Oppo K1, which was earlier launched in China, went official in India on February 6. The K1 now becomes the cheapest phone to include an in-display fingerprint sensor. Other highlights include an AMOLED display, 25MP front snapper within the waterdrop notch, a gradient back panel, and Gorilla Glass 5.
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Oppo K1 Features
It’s Twenty-nineteen and who wouldn’t appreciate a fingerprint embedded right in their phone’s display. You could touch Oppo K1’s 6.4-inch AMOLED display and unlock it. The 25MP selfie snapper would be another attraction upfront.
Turn to the back and you get a 16 MP + 2 MP Dual camera arrangement. This resides on a 3D glass back. Oppo hasn’t cut corners in the design department, which is always welcome. It also includes the Gorilla Glass 5 protection on the display. You could buy the phone in Astral Blue and Piano Black color variants.
It’s equipped with an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform clocked at 2.2 GHz and is fueled by a 3,600mAh battery. You could store your data on a 64GB inbuilt storage or go overboard with a microSD card expandable up to 256GB. This is a Dual SIM device. The phone will retail in only 4GB RAM option for now.
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Oppo K1 is equipped with Android 8.1 (Oreo) with ColorOS 5.2 skin. Within the settings, you could find and activate the face unlock feature. Your gaming experience with this phone is likely to be enhanced by the Oppo’s Hyper Boost technology. The company has also baked in AI for optimizing the camera and the overall phone’s performance.
The phone also comes with Micro-USB port and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Oppo K1 Price and Availability in India
The Oppo K1 is priced in India at Rs. 16,990. The handset will retail exclusively on Flipkart starting from February 12, and as part of launch offer, Flipkart is offering 10 percent discount on Citibank credit and debit cards, no-cost EMIs, Flipkart’s buyback guarantee for Rs. 1, and mobile protection.
Oppo K1 Specifications and India Price
| Model | Oppo K1 |
| Display | 6.4 inches, 2340 x 1080 px AMOLED Display, 19:5:9 aspect ratio with Waterdrop Notch |
| Processer | 1.95 GHz, Octa Core, Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 |
| RAM | 4GB |
| Internal Storage | 64GB (expandable up to 256GB) |
| Software | Android, Oreo 8.1 with ColorOS 5.2 |
| Rear Camera | 16 MP + 2 MP Dual Camera with autofocus |
| Front Camera | 25 MP with Flash |
| Dimension & Weight | 158.3 x 75.5 x 7.4 mm |
| Battery | 3600 mAh |
| Oppo K1 Price in India: Rs 16,990 | |
