OPPO announced its two flagship smartphones for 2016, namely the OPPO R9 and the R9 Plus a few days back. The phone came with pretty decent specs, and was an instant success in China, where the company managed to sell about 180K units of the R9 in the first day alone.
The company has not yet released any details about an international release of the R9 or the R9 Plus, however, if you are looking to grab one for yourself or your friend, OPPOMART has started selling both the devices on its website. The OPPO R9 retails at a price tag of $499 on the website, which is a bit higher than the official price tag ($416). But that’s the premium that you will have to pay for importing a Chinese smartphone.
If you are wondering why the OPPO R9 andR9 Plus were so popular in China, it’s because the phone is made for selfie lovers. The R9 as well as the R9 Plus features one of the most powerful front facing camera in the market. It comes with a Sony IMX298 16MP sensor with the company’s self developed “perfection technology”.
Other highlighted features include a fingerprint sensor embedded into the physical home button which can unlock in 0.2 seconds, VOOC fast charging and Mediatek Helio P10 octa-core processor clocked at 2GHz. The OPPO R9 comes with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage and a 5.5-inch 1080p display.
As for OPPO R9 Plus, it comes with the Snapdragon 652 processor clocked at 1.95GHz with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Both the front and the back cameras are of 16MP on the phone. It also features a larger battery,of 4210mAh capacity with Super VOOC fast charging. One thing to note here is that this will be a single SIM card device. The phone can be bought for $599.99 on the website.
Check out more details about the OPPO R9 and the R9 Plus from the link given below.
