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ah po isn't exactly a new manufacturer on the scene but it's one that we here in the US don't have a lot of experience with this year it's announced two new clan chips a high-end and low-end model they are both fine seven and the find 7a the letter of which we spent a lot of time with is it worth the buy I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is our for review of the Aqua fine 7 8 Appa has been turning heads lately with both compelling products and precision calculated teasing of its upcoming devices the m1 and fine 5 from the Chinese manufacturer most notably proof the Oppo could be rather competitive with much larger more globally recognized brands and now the fine 7 and fine 7a are doing the exact same Oppo is making a statement it's ready to take its smartphone business to the next level is the fine 7/8 that for the company or will we have to wait on the fine 7 or even its successor we spent nearly three weeks using the fine 7/8 and this is what we found from the outside the fine 7 a may not immediately catch your eye there wasn't much about its design that makes it stand out at first glance it's not unlike a more squared Nexus 5 and even under closer inspection it doesn't exactly look gorgeous especially not after reviewing a phone like the One m8 this phone is precision machined that's very clear but it's made mostly of a matte finished plastic and has a very stark appearance the face is almost entirely black save for a really neat notification LED which the company calls skyline notification it's a blue light that subtly oscillates with new notifications and it's easily the standout feature of this home's design the edges are squared paired with the large physical signs on the phone it makes the phone somewhat difficult to handle one-handed it measures one hundred and fifty two point six millimeters tall 75 millimeters wide and 9.2 millimeters thick and it hits the scales at a hefty 170 grams it doesn't nestle into the palm of your hand like other phones despite the curved backside that aside the phone doesn't come light on specifications even if it's the lower in counterpart to the fine 7 it has a 2.3 gigahertz quad-core Krait CPU and Adreno 330 GPU which make up the Snapdragon 801 SOC 16 gigabytes of fixed storage with a micro sd our slot for up to 128 gigabytes 2 gigabytes of RAM a 2800 milliamp hour battery a 13 megapixel primary camera and a 5 megapixel front camera it also comes with a standard subset of connectivity options bluetooth 4.0 Wi-Fi b/g/n NFC and varying LTE support based on different markets and the display it's quite gorgeous at 5.5 inches in 1080p resolution the IPS LCD is par for the course for high-end smartphone displays the colors are vibrant and blacks are fairly deep side visibility is acceptable as is contrast and the display at 401 PPI is as crisp as you can hope for unless you wait for the fine sevens 2k display we have no major complaints about this phone's display in fact we really don't have any complaints about the hardware or design either as understated and bland as it may be it may not stick out at all but it's not ugly and it's built incredibly well at the very least it feels worthy of a $500 price tag software we imagine will be hit or miss for the mass consumer market yup I find 7/8 comes running Android 4.3 beneath what Apple calls color OS visually the software has a lot in common with my UI or me UI a popular Chinese custom Android ROM with a very robust theme engine a very similar if not the same theme engine is present on the find 7a here you will find ample ways to customize the appearance and the experience of your device from a custom lock screen to heavily customised home screens icons and accent colors you can change practically everything about how the UI looks and feels which is nice color on the find 7a also comes with a ton of bloat not from any particular carrier but instead directly from Oppo out-of-the-box that comes with things like sound recorder flashlight compass Kingsoft office app encryption data monitor power manager data saving guest mode holiday mode permission monitor block a handful of games and more there are a lot of visual differences which definitely contrast the typical experience for instance the settings application is pretty heavily customized divided into three categories general sound and display and even the home screen has some non-standard functionality such as exclusive spaces the photo space allows you to take pictures directly from the home screen we're not sure how functional or helpful this actually access by pulling down from the top edge of the display is a gesture panel it allows you to draw certain shapes to launch user definable actions worth noting is that there's no shortage of ways to wake up the phone those very same gestures from the gesture panel can also be used from standby mode to launch you directly into various applications double tapping the capacitive home button will also wake the device and not unlike touchless control the mode wakes you can speak okay snap dragon to wake the device and begin a Google Voice Search the software is elaborate and feature-packed but that doesn't necessarily make it great it's pretty cohesive and refined but like some other customized versions of Android it's packed to the brim with features many may never use and overall it feels sort of sterile we're not moved or compelled by it in any way on a lighter more positive note performance is spectacular a Snapdragon 801 as we've seen in the past is an absolute beast it slices through everyday tasks with ease and it even powers through the most intensive gaming without a problem we have experienced a few performance hiccups like some stutters on the home screen and more aggressive app closing than we experienced in the One m8 which has comparable specifications by the way power users should have no problem putting the Oppo find 7 a through a lot of abuse it's built to handle the toughest of workloads we had some trouble testing call quality and data speeds on our us unit but our editor-in-chief Anton used the European model in his neck of the woods and reports average code quality and data speeds noting that the fine 7 a comparatively offered a stronger than normal signal than its competitors in particularly problematic covered areas without a data or voids connection we had to turn to Anton once again for battery metrics thanks to the large display the 27 hundred million power battery only offered comparable battery life to devices like the One m8 or galaxy s5 on light or moderate usage you can expect a full day out of the phone put on heavier days you'll need a supplementary charge at some point which is actually not a major issue the fine 7/8 comes with what Apple calls rapid charge or 30 minutes can charge the phone up to 75% it's fast and it's something we're going to miss when using other phones the camera is actually a high point for the find 7a outdoors the 13 megapixel camera is capable of taking really impressive images indoors it struggles a bit more often than not pictures taken in dim light will turn out a bit blurry with soft focus resting the phone on a solid surface definitely helps but some will still be littered with noise the key feature of the camera however is actually very impressive super zoom or ultra HD mode allows the 13 megapixel camera to take 50 megapixel images a few weeks ago we uploaded a video showing off the feature in short the 50 megapixel images often turn out better than the standard 13 megapixel pictures the fine 7/8 isn't the best mobile camera but it's certainly a capable shooter and Oppo super zoom mode is something we truly enjoyed overall the fine 7/8 is actually a very impressive smartphone the Snapdragon 801 assure stellar performance the display is gorgeous the camera won't hit or miss could be far worse and rapid charge all but snuffs out any battery life issues oh and that notification LED is just sweet for $4.99 to find 7a is a great smartphone the software may take some getting used to for most but the complaints are far and few between with this particular phone the fine 7a and fine 7 could be the phones to finally put Oppo on the global smartphone map thanks for watching everyone if you enjoyed this video be sure to click the thumbs up button below and of course it's subscribed as a channel to see more videos like this one in the future be sure to follow us on all the usual places Twitter Facebook and Google+ and pipe it now I'm Taylor Marcum you 5 military s protector and I will see you next time you