Oppo R9 and R9 Plus launching outside China next week

If you’re waiting for Oppo to launch its R9 and R9 Plus smartphones outside China, here is some good news: the company has sent out media invites for a phone launch event in India scheduled for April 5.

While the invite itself doesn’t explicitly say which phone(s) will be unveiled, the text ‘Selfie Expert’ is more than enough to conclude that the R9 and R9 Plus will be the star of the event given that they feature 16MP front shooters and have been marketed by the company ascamera-centric phones right from the beginning.

Both phones were made official in Oppo’s home country of China on March 17, and were released a week later, with the company selling over 180,000 units on the first day itself.

As for the price, the R9 carries a tag of RMB 2,799 ($430) in China, while the Plus variant sets you back RMB 3,299 ($510). Given that the two have already begun their global expansion we are hoping Oppo will bring them to all of its supported markets shortly.

Oppo R9 specifications

• 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display


• Octa-core (4 x 2.0 GHz + 4 x 1.0 GHz) MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor with 700MHz Mali T860MP2 GPU


• 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD


• Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)


• Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with ColorOS 3.0


• 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, 5P lens, LED Flash, 80.6-degree wide-angle lens, 4K video recording


• 16MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 78.1-degree wide-angle lens


• Fingerprint sensor


• Dimensions: 151.8×74.3×6.6mm; Weight: 145g


• 4G LTE with VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (dual-band), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS


• 2850mAh battery with VOOC Flash Charge

Oppo R9 Plus specifications

• 6-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display


• Octa Core Snapdragon 652 (620) processor (Quad 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.2GHz A53 CPUs) with Adreno 510 GPU


• 4GB RAM, 64GB /128GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD


• Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)


• Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with ColorOS 3.0


• 16MP rear camera with Sony IMX298, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, LED Flash


• 16MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 78.1-degree wide-angle lens


• Fingerprint sensor


• Dimensions: 163.1×80.78×7.4mm; Weight: 185g
  
  4G LTE with VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (dual-band), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS


• 4120mAh battery with VOOC Flash Charge

Oppo R9 and R9 Plus launching outside China next week