Oppo has begun conducting trial runs for the manufacture of its phones in India at Foxconn’s factory in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. So far, all the handsets sold by the brand in the country are imported from China.
Oppo Mobiles India Vice-General Manager Kai Feng said the company is manufacturing the Joy Plus smartphone at Foxconn’s facility. The brand is also thinking of setting up its own plant in the future, although those plans are still under discussion with nothing definite decided yet.
Feng claims Oppo has sold over 4 lakh units in India this year. It plans to treble its sales target to 1.5 million before March 2016. As per PTI, the manufacturer plans to support this goal by strengthening its network. This includes plans to open 4 exclusive showrooms in Tamil Nadu, 2 in Tiruchirapalli and 2 in Chennai.
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Feng announced the news of the trial run while launching the Neo 7 in Chennai. The 4G smartphone is priced at Rs 9990 and comes with a 5-inch 960 x 540p screen and a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor. The device’s 8MP rear camera is fitted with LED flash, while it’s 5MP front lens uses screen flash to brighten selfies.
A quick look at the main specs of the Oppo Neo 7:
– OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop-based Color OS 2.1
– Display: 5-inch TFT, 960 x 540 pixels
– CPU: quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410
– GPU: Adreno 306 GPU
– Storage: 16GB, expandable till 128GB
– RAM: 1GB
– Camera: 8MP rear, 5MP front
– Battery: 2420mAh
– Weight: 141g
– Size: 142.7 x 71.7 x 7.55mm
– Connectivity: 4G, dual-SIM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS
The Oppo Neo 7 will be competing with other affordable 4G devices like the newly launched Black X1. The Xolo handset retails for Rs 9999 and has better features like its 5-inch 1080p screen, 32GB of ROM, 3GB of RAM, 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753 SoC, and 13MP main camera.