Oppo R17 Pro: Smartphone With Two Batteries, Triple Cameras

Oppo R17 Pro is an innovative smartphone that features SuperVOOC, triple camera, two batteries, 1 Waterdrop Notch, and in-display fingerprint scanner.

The Oppo R17 Pro has a 6.4-inch AMOLED panel (the screen-to-body-ratio is 91.5%), and it is powered by the Snapdragon 710 processor in a Mobile Platform carrying an octa-core CPU running at 2.2 GHz. There is also an Adreno 616 GPU, while the RAM size is 8GB RAM and internal storage space is 128GB in size.

OPPO R17 Pro Smartphone also features a water drop notch and to surprisingly, there are 3 camera setup at the back; 20MP lens with OIS, a 12MP lens and a 3D Stereo Camera lens. The latter is used for AR effects. It can be use to take 3D photos and can also connect it to your TV and turn it into a home game console. Interesting right?

There is more, the device comes with an indisplay fingerprint scanner while there are also two batteries in 3700mAh and 1850mAh capacities in Oppo R17 Pro. These batteries supports SuperVOOC Flash Charge technology that was introduced with the Find X Lamborghini Edition.

This SuperVOOC flash charge can charge the phone from 0 to 40% in just 10 minutes. Thanks to the powerful 10V / 5A (50W) SuperVOOC charger that comes along with the phone. Let's see the complete specs of R17 Pro below.

OPPO R17 PRO SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICE

✔️ WIRELESS NETWORKS
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat15 800/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

✔️ DESIGN
Dimensions 157.6 x 74.6 x 7.9 mm (6.20 x 2.94 x 0.31 in)
Weight 183 g (6.46 oz)
SIM Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

✔️ DISPLAY
Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.4 inches, 101.0 cm2 (~85.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~402 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6
- ColorOS 5.2

✔️ PLATFORM
OS Android 8.1 (Oreo)

✔️ PROCESSOR
Chipset Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710
CPU Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz 360 Gold & 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver)
GPU Adreno 616

✔️ MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal 128 GB, 8 GB RAM

✔️ MAIN CAMERA
Triple 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
20 MP, f/2.6, AF
TOF 3D stereo camera
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60/120fps, 720p@240fps

✔️ SELFIE CAMERA
Single 25 MP, f/2.0, 20mm
Features HDR
Video 1080p@30fps

✔️ MEDIA
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

✔️ CONNECTIVITY
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

✔️ FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
- Fast battery charging: 40% in 10 min (SuperVOOC Flash Charge 5V/10A 50W)
- MP4/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Document viewer
- Photo/video editor

✔️ BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Po 3700 mAh battery

✔️ MISC
Colors Stream Blue

✔️ AVAILABILITY
Announced 2018, August
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, August

WHAT IS THE PRICE OF OPPO R17 PRO?
The R17 Pro cost about 550 EUR (NGN 228,250).

CONCLUSION
Now this is what I call a beast but remember Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is a cheaper alternative to Oppo F17 Pro.