On January 15, OPPO's new A96 5G mobile phone was officially released, with only an 8+256GB version, priced at 1999 yuan.
In the OPPO product line, compared with its own Find series and Reno series, the A series is obviously "low-key", including the A96 that has just been released, and it has also been "quietly" launched on the official website early. However, from the perspective of sales performance, OPPO A series can be described as a model of "muffled wealth", oppo A53 released in December last year, also won the title of the best-selling 5G Android mobile phone in the Chinese market in the Q2 quarter of 2021, which promoted the substantial growth of OPPO smartphone shipments at that time (data point here).
The above data is enough to prove that the OPPO A series has a high degree of market recognition and is a force that cannot be ignored in the OPPO product line.
Just released OPPO A96 mobile phone, from the price point of view, should be the highest positioning in the A series of mobile phones, the new A96 has a high-value ID design, the back cover introduces a new generation of streamer crystal drill process, the camera part is added to the twin star ring breathing lights, telephone or notification when coming, breathing lights will flash like a star ring in the night sky. In addition, the A96 is the thinnest and lightest 5G phone in the history of the A series and the first phone in the A series to feature ColorOS 12.
Without further ado, let's go into the experience session and learn more about this product together!
Part I: Designs
See the first glance of OPPO A96, it is difficult not to think of OPPO Reno 7 series mobile phones, whether it is the crystal drilling process of the back shell or the design of the large straight edge of the middle frame, which is the same as the OPPO Reno 7 series, and the family design language is very obvious.
Of course, oppo A96 has more changes in the details. For example, in the camera module part, two huge cameras are arranged up and down like gemini rings, and on the right side of the "gemini ring", there is a circular fill light, and the left side is symmetrical with it, and there is a "5G" logo of the same size, which uses a "concentric circle" design inside, looming in the light.
The camera area also realizes a light and matte integrated design, which will show different textures under different light angles, which is a great plus for the design of these details.
Oppo A96 has three colors, including apricot pink warm sun, glass magic, night dream evening star, and its design, very romantic. All three colors use a new generation of streamer crystal drilling technology, which feels close to AG frosted glass, and the light shines in the light, while not sticking to fingerprints.
It is worth mentioning that under the "Gemini Star Ring" camera of OPPO A96, there is also a hidden "breathing lamp", according to official information, the breathing lamp uses ultra-low power consumption high-quality LED lamps, 50000 + hours of life, to ensure that the flashing is consistent.
In the early years, the breathing lights on mobile phones were all the rage, such as the "skyline breathing lights" on the OPPO Find 7 that year, and I believe that many users still remember it.
For many consumers, breathing lights are as important as AOD screen displays, two months just released on the Reno7 series, OPPO brought a new ring breathing lamp, this time OPPO will be the ring breathing lamp down to the A96 in the thousand yuan gear, which is also the inheritance of family design, breathing lights pull up the A96 machine value, but also improve the practicality.
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I have to say that OPPO A96 will reach a new height of the beauty design of the thousand yuan machine, even if the author has long been accustomed to the bombardment of various design processes of the flagship machine, but when you see the first glance of oppo A96, it is difficult not to be moved.
OPPO A96 fuselage thickness to about 7.49 mm, light about 171g, the inside is also stuffed into the 4500mAh battery, which is also the OPPO A series of the history of the thinnest 5G mobile phone, however, the positioning is limited, OPPO A96 the middle frame is also inevitably made of plastic materials, and the texture of aluminum alloy, it is certainly a grade worse.
Compared with the "stunning" back design, the front face of the OPPO A96 looks decent, with a 6.43-inch OLED punch screen with 16 million front-facing lenses inside the holes. The screen, left and right border control is not bad, but the chin is indeed somewhat obvious, the overall screen ratio of 90.8%.
In terms of screen quality, it has 2400*1080 resolution, 409PPI, HBM 600nit, static contrast ratio of 1000000:1, and 180Hz touch refresh rate. Unfortunately, there is only a 60Hz refresh rate, if you are used to the high brush above 90Hz, and then switch back to 60Hz, you will indeed feel a certain experience gap.
In general, this screen is basically in line with the overall positioning of A96, the advantage is OLED screen, the screen looks delicate and colorful, compared to the traditional LCD cost is high, but also to achieve screen fingerprints, the disadvantage is that the refresh rate is only 60Hz, not enough.
Part II: Performance Experience
In terms of processors, OPPO A96 is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G chip, Snapdragon 695 was released in October last year, using 6nm process technology, with 2 * 2.2GHz A78 large core, Adreno 619 GPU, compared with Snapdragon 690, the platform has up to 30% GPU graphics rendering speed and 15% CPU performance improvement.
In addition to the Snapdragon 695, there are OPPO underlying optimization technologies, including RAM + memory expansion technology, with 3 levels of adjustment free choice, up to 13GB equivalent storage.
THE OPPO A96 storage specification tested by IT House is 8+256GB version, where 8GB of storage can be expanded by up to 5GB, and finally achieve the effect of 13GB RAM. In addition, OPPO A96 also has 36 months of smooth escort, according to official information, when using mobile phones every day, the system will be smoothly optimized in real time.
OPPO A96 built-in 4500mAh battery, with 33W super flash charge, Snapdragon 695 has an extremely excellent power performance, so oppo A96's battery life is also quite outstanding, the official said, a charge, can watch online video for about 15.27 hours.
According to IT House measurements, at 100% brightness, the "Glory of kings" game consumes 17% of the power in one hour, so that you can continue to play the "Glory of kings" game for nearly 6 hours, which is enough to play from morning to afternoon. For the average user, oppo A96 endurance can be used moderately for 2 days.
In the performance testing part, we selected two games, "Peace Elite" and "Glory of kings", for actual testing.
Glory of Kings game frame rate
As shown in the figure below, under the highest picture quality, in a game of about 10 minutes of "Glory of kings", the average frame rate of OPPO A96 is 60.2fps, and the game scene basically maintains a steady frame operation, even in the late team battle scene, there is no frame drop phenomenon.
The average frame rate of the Honor of Kings game is 60.2fps
This was followed by Peace Elite, which had a slightly more configuration requirement, in which we opted for smooth image quality + ultra-high frame rate (40 frames), which in the 15-minute game was basically regionally stable.
Peace Elite game frame rate
Specifically, OPPO A96 has an average frame rate of 39.9fps in the 15-minute game of Peace Elite, and in some complex team battle scenes, the game frame rate is still stable.
The average frame rate of the Peace Elite game is 39.9fps
Overall, the game performance of oppo A96 is in line with expectations, enough to meet the daily entertainment needs of users, such as "Glory of Kings" and "Peace Elite" and other games are basically not a problem.
Of course, such as "Original God" such a game with extremely high requirements for configuration, OPPO A96 will have some pressure, after all, Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 has a performance ceiling, which is also an objective fact.
IT House also tested 3DMark's Wild Life Stress Test project, conducting 20 consecutive rounds of high-intensity tests to show the thermal and performance release stability of the phone, in which the OPPO A96 achieved 99.3% stability. Obviously, the excellent low-power performance of the Snapdragon 695 mentions a certain role.
Also thanks to the excellent low-power performance of Snapdragon 695, in the course of the game, the temperature control performance of OPPO A96 is also relatively excellent, 30 minutes of "Glory of the King" game, the fuselage temperature is always controlled below 40 ° C, the northern winter 23 ° C indoor environment, during the game, the body of OPPO A96 can only be said to have a lost warmth, good performance.
In general, OPPO A96 performance hardware in line with the positioning of the OPPO A series, Snapdragon 695 is enough to use the performance requirements of daily machines, of course, we also have to recognize that as a mid-range chip, Snapdragon 695 and Snapdragon 8 series chips are a certain gap.
Part III: Imagery
OPPO A96 is equipped with 48 million main cameras, aperture f / 1.7, the other is 2 million "tactical" portraits, aperture f / 2.4, no telephoto and no ultra-wide angle (to tell the truth, this gear even if you put an ultra-wide angle, it is at most a number of levels), so most of the shooting scenes, the important is still relying on this 48 million main camera.
In terms of shooting mode, OPPO A96 supports night scene, portrait, time-lapse photography, super text, ultra-clear picture quality, multi-scene video and other functions.
It is worth mentioning that OPPO A96 also supports the "spot portrait" function of the OPPO Reno series, which further enriches the user's image shooting experience.
From the sample point of view, the performance of OPPO A96 basically meets the level of the gear, the look and feel tends to be real, and the image flagship is naturally incomparable, but in addition to meeting the daily "scan code", there are still many good image experiences.
Proof:
Official Sample:
▲ 48 million mode
▲ Light spot portrait
▲ Super clear night view
Part IV: ColorOS 12 Experience
OPPO A96 is the first A-series mobile phone equipped with ColorOS 12, released in late last year, a new design of comfortable noise reduction, further upgraded in terms of privacy and security, and also brings a full-scene interactive functional experience.
In addition, innovative upgrades to a range of features such as free floating windows, Smart Sidebar 2.0 and Quick Glance Cards have made the ColorOS system easier to use.
Taking the smart sidebar 2.0 as an example, in the upgrade of ColorOS 12, the smart sidebar 2.0 brings more scene functions, including smart subtitles, commodity price comparison, reading articles, identifying background music, small window shorthand, listening mode, etc.
The addition of these 6 practical tools makes the comprehensive experience of ColorOS 12 more full, taking smart subtitles as an example, such as in video conferences, voice calls, it is not convenient to answer, and it is completely possible to convert the voice to subtitles through smart subtitles and present them on the screen. For example, when chasing American dramas, you can use intelligent subtitles to achieve real-time translation functions.
Commodity price comparison is also very important, when buying some large goods, different merchants, different times will often have different prices, worried about their own expensive? Through the Smart Sidebar 2.0, call out the merchandise comparison option to help you find the one that is inexpensive, and also provide the option to collect coupons.
In terms of privacy protection, ColorOS 12 has also upgraded a lot of highlights, including application behavior records, photo security sharing, sensitive permission reminders, blurred positioning and so on. Taking "Photo Safe Sharing" as an example, when sharing pictures or videos through photo albums, you can choose to remove the location information and data of the pictures and videos, without worrying about the risk of privacy leakage.
summary:
Oppo A96's biggest highlight is the high-value appearance design, after all, "face value is combat effectiveness", in many thousand yuan machine products, OPPO A96 with a fresh and unworldly appearance and "twin star ring" breathing lights, I believe it will circle a lot of face value party. In terms of configuration, OPPO A96 is decent, but such as performance and imagery have also reached the passing line; the lack of NFC and so on is indeed a regret, all in all, a product with trade-offs.
If you are a face value party, I believe oppo A96 will bring you a different experience.