Page 6 : OPPO F1s Overall & Gaming Performance, Verdict & Award

Overall Performance

AnTuTu is a nice benchmark for testing various performance aspects of Android devices.

	OPPO F1s	Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro	honor 5C	honor 5X
TOTAL SCORE	41486	68184	53417	36983
3D SCORE	4868	18360	9842	2446
– 3D (Marooned)	3188	10739	5795	1492
– 3D (Garden)	1679	7621	4047	954
UX SCORE	17640	23464	19297	16269
– UX Data Secure	4885	5356	5577	4673
– UX Data Process	2542	3235	2706	2438
– UX Strategy Games	2829	5601	4109	2698
– UX Image Process	3885	6240	3144	2599
– UX I/O Performance	3499	3022	3761	3861
CPU SCORE	14336	19872	19254	14031
– CPU Mathematics	3142	5953	4198	2968
– CPU Common Use	4805	4830	5947	4696
– CPU Multi-Core	6389	9089	9109	6367
RAM	4643	6488	5024	4237

The OPPO F1s (Amazon) put in a decent performance in AnTuTu, coming in between the honor 5C and the honor 5X in 3D and UX performance. It was just a little faster than the honor 5X in CPU and RAM performance.

 

Gaming Performance – 3DMark

We tested the OPPO F1s’ gaming performance using 3DMark, using the Ice Storm Unlimited test.

	OPPO F1s	Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro	honor 5C	honor 5X
Gaming Score	7666	16989	11560	5543
Graphics	7511	21800	11067	5046
Physics	8265	9585	13698	8460
Graphics Test 1	49.4 fps	120.7 fps	63.4 fps	27.5 fps
Graphics Test 2	24.4 fps	78.0 fps	38.8 fps	18.3 fps
Physics Test	26.2 fps	30.4 fps	43.5 fps	26.9 fps

In 3D performance, the OPPO F1s (Amazon) did quite well, coming in between the honor 5C and the honor 5X.

 

Our Verdict & Award

If you are wondering how the heck did OPPO beat the likes of Huawei and Xiaomi in the ferocious Chinese market, you can just look at the design choices in the OPPO F1s smartphone. OPPO focused solely on the basic necessities to keep costs low, and only spent money where it would make a real difference.

For example, the OPPO F1s (Amazon) comes with a large and sharp IPS display protected by Gorilla Glass 4, but kept the resolution to 720 x 1280. It may not compare favourably against higher resolution displays in the market, the difference in resolution wouldn’t make a real difference to the user.

A lower resolution display also allows for better graphics performance, while reducing power consumption. That allowed the OPPO F1s (Amazon) to deliver much faster 2D and 3D graphics performance than the honor 5X, which uses an equivalent processor. Yet, it boasts 50% better battery life than the honor 5X, even though they both also have the same battery capacity.

OPPO chose to focus instead on the high resolution selfie camera in the front, extra RAM and flash storage. The selfie camera is the OPPO F1s’ killer feature, after all. Anyone who wants the best selfie camera in a smartphone will know that this is what OPPO excels in. So it pays to spend money on the front camera.

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The extra RAM, on the other hand, gives it a real performance advantage over equivalent smartphones with 2 GB of RAM. The extra flash storage more than doubles the available storage for the user, and looks great when a potential buyer compares the OPPO F1s (Amazon) against competitors in the same price range (usually with just 16 GB of storage).

Even the accessories show the same focus on the necessities over bling. The OPPO F1s (Amazon) comes with a pair of earphones and a clear TPU case. Really the only accessories that you will likely use.

We only note two issues of concern. The first is OPPO’s continued use of the 1.5 year old Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. Other smartphone brands have long moved to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and are now in the process of switching to Android 7.0 Nougat.

We also wonder why the OPPO F1s (Amazon) does not even support electronic image stabilization. That is usually available when optical image stabilization is not built-in, because the cost to implement it is negligible. Perhaps they were focusing on the performance of the front selfie camera.

Overall, the OPPO F1s (Amazon) is a sleek, well-made smartphone with features that really matter. At this price point, it won’t have many competitors that can offer 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash storage. And no one else will offer a 16 MP front camera for the ultimate selfies. So if selfies are your “thing”, the OPPO F1s is really your only choice in this price point.

For those reasons, we think the OPPO F1s (Amazon) deserves the Tech ARP Reviewer’s Choice Award. Congratulations, OPPO!

 

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