Oppo has announced another affordable smartphone dubbed Oppo A55 5G. This device comes with notable features such as a 5,000 mAh battery, a triple-camera setup at the back and a Mediatek Dimensity 700 chipset.
Oppo A55 5G is built around a 6.5” LCD that has rather unimpressive HD+ resolution and a standard 60Hz refresh rate. The panel has a waterdrop notch with an 8MP f/2.0 camera nested inside.
Moving unto the rear end of the smartphone, there is a triple-camera setup – the main 13MP with an f/2.2 lens and two 2MP f/2.4 auxiliary shooters – one for extra depth of portrait shots, the other for close-ups. Due to the chipset’s limitations, Oppo A55 5G records videos up to 1080p at 30fps, while slow-mo clips are capped at 720p.
The Dimensity 700 chipset has its powerful Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.2 GHz and six power-efficient Cortex-A55 units clocked at 2GHz. The chip is accompanied by 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage and Oppo provided the A55 5G with a MicroSD slot for further expansion. Oppo A55 5G has a 5,000 mAh battery for power that charges through a USB-C port.
The phone is already up for sale at Oppo’s own distribution channels across China, including major online retailers like Tmall and Suning. It costs CNY1,599, which is about $245/€200.
Oppo A55 5G specifications
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
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| LAUNCH | Announced | 2021, January 25 |
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| Status | Available. Released 2021, January 25 |
| BODY | Dimensions | 163.9 x 75.7 x 8.4 mm (6.45 x 2.98 x 0.33 in) |
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| Weight | 186 g (6.56 oz) | |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD, 480 nits (peak) |
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| Size | 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~82.2% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~270 ppi density) |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android 11, ColorOS 11.1 |
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| Chipset | MediaTek MT6833 Dimensity 700 5G (7 nm) | |
| CPU | Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) | |
| GPU | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSDXC |
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| Internal | 128GB 6GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | Triple | 13 MP, f/2.2, 25mm (wide), 1/3.06″, 1.12µm, PDAF 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) |
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| Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | Single | 8 MP, f/2.0, (wide) |
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| Features | HDR | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | Loudspeaker | Yes |
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| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
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| Bluetooth | 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX HD | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS | |
| NFC | No | |
| Radio | No | |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
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| BATTERY | Type | Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable |
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| Charging | Charging 10W |
| MISC | Colours | Black, Blue |
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| Models | PEMM00 | |
| Price | About 245 USD |
