Pros:
- Excellent cameras
- Awesome Design
- Long lasting battery
Cons:
- Mid-level performance
- Not that okay for high gaming
Oppo F11 pro offers a great futures that can't be denied although they are many astonishing designs and unique smartphones in 2020 but Oppo still maintain its reputation by providing the best quality smart phones.
We are going to take a look at the key futures of the Oppo F11 pro such as the quad cameras, beautiful design, and a long-lasting battery but its processor bogs it down.
Oppo F17 Pro has an AMOLED display that looks good but there is no 90Hz refresh rate which is a bummer.
The F17 Pro also has as many as six cameras that click some really good photos.
But the entire experiences is restricted by the Helio P95 chipset on F17 Pro.
Introduction:
The oppo F-series has been consistent in terms of features that click with customers who are willing to pay over 125,000 There is no denying to the fact that the entire Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 market is flooded with some amazing smartphones that are mostly well-specced. Oppo's F17 Pro falls short of a few things in front of those amazing smartphones about but there are some features that can win you over.
You get an AMOLED screen, a unique cameras, fast charging, and a cool feature, which looks as if it has been lifted straight from the Pixel 4 smartphones, on the F17 Pro. All of those features have an asking price of 25,000. Of course, there are several other things on the smartphone, as well, but I highlighted the ones that are going to actually account for that price. Because otherwise, the chatter of specifications does not seem to spare this smartphone for the price it has. So, is the Oppo F17 Pro worth spending your hard earn money on.?
Oppo F11 pro Design And Performance:
The last Oppo phone I reviewed was Reno 4 Pro 5G and I was floored by how exquisitely beautiful it looked. I mean it is very rare to see a smartphone that can amaze you to a point where the hardware becomes inconsequential. With F17 Pro, Oppo has tried to recreate that effect with a few tweaks here and there. It is a subtle design that can immediately woo you. It is necessary too. The F17 Pro has specifications that do not really measure up against most of its rivals. I will talk about what innards seem underwhelming in a bit but right now I want you to understand that the looks of a smartphone should matter to you, especially when you are paying more than 125,000
Everything looks just perfect on the smartphone aesthetically. It has a matte finish at the back that does not attract many fingerprints. Although, I am not sure about the other two variants: magic blue and metallic white. But what is eye-catching is the way the cameras have been placed. It is unlike the one the Reno 4 Pro. Instead of sitting vertically, the four cameras are boxed into a square, giving a refreshed look to Reno 4 Pro's design. You have a USB-C port for charging and a 3.5mm headphone jack. You have a huge assortment of wireless earphones today that do not need that port but I am sure there are a few people who would prefer plugging the good ol' earphones. The F17 Pro is also touted as the sleekest phone of this year. It is just 7.8mm thick and weighs 164 grams: it is very light and comfortable to hold for extended hours.
The F17 Pro has a 6.4-inch 1080p AMOLED screen with a wide cut-out on the top. Most smartphones today come with reasonably good displays and the one on F17 Pro is on par with them. It can produce good and rich colours. Watching movies and videos on the screen is an enjoyable experience and the punch-hole does not seem like a distraction. Even for gaming, the screen provides enough space for the elements that you can discern easily. The chin at the bottom is something, I think, could have been a little less thick but I am nitpicking. It should not be an issue for you.
But what is a serious problem is the lack of 90Hz refresh rate. Even a Rs 13k phone has it but F17 Pro seems dated for missing out on an important feature that should matter to you, at least in 2020. The Reno 4 Pro has a 90Hz display and it costs Rs 34,990. So maybe Oppo tried justifying the price gap by trading the 90Hz refresh rate off.
Oppo F11 pro Battery Life And Performance:
The chatter around the processors has grown to be vague today. Most of today's mid-range smartphones are very much capable of handling everyday tasks smoothly. You do not have to wait for apps to open or fret over multitasking on these days. However, the fact that a lot of people today know about processors gives that chatter its existence.
For under Rs 20,000, you get a highly-capable processor like the Snapdragon 720G processor on Realme and Redmi phones. The one that the F17 Pro is a MediaTek Helio P95 that I used on an Oppo phone a few months back and was not really happy with it. It was the Reno 3 Pro that had the same processor and it left me wanting for a phone that was under Rs 30,000. That processor has now descended to a Rs 22,990 phone but the performance is all the same.
As I said, the Helio P95 on the F17 Pro handles multitasking and everyday apps quite well. I never noticed a lag or a stutter. But anything that requires some power gets to the processor and bogs it down. Let me talk about photography first. The camera processing is a little slow, however. For example, when you are clicking a shot using the Ultra Night Mode, the camera takes a few seconds to process the image. The second thing I will talk about is gaming, of course. PUBG Mobile is banned but not blocked yet, so I played it on the F17 Pro over and above some other games. The speaker on the F17 Pro are average and do not have a loud sound.
Oppo F17 runs ColorOS 7.2 that is based on Android 10. It is not different from other Oppo smartphones but there is one thing that sets it apart. It has an air gesture that recognises the pattern of your clenched fingers to allow or reject a call. If you think you have heard about this technology before it is because Pixel 4 has it but through very advanced hardware. Unlike the Soli chip on Pixel 4, the F17 Pro uses the regular proximity sensor to detect motion, which is sufficient for the limited use of air gestures. I liked doing this gimmick to pick up or reject calls, but would not really rely on it for long. It is a fancy feature that you will probably use initially but might forget later. The air gestures only work with calls for now but Oppo might add more functionalities later.
In my testing, the processor handles only the low- and medium-quality games well but do not expect intensive gameplay from this processor. Within 15 to 20 minutes, the F17 Pro began to warm up but the polycarbonate body does minimise the impact. There are often stutters and frame drops when playing games, which is something that is not expected from a Rs 22,990 smartphone. I am not sure what Oppo thinks is enough to sell its smartphones for prices that are not aggressive, to say the least.
A 20-minute gaming session empties about 8-9 per cent of the battery, which otherwise lasts for a day on normal usage. The battery life is good on the F17 Pro and even if does not match your expectations, the 30W fast charging helps. It can top the 4000mAh battery in about 50-55 minutes. If you have to rush and your phone's battery is dead, a 10-minute charge will have you covered for about two-three hours.
Oppo F11 pro Camera:
Oppo's cameras are exceptionally good, no matter what price the phone has. The F17 Pro has four of them at the back and two on the front. It has a 48-megapixel primary camera on the back, accompanied by an 8-megapixel ultrawide camera, a 2-megapixel mono camera for close-up shots, and a 2-megapixel mono sensor for portrait mode photography. On the front, you have a 16-megapixel primary camera and a 2-megapixel secondary camera.
In the daylight, you get some amazing and well-detailed photos from the F17 Pro's main camera that autofocuses on subjects quickly. They preserve natural colours and have a good dynamic range. This means that your subject when positioned between your camera and a source of light, will still have enough brightness to bring out details in them. The wide-angle shots are also okay but details suffer a bit. The cameras can zoom up to 10X, of which 2X is optical. Zoomed photos are acceptable but look grainy.
Portrait shots clicked from the F17 Pro camera are acceptable but nothing too special about them. The borders of the subject in focus often turn out blurry and the photos have so much smoothing on them. There is no density to those photos but they are good enough for you to post on Instagram and Facebook. The portrait shots from both front and rear cameras look the same. But the front cameras will actually appeal to you because of their beautification. Now, this beautification is way too artificial and when applied makes you look like a glammed-up version of you. If you like natural shades, turning the filter off might not make much difference. So it is like you are forced to see yourself glamorous.
When recording videos, you can turn on Ultra Steady mode to make sure your video does not turn out jittery. You can record videos of up to 4K resolution on the F17 Pro. The videos have a little washed colour tone for subjects although.
Oppo F11 pro Specifications:
Body: Glass front, refined plastic back and sides, 190g
Screen: 6.53" LTPS TFT 1,080 x 2,340 px resolution; 397 ppi.
Chipset: MediaTek Helio P70 (12nm) chipset: octa-core CPU (2x2.1 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53); Mali-G72 MP3 @900MHz GPU.
Memory: 4/6GB RAM, 64/128GB built-in storage, microSD slot support.
OS: Color OS 6.0 on Android 9.0 Pie.
Rear camera: 48MP f/1.8, 0.8µm, 1/2", PDAF support, Quad-Bayer filter + 5MP depth sensor, LED flash; 1080p@30fps with EIS.
Front camera: Pop-up 16MP f/2.0, HDR, 1080p video
Battery: 4,000mAh, VOOC 3.0 20W (5V/4A).
Connectivity: Dual-SIM; LTE Cat.7 download/ Cat.13 upload, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, GPS; Bluetooth 5.0 A2DP, LE, EDR, FM radio; microUSB 2.0.
Misc: Rear-mounted fingerprint reader, motorized pop-up selfie camera.
Conclusion:
If you are going for Oppo, I am assuming you want really good cameras on your phone. Well, the F17 Pro is not the one to disappoint you. It has good cameras and clicks beautiful selfies. I liked the photos that were shot using the Ultra Night mode and it is perhaps one of my favourites on this phone. Apart from that, you have a beautiful display and an even more beautiful design. I have been raving about the design since the beginning and this article will not be its end. If you want people to notice your phone, F17 Pro will allow for that.
But if you are someone who is looking for a smartphone to play a lot of high-end games, F17 Pro does not make the cut. I would suggest you get yourself a OnePlus Nord or a Realme X3.
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