Oppo Unwraps its Selfie Smartphones R9 And R9 Plus In China

By Deepak Rajawat • Updated On 17 Mar 2016

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The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo has showcased its new selfie-centered high-end smartphones Oppo R9 and R9 Plus in its motherland, China. Both the devices sports an identical metal-clad design and run on Android 5.1 Lollipop based Color OS 3.0. Like Samsung Galaxy S7, these two smartphones also integrate home button with a fingerprint sensor.

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Under the hood, Oppo R9 comes fitted with an octa-core Helio P10 chipset in which half the cores are ticking at 2GHz while remaining four are at 1GHz. On the other hand, its taller sibling features a 64-bit Snapdragon 652 chipset which consists of four Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 1.8GHz and other four Cortex A-53 enthralling at 1.2GHz. Both the smartphones features 4GB RAM and 64B ROM with an additional hybrid microSD card support up to 128GB.

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The Oppo R9 houses a 5.5-inch fullHD AMOLED display with minimal 1.66mm bezel on the sides. Similarly, the Oppo R9 flashes a 6-inch 1080P AMOLED display with 79.3 percent body-to-screen ratio. Both R9 and R9 Plus sports a 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture and 78.1-degree wide-angle lens as per company claims.

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The only major difference in optics of both the phones is in their rear camera. Oppo R9 comes with 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, a 5P element lens, LED Flash, and also support 4K video recording. The Plus variant comes equipped with a 16MP rear camera with Sony IMX298, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, and LED Flash.

Key Specifications and Features:

Model	Oppo R9	Oppo R9 Plus
Display	5-Inch, AMOLED Display, 1080p FHD resolution	5-Inch, LCD Display, 720p HD resolution
Processor	Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755)SoC; 700MHz Mali T860MP2 GPU	Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 SoC; Adreno 510 GPU
RAM	4GB	4GB
Internal Storage	64GB, microSD card supported up to 128 GB	64GB, microSD card supported up to 128 GB
Software	Android Lollipop with Color 3.0 UI	Android Lollipop with Color 3.0 UI
Primary Camera	13MP, f/2.2 aperture, 5P lens, LED Flash, 80.6-degree wide-angle lens, 4K video recording	16MP rear camera with Sony IMX298, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, LED Flash
Secondary Camera	6MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 78.1-degree wide-angle lens	16MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 78.1-degree wide-angle lens
Battery	2,850mAh with VOOC flash charge	4120mAh battery with VOOC flash Charge
Others	4G, Dual SIM LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS	4G, Dual SIM LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS
Price	2799 Yuan (28754 approx.)	3299 Yuan (Rs. 33860 approx.)

Deepak Rajawat

Deepak Rajawat is a technology journalist and editor with over 12 years of experience in both print and digital media. Before transitioning to online journalism, he contributed to renowned publications including Hindustan Times and The Statesman.

At Smartprix, Deepak reviews smartphones, laptops, TVs, and soundbars, with a focus on answering the real-world questions that matter most to consumers. Over the past decade, he has reviewed more than 1,000 devices, combining hands-on expertise with a user-first approach.

A graduate in Journalism and Mass Communication from Calcutta University, Deepak also follows emerging technologies closely—including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). Earlier in his career, he covered sports with the same passion he now brings to tech.

He is based in Noida and joined Smartprix in September 2015.

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