OPPO F1s: The selfie expert that lives up to the name
With a 16MP front facing camera and a host of cool features, the OPPO F1s truely is the 'Selfie Expert'
When it comes to clicking selfies, there aren’t many phones that can offer the quality and features offered by the OPPO F1s. The phone is made for taking selfies. From the large front facing camera to the software itself, everything about the phone is geared towards taking great selfies.
Starting things off is the large camera sensor. While may other phones are content with offering a 5MP or an 8MP front facing camera, OPPO ups the ante by offering a huge 16MP front camera with a 1/3.1 image sensor and a f/2.0 aperture lens.
Selfies in a snap
While offering a 16MP front facing camera may have been enough for other companies, the inclusion of a large image sensor and aperture lens ensure that the ‘Selfie Expert’ tag isn’t just for show. The 1/3.1 image sensor as well as the large f/2.0 aperture helps take in more light. This is really useful in low light conditions as the camera will be able to make the most of the little light there is.
But as you may know, hardware specs don’t mean everything. In order to take a good picture, the phone will have to not only make the most of the hardware, but also combine it with powerful software. The OPPO F1s sports a 5-piece lens design and a special arrangement of pixels in order to ensure that the front camera can take in more light and create better selfies in low-light conditions.
Low light? No problem
Of course, there may be times when there is extremely little light for the camera to work with. OPPO has thankfully though of such a situation and added a flash. However, instead of adding an LED flash, OPPO has utilized the entire screen as the flash. This means that light is distributed evenly across the subject, and not just a single area.
Turn night into day
This attention to detail helps to ensure that users will able to take selfies, even when there is little to no light. This is especially helpful for taking selfies in extremely low lit areas such as a club.
It isn’t just the hardware that makes the OPPO F1s a selfie expert. The phone’s imaging algorithm deals with the light received by the sensor. Therefore, the software plays a very important role to ensure that each selfie comes out perfect, regardless of the lighting conditions. The OPPO F1s’ imaging algorithm to help reduce noise in low light conditions, while in bright sunlight, it helps to maintain colour accuracy and contrast.
No problem in bright sunlight
Besides continuously improving imaging algorithms, OPPO has also adds a number of practical features to the F1s’ front camera.
The Beautify mode in the OPPO F1s is any selfie lovers best friend. This mode helps to reduce blemishes and smoothen out the skin. However, poor implementation of such a feature may lead to unnatural looking photographs. Beautify 4.0 helps ensure that the resulting images look natural and beautiful There are also seven levels of Beautify to choose from as well as a slider that lets you choose how fair or rosy you want the pictures to look like.
Beauty 4.0: Instant beauty parlor
One of the trickiest selfies to take is the group selfie. Trying to squeeze as many people as possible into a single picture. However, OPPO has managed to make taking group selfies a breeze. The Panorama feature lets you pan the camera and take a group selfie without the need to squeeze together.
Group selfies made easy thanks to Panorama
The actual act of taking selfies can be a bit awkward at times. Thankfully, the F1s gives you to option of taking a selfie via touch, voice or palm. You can also set a timer, choose the frame or flip the images before you save them. This technique gives users a free hand, which can be used to strike a pose. It also helps to reduce the shaking that might occur when a user is trying to press a button.
Plenty of options in Settings
The OPPO F1s also comes with a bunch of cool features. This includes inbuilt filters that let you choose a filter and see its effects live. This means that you will be able to pick a filter best suited for the environment before you take a picture. This is much better than taking a picture and then trying to select the best filter.
Since the phone is so good at taking selfies, it can be easy to forget that the phone as a lot more to offer. The OPPO F1s comes with a metal body design and offers a large 5.5-inch display. The metal body on the phone not only looks great and offers a premium feel, it also helps to dissipate heat and maintain high performance.
Last month, OPPO unveiled an upgraded version of the F1s. The new device offer a whopping 4GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage. So not only is the upgraded OPPO F1s faster, but it now offers space for an additional 10,000 selfies. The 3075mAh battery ensures that you’ll be able to take selfies for a long time. With both gold and grey variants, the OPPO F1s is truly a shining selfie expert.
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