Written by: Khaled Assem
• Phone Dimensions: 8.4 mm thick x 75.7 mm wide x 164.4 mm long
• Phone weight: 191 grams
• Construction and Industry: Plastic body and back with windshield
• Phone protection: IP5X dustproof and IPX4 water resistant
• Screen Type: IPS LCD
• Technical Specifications: 6.59-inch screen with a hole-punch design at the top left, with a ratio of 20:9, which takes up regarding 84.0 percent of the front area of the phone
• Screen resolution: 2412 x 1080 pixels, a density of 41 pixels per inch
• Screen technologies: 90Hz refresh rate
• Central Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G processor with 6nm architecture, four Kryo 265 Gold chipsets at a frequency of 2.4GHz and four chipsets Kryo 265 Silver at a frequency of 1.9GHz
• Graphics Processor: Adreno 610
• Versions of random and internal memory: The phone is issued globally in two versions, both with 8 GB random memory, with either 128 GB or 256 GB internal memory
• Internal memory class: UFS 2.2
• External memory cards: Supported via separate port
• Operating system: Android 11 with ColorOS 11.1 user interface
• Rear camera: dual-lens rear camera with a 50-megapixel main lens with f/1.8 aperture supported by PDAF autofocus technology, in addition to a 2-megapixel portrait lens with f/2.4 aperture
• Rear camera video quality: 1080p quality at 30 frames per second
• Front camera: 16-megapixel wide-angle lens, f/2.0
• Front camera video quality: 1080p quality at 30 frames per second
• Wireless technologies: Wi-Fi – Bluetooth 5.0
• Sensors: side fingerprint scanner – accelerometer – proximity – compass
• Battery: Non-removable 5000 mAh battery with 33W fast charging technology
Availability and price of the Oppo A96
The phone is available in global markets at a starting price of regarding $ 330, and it is currently available in the Saudi and UAE markets at a price of regarding 1050 AED and regarding 1200 Saudi riyals, and it is expected that the phone will be available in the Egyptian markets during the next few days, and expectations indicate the possibility that it will reach Its price is regarding 6500 Egyptian pounds.
Advantages and disadvantages of the Oppo A96 . phone
Features of the Oppo A96
• The dimensions of the phone are acceptable with its reliance on a relatively large screen, which provides a great opportunity to use the phone in many scenarios where it is preferable to rely on a large phone
• The weight of the phone is acceptable, neither too light nor annoying
• The phone is protected once morest dust and water
• The phone screen supports a refresh rate of 90 Hz, which makes it suitable for some games in addition to other uses that require high refresh rates
• The phone is available in powerful versions with 8 GB RAM and large internal memory
• The internal memory in the phone is UFS 2.2, which is very fast
• The phone supports external memory cards through a separate port, which does not affect the use of the two SIM cards
• Good main lens rear camera
• Acceptable front camera
Disadvantages of the Oppo A96
• The phone is made entirely of plastic
• The screen does not have any protection layer from any version of Corning Gorilla Glass
• It was better to rely on the AMOLED screen with the ability to reach higher rates of brightness than the phone can reach
• The processor is undoubtedly good, but it is not without flaws. It is not modified to support games and is sufficient only for medium settings at the latest in popular games. It also supports 1080p video shooting and does not support 4K quality, whether with the rear camera or the front camera.
• The phone runs Android 11, not the latest Android 12
• The rear camera is dual-lens only, and it does not include either an extra wide lens or a macro lens, which is totally unacceptable for a phone in this price category.
• The phone does not have any advanced audio technologies, no stereo headphones, no support for high sound accuracy, or anything else
• The phone does not support the latest Bluetooth versions
• The phone does not support NFC technology
NB:
• The operating system, which was mentioned as the last system that accepts the smartphones mentioned in the article, is the system mentioned on the company’s official website at the time the article was written, and some smartphones may accept the upgrade to newer versions of operating systems.
• The prices of smartphones mentioned in this article are the prices listed in stores at the time of publishing the article, and prices change up and down according to the movement of the markets.