Through an unveil event in China, OPPO unveiled the OPPO K5 mid-range smartphone alongside the OPPO Reno Ace flagship phone. The OPPO K5 has arrived as the successor for the OPPO K3 smartphone that was made official earlier this year. Apart from in-display fingerprint scanner, the other salient features of the OPPO K5 are Snapdragon 730G processor, rear-mounted 64-megapixel quad cameras and VOOC 4.0 charging technology.

OPPO K5

OPPO K5 Specifications and Features

The OPPO K3 had featured a notch-less display and a pop-up selfie camera. The newly unveiled OPPO K5v features a 6.4-inch AMOLED panel with a reduced waterdrop notch. It offers full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The display is integrated with a fingerprint sensor that offers faster 7.9 percent unlocking speed. The rear side of the smartphone features a glass panel with 3D design. The handset measures 158.7 x 75.16 x 8.5mm and it weighs around 182 grams.

The Snapdragon 730G octa-core processor with Adreno 618 graphics powers the smartphone with up to 8 GB of LPDDR4X RAM. The handset offers users with up to 256 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. The smartphone is packed with a 4,000mAh battery. The OPPO K5 is the first OPPO smartphone to arrive with VOOC 4.0 fast charging technology. The company has previously claimed that VOOC 4.0 can fully charge the device in just 73 minutes.

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The rear shell of the OPPO K5 of the smartphone is fitted with a quad camera system. It includes Samsung GW1 64-megapixel primary lens with f/1.8 aperture, an 8-mgeapixel superwide lens with 119-degree field-of-view and f/2.2 aperture, an f/2.4 aperture 2-megapixel macro lens with 4cm focal length and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture. The quad cameras offer features like LED flash, anti-shake, EIS, smart HDR, portrait mode and 4K video shooting at 30fps. Placed on the front is a 32-megapixel AI selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. It offers features like AI Beauty, HDR, portrait mode, face recognition and 1080p video recording at 30fps.

The ColorOS 6.1 based Android 9 Pie OS runs on the OPPO K5. OPPO has included its own features like HyperBoost 2.0 acceleration engine, Link Book network acceleration technology and Breeno assistant on the device. The other features of the OPPO K5 are dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC, USB-C and 3.5mm audio jack.

OPPO K5 Price and Release Date

The pricing of the three variants of the OPPO K5 for China are as follows:

  • 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 1,899 Yuan (~$267)
  • 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 2,099 Yuan (~$295)
  • 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage – 2,499 Yuan (~$351)
  • Color variants: Cyber Metal (Blue), Fantasy Forest (Green) and Polar Sunshine (White)

Currently, the company selling only the 6GB+128GB and 8GB+128GB models of the OPPO K5. Also, it can be availed in Fantasy Forest and Polar Sunshine colors only. For the first sale, these variants will be available with 100 Yuan discount.

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