OPPO is a name that has become synonymous with selfie-centric devices, thanks to their F-series of smartphones — all designed with a singular focus on the front camera. With the latest entrant, the OPPO F7, the company aims to create a selfie-centric device that aims to use the latest technology available to give consumers a phone that aims to takes superior selfies.
Large front camera
The most obvious way that the OPPO F7 helps improve the quality of the selfies is by utilizing a huge 25MP camera on the front. This camera helps capture more detail of your face and your surroundings. This is quite important as it gives the AI Beauty Technology more information to work its magic on.
HDR quality
The front camera sports a Sony 576 sensort that allows the camera to take High Dynamic Range or HDR photos. Essentially, it takes three pictures, each with different levels of exposure. All three are then combined into a single image that offers more details and a natural-looking light profile.
AI-Beauty Technology 2.0
OPPO has also improved its AI-Beauty Technology. The AI in the OPPO F7 is capable of recognising and applying specific filters based on the users’ race, sex, age, skin colour, skin tone as well as skin condition. It can also recognise the arms and neck of the user. Furthermore, the system is capable of tracking over 296 positioning points, with new points added on the pupils and the forehead.
Improved beautification
As mentioned earlier, the OPPO F7 is able to make out a user features and apply specific filters and touch ups. This means that the beautification being applied will differ from person to person. For example, if the algorithms detect that the user is male, it would apply beautification features aimed at making males look better. OPPO even claims that the algorithms are smart enough to work in group selfies on an individual level.
Fun stuff
The OPPO F7 also comes with a bunch of modes that let you make the most of the smartphone. The Vivid mode for example, lets the fact of the user look more natural, while the colour of the outfits and backgrounds look more vibrant. AR sticker mode offers a bunch of stickers that lets you add a bunch of cool stuff like bunny ears that give your selfies a dash of pizzazz.
Smarter albums
The AI in the phone doesn’t just stop with just taking the selfie, it also helps out with the sorting out all the images. The AI recognition automatically sorts all images into collections such as people, places, holidays and events. It is also powerful enough to recognise people, and put all pictures of the same person together in a specific album. Not only that, but it will also identify the clearest photos amongst a group of pictures and suggests that you delete the rest.
These are just the some of the features offered by the front-camera of the OPPO F7. Of course, the phone offers a bunch of other features as well, the most prominent being the design. The device sports a 6.2” near bezel-less display with a notch on top that houses the front camera, earpiece and the sensors. The phone itself sports a glossy unibody design that makes heads turn by bouncing light off its reflective body. In short, if your looking for a stylish smartphones that can take equally stylish pictures of you, then the OPPO F7 is a phone you should take into consideration.