OPPO F7 128GB

Moving on to the optics, while the company is not offering a dual camera module (which has become fairly common across different price segments), the rear-facing sensor on the OPPO F7 managed to click some impressive pictures for us. The handset allows users to put AR stickers on faces as well as take pictures in panorama mode. The 'Expert' mode is essentially an equivalent of the Pro mode available in other smartphones and allows users to adjust the shutter speed, EV, and ISO among other options to click pictures as per their preferences. While the rear camera did take images with a good amount of detail in brightly-lit outdoor conditions, even in low-light, it managed to snap some impressive pictures.Talking about the front camera, the company boasts that the 25-megapixel sensor tracks 296 facial spots to offer realistic selfies on the basis of age, gender, etc. While the front camera also managed to take some really good pictures for us, the bokeh effect was not a stand-out offering. The camera often poses exposure issues and lens flare issues only make matters worse. However, when it works, the front camera on OPPO F7 is capable of taking some really good pictures even in low-light conditions and with a great amount of detail, just like the rear camera. Here are some image samples clicked with OPPO F7.

The OPPO F7 runs Android 8.1 Oreo-based ColorOS v5.0 out of the box and while the custom UI does not have excessive bloatware, the company has offered some neat features that work towards improving the utility of the operating system. The first thing you will note about the software features that are meant to make navigation easier will be that OPPO has taken inspiration from the iOS implementation on the iPhone X. This means you can choose the preferred gesture layout and then swipe up from any app to go to the home screen, and swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold to bring up recent tasks. Interestingly, unlike iOS, OPPO has provided four gesture layout options to users. If the gestures seem too cumbersome, you can choose the ‘Virtual Key Navigation' option to get virtual keys for Recents, Home, and Back.You can use the three-finger-swipe gesture in the upward direction to bring up multitasking in the apps that support the functionality by choosing the option from the settings menu. Swiping down with three fingers can be used to take a screenshot. Users can choose the app encryption feature to ensure the safety of the apps they want to protect by hiding their Home screen icon. Interestingly, the company has introduced a data sharing tool called OPPO Share that allows users to share images, videos, and other files without consuming cellular data with other phones from the company. OPPO claims that this feature is capable of transferring data at a speed 100 times faster than Bluetooth.The F7 comes with a Game Acceleration mode that allows the handset to identify the status of the game to allocate more memory resources, reduce network latency and provide a stable gaming performance. With this feature turned on, notifications from WhatsApp, Messenger, and other third-party apps are blocked when users are playing games. Lastly, there is Smart Assistant, which can be brought up by simply swiping left from the home screen, and provides users with information including their daily step count, recent itinerary, and more. In landscape mode while watching videos, users get the option to block banner notifications, record the screen, and take a screenshot.

During our testing, the OPPO F7 managed to deliver impressive performance as the smartphone handled graphically intensive tasks with ease. The MediaTek Helio P60 processor enables the smartphone to perform split-screen multitasking without breaking into sweat.The handset houses a 3,400mAh battery and managed to last around 17 hours in our video loop test where we play an HD video with the volume set to 50 percent levels. As the handset offers an impressive display and good battery life, it can prove to be a worthy multimedia device.