Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo will launch their new mid-range Oppo R7 which allegedly has a super slim as its predecessor – Oppo R5. The new R7 has just got certification from the Indonesian Telecom Certification authority (as the Oppo R7f).

Chinese handset maker Oppo will introduce a new “R series” with a new ultra-slim device R7. As the name reveals that the phone is definitely the next sibling of the super thin Oppo R5 was released on October 2014. The R5 is now in the third position in “World’s slimmest phone” with 4.85mm. So, it seems that the handset will feature a skinny design like its sibling.

As specs-wise, the super thin Oppo R7 will be one of the first device to be shipped MediaTek’s latest processors octa-core 64-bit MT6795 SoC, clocked at 2.2 GHz. The phone will report a 2K display (2.560×1.600 pixel resolution) as well as 4G LTE connectivity and 20.7 MP rear camera.

The most important thing, the phone will be expected to report a skinny design, but we hope that Chinese smartphone creator Oppo will not sacrifice too many features just for the sake of thinness. In fact, the R5 has a thickness of 4.85 mm but it doesn’t support 3.5mm audio jack and poor battery also.

To recap, the Oppo R5 features a 5.2″ full HD AMOLED screen along with a resolution of 1920 x 1080p. Moreover, it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC as well as 64 bit octa-core. Actually, this phone can not be seen as a truely flagship in term of specifications. Although it comes with a standard set of 13MP in rear camera and 5MP secondary camera. But more interesting, OPPO said that it is just only 01.18 second focus on duration. This feature seems clearly impressive, at least on the theory. Its remaining specs are 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage built-in as well as a 2,000 mAh battery which is naturally non-removable. The phone also is shipped with the trademark VOOC charging technology which support to take the phone from 0% to 75% charge in only 30 minutes.

The Oppo R5 was globally launched last year so we expect to see the new handset to be available internationally as well. There are no words about the price of the device, however, the R5 was priced at $470 or about PHP 21,000, so it highly looks like the R7 will a little bid higher than the mentioned price.

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