Indian retailer Flipkart had recently teased that a
new series of smartphones will be made official soon. The landing page on the
retailer site has been now updated as it now confirms that the OPPO K1
smartphone will be made official on Feb. 6 at 12 PM. The K1 smartphone will be
introducing the OPPO’s K-series of smartphones in India. It is the very same
smartphone that was announced in China in October last year.
OPPO K1 promises to deliver latest technology at an
incredible price. It is expected to arrive as the cheapest smartphone with
in-screen fingerprint scanner. In China, the 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage and 6 GB
RAM + 64 GB storage editions of the OPPO K1 are respectively priced at 1,599
yuan (US$ 237) and 1,799 Yuan (US$ 267). In India, the smartphone is likely to be
priced around Rs. 20,000 (US$ 281).
The OPPO K1 is fitted with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED
display that delivers full HD+ resolution. The waterdrop-style notched screen
offers an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The Snapdragon 660 is present under the hood
of the OPPO K1 with up to 6 GB of RAM. It comes with a native storage of up to
64 GB.
The ColorOS 5.2 flavored Android 8.1 Oreo is
preinstalled on the device. It comes with a selfie camera of 25-megapixel.
Placed on the rear side of the phone is 16-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual camera
setup. It is packed with a 3,600mAh battery. The smartphone had initially
launched in gradient color variants of Blue and Red color choices in China.
Later on, the Chinese manufacturer had released Silver Green and Black color
editions of the smartphone.
A recent report has revealed that Redmi may launch
the Redmi Note 7 smartphone in India on Feb. 12. The OPPO K1 that is launching
around a week ahead of the Redmi Note 7 will be a good rival for the Xiaomi
phone. In related news, it is speculated that the OPPO will be also launching
new smartphones such as OPPO F11, F11 Pro and R17 Neo in India in the near
future.
