The OPPO R7 Plus was recently launched in Malaysia yesterday at a rather high price of RM1998. Despite the flagship-level pricing it shares similar features with some other recently launched smartphones. These features include a full metal body, fingerprint scanner, laser autofocus and dual SIM 4G LTE which can also be found in the Huawei Honor 7 and Meizu MX5. Granted, it's 6-inch display is the largest of the three and it packs in 32GB of storage, but the larger size does mean that the R7 Plus is also the heaviest at 203g. Both the Honor 7 and Meizu MX5 are lighter and in the case of the Meizu MX5 thinner as well. Technically, none of the three are currently available but the OPPO R7 Plus is coming on pre-order for 11 July 2015 in the next few days. Price-wise the Meizu MX5 beats them all with 1800CNY (RM1081) but this is for the 16GB storage version. Strangely enough, the most expensive OPPO R7 Plus packs in the least powerful processor with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, a processor that we see more often in midrange offerings. Check out the full tech specs comparison between the OPPO R7 Plus vs Honor 7 vs Meizu MX5 for yourself or check out our other comparisons in this article.

OPPO Malaysia have launched their OPPO R7 series... without the OPPO R7. Instead, we have the OPPO R7 Plus for RM1998 and the OPPO R7 Lite for RM1298. Both feature full metal frames, 2.5D glass on the front, a midrange 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor and dual-SIM 4G LTE. The R7 Plus sports a larger 6-inch full HD display, a fingerprint scanner on the back, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage with 128GB microSD, a 13MP rear camera with dual tone LED flash, 8MP front camera and 4100 mAh battery. Measuring in at 7.75mm thin and a rather hefty 192g it will be available for pre-order on 11 July 2015, or this Saturday. Tech specs for the smaller R7 Lite include 2GB RAM, 16GB storage with 128GB microSD, 5-inch display, 2320 mAh battery and measures in at just 6.3mm thin. No Malaysia release dates yet for the R7 Lite or the original R7 yet but these are expected later in the year.