Oppo Find 7 - the best smartphone of 2014?

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Hey guys

So not sure if you've seen this phone, it is utterly stunning: Ultra-HD screen (2560x1440!) 5.5" IPS screen with Gorilla Glass 3, 13mp Sony rear camera which can take 50mp photos! (google it to see some examples - looks really, really good), 4k video etc, wide angle 5mp front camera, Snapdragon 801 SOC, fast charge which will charge it to 75% in half an hour, 3000MaH removable battery, SD card slot, beautiful design (check out the cool pulsing blue notification light on it) and very high build quality, this thing has the lot.

The only real negatives are that it will only be Android 4.3 when released (they are working on KitKat now) and that no UK providers are stocking it so you have to buy it outright. Price hasn't been released yet, but it will be between £400 and £500 I think.



50mp Super Zoom example:


https://en.oppo.com/products/find7/

Oppo are well known for delivering high quality products at excellent prices. I really, really want one of these babies!

Anyone else like the look?

Edited by robsa on Saturday 22 March 16:39

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Theres a place in london who is an official reseller and they have a shop online which can deal with returns. Oppo have a very good rep - they have been selling other electronics like Bluray players for years.

I'm tempted to save up and just buy one. It looks so much better than anything else so far this year.

ETA: Funk, the Z2 has stereo speakers on it at each end. Also, the Oppo Find 5 had very good sound, even though it was mono.

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Tycho said:

The phone looks really good but it doesn't have a 50mp camera but a Sony 13mp one and does some software trickery to upscale it AFAIK.

Did you read what I posted? That's exactly what I said.

Funk, yes be most happy to show you if I get one. It's just if I can be assessed to save up instead of simply walking into the o2 store to get a Z2 or S5. If O2 stocked it I would definitely get one.

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mini1380cc said:

How does the build quality compare to an established brand?

I was looking at huawei when they launched the p6, on paper it was a beast but it wasn't long before they were overheating and going pop. I wouldn't expect terminal failure from sony,samsung,apple.

Well, nobody can tell yet but traditionally their phones have been really well put together.

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Great post, thanks. Nice to hear from an Oppo user.

Personally, I don't think the screen is too much yet, I'll reserve judgment until I see it. People have said it's noticeably sharper than 1080 though.

I also don't mind it being so big. I love big phone's, after a few days you don't even notice the size anymore.

I agree about it only having 4.3 though, but they are bringing an update to color OS with kitkat.

I really want this phone! Time to get saving...

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Ps there's a video quick look here- Oppo Find 7 First Look and Hands On!: http://youtu.be/e9mY7Px6n4o

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Yes, but when are Find 7 orders? I want one so bad! If it's around £450 it will be a superb buy. If we are really lucky, it will be €450... which is about £375!

I'm working overtime this weekend, it might be enough to buy one!

Edited by robsa on Monday 7th April 20:41

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mini1380cc said:

I was only interested in the 7 as well but I'm reading more about how the screen difference is unnoticeable and it drains less power due to the lower resolution.

I think anything over 350ppi will be visually amazing. Also I reckon the 7 will be more than 450 euro since the 7a is 400.

Edited by mini1380cc on Monday 7th April 21:25

Screen should have a noticeable difference. Human eye is capable of detecting higher resolution
than this. This is a very good article about this : http://www.anandtech.com/show/7743/the-pixel-densi...

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ZesPak said:

Corso Marche said:

I was delaying my purchase of a Nexus 5 to see what price point this would be launched at.

I can pick up a Nexus 5 for what equates to 280euro, so if the Find 7 comes in at 450euro I think I'll just keep the extra 170 for something else.

As an owner of both the N5 and the Oppo F5, I can chip in:
Pro N5: Software is better, more responsive, skin looks better
Pro F5: It's built sooo well, the N5 doesn't even compare. It's also very exclusive and looks great, people will ask you all the time what phone it is.

I'd love a F5 with N5 software. If they were the same money, the N5 takes it over the F5 because of the much more powerful CPU.

As for the N5 and the F7, one is a lot bigger with a huge display and battery. It's bound to be a lot more expensive to produce. The N5 is just such amazing value it makes everything else seem expensive. The F7 will be special, exclusive, build like a brick and look stunning

Of course, the beauty of the Find 7 is you can put Cyanogen on it easily, or anything else for that matter. They intended to offer is with CM out the box but Cyanogen went public I think so it didnt happen.

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It will come, it will come... gives me time to save!

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You can't currently, it's invite only currently. Stupid.

Wish the Find & would hurry up!

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Apparently it releases end of May in China, so should be available shortly after that.