News & Reviews:   Oppo Find 7

The latest flagship smartphone from OPPO is the OPPO Find 7 with notable tech specs including a 2K resolution 5.5-inch display, 3GB of RAM and a 2.5GB Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor. The good news is that the OPPO Find 7 and slightly lower-end OPPO Find 7a are set for a Malaysia launch on 7 May 2014 (this Wednesday). The even better news is that OPPO Malaysia are holding a "Guess the Price" contest for the OPPO Find 7 with the main prize for the winner being an OPPO Find 7a smartphone. OPPO have already given a huge hint in the teaser image with the last two digits already revealed at RM??98.00. The contest will end on the launch date of 7 May 2014 so if you're interested, get in on it quick. For more details on how you can win this "Guess the Price" contest, go check out the Oppo Malaysia Facebook page.

When it was first teased by OnePlus, the OnePlus One was said to be a smartphone with the best design, hardware and price to performance ratio around. After quite a few more teasers, OnePlus are finally announcing their One smartphone for an awesome $299 (RM976) price tag. While the design isn't what we'd call the best, it certainly isn't generic, featuring a magnesium alloy chassis and 5.5-inch screen. It looks very similar to OPPO smartphones like the OPPO N1 and Find 7. Tech specs for the OnePlus One include:

• 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974-AC) processor
• 3GB LPDDR3 RAM
• 16GB / 64GB storage
• 5.5-inch LTPS screen (1080 x 1920 pixel resolution)
• 13MP rear camera (Sony IMX214, 6-element lens, f/2.0, 0.3 second shutter speed)
• Supports 4G LTE, 2.4G/5G WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0
• CyanogenMod OS (Android 4.4.2 KitKat)
• JBL stereo speakers
• 152.9 x 75.9 x 8.9mm | 162g
• 3100 mAh battery

Oppo continues it's tech spec rampage with the official announcement of their flagship Oppo Find 7 smartphone. Notable features include a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and 5.5-inch display with 2560 x 1440 pixel resolutions for a massive 534ppi pixel density. Confirming earlier reports that there would be two versions, Oppo has also announced the Oppo Find 7a. Tech specs for the Find 7 and Find 7a include:

• Oppo Find 7
• 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor
• 3GB RAM
• 32GB storage
• 5.5-inch display (IPS, 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution, 538ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 3)
• 13MP rear camera (50MP software enhancement, Pure Image 2.0, 6-element lens, f/2.0 wide aperture Sony Sensor, dual-LED flash) + 5MP front camera
• Supports 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 801.11 a/b/g/n, NFC, GPS
• 152.6 x 75 x 9.2mm | 173g
• 3000 mAh battery (VOOC rapid charge)

Shaping up to be another tech spec beast is the Oppo Find 7 as a teaser image coming direct from Oppo has confirmed that the upcoming smartphone will have two versions, one with a full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution screen and another with a 2K or 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution display. Other unconfirmed tech specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and 3GB of RAM for the 2K version while the full HD version is expected to come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM. Hopefully, either version of the Oppo Find 7 will also have the rumoured 50MP camera as well. While there isn't any specific Malaysia release dates or pricing we should know more after the official announcement due on 19 March for Beijing so stay tuned.

When you take a picture with a camera, the resulting image file usually contains EXIF data, which contains details like when it was taken and with what device. A new sample image that cropped up recently not only shows that it was taken by the upcoming Oppo Find 7 smartphone but also that the camera used to take the image has a 50MP camera sensor. The image has a resolution of 8160 x 6120 and while it certainly doesn't look all that detailed it is fairly sharp nonetheless. Tech specs and features for the Oppo Find 7 are all top notch with a Snapdragon 801 processor and chipset and a 5.5-inch display with 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution. We're hoping that the new camera sensor will also come with some good oversampling features, as even the 41MP Nokia Lumia 1020 didn't use all of it's megapixels for pure image data. While there aren't any Malaysia release dates or pricing just yet, the Oppo Find 7 should be announced on 19 March 2014 so stay tuned.