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what's going on guys lawn here from Android authority and the Oppo r7 has already proven to be a great premium mid-range flagship but what does the Plus version bring to the table besides just a larger size well let's find out what the Oppo r7 plus so as the name suggests the r7 plus is basically a blown-up version of the smaller r7 besides the larger size and slightly thicker profile the r7 plus is practically the same phone the body is completely made of metal that rounds off around the corners and sides and chamfered edges go around the entire front perimeter of the phone in the hand it feels just as solid as you would expect from a metal clad phone and being only 7.8 millimeters thick gives it a very sleek look and makes it a little bit easier to handle but don't get me wrong here it's still a large phone the smooth metal body also makes the phone a tad slick and although I haven't dropped it I don't necessarily always feel confident using the phone with one hand Oppo however has done quite a few things to make one hand use as best as possible the bezels all around have been kept nice and tight and the power and volume keys are conveniently located on the right and left sides and they're placed well enough to reduce the amount of shuffling you would have to do in the hand if they were situated otherwise ports like the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack and microUSB port are on the top and bottom respectively and on the rear is the single speaker camera and fingerprint scanner which we'll get into later a notification LED light is upfront next to the front facing camera and typical proximity and ambient light sensors but unlike the r7 you won't find any capacitive keys on the bottom instead Oppo opted for on-screen keys for the r7 Plus which again was most likely a move to help minimise the phone's footprint the main reason for the r7 plusses large size is due to the display it's a six inch AMOLED screen made of 2.5 D glass for that subtle curve along the edges and features the same 1080p resolution as the regular r7 and it practically dominates the entire front of the phone with an almost edge-to-edge appearance although it may fall short by today's standards it's a good-looking scree overall it's reasonably sharp at 367 PPI that you won't really have much of an issue with reading text or graphics and the large size makes it a pretty awesome experience for movies and games since it's an AMOLED screen you can expect deep blacks vibrant and punchy colors good viewing angles and it's fairly easy to see in direct sunlight at max brightness but definitely far from the best the internals of the r7 plus is identical to the r7 with a Snapdragon 615 and three gigs of RAM the Snapdragon 615 has proven to be a very formidable chipset and other devices and the story is pretty much the same here which is only augmented further by the optimizations Oppo has made to color OS for faster boot times and app launching in general everyday use performance has been very responsive and snappy and three gigs of ram is more than plenty for a smooth multitasking experience even with the somewhat heavy color OS skin I haven't noticed any hiccups with anything I wanted to do including gaming which has been a very pleasurable experience and just in case you're wondering no it does not overheat it gets warm after long periods of heavy use but that's very normal behavior for any smartphone the remaining Hardware on the r7 plus includes the typical stuff like Wi-Fi Bluetooth 4.0 GPS and LTE connectivity but there's no NFC to take advantage of things like mobile payments which may or may not be a deal-breaker depending on how much you use NFC for storage the Oppo r7 plus comes in a 32 gigabyte configuration and that should still be fine for most people but if you need more the r7 plus supports microSD card expansion for up to a hundred and twenty eight extra gigs of storage via the secondary slot on the phone's dual SIM tray speaker quality on the r7 plus is nothing extraordinary it sounds fine and gets the job done but it's a little too quiet for my taste and being mounted on the rear isn't the most optimal position it's pretty easily muffled when laying on a table or other flat surfaces and since the audio is firing away from your ears it doesn't make for the best audio experience also located on the rear is the addition of a fingerprint scanner which is probably the most notable piece of hardware on the r7 plus fingerprint scanners are starting to become a very popular security measure in smartphone so it's nice to see a company like Oppo hopping on board the fingerprint scanner itself is a small rectangular pad that you simply just rest your finger on to unlock the phone and in my experience it's been just as fast reliable and accurate as fingerprint scanners on other devices like the Galaxy s6 one m9 plus and even the iPhone setting up the fingerprint scanner is also a very similar experience to other phones requiring a series of repeated presses to properly capture your fingerprint the process is quick and painless and takes maybe a minute or two at most and additional fingerprints can be added if you desire but once the setup process is done you are good to go being mounted on the back isn't unusual by any means but it definitely is different from the more recent implementations that we've seen the rear placement makes sense as it's a natural resting point for your index finger and personally I think it's much easier to reach for versus a front-mounted one but it isn't without its drawbacks for starters you can't unlock using your fingerprint at the phone's resting on its back and secondly using other fingerprints such as your thumb is completely possible but isn't necessarily comfortable those aren't deal-breakers or anything but just quirks to be aware of if you're used to phones with front mounted fingerprint scanners the battery in the r7 plus is a very generous 4100 milliamp power battery and battery life has been extremely excellent I can easily get through a full day and the phone always has enough juice left over to get me through the better part of a second day before finally having to reconnect to a charger whether I'm playing a lot of games catching up on YouTube or just using the phone more casually the r7 plus always surpasses the five-hour screen on time mark and sometimes gets pretty close to 6 hours this phone is extremely hard to kill in a single day and that's a good thing because that isn't something you can say about many modern-day smartphones when you finally do run out of battery or just need to quickly top off the r7 plus comes with oboes now tried-and-true boop rapid charging technology a feature that has become a staple with oba devices and it's an awesome feature to take advantage of on any open device that supports it but especially so on the r7 plus due to its large battery for the camera the our seven-plus features a 13 megapixel camera with F 2.2 aperture laser autofocus LED flash and the front camera is an 8 megapixel shooter that's capable of taking some surprisingly great-looking selfies if you're into that sort of thing and should be more than good enough for other things like video chats the camera UI is fairly simple and switching between capturing photos and video can be done just by swiping on the viewfinder tapping on the icon in the upper right will reveal a bunch of shooting modes from beautify Ultra HD slow shutter live filters gifs to the basic essentials like HDR and panorama if those aren't enough you can download extra modes under the more functions section that includes things like double exposure super macro and even one that allows for shooting in RAW format so you can post process the images yourself one feature that OPA has been really touting with this camera is the use of an RGB W sin Sur which as a white pixel - the usual RGB setup and this is supposed to allow for substantially better low-light performance Oppo is claiming 32% higher sensitivities of light and 78% in noise reduction this is all just a bunch of marketing mumbo jumbo and all that really matters is the end result and the r7 plusses camera definitely delivers in low-light voters are well exposed without blowing out the highlights and there's very little noise and while photos do lose some sharpness and low-light there's still a surprisingly good amount of visible detail when zooming in the only real issue in low-light is the shutter speed tends to get a bit slow making it difficult to always get a well focused shot in normal lighting conditions the camera performs even better there's plenty of detail and sharpness colors are accurate and true to life dynamic range is decent and the camera experience is a lot faster in these conditions making it a joy to use HDR works well for the extra boost and dynamic range but sometimes can be finicky with exposure and some images tend to have a much warmer tone otherwise the r7 plusses camera is a very solid shooter and is probably one the best that you'll find in the mid-range market software wise you're looking at android 5.1.1 with opus color OS and this is a pretty major difference from the regular r7 as a right now which was launched with kick aesthetically you won't really notice a difference anyways as color OS takes over pretty much anything and everything that you find in stock lollipop it's a very similar skin from other Chinese OEMs with an app drawer list launcher but it's a very clean experience with nice-looking icons transparencies and there's a good amount of color sprinkled into the elements of the OS but it doesn't overdo it to the point where it feels intrusive if you're familiar with color OS then you'll feel right at home with many of its features there's a built-in theme engine that allows for customization of the OS if you don't like the default look or just want a change of scenery it's a very well fleshed out theme store with plenty to pick from so you shouldn't have any problems finding something that you'd like many of the screen on and screen off gestures are all still available like double tapping the screen to wake the display drawing an O on the screen to launch directly into the camera or you can create your own gestures as you see fit the screen on gestures include things like being able to take a screenshot with a three-finger swipe adjusting the volume with two fingers swiping in from one of the two bottom corners to shrink the screen for easier one-handed use and double tapping the HOME key to put the phone to sleep as gimmicky as some of these features might sound I did find quite a few of them useful and mix mundane tasks like taking a screenshot or launching the camera quicker and easier to do the r7 plus is expected to launch with a sub $500 price tag of around 480 dollars some may find it to be a little bit high in this day and age for a mid-range phone especially when compared to a lot of e sub $300 mid-range flagships out there but you have to keep in mind these sacrifices OEMs had to make the hit those price points ople make very few sacrifices with the r7 Plus which makes the price more justifiable it's far from being a steal of a price like the oneplus 2 or even the upcoming Moto X but you certainly aren't going to feel ripped off should you decide to go with one if you're looking for a smartphone with an all-metal build a massive screen and almost two day battery life the r7 plus will be an investment that you won't regret as always guys thank you so much for watching this video if you did enjoy please give it a thumbs up down below we definitely appreciate it and also subscribe to the channel which is also down below if you haven't already and if you want to see more here from us at Android authority make sure to check out the links over here on side and also don't forget to check out the website as well for more in-depth coverage and Georgia thorny calm because we are your source for 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