OPPO has silently announced the OPPO A72 5G smartphone in China. The handset is now listed on OPPO’s official online store as well as other retailer sites in China. It is the first smartphone to go official with the recently announced MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G. The other highlights of the OPPO A72 5G include 90Hz display, a big-sized battery with fast charging support, and a 16-megapixel triple camera setup.
OPPO A72 5G specifications
The OPPO A72 5G has a 6.5-inch punch-hole screen. The IPS LCD panel supports a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, an aspect ratio of 20:9, and a refresh rate of 90Hz. It offers a screen-to-body ratio of 90.5 percent.
The 7nm Dimensity 720 5G chipset that supports dual-mode 5G drives the OPPO A72 5G with 8 GB of LPPDR4x RAM. The phone comes with a UFS 2.1 internal storage of 128 GB. The phone comes with support for 18W charging through USB-C for its 4,040mAh battery.
An 8-megapixel selfie camera is present on the front side of the OPPO A72 5G. The rear side of the device has a square-shaped camera module. It includes a main camera of 16-megapixel, an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens with 119-degree field-of-view, and a 2-megapixel black & white lens.
The Android 10 OS coupled with ColorOS 7.2 runs on the OPPO A72 5G. It lacks a microSD card slot. The handset has a side-facing fingerprint reader. The thickness of the OPPO A72 5G is only 7.9mm and it weighs 175 grams.
OPPO A72 5G price and availability
The OPPO A72 5G is priced at 1,899 Yuan (~$270) and it comes in color editions such as Simple Black, Neon, and Oxygen Violet. The phone is up for pre-sale on OPPO’s online store. OPPO will carry out its first sale on July 31 in China. There is no word on the global availability of the OPPO A72 5G.
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