.09-inch sensor size. 2G, 3G and 4G network types are all available for cellular connectivity functions on the smartphone.
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HARDWARE, OS AND MEMORY
Housing the Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU on the smartphone is the MediaTek Helio P23 (MT6737T) SoC. This is a 64-bit CPU with 8 cores that clocks at a speed of 2.5GHz. It also utilizes the 16nm process technology. The graphics overseeer on the smartphone is the ARM Mali-G71 MP2 GPU with two cores which clocks at a speed of 770MHz. The software running on the smartphone is the ColorOS which is modified based on the Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS. Multi-tasking is made easy on the smartphone due to the 4GB RAM present. Storage of files is handled by 32GB of ROM which can be expanded to 128GB with the aid of a microSD card.
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BATTERY
Its battery is a Lithium-Polymer non-removable 3,200 mAh battery which charges fast as a result of the OPPO’s VOOC Flash Charge tech.
Oppo A73 Full Technical Specifications
General
Device Type | Smartphone |
Model | Oppo A73 |
Announced | December 2017 |
Released | Yes |
Status | Available |
Network
2G Network | GSM – 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
3G Network | WCDMA – 850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz |
4G Network | LTE – 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 MHz
LTE-TDD – 2300 MHz (Band 40) |
SIM Type | Nano SIM |
SIM Count | Dual SIM |
Data
2G | GPRS Up to 32 to 48 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps |
3G | Up to 21 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA) |
4G | Up to 300 Mbps |
Speed | HSPA 21 Mbps |
Web Browser | Yes, HTML5 |
Design
Type | Smartphone |
Dimensions | 156.5*76*7.5mm |
Weight | 152 g |
Body Material | Ceramic |
Colours | Black, Gold |
Display
Display Type | LTPS Capacitive touchscreen |
Size | 6.0” FHD+ |
Resolution | 2160*1080 pixels |
Colors | 16M colors |
Pixel Density | 402 PPI |
Touch Screen | Yes |
Protection | Yes, Corning Gorilla Glass |
Features | Capacitive touch, multi-touch input, 2.5D Curved Glass |
Secondary Display | No |
Camera
Primary | 13 MP |
Image | Yes |
Video | Yes |
Features | HDR, autofocus, Geo-tagging, ISO, panorama |
Flash | Yes, Dual LED flash |
Secondary | 16 MP |
Software
Operating System | Color OS 3.2 (Android v7.1.1 Nougat OS) |
User Interface | Yes |
Java Support | No |
Skype | Yes |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Youtube | Yes |
Hardware
Chipset | MediaTek MT6737T |
CPU | Octa-core 2.5GHz ARM Cortex-A53 |
GPU | ARM Mali-G71 MP2 |
RAM (Memory) | 4 GB |
Internal Storage | 32 GB |
Card Slot | Expandable to 128 GB |
Sensors | Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, proximity, ambient light sensor |
Controls | Lock Button, and Volume Key |
Connectivity
Bluetooth | Yes, Bluetooth v4.0 A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile), LE Profile |
Infrared | n/a |
Wi-Fi | Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct |
Wi-fi Hotspot | Yes |
USB Type | Micro USB v2.0 |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
NFC | n/a |
HDMI | n/a |
Wireless Charging | n/a |
Battery
Battery Type | Li-Poly Battery |
Capacity | 3,200 mAh Battery |
Placement | Non-removable |
Standby | Up to 250 hours |
Talk Time | Up to 11 hours |
Music Play | Up to 24 hours |
Messaging
SMS | Yes (threaded view) |
MMS | Yes |
Yes, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP | |
IM | Yes & BBM |
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 | Yes, Stereo FM radio with RDS |
Alert Types | Vibration, Ringtones |
Ring Tones | MP3, WAV |
Loudspeaker | Yes |
Handsfree | Yes, 3.5mm Jack |
Other Features
– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player – DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
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My second oppo phone – why pay heaps for the other two? Oppo is so clear. Screen sound and cameras are great. Not bad for $199
Nice one from oppo for producing a good phablet like this,i like to get one because of it good specs,love to see more timely update on this great tech blog.