Oppo A79 with 18:9 display launched: Price, Specifications and Availability

Oppo, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, has launched another mid-range smartphone, this time with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The Oppo A79 is launched in China at price of CNY 2,399 which roughly converts to Rs. 23,500. The highlight of the smartphone is the nearly bezel-less 6-inch AMOLED display. The smartphone is available for pre-orders via Oppo's official website. The device will officially go on sale starting December 1 and will be available in Black and Champagne colour variants.

Specifications

As far as the specifications are concerned, the Oppo A79 features a 6-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2160x1080 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The smartphone is powered by the MediaTek Helio P23 chipset coupled with Mali-G71 MP2 GPU. The device packs in 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage which is further expandable using a microSD card. The Oppo A79 runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with ColorOS 3.2 out of the box. Under the hood, there is a 3,000mAh battery that supports VOOC fast charging technology.

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As for the optics, the Oppo A79 sports a 16-megapixel camera on the back with an aperture of f/1.8 and a LED flash. Up front, there is a 16-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. The front-facing camera on the device also supports the face recognition feature.

On the connectivity front, the Oppo A79 features Wi-Fi, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, USB Type-C, and GPS. The smartphone also comes with a fingerprint scanner located at the back below the camera setup.