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Oppo Joy: First Impressions And Benchmarks

A quick look at Oppo's first budget handset to reach the Indian market.

 
Oppo Joy: First Impressions And Benchmarks

Oppo is quite a popular name when it comes to portable media and disc players. In mobile phone industry, it's mostly known for its unique selfie-smartphone N1. To make its presence felt in India, Oppo has introduced a budget smartphone in the country. The company has also roped in the Bollywood star Hritik Roshan and erm... Anil Kappor's daughter as brand ambassadors. Dubbed Joy, Oppo's latest phone is priced at Rs 8000. The handset will be competing with the super affordable Moto E and Nokia Lumia 520. So is the Chinese company's budget handset good enough to sway away buyers from the trusted brands?

On a first look, the Oppo Joy comes across as a sleek phone. The clean design and sharp lines make it stand out in a horde of clunky inexpensive Android phones. The back-panel is nicely curved, which feels comfortable to hold. The handset is made of plastic, but the construction is quite sturdy.

 

The phone has a metallic rim running around the bezel. It's not made of real metal though, which is big shame. Opening the back-cover is quite a task. However, once you manage to do that, you can see how neatly constructed it is.

Oppo has gone with the capacitive buttons for the UI navigation. Unfortunately, these keys lack the backlighting, so good luck finding the right keys in the dark. The Lock button is placed on the left side, whereas the Volume rocker sits bang opposite.

 

Things you get in the retail package:

  • Wall charger.
  • USB cable.
  • Headset.
  • Product guide.

 

The Joy sports a 4-inch screen with 400x800 pixels. It's not an IPS panel, so don't expect wide viewing angles. The colour reproduction is also average. The good thing is that the screen is quite responsive. Moreover, much like the recent crop of Lumia smartphones, you can use the Joy without having to remove your gloves.

The handset is powered by dual-core MediaTek processor clocked at 1.3 GHz. To handle gaming, it has a Mali 400 GPU. Other specs include a 512 MB RAM, 4 GB internal storage, microSD card slot, 3 megapixel camera, VGA front-facing camera for video calling, and 1700 mAh battery.

Oppo ships the Joy with Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2. The interface isn't heavily modified, save for the icons and app folders. A few icons look very similar to what we used to get on LG's old Optimus phones.

In terms of menu navigation, the phone runs quite smooth. However, I’ve noticed that the phone slows down when you’re downloading\updating something in the background. That’s most probably due to the paltry 512 MB RAM. We will shed more light on it once we’ve fully tested the device. So keep an eye out for it. In the meantime, check out the phone’s synthetic benchmark results.

AnTuTu: 11,347
Quadrant: 3474


Tags : Mobile Phones, Android, Oppo

 
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