Oppo K1 To Go On Sale Today At 12 Pm; All You Need To Know About This Affordable Gaming Smartphone

Oppo K1 To Go On Sale Today At 12 Pm; All You Need To Know About This Affordable Gaming Smartphone

Oppo K1 is all set to go on sale in India for the first time today. The smartphone, which the most affordable gaming phone in India, comes with Hyper Boost technology for an optimised gaming experience to the users. Oppo K1 has a waterdrop-style display notch and a large 6.4-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The smartphone comes with a dual rear camera setup and a gradient design rear panel.

Launched in India earlier this month, the Oppo K1 will be up for grabs exclusively on Flipkart at 12pm today. Flipkart is offering no-cost EMI offers for the Oppo K1 for 3 or 6 months. Flipkart is also offering buyback benefit wherein the customers can avail a 90 per cent buyback value on the Oppo K1, worth Rs 15,300. The buyback plan can only be availed if customers upgrade to another Oppo smartphone purchased from Flipkart within 8 months of buying the Oppo K1.

The Oppo K1 price is priced at Rs 16,990 for the 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage model. The smartphone will be available in Astral Blue and Piano Black colours. The smartphone, which included 6GB RAM, was launched in China in October last year. The same variant is expected in India soon.

Coming to the optics, Oppo K1 comes with a dual rear camera setup, and a 16-megapixel camera (f/1.7 aperture) paired with a secondary 2-megapixel camera (f/2.4 aperture). The rear camera also features an LED flash module. On the front, the Oppo K1 packs a huge 25-megapixel selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture.

As for connectivity options, the Oppo K1 offers 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, Micro-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The smartphone measures 158.3x75.5x7.4mm and weighs about 156 grammes. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, and proximity sensor. The Oppo K1 is powered by  a 3,600mAh non-removable battery.

Edited By: Udit Verma

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You Can Now Get Oppo Phone Deals On Contract Thanks To ID Mobile

Like Huawei before it, Oppo is a Chinese phone manufacturer that's here to shake up the UK mobile phone market. Even if it's half as successful as the former, Oppo has a great chance to make a dent in a market still dominated by iPhone deals and Samsung phone deals.

Since its UK launch in late January, the three available Oppo handsets have only been available to purchase on a SIM-free handset only basis. But now Carphone Warehouse's iD Mobile network has made them available for those on a budget, not wanting to spend hundreds of pounds upfront for their new mobile phone deal.

iD is stocking all three models - the flagship Find X, mid-range Oppo RX17 Pro and budget RX17 Neo. And with prices starting from £15.99 per month, they're well worth a look if you're after an affordable alternative to those aforementioned premium brands.

We've got our pick of iD's best Oppo phone deals below, or scroll to the bottom of the page and check out our hands-on price comparison.

Oppo RX17 Neo | From £15.99 per monthOppo's budget option puts it firmly in the price range of the market's best budget smartphones when it comes to contract deals. £15.99 per month after paying £29.99 upfront for 500MB of data is fantastic value if you just need something cheap and cheerful. And you can get as much as 2GB for a tariff still less than £20 per month.View Deal

Oppo RX17 Pro | From £22.99 per monthOppo's mid-ranger is looking like the ideal option if you want a bit more power without getting hit too hard on bills. They start from £22.99, or a few more quid means you can start ramping up the data. We like the option where you pay £29.99 a month and £19.99 upfront for 5GB of data and unlimited everything else.View Deal

Oppo Find X | From £24.99 per monthThe Find X's 6.4-inch AMOLED display and dual rear camera is really trying to mix it with the big boys. The upfront cost goes up to £200 if you want one of these on contract (a fraction of the £799 RRP for SIM-free), but then you can get bills of £27.99 per month for 2GB of data.View Deal

Read more: TechRadar's Oppo Find X review and Oppo R17 review

Realme To Roll Out Android P Across All Models By June

Oppo's sub-brand Realme has gained a pretty strong following for its thoughtfully-priced, feature-rich smartphones; forging an identity for itself in the process. The Shenzhen-based smartphone giant recently outlined its update schedule for February.

Realme smartphones have always offered an excellent value-for-money proposition in terms of hardware, however the software has been found lacking at times. However, all that may soon change. The company has recently tweeted that all of its phones will receive several software updates in the first half of 2019.

Realme's devices currently run on Google's Android 8 Oreo, which is an year old. Despite being an independent entity, Realme continues to use Oppo’s ColorOS interface loaded on top of Android OS as its default operating system.

One of the major features coming to ColorOS is an app drawer. For the first time since its release, Realme users will no longer have to download a third-party launcher to take advantage of this feature.

While the initial tweet doesn’t really point towards a universal Android Pie update, the Realme support account revealed that all smartphones would receive an Android Pie update in the first or second quarter this year. The update will likely be bundled with the new ColorOS 6, which will probably be based on Android Pie. The ColorOS 6 is also scheduled for launch in the first half of 2019. At the moment, Realme owners will still have to wait a couple of months before updating to Android Pie.