Oppo A16s review: A 2021 4 GB / 64 GB entry Oppo with NFC and a 5,000 mAh battery.
A budget Oppo with NFC.
A16s added NFC to the entry-tier A16 formula at $160 — sensible for mobile payments.
01Display
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2021 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2021 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
38/10038/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2021 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.
05Build
56/10056/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for budget phones of 2021.
06Value
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker value results among budget phones of 2021 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- NFC at $160.
- 5,000 mAh battery.
- microSD + jack.
- Triple-camera marketing.
- Helio G35 very slow.
- 10 W charging.
- HD+ resolution.
- 2 MP filler lenses.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 147-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .