SpecEagle review · Oppo

Oppo A5s review: Big-battery budget seller with a waterdrop notch.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2019·$150
Overall
48/100
Class rank
#73 of 103
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A big-battery budget Oppo.

Oppo A5s paired a 4,230 mAh battery with a waterdrop display at $150, a high-volume budget seller across Southeast Asia despite the slow Helio P35.

01Display

54/100

54/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2019 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz
Size6.2 inches
Resolution1,520 × 720 px

02Camera

48/100

48/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2019 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main13 MP, f/2.2
Depth2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

42/100

42/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2019 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetMediatek Helio P35 (12 nm)
RAM2 / 3 GB
Storage32 / 64 GB + microSD

04Battery

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 74-point average for budget phones of 2019.

Capacity4,230 mAh
Wired10 W

05Build

56/100

56/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

06Value

60/100

60/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • Big 4,230 mAh battery.
  • Waterdrop notch display.
  • Jack + microSD.
  • Affordable.
What doesn't
  • HD+ LCD, Helio P35 slow.
  • 10 W charging.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Support ended.
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 9
$199 · score 68/100

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 103-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .