OPPO F1 Plus Review

For some people, their single day won’t be complete without a selfie especially in our country where we are named as the selfie capital of the world. That’s why selfie-centric smartphones are very popular here in the country including the smartphone that we will be reviewing today, the OPPO F1 Plus. This smartphone is the bigger brother of the OPPO F1 but this one features a better hardware and design.

The OPPO F1 Plus is beautiful

The OPPO F1 Plus is one of my favorite smartphones when it comes to design. Despite being dubbed as the bigger brother of the OPPO F1, this one has a different design and it features a more solid and sexier design thanks to its curves and also its thin profile.

To add more sexiness of the smartphone, OPPO has opted a 2.5D glass while on the sides, the smartphone isn’t that slippery since this one has a curve sides then and a well-shaped back which made the smartphone easier to hold compared to the iPhone

Below the smartphone, you can find the Micro USB port, speaker grill, and the 3.5mm audio jack. The large home button also serves as the fingerprint scanner and it can unlock the smartphone really fast. While the power button is on the right and the volume button is on opposite

The smartphone also supports hybrid dual sim so it’s either you have a dual sim inside or a MicroSD card and a sim card but don’t worry too much about its storage since this smartphone has a spacious 64GB of Internal Storage.

Battery Life is good

The battery life of the Oppo F1 Plus is pretty good. I didn’t have any problems with it as I was able to use this smartphone for more than 14 hours and charging? The VOOC fast charging of OPPO is really damn fast unfortunately, you’ll have to use the VOOC charging cable and charger to take advantage of this.

A beautiful edge-to-edge display

Damn, just look at those display. The smartphone is almost bezel-less and the smartphone looks really sexy because of it. The display is a 5.5-inch Full HD display and the colors look really vivid and the display is really bright and it still looks good even under a direct sunlight.

All-new ColorOS is fun to use

OPPO is using COLOR OS for their smartphones. You would easily notice the colors of the UI is pleasing to the eye and it’s also relaxing and calm. It’s one of the things that I really like on the OPPO F1 Plus. The ColorUI of the OPPO F1 Plus doesn’t have an app drawer too and the UI isn’t confusing even for first-time smartphone users.

The ColorOS is based on Android 5.1 and the OS has been heavily modified with ColorOS but despite that, the smartphone still offers a fast and swift navigation and experience. The redesign UI also looks better than most UI and of course, since the OPPO F1 Plus has a heavily modified UI, it sports some cool features such as one-handed mode, screen gestures, and double tap to wake.

A fancy feature in the OPPO F1 Plus is the lock screen magazines. You can have different random photos as your lock screen depending on your preferred subscription from the lock screen magazine. The photos are also updated and it will show different photos every time the lock screen magazine is updated.

Processor isn’t the best but it’s still good

Let’s admit it, the Helio P10 isn’t the best in the market, the difference between the previous generation processor of MediaTek to the P10 isn’t dramatic but it is still powerful. Actually, I got a score of score of 51479 but when it comes to real life performance, I was able to play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas without problems even at max settings.

In NBA 2k16, I was able to set it at high settings and it was still playable, however, I would recommend that you just set it up to medium settings even if the OPPO F1 Plus could handle the highest settings.

Again, using the smartphone is really fast and I didn’t encounter too  lags on the smartphone. Even when typing on the on-screen keyboard, the response was great and I didn’t experience lags even after days of use and after installing tons of apps on the smartphone. Even when running a lot of apps on the OPPO F1 Plus, the smartphone is still buttery smooth

Front camera is a selfie monster

The OPPO F1 Plus is the only smartphone that I know with a better camera on the front than the rear camera. The OPPO F1 Plus has a 16-megapixel front camera with a f/2.0 lens while the rear camera sports a 13-megapixel camera with f/2.2 lens. Yep, you can get better photos when you’re using the front camera and it is even brighter and better to shoot using the front camera at low light conditions. Here are some of the shots that I took using the rear camera.

The OPPO F1 Plus is marketed as the Selfie Expert and I agree with OPPO, the F1 Plus is really a selfie expert thanks to its great front camera and also its software. The camera software of the F1 Plus is user friendly, and this time, their smartphone can take brighter photos with less noise thanks to its Hi-Light technology. The beauty mode is also one of the best that you can try on a smartphone. The smartphone produces selfie photos that is not too soft and it covers the blemishes pretty good. Check out the shots that I took using the front camera:

Verdict

The OPPO F1 Plus is not only a big brother to the OPPO F1 but it also offers better features such as its sexy design and a better camera. Speaking of camera, the front camera of the smartphone is best that I’ve seen and it’s really perfect for selfies. The performance of the smartphone doesn’t disappoint too as it fares better than most Helio P10 smartphones that I use.

If you’re the type of person who loves to take selfies then this is the smartphone for you. This is currently the best smartphone to get if you love taking selfies.

The OPPO F1 Plus is now available for P21,990.