Speaking of OPPO mobile phones, the first thing many people think of is the slogan of "charging for five minutes and talking for two hours" and Li Yifeng, Lu Han TFBOYS、 Yang Mi and other national representatives. But it is the product itself that supports a mobile phone manufacturer. For OPPO, it is the four main series of "Find, N, R, A" that support the empire.
In addition to the A series, which has been launched for a short time, OPPO's Find, N and R are all series models that have accompanied the history of many players. Now let's take a look at their past and present lives.
Flagship OPPO Find
It is estimated that many people will remember the founding work of the Find series, OPPO X903, Code: Find, which was launched in August 2011 at a price of 2998 yuan. The machine adopts 4-inch 800 * 480 resolution IPS screen, Snapdragon MSM8255 (1GHz)+512M memory+16G storage+1500mAh battery, runs Android 2.2 system, and the main camera pixel is 8 million.
The machine is positioned for business. It is not equipped with a front camera, and its body is close to 200g. However, it became popular with the rare aluminum alloy wiredrawing shell, side sliding keyboard, and Leonardo (then Inception). Even in today's eyes, it is still a machine with good appearance. The most exaggerated thing is that OPPO has maintained system maintenance for this 2011 machine, and the last update time was in April 2015.
Half a year later, in February 2012, the second generation of Find (X905) was released. The machine retained the metal panel and side sliding keyboard, adopted the three-stage body and the popular "ID Borderless" design, and the configuration was slightly improved. The MSM8260 (1.5GHz, the same model as Xiaomi 1)+1G memory+16G storage+Android 2.3. In June of the same year, the third generation Finder was released, and the machine code is Finder. With 6.65mm slim body and 4.3 inch AMOLED screen as its selling points, the configuration has not changed much. The price of Android 4.0 system is 2498 yuan. From the perspective of historical origin, the R series, which focuses on thin and light photography, is probably its derivative series.
Find5, which has made the Find series famous, is also a sign that the Find series has gone through a trial and error period of half a year and a half a year, and has become mature. Since then, the update frequency has slowed down. Released in December 2012, it is the first mobile phone in China to use a 5-inch 1080P screen, equipped with the classic Qualcomm APQ8064 (4-core 4.5GHz)+2G memory+16G storage+2500mAh battery+1.9 million front and 1300 rear cameras, and has been equipped with NFC. Later, OnePlus mobile phones also left many design elements of Find5.
More than a year later, Finf7 was released in March 2014. Its most obvious feature in appearance is the "sky breathing line" indicator light on the chin. In terms of configuration, it provides a light version of 1080P+8974AB+2G memory and a high configuration of 2K screen+8974AC+3G memory. Find7 is also the first platform of OPPO VOOC flash charging technology. The flash charging technology has become the configuration of OPPO high-end mobile phones. This is the origin of the well-known "charging for 5 minutes, talking for 2 hours". You should know that it was the era of mainstream charging or 5V1A, and Qualcomm Fast Charging or 5V2A.
Rotary camera OPPO N series
The N series is OPPO's main differentiated series with rotating cameras. The first model OPPO N1 was released in September 2013 and sold in November, starting from 3498 yuan. The biggest feature of the machine is a 13 million pixel camera that can rotate 206 degrees and a four-way touch back cover. For the camera part, the PI original painting engine it carries is also the ancestor of many OPPO machine photography parts. Other configurations include 5.9-inch 1080P IPS giant screen+Snapdragon 600+2G memory+16/32G storage+3610mAh battery.
The design of the rotary camera makes the N1 the strongest self timer, but the 5.9-inch giant screen and the weight of 213g limit its audience. OPPO launched N1 mini half a year later in June 2014, with the initial price of 2699 yuan. It is equipped with a 5-inch 720P screen+Snapdragon 400+2G memory+16G storage+2140mAh battery, and has upgraded the sensor to Sony IMX214, which later became famous all over the world.
At the end of October of the same year, the successor model OPPO N3 was released as scheduled, with a starting price of 3999 yuan. The machine is changed to 5.5 inch 1080P LTPS screen+Snapdragon 801+2G memory+32G storage+3000mAh battery, the rotary camera is upgraded to 16 million pixels, and its sensor is OV production, 1/2.3 inch, and the unit pixel size is 1.34 μ m, a circle larger than the current mainstream 1.12 μ m. The lens with F2.2 aperture has passed Schneider certification, and the original PI engine has also been upgraded to 2.0+, which is one of the most powerful domestic cameras in that year.
Thin photo OPPO R series
R series is the most popular series with the largest number of OPPO models. Its early positioning was "slim design, beautiful appearance", and later its main focus gradually became appearance and photography. Before the well-known OPPO R1/R3/R5/R7, this series also had R801/807, R811/815/817/819 and other models. The R series famous work R1 will not be released until December 2013, and for this reason, at the beginning of the Find series, less than half a year of the generation of crazy engine speed, high-speed trial and error and popularity.
The "Pioneer" R1 sells for 2498 yuan. The machine is designed with a rare double-sided gorilla glass+magnesium aluminum alloy middle frame, and the thickness is only 7.1mm. In terms of configuration, 5-inch 720P screen+MT6582 (4-core 1.3GHz)+1G memory+16G storage+2410mAh battery, front 5 million+rear 8 million pixel camera (IMX179, F2.0 aperture) are used.
The upgraded model R1S was released in April 2014, and the price was also 2498 yuan. The appearance of the upgraded model was added with sapphire blue, the SoC was changed to Snapdragon 400, and the camera sensor was upgraded to Sony's IMX214. The next derivative model is R1C, which is equipped with Snapdragon 615 (8-core 64 bit A53)+2G memory+16G storage, and its thickness is further reduced to 6.85mm.
Two months later, OPPO R3 was released in June 2014, and the machine refreshed the thickness record of its predecessor OPPO Finder by 6.65mm. The overall thickness was only 6.3mm, maintaining a 5-inch 720P IPS screen, configured with Snapdragon 400+1/2G memory+8/16G storage+242mAh battery, supporting TF card expansion, front 500+rear 8 megapixel camera, 1.4 μ m unit pixel+F2.0 aperture, and focusing on night shooting.
After another four months, OPPO released R5 at the end of October of the same year at an amazing speed. The latter is also the peak and an important milestone of the mobile phone impact thickness record. The thickness of R5 is only 4.85mm, so it even cancels the headphone interface, after all, the latter itself has a diameter of 3.5mm. After R5 won the title of thinnest mobile phone, manufacturers began to return to rationality. In terms of configuration, R5 uses a 5.2 inch 1080P AMOLED screen+Snapdragon 615+2G memory+16G storage+2000mAh battery, and a front 5 million rear 13 million pixel camera. The initial price is 2999 yuan.
R7 was released in May 2015, and the machine was changed to a three-stage all metal body and 2.5D glass, focusing on photography and flash charging, with the initial price of 2498 yuan. Although the thickness of the machine is not publicized too much, it still maintains an ultra-thin body of 6.3mm. In terms of configuration, it has a 5-inch 1080P AMOLED screen+MT6752/Qualcomm 615+3G memory+16G storage+2320mAh battery.
R7 Plus and R7 are released at the same time. It is equipped with a 6-inch 1080P AMOLED screen+MT6795 (2.0GHz 8-core)+3G memory+32G storage+410mAh battery, a 13 million pixel camera at the front 800 and a Sony IMX278 RGBW sensor. Many high configurations and a price of 2999 yuan made it the most cost-effective equipment in the OPPO series at that time. Five months later, in October 2015, OPPO launched R7s and R7s Plus, the upgraded models of R7, at a high speed. Among them, the screen of the former is slightly increased to 5.5 inches, 4G memory+32G storage and 3070mAh battery, and the rose gold version is provided.
The latest R9/R9 Plus was released in March 2016, and the spokesperson lineup is still huge. Yang Mi, Li Yifeng tfboys、 Yang Yang is under his name. R9 series mainly improves the feel and appearance, adds positive fingerprint recognition, and creates the fastest fingerprint recognition record. The two machines are equipped with 5.5 inch and 6 inch 1080P AMOLED screens respectively. R9 is MT6755+4G memory+64G storage+2850mAh battery. The front camera has been upgraded to 16 million pixels at one go, which is higher than the parameters of the rear 13 million pixel camera.
R9 Plus uses the popular Snapdragon 652 eight core processor+4G memory+61/128G storage+4120mAh battery. The rear camera is equipped with Sony's 16 megapixel IMX298 sensor, which costs 2799 yuan and 3299 yuan respectively.