Oppo Likely to Launch World's Slimmest Phone 'R5' In India Soon

BENGALURU: The world’s thinnest phone has arrived. Oppo is going to launch its next big flick and also the world’s thinnest phone in India. Oppo R5 is expected to be priced between 25,000 and 30,000 as reported by NDTV Gadgets.

The Oppo R5 measures 4.85mm and weighs around 155g. It has a 5.2-inch AMOLED full HD display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor along with 2GB of RAM. The phone sports a 13MP rear camera with Sony Exmor IMX214 BSI sensor and 5MP front-facing camera.

The smartphone runs on Android 4.4 KitKat along with custom Color OS 2.0. It comes with 16GB internal storage. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and USB. It is powered by a 2000 mAh battery.

Other notable features of the phone are the Oppo's VOOC charging technology which the company claims to 75 percent charge in 30 minutes. R5 comes with USB-to-3.5mm audio adaptor with the phone.

Oppo R5 will be competing against the slim Gionee Elife S5.5 and Vivo's X5MAX, which is set to be unveiled soon. However Vivo's X5MAX measures 4.7mm while the R5 measures 4.85mm.

Some say that to own the world’s thinnest phone one has to sacrifice almost everything. So the decision to go for ‘thin’ over everything else means the regular headphone socket is sacrificed. Forbes says that R5 feels heavier than the size suggests it should be. This is down to the metal back plate which gives the handset a notable amount of torsion rigidity, which is further helped by the metal surround on the edges of the device. Plastic pieces top and bottom allow radio signals to reach the outside world, and the camera lens is mounted top left in this plastic.

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