Oppo is going to launch the flagship devices Oppo R9 and Oppo R9 plus in its 17th march event which is just a couple of days away. The brochure of both the devices was leaked few days back confirming the rumored specs and pricing details of both the devices. Now, Oppo has officially posted a new teaser on their weibo page that also has the device image in it giving us the detailed view of the device. The officially posted teaser describes the working of the fingerprint scanner available on the home button.
The teaser also confirms that the Oppo R9 comes with a faster fingerprint scanner that can unlock the device in just 0.2 seconds. The Oppo R9 plus is also expected to launch with the same fingerprint scanner and design. Both the Oppo R9 and Oppo R9 Plus devices were approved few days back by TENAA and the company is already teasing the device on their social media accounts.
The leaked brochure confirmed that the Oppo R9 will be priced at 2498 yuan (around $384) and its bigger brother Oppo R9 Plus will be priced at 2998 yuan (around $461) for the 64Gb variant and 3298 yuan (around $507) for the 128GB variant. So, the Oppo R9 plus will be available in two inbuilt storage variants 64GB and 128 GB and the Oppo R9 will be available in 64GB inbuilt storage variant only.
In addition, a weibo user has posted some real images of the Oppo R9 that are same as one posted by Oppo in their new teaser. The TENAA listing for the Oppo R9 confirmed that it will have a 5.5-inch OLED display with 1080 × 1920 pixels resolution and will be powered by a 1.95GHz octa-core processor according to the TENAA listing which could be the Helio X10 processor. It has 4GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage capacity with 128GB expandable storage capacity. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS out of the box and will feature a 16-megapixel rear and 16-megapixel front facing camera as well. It will support Dual Sim and will have a 2850mAh battery. It will support 4G LTE, USB, Bluetooth etc connectivity options. It measures 151.8 × 74.3 × 6.5 mm and weights 145 grams with Gold and silver color options.
The Oppo R9 Plus TENAA listing confirmed that it will have similar specs like Oppo R9 but with some differences. It will have a large 6-inch AMOLED display with 1920 × 1080 pixel resolution and is powered by a 1.8GHz octa-core processor may be the Snapdragon 652 soc. It has 64GB internal storage and 128 GB expandable storage and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop OS out of the box. It is rumored to have a a 4120mAh battery. other features remains same like 4GB RAM, 16-megapixel cameras on rear and front panel, Dual SIM, 4G LTE, USB, Bluetooth etc connectivity options. It measures 163 × 80.8 × 7.4 mm and weights 185 grams. Color options includes Gold and rose gold.
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