A little too much inspiration? The Oppo F1s

 

The first thing that pops into mind when we look at the Oppo F1s is "Where have i seen that before?". Oppo, just like many other Chinese companies out there , likes to take inspiration form Apple's Iphone. I this case the Iphone 6 and the 6s.However the question at hand here is that can the device perform as well as it more popular counterpart or is it just another trick by a Chinese company that wants us to believe that we can have a premium smartphone at a budget?

The Oppo f1s is very similar to the iphone 6 and 6s and so has the same ergonomic feel in the hand. The phone is a delight to hold onto and as soon as we grab hold onto it , the device just screams premium. Aside from its body , the Oppo f1s also shines in the camera department. It has a 16mp front facing shooter and also has a led light just for those selfies. The pictures taken by the camera are incredibly detailed and the colours look good for the most part. While it may seem surprising , the device has a 13mp shooter at the back opposed to the 16mp one on the front, but make no mistake, megapixels dont mean better picture quality and that is exactly the case here. The camera is very detailed , has good low light performance and performs decently good overall.Powering the beautiful handset is the  octacore Mediatek MT6750. 

Performance for the most part is good and it handles basic tasks like surfing the web or social media with ease. Gaming is also handled by the Oppo f1s like a champ and there are no hiccups in the performance department.The screen on the F1s is of the IPS variety and is measured at 5.5 inches, the resolution being only 720p. Now onto the Software. the F1s runs on Color Os 3.0 which is a custom skin on top of android 5.1, which by today's standards , is getting old. The software looks and feels very much like Apple's ios even to the degree that some of the icons are the same or feel the same.

The Oppo F1s feels and looks like the Iphone , inside and out, and perhaps someone who doesnt know about oppo may even mistake it for an iphone.However is the same as the iphone? Most deffinitely not. Although it may feel and look like the iphone there are certianly many key features of Apple's Iphone that the F1s is missing. And so there you have it folks. The Oppo F1s is a great phone to buy for its price and i would deffinitely recommend it to anyone who is currently on the lookout to buy a premium phone on a budget but make no mistake THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR THE IPHONE.