OPPO K3(Jade Black, 6GB RAM, AMOLED Display, 64GB Storage, 3765mAH Battery)

Lets break up this review in sections. First up -** Screen **Not going into specifications, I want to tell you that display is awesome. Deep blacks ( thanks AMOLED ), great size for digital content viewing. Its a pleasure seeing movies on this. No cutouts - 92% body to screen ration. Factory fitted screen protecting film is so well fixed that for 2 days I thought there was nothing there.** Camera **In a sea full of 48 MPs, we got to see this 16 MP. Its no slouch either. Note this, where a 48MP will give a actual output of 12MP only ( mid range processors cant handle an actual 48MP, but can give u just an upscaled 12MP one ), this will give you 16MP pics.Also, if anyone wants to click full screen pics ( I m sure most of us does ), then the resolution reduces further due to ratio cropping. Final output from K3 for full screen pics is 9.8MP ( where as the 48MP will give u a image of may be 7-7.5 MP ).Colors are wow. Night mode is cool too ( those who dont know much about manual or professional mode, this can be soo much helpful for them ), the duration taken depends on the available light. It can take 4 - 40 seconds also. Dazzle mode boosts the saturation further. Can use volume buttons for zoom function also. Integrated google lens. Selfie lovers will be blown by AI enables face remapping and shaping.** Fingerprint **Its awesome. Do we really care about 0.4 and 0.7 second unlocks - Naahhhh...Takes a minute to set up, then it good to go. Has 2 animations. Can set the fingerprint area to glow as soon as phone detects movements, so as to unlock without even waking up first. One world - COOL.** Charge & Battery **Takes around 1 hour 20 mins for a full charge. 20W charger supplied. Same as supplied with Oneplus 5 ( just the color red replaced with green ). Cross-checked chargers of Oneplus 5 and Oppo K3, worked exactly same. So, its the same charger and technology involved.Charge could easily last a day or atleast 20 hours. My usage pattern is giving me 6 hours Screen On Time ( everyone's will vary ).** Processor **Snapdragon 710 is just the second best after SD730 ( as seen in Redmi k20 ). But its nothing to worry about. I come from Oneplus 5 ( no problems in that, just got bored ), even so I dont see any difference. Its not just powerful enough, its much much more than enough.If you dont play Pubg, thinking ahead than this is waste. And if you play pubg ( as myself ) , then also thinking ahead is waste. I repeat its a beast. PUBG runs at highest settings.RAM will be around 4.5 GB free out of 8 GB.** COLOR OS **Its great. Some may not like as this is somthing away from stock ANDROID, but that vary from person to person. OS is full of bell and whistles and is hard no to like. Settings will take 15 minutes to get used to, after that its cake walk.It could extend battery life by giving a black theme in settings as option, but as off now we are stuck with a white one. Themes and wallpapers can be downloaded. Oppo has its own appstore, music players, smart services, notification panel, compass app, GAME SPACE ( deserved to be in Caps -- simple can also be known as Advanced and Actually working Gaming mode ), lock screen wallpaper carousel,etcIn short, you will feel nothing short of, everything is there.** Sound **Comes with Dolby atmos with 4 profiles - Movies, Games, Music and Smart ( adjusts automatically as per content used ).Cannot be turned off in normal speaker mode ( means the one inside phone ). Cannot be used in bluetooth mode.Works fine for me. Loud enough.** Quality **Build quality can be better than this under 20k. Its great. Back is polished polycarbonate with gradient finish. Mine is Jade black one. It reflects style, funk but in a decency ( great for official use also, where other funk blue/pink may cause disturbance ).Camera bumps is so less disturbing as it is almost 30% compared to Redmi Note 7 Pro. Great to hold in hand due to curved back.Additional Points** Compared to Redmi K20 base model ( as it is closest to the 20k mark ) -Oppo Advantage - 64 GB extra storage, 2 GB extra RAM, 20W charging ( vs 18W only ), 2000 Rs Cheaper.Oppo Disadvantage - No wide angle camera, No Lighting on pop up selfie camera.** I chose this over Realme X just because of the Oppo's greater market reach and presence ( making it a bigger brand than Realme. Other than that, either phone is equally good.**Dont compare this with Redmi Note 7 Pro ( This is way ahead ).** Comparing with VIVO Z1 PROVIVO - Larger battery, 10% more powerful CPU, a little bit cheapOPPO - AMOLED display, Indisplay fingerprint sensor, faster charging. Sliding Front Camera. Looks.** A hard but flexible type back cover is given in box.** I got this for 19240 ( Rs 750 - AXIS BANK CARD OFFER )Rating - Out of 10Screen - 10Finger Print - 9Camera - 9Built Quality - 9Sound - 8.5Processor - 8.5Battery & Charging - 9.5Color Os - 8.5REMEMBER, AFTER ALL THIS - OPPO K3 IS STILL A SUB-20K SMARTPHONE.

Bought this in exchange and been using this device for about 2 weeks or so and here are my initial thoughts in a neatly curated Pros and Cons list :PPros:-Got the blue and purple variant and the looks are great for this price range.-Feels sturdy and well weighted in hands, though the device is a bit slippery due to the material choices, the weight of the device make it a bit more firm in hands unlike the iPhones.-Comes with a VOOC charger and charges the device really fast as advertised. Cable and charger quality is good. You can use OnePlus charger and Cable with this for fast charging(VOOC charging).-The Display is AMOLED and supports sRGB color gamut.-Performance is great as expected, still have to witness a lag in this device.-On Idle without any app in Background RAM usage to close to 3GB out of 6GB which is I thing OKAY but could be made better in future updates.-Rear Camera is great with okay dynamic range and great color reproduction.-Front camera is only OKAY for the price. Colors are okay, Edge detection is great for the price range.-Speaker quality is awesome and in-call speaker and loud speaker works great.-Noise cancellation in calls works like a charm.-Battery is 4000mAH and it lasts around 2 days easily for my usage. In terms of Screen On Time I usually get around 4.5 hrs on very heavy usage and around 6 hours on average usage.-The device comes with a pre-applied screen protector and a case which looks like it can protect the device from a fall or two easily.-A bit of bloatware is found on the device but nothing that can't be removed from existence except 2 or 3 apps.-Face Unlock is great and works every time and may be the fastest way to unlock this device.Cons:-The device boasts an AMOLED display but still the device is a bit THICC and that can be negative point for some users.-Speaking of display the colors are accurate but the saturation is a bit low for my liking and reds are not deep enough in default setting but you can change that in Developer settings by switching on the sRGB mode.-I hate every UI that is not OXYGEN OS or STOCK Android, so I hate COLOR OS too. There is no support for bootloader unlocking by OPPO and I just hate that. The whole point behind Android is to customize and try different ROMS by different developers.-I was unable to remove some of the Bloatware and this pissed me off a lot. I tried the ADB method and removed a lot of apps, After all the hard work I only had like 10 apps in my app drawer including Google apps and two bloatware apps that I cannot remove as I cannot find the package name for the apps.-Charger and cables are white and though they look clean now but not for long.-Front camera over exposes the image and suffers from dynamic range in indoors and artificial lighting.-AI Processor has not impressed me yet in any aspect of this device and I am still waiting on my turn to get wowed by AI.-The Idle RAM usage needs attention as this device can easily last more than 3 days but due to too much RAM consumption the battery life suffers, hope this gets sorted out in future updates.-In-Display fingerprint sensor is not too accurate and misses out sometimes.-The Device comes with Dolby Certification for Headphones and Speaker. But to me the audio quality was not improved by the Dolby feature by even a hair. This Bass is all muddy, Mids are unfocused and highs are just plain boring. I used PowerAMP apps and ATH M50x headphones and Shure SE215 IEMs. I tried the EQ in Dolby app and PowerAMP both, but to my surprise nothing worked for me. (Compared to NOKIA 6.1 Plus and Redmi Note 7Pro)In Conclusion I would like to say that this is a great device if you do not hate themed UIs and too much features in an OS that make it confusing and non-intuitive. There are a lot of features and a lot of settings in the settings app. For me Color OS is a hybrid between iOS and Android, they are trying to give best UI experience by bringing iOS like features in Android but they keep forgetting to optimize the OS instead of adding new features in the OS.I hope OPPO learns something from their sibling OnePlus on how to listen to their customers and serve them better in future.