The Oppo R9 and R9 Plus are all set to land in India on April 5, with the company issuing out media invites for a Camera Phone launch event on that date. However, it’s not certain whether the brand is unveiling both smartphones in the country at the occasion.
The arrival of the Oppo R9 and R9 Plus in India comes just a few weeks after the two were outed in China. The devices apparently sold 180000 units on its first day of availability there. The company is likely hoping to replicate this in the subcontinent. It’s already started its promotional blitzkrieg for the handset here.
The main focuses of the promos are the Oppo phones selfie skills, fingerprint scanner and design. The first aspect is the handsets top highlight with a 16MP camera adorning the front surface of both. The unit is accompanied by an aperture of f/2.0 and a 78.1-degree wide-angle lens. As for the second, the sensor apparently unlocks the device within 0.2 seconds.
The dual-SIM R9 and R9 Plus sport a similar design language and are differentiated mainly in terms of specs. The former sports a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED screen, 64GB of expandable ROM, an octa-core 2GHz MediaTek Helio P10 processor, 2850mAh battery, and a 13MP rear snapper.
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On the other hand, the R9 Plus packs a massive 6-inch full HD AMOLED display, 64GB or 128GB of expandable ROM, a 1.8GHz Snapdragon 652 SoC, a 4120mAh battery, and a 16MP shooter equipped with a Sony IMX298 CMOS sensor, PDAF and 4K video recording.
The Oppo R9 and R9 Plus are priced at CNY 2799 (roughly Rs 29000) and CNY 3299 (about Rs 34000), respectively. Stay tuned for more on the smartphones once the two are launched on April 5.