Oppo A55 review: A budget Oppo with a 90 Hz LCD and a tidier design than the A16.
Slightly upgraded basics.
A55 took the A16's formula and added the things buyers actually noticed — 90 Hz scrolling, a 50 MP main, faster 18 W charging — for $199. The Helio G35 still set the ceiling; for $40 over the A16 it felt meaningfully better to use.
01Display
60/10060/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for budget phones of 2021.
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
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2021 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
78/10078/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.
05Build
58/10058/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for budget phones of 2021.
06Value
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for budget phones of 2021.
- 90 Hz screen and 50 MP main at $199.
- 5,000 mAh, microSD + jack.
- 16 MP selfie.
- 18 W charging — faster than the A16.
- HD+ panel, Helio G35 is very slow.
- Single speaker, two filler lenses.
- 4G only.
- Minimal updates.
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? .