The OPPO A38 is a promising-looking device with a design that looks like its more expensive siblings. It arrived with the OPPO Glow with Glowing Black and Glowing Gold colorways. In front, it uses a 6.56-inch LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, HD+ resolution, and a notch for the 5MP selfie camera. This has an 89.80 percent screen-to-body ratio and a "Sunlight-ready" 720 nits peak brightness.
Under the hood, it is powered by the 12nm
MediaTek Helio G85 octa-core processor with up to 2.0GHz clockspeed and
Mali-G52 2EEMC2 (1,000MHz) GPU. It is paired with 4GB LPDDR4X RAM that could be
expanded virtually up to 4GB and a 128GB eMMC 5.1 expandable internal storage.
For battery, the OPPO A38 has a large 5,000mAh battery capacity with USB-C 33W
SUPERVOOC fast charging. According to OPPO, it can reach up to 50 percent
battery capacity in just 30 minutes of charging.
The device also has a 50MP AI main shooter
with AF and LED flash, side-mounted fingerprint reader, dual-band WiFi, 4G LTE,
Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, and dual SIM slots. It runs with Android 13 OS ColorOS 13.1
skin. OPPO claims that this one even has the 36-Month Fluency rating ensuring
that it will run smoothly for years.
OPPO A38 Specs
- Display: 6.56-inch 2.5D curved LCD screen w/ 90Hz refresh rate, HD+ 1600 x 720 resolution at 267 ppi
- CPU: 2.0GHz 12nm MediaTek Helio G85 octa-core processor
- GPU: Mali-G52 2EEMC2 (1,000MHz)
- RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X
- ROM: 128GB eMMC 5.1 expandable via microSD card slot up to 1TB
- Back Camera: 50MP f/1.8 w/ AF + LED flash
- Selfie Camera: 5MP f/2.2
- Battery: 5,000mAh w/ 33W SUPERVOOC
- OS: Android 13 w/ ColorOS 13.1
- Connectivity: WiFi (2.4GHz/5GHz), 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.3 (SBC, AAC, aptX HD, LDAC), OTG, FM Radio, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, dual SIM
- Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic
- Others: Side-mounted fingerprint scanner, face unlock, USB-C, Colors: Glowing Black, Glowing Gold
- Dimensions: 163.74 x 75.03 x 8.16 mm
- Weight: 190 g
- Price: PHP 7,999
