Oppo A12s

Oppo A12s Specifications, Price, Pros and Cons – Oppo A12s is an entry-level smartphone presented by Oppo in Cambodia. It has all the necessary features and configuration which usually come in this segment. More importantly, it’s the renamed version of Oppo A12 released on the previous month in India. The internal specs are entirely the same, but the company unveils the phone with a new design and color option.

Oppo A12s Specifications Overview

Highlights

  1. It sports 6.22 inches 720p resolution IPS LCD screen, and on top of that, it gets 271 PPI density.
  2. The phone is integrated on Android 9 (pie) and runs along with Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 chipset.
  3. A dual-camera setup will be seen on the phone, which features a 13 MP and has a selfie port of 5 MP.
  4. An enormous battery of 4230 mAh comes with a 10W standard charging unit.
  5. Usually, the entry-level smartphone has a fair price, and it also falls to the current trend, the phone arrives at $129 (9,500 INR).

Design and Display

The design is a crucial part of the body, to emphasize something unique company implements a plain yet elegant layout to the Oppo A12s. In the back panel, you will see a Dual camera setting with a fingerprint sensor. In the front, you will get a V shape waterdrop notch selfie camera intact on the screen. Including this, it has a 6.22 inches IPS LCD panel with 720×1520 pixels resolution.

It appears to have over 271 pixels per inch density to enhance the 450 nits brightness configuration. Apart from this, it also offers Corning gorilla glass 3 protection to the screen that generally didn’t come at budget smartphone. It could count as a plus point for the phone as well as there are two color variants to select, deep Blue and Flowing Silver. This design looks much more similar to Oppo A11k smartphone.

Memory and Internal

The internal is not changed a bit from its rebrand version. It sports the best basic variant 12 nm Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 chipset on board an octa-core processor with the moderate graphics unit of PowerVR GE8320. With this setup, you will get the usual performance with 3 GB RAM, and 32GB internal storage and lags won’t appear while multitasking.

It will give decent performance output. But on the flip side, almost 60% of storage pre-cover with system application and pre-installed bloatware apps. For more use, the given Micro-SD to add-up more storage on your phone. The worst thing about the phone it runs on Android 9 (Pie). At the same time, you can get more features and a lot of customization with ColorOS 6.1 user-interface. Unlike most of the Chinese smartphone companies, it has Google Play store apps and Google service.

Camera Setup

The phone has an essential 13 MP primary and 2 MP depth lens blend onto the rear panel with a front-facing 5 MP waterdrop notch selfie camera board. The AI integrated camera system will furnish various features. Such as an AI beauty, in-depth portrait, and bokeh effect, with several feature-rich software that improves images and videos.

In Day-light image and video didn’t lose contrast and color, however, it lacks in terms of low light photography sessions. There are granular amounts of distortion and smoothness in the images. Using camera application would be a good choice, there are several camera apps available on PlayStore. They will help slightly to improve images and videos.

Battery and Others

It offers a 4230 mAh big battery that takes over three hours to charge the battery with 10 W wired standard fast charging support. Alongside this, it provides long-lasting battery life, and to enhance battery life, charge up to 80% in this way, it extends battery life in the long term.

Talking about other things, it has normal senors and comms and didn’t have NFC for sure. However, the sound effect and output are quite decent and offer a 3.5 mm jack port.

Oppo A12s pros and cons

Oppo A12s Specifications Detail

Down below you can see the full specifications detail of Oppo A12s phone.

SpecificationsOppo A12s
Network2G, 3G, 4G
AnnouncedJuly 2020
Weight165 g
BuildGlass front and plastic frame
ProtectionCorning Gorilla Glass 3
SIMDual SIM
Size6.2 inches
DisplayCapacitive touchscreen IPS LCD,16M colors
Resolution720 x 1520 pixels
OSAndroid 9.0 (Pie) and ColorOS 6.1
ChipsetMediatek MT6765 Helio P35
CPUOcta-core
GPUPowerVR GE8320
Card slotYes
RAM3GB
Internal32GB
Camera13MP and 2MP
Selfie5MP
RadioYes
USBmicro-USB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
SensorsRear Mounted Fingerprint, accelerometer,
gyro, proximity, and compass
BatteryLi-Po 4230 mAh battery, Charging 10W
ColorsBlue and Silver
PriceExpected USD129 (9,500 INR)

Oppo A12s Pros and Cons

Down below you can see the list of pros and cons of Oppo A12s phone.

Pros

  1. A 4230 mAh with proper battery life
  2. Good performance experience
  3. A fair price tag according to its specs.
  4. Nominal image distortion
  5. Corning Glass protection

Cons

  1. Lots of specs are pre-covered with system apps
  2. No solution for low-light photography
  3. Runs on Android 9
  4. The heating issue may appear

Conclusion

The Oppo A12s is a fittest for smartphones for the budget segment, and to put it’s simple, it has an appropriate price according to its specification. Still, it has normal issues and flaws that come in an entry-level device. However, it is a good deal to look for a smartphone that offers a better camera with a large battery. The processor configuration, which is not something that bothers you.

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