SpecEagle review · Oppo

Oppo F3 review: A dual-front-camera "Selfie Expert" with a wide-angle group-selfie lens.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2017·$280
Overall
46/100
Class rank
#55 of 63
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The group-selfie phone.

F3 doubled the selfie pitch with a dedicated wide-angle front camera for group shots — Oppo's clever marketing twist on the F-series formula. It was massively successful in India and Southeast Asia.

01Display

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2017 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD
Size5.5 inches
Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px (FHD)

02Camera

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2017.

Main13 MP, f/2.2
Selfie16 MP + 8 MP wide (group selfie)

03Performance

50/100

50/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2017 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetMediaTek Helio P20 (16 nm)
RAM4 GB
Storage64 GB · microSD

04Battery

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2017.

Capacity3,200 mAh
Wired10 W

05Build

62/100

62/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2017 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

06Value

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2017.

What works
  • Dual front cameras — wide-angle for group selfies.
  • 16 MP + 8 MP selfie marketing.
  • Aluminium body.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Helio P20 mid-tier.
  • 10 W charging.
  • Mono speaker.
  • HD-class density on FHD.
Cross-shop it against
Nokia 7 Plus
$429 · score 70/100

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