![]() It’s been a couple of years since I had a phone using microUSB, so it was a bit jarring having to go back to looking at which way to plug in the cable. The OPPO A17 includes a 5,000mAh battery which has an extremely long life, and comes with a 10W charger in the box.Īlso in the box is a microUSB cable for the phone, because yes, it has a microUSB port for charging and connectivity. Sticker mode is an interesting feature adding in downloadable stickers you can overlay over the display adding in accessories like hats, glasses and even head-dresses and backgrounds to your subject. The “More’ section contains a few extra options including Sticker, TIme Lapse, Pro mode and Panorma. The OPPO camera app is decent, though I’m still trying to work out the reason for including a 2MP depth camera on the rear, with no sign of a Portrait/Bokeh option available in there. Tired Pup Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows ![]() Photos taken during the day in well lit areas are good, though low-light photos are ok with enough time to capture a little more light – though if the subject is moving around a stage it does make it a little harder. Not exactly the highest quality, but they do offer a decent low-light shot. using the combo on the rear, with the front camera offering a Fill Light option which lights up the screen if you need a little more light. There’s options for portrait shooting and low-light photography. The OPPO AI Camera array, consisting of the 50MP main sensor with 2MP depth sensor on the rear and a 5MP selfie-cam on the front. The HD+ resolution is a little blocky at times, but it’s bright and colourful and works well. Overall, it’s a decent display without being over-done. The resolution – at HD+ – is good enough to watch movies and videos, with text still looking decent on the screen. Colour representation on the display can be tuned with options for Vivid or Natural colour schemes, with Cooler or Warmer colour tones able to be changed in settings. The colour representation of the display is good, and there’s enough oomph in brightness that you can see the phone display even in bright sunlight. The significant bezel around the display is pretty significant, but allows you to hold the phone without worrying about phantom touches while you’re using it. There’s also a screen protector pre-applied for you to save your display from knocks while it’s in your pocket or bag. The OPPO A17 IPS LCD display is, overall, pretty good. It’s more suited to running one app at a time, so if that’s your plan this is a decent option.Īs always, I ran the OPPO A17 through GeekBench, which has now updated to V6, and here’s how it stacked up. Overall, it’s not a performance focused phone, but it does run apps and games well once they’re loaded into memory. There were times when entering text I was waiting for the phone to catch up, with it displaying what I’d typed after a few seconds – but other times saw it miss half of what I typed and put together a mish-mash, forcing me to start again. ![]() ![]() Perhaps the worst lag I suffered was keyboard input, which was frustratingly slow – something Scott also found with his review on the budget focused OPPO A57s. It has some issues keeping up with multitasking, with some lag while scrolling the recent apps menu to switch. Performance wise, the phone games and apps are slow to load, but once loaded,they run just fine. You can expand that storage with a microSD card which is always helpful in these budget phones. The OPPO A17 is powered by a MediaTek Helio G35 Mobile processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage on-board.
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