OPPO R9s Smartphone Camera Review
This OPPO R9s Smartphone camera review is probably one of my rare articles, as I hardly ever write phone reviews for Malaysia. Anyway, over the years, I have been using various smartphones, dating back to my first-ever smartphone, the Apple iPhone, which I shipped the day after it was released in the USA on June 29, 2007.
I had a very good friend send two units over from the US, and the joke was on me when I started using it here in Malaysia. Friends laughed at me back then, but nowadays, it is the most important gadget that almost every human must have.
OPPO R9s Smartphone Camera Review
Back to the OPPO R9s Smartphone photo review. I bought the R9s on its launch date in January 2017 here in Malaysia. Previously, I was using an OPPO F1s, and before that, I was a Samsung Note user.
Why the change? You may have guessed it due to the Samsung issues, how the previous Samsung heated up on heavy usage and the high price factors nowadays for branded smartphones. Yeah, I know, right? RM3000+ for a smartphone is a bit too much. It’s totally up to anyone.
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| A temple in the Chinatown area of Bangkok was taken with an OPPO R9s and unedited. |
What made me decide to change from the F1s to the R9s? Since I started to pay more attention to my smartphone photography, I have wanted to explore this area, and many friends and even reviews out there have been quite interesting.
At the top of the list were the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus, which have been getting top reviews for their camera and Leica lenses.
So, with some free time one early January day, I paid a visit to my regular phone shop, and Danny, a good old friend, informed me that OPPO was launching a new model, the R9s, which was superior to the F1s and on par with the Huawei P9.
His staff had a test unit from which they removed the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus and compared them side by side. Ultimately, the OPPO R9 photo quality was slightly better than the P9 in realistic colours. Plus, the price difference was huge, RM1799 for the R9s versus RM2099 for the P9.
So, they say the dual-lens on the Huawei is supposed to be a step forward in technology, but again, after doing the general user comparison, I saw no difference. Perhaps for those professional users, there may be, but again, most buyers are just simple users like me.
OPPO R9s Smartphone Photos
Below are photos taken in various places around Bangkok, Thailand, in early February 2017, when I visited here personally for a quick escape.
Instead of lugging my Nikon DSLR, I just brought the OPPO R9s as my main camera to see how it would capture photos. The photos you see below are straight from the smartphone and not edited at all. I simply resized them for this article.
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| A Thai Temple Pagoda |
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| River life at one of the rivers in Bangkok |
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| The facade of a Thai Temple in Bangkok |
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| Thai Dry Yellow Noodles |
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| Thai Tom Yum with Master Noodles |
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| The Giant Ferris Wheel at Asiatique Waterfront in Bangkok |
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| Thai Duck Noodles |
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| A type of Thai sweet dessert |
OPPO R9s Specifications:
- The Oppo R9s is powered by a 2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 processor and has 4GB of RAM. Its retail price is RM1799.00 in Malaysia.
- Please do your fact-finding for anyone contemplating their next smartphone. It is always best to find a phone that suits their lifestyle.
- If you are a simple person, then go for something simple and easy instead of the highest-end model, which only allows you to use 20% of the smartphone’s functions.
- If you cannot live without selfies, find a smartphone that can accommodate vanity, has a built-in beauty mode, and has a good reverse camera with huge storage. If your whole life revolves around social media, get a powerful smartphone to meet your needs.
Conclusion
After a decade of using smartphones, I have been a simple user, taking photos and videos. What matters to me is the battery life, a good, clear camera, the RAM, processor, and storage.
Other things do not really matter much, but from what I have noticed in Southeast Asia, most people want to be in trend and have the latest smartphones. Perhaps it is a lifestyle trend, social status, or just having too much money to spend.
You can also see my OPPO R9s Video Review, which I did in January for YouTube. Let me know what you think about my OPPO R9s Smartphone camera review; I would be interested to hear what people think.
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