Oppo F17 Pro Review

It's got style, but does this also have stuff?

Oppo has delivered yet another slim and light smartphone, the F17 Pro. The sub-Rs. 25,000 segment is not now saturated with a thousand different offerings, which could give the F17 Pro a opportunity to attempt to earn a name for itself here.

If you have read my very first impressions of this Oppo F17 Guru INR 22,990, then you know that the slim design and lightness are two of my favourite attributes so far.

But what about the rest?

Though there isn't too much competition, there are a number of heavy-hitters such as the Redmi K20 , and the latest Realme 7 Pro (Review), both of which directly compete with all the F17 Pro. It's time to find out if you should be putting your cash on Oppo or storing it for the contest.

Oppo F17 Pro design and screen: 2 of its strong suits

I wouldn't be surprised if a great deal of people buy the Oppo F17 Pro solely because of its design. It measures 7.48millimeters in thickness and weighs just 164g, making it amazingly comfortable to use for long periods, make sure it gambling or texting.

The frame and the back panel are built from plastic. It looks delicate at first, but this phone still feels fairly rugged. The Magic Blue color I have looks great under sunlight, and also you can see hints of purple across the edges. This split design seems to be a popular fad, as even Realme's new 7-series sports it.

There is not much of a protrusion for the back cameras, along with the design of the lenses is similar to what we watched about the Oppo Reno 4 Guru.

You receive a USB Type-C port, a headphone socket, and a speaker. There is a triple-slot tray on the left, which may accept two Nano-SIMs along with a microSD card.

At the front, the Oppo F17 Guru has a 6.43-inch Super AMOLED display using a full-HD+ resolution and a maximum brightness of 800nits. Regrettably, this is simply a 60Hz panel and not 90Hz or 120Hz. There's no HDR certification , which is a little disappointing.

But as a result of this AMOLED panel, you can make use of the always-on screen feature to check the time and alerts. You also do get an in-display fingerprint sensor. The latter functioned nicely in my experience, so did face recognition.

Oppo F17 Pro specifications, functionality and software: A smooth affair

Performance was pretty good in my own experience. With daily usage, the Oppo F17 Guru felt  easy and responsive when loading apps or just navigating through Android's menu program. The Android skin utilized is ColorOS 7.2, just like we found on the Reno 4 Pro.

Smart Sidebar, fast Return Bubble, themes, and custom apps like Oppo Relax are present. The F17 Pro does get you new gesture called'Air response,' which lets you respond or reject a call by doing a hand gesture in front of the selfie cameras. It works decently well and could be useful if you have to answer a call without touching your phone.

The Oppo F17 Pro utilizes the MediaTek Helio P95 SoC and comes in just one configuration, which will be 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage.

These aren't bad numbers but they still track what Qualcomm's equivalent chips can put out.

Regardless of this, gaming performance was pretty decent. Overheating wasn't a problem either, as other than the rear of the phone becoming slightly warm, it was very comfortable to hold even with prolonged gaming sessions.

Watching videos onto the screen was a good experience as colors were punchy and the brightness was more than adequate. There was a moderate blue tinting dilemma when viewing white backgrounds slightly off axis, but that I did not discover this to be a significant hindrance.

The speaker on the bottom got fairly loud but the capability to utilize the earpiece as another speaker for stereo could have been better.

Oppo F17 Pro battery life: Good enough

The 4,015mAh battery lasted for a day and half an hour of moderate to light usage, normally. Additionally, it performed in our HD video loop test, lasting for 16 hours and 48 minutes. The battery charges fast thanks to 30W charging. In my exerience, I managed to charge it fully in under one hour.

Oppo F17 Pro cameras: Fairly okay

These include a 48-megapixel f/1.7 main camera, an 8-megapixel ultra front-facing camera, a 2-megapixel monochrome camera, and a 2-megapixel thickness camera.

At the front, there is a 16-megapixel primary selfie camera along with a 2-megapixel thickness camera.

The Oppo F17 Pro doesn't have a camera and there is no macro mode in the camera app either. I wouldn't say this is a total loss, since most committed macro cameras on phones I have tested have not been great.

In this case though, it would have been better to have a single rather than the committed low-res monochrome camera, in my opinion. This only seems to be used if you select the'OP7' filter in Portrait mode, and nowhere else.

Exposure and colors were also handled very well, without any unwanted boost in saturation. Autofocus was reliable, which made shooting close-ups quite easy. I did find myself having to tap the screen to force the phone to properly expose a topic at times, but this wasn't too frequently.

The ultra wide-angle camera captured shots with equally good knots, even though details were somewhat soft.

Portrait mode functioned well, properly blurring out the appropriate areas behind me in most instances. The degree of background blur can be corrected before taking a shot.

Low-light images were not bad but details were visibly poorer once I magnified them. Dark patches like the skies also had a bit of grain. Night mode helps mend the sound and vulnerability, but detail doesn't improve too much.

But, I did have better luck using close-ups, which displayed marginally superior details with Night style compared to without it.

The key front camera captured decent-looking selfies under great lighting. Facial details were good and skin tones generally looked natural.

Portrait mode for selfies does not deliver the most pleasing results but it's there if you want to use it. Selfies don't look good in low light but you may get usable shots when there is enough artificial lighting around you.

You can shoot videos at up to 4K on the Oppo F17 Pro, but regrettably, without stabilisation. I also found colours to be quite off when shooting this resolution.

Videos have been stabilised at 1080p, but the grade is a little weaker. It is possible to shoot video using the ultra front-facing camera also, but only at 1080p, and you need to change cameras before you begin shooting. The quality is below average and there's no stabilisation.

Picture quality in low light is not good either, even if you're using the key camera.

Verdict: Should you Get the Oppo F17 Pro?

The Oppo F17 Pro is a really likeable phone, largely because of how slim and light it is. It appears quite modern thanks to the exposed-lens layout of the rear cameras.

Battery life is also very good, it charges quickly, and it has a nice display.

But, I do think the camera functionality might have been much better, and despite having six of these, only a couple are really striking.

Then there is functionality, which, although decent in its own right, does feel a little weak in comparison to phones such as the Realme 7 Pro (Review) and Redmi K20 (Inspection ), which can also be available at similar rates.

Good

Slim and light
Fantastic battery life
AMOLED display

Poor

Typical video recording functionality
Cameras battle in low light
Underpowered SoC to the Purchase Price

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