Just after the way it silently launched the OPPO A92s and listing the A52, OPPO has quietly announced another phone called the OPPO A12, a spiritual successor to A11.
The OPPO A12 is built around a 6.2-inch HD+ Waterdrop notch screen with Corning Gorilla glass 3 protections, powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P35 SoC processor with up to 4GB of RAM + 64GB onboard storage.
It run on Android Pie with ColorOS on top out of the box, and has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera and a 5-megapixel camera on the front.
It is housed by a battery capacity of 4230mAh, with a rear fingerprint ID, dedicated dual SIM and microSD slot.
OPPO A12 Specifications
Network Properties
- 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
- 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- 4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
- Speed: HSPA, LTE-A
Launch
- Announced: 2020, April 20
- Status: Exp Release, 2020, May
Design
- Dimensions: 155.9 x 75.5 x 8.3 mm (6.14 x 2.97 x 0.33 in)
- Weight: 165 g (5.82 oz)
- Build: Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
- Colors: Blue, Black
- SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
- Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 6.22 inches, 95.0 cm2 (~80.7% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 720 x 1560 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~276 ppi density)
- Protection: Gorilla Glass 3 protection
Operating System
- Android 9.0 (Pie); ColorOS 6.1
Hardware
- Chipset: Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)
- CPU: Octa-core (4×2.35 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
- GPU: PowerVR GE8320
- Storage: 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM
- Memory Card slot: microSDXC (dedicated slot)
- eMMC 5.1
Cameras
- Main Camera: Dual
- 13 MP, f/2.2, 1/3.1″, 1.12µm, PDAF
- 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
- Features: LED flash, HDR, panorama
- Video: 1080p@30fps
- Selfie Camera: Single – 5 MP, f/2.0, 1/5″, 1.12µm
- Features: HDR
- Video: 1080p@30fps
Multimedia
- Radio: FM Radio
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- Audio 3.5mm jack: Yes
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 4.2, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- USB: microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Features
- Sensors: Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery
- Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 4230 mAh battery
- Charging:
OPPO A12 Price and Availability
The OPPO A12 comes with a starting price of US$161 ( About N58,000). There’s no word on the availability of the phone outside Indonesia.