Oppo R1x Review: Beautifully Flawless

In other aspects, the R1x is suited for left handed users as the power button is placed on the left, which most people would use their thumb to press on. The speaker grilles located at the bottom can however, be a nuisance if you are watching videos or gaming horizontally as your hands tend to block its way. In addition, you might just want to snap the transparent case provided by Oppo on the phone, as the glass backcover can get pretty greasy with fingerprints over time. Otherwise, the R1x is well designed and it isn’t a cheap iPhone knock off like many other Chinese products.

Our last encounter with Oppo’s N3 has been a positive one, I’ve even called it the best Chinese smartphone that I’ve ever used all thanks to its reliable software. Just like other Chinese phone manufacturers, Oppo has been playing the very same software game by implementing its own custom launcher with similar elements – no app drawer, a theme store and full of gesture gimmicks. In the case of the Oppo R1x, we are happy that Oppo has maintained the very same satisfactory software experience like its previous devices.

However, the real problem here isn’t about its reliability but rather, I was rather disappointed with the company’s decision to continue using Android 4.4 KitKat for a new device despite still being the most reliable build of Android. As for this case, there is actually no guarantee if Oppo is ever going to upgrade the phone’s operating system to Android L, because this would mean a waste of the phone’s 64-bit hardware potential. For instance, Oppo’s very own Find 7 is still stuck on Android 4.4.2 despite having flagship internals, while most phones on the same range are already on Google’s latest operating system. Of course, if you aren’t the kind of user that is worried about using the latest and greatest Android OS, the Oppo R1x will definitely serve you well as a daily driver with very rare cases of app crashes and freezes.

ppo has literally given the R1x a pretty good pair of cameras and with its PureImage 2.0 image enhancement engine, you’ll be getting pretty good shots from its 13-megapixel f/2.0 Sony image sensor, the phone’s camera software offers a number of shooting modes that is found on higher end Oppo smartphones and they work really well when used appropriately, check out some of the pictures taken down below.

In benchmarks, the Snapdragon 615 processor isn’t much of a high score achiever but you can be rest assured of a great day to day performance, gaming performance is decent on the R1x thanks to the lower resolution display.

Back in our vivo x5max review, the phone’s battery lasted exceptionally well despite having a worrying small capacity, the R1x’s 2420mAh battery has fortunately produced the very same positive results and delivers a one day battery life. The phone however, has omitted Oppo’s VOOC rapid charging technology which is a shame.

All thanks to the phone’s compact design, holding up the phone to make phone calls have been rather comfortable, there is no encounters of signal drops and callers have been reporting a clear voice from our end.

If we were to give a beauty award to a mid-range smartphone, the Oppo R1x definitely comes into mind as the choice of devices. The R1x delivers a beautiful smartphone experience in both hardware design and software, which is what the company intends to deliver with the R series smartphone line up. The Oppo R1x retails at RM1199, it isn’t the most expensive Snapdragon 615powered device and your decision on picking up one will not be wrong if you are looking for a reliable smartphone.