The follow up for the massively successful OPPO F5 is finally here. The OPPO F5 Youth carries over most of what fans loved about its bigger brother such as a 6.0-inch 2160 x 1080 display, an octa-core SoC at 2.5GHz, and Android 7.1 Nougat with ColorOS 3.2 at a much lower cost.
Since OPPO is keeping most of the specifications the same, the cost-cutting has to come from somewhere. In this case, the OPPO F5 Youth has a slight lower megapixel count on both front and rear cameras. The rear camera now has a megapixel count of 13MP with an aperture f/2.2 with autofocus while the front camera is a 16MP camera and an aperture of f/2.0 with OPPO’s trademark AI beautification.
As for processing power, the OPPO F5 Youth still has the MediaTek MT6763 octa-core SoC with a clock speed of 2.5GHz although the RAM has been downgraded to 3GB instead of 4GB from the OPPO F5. Here are the specifications of the OPPO F5 Youth:
| Chipset | MediaTek MT6763T octa-core, 2.5GHz |
| Display | 6.0-inch , 18:9, 2160 x 1080, 403ppi, 450nits |
| RAM | 3GB |
| OS | Android 7.1 Nougat ColorOS 3.2 |
| Rear Camera | 13aMP f/2.2 with AF, LED Flash |
| Front Camera | 16MP f/2.0 with AI Beautification |
| Storage | 32GB expandable via microSD slot |
| Connectivity | Triple slot (Dual-Nano, microSD), Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, LTE, 700MHz support |
| Battery | 3200mAh |
| Others | A.I. Beauty Technology, Facial Unlock, O-Share, Split Screen, Kids Mode |
| Colors | Gold, Black |
The OPPO F5 Youth is already available in all OPPO concept stores and authorized resellers for PhP 13,990. We’ll post our first impressions of OPPO’s latest smartphone soon!