Have you heard that the OPPO R17 Neo launch in Japan with dual 16MP cameras, 6.4” AMOLED display? Discover more about the OPPO phone right below!

OPPO R17 Neo launch in Japan

In case you do not know, Japan often gets cool tech gadgets first, but not this time. Also, the country just got the first phone with an in-display fingerprint reader, OPPO R17 Neo, though getting late to the party. In details, the handset is a version of the Oppo K1 and R15X, and are based on the Oppo R17. Moreover, OPPO R17 Neo specs include a 6.4” AMOLED display with a teardrop notch and 1080 x 2340 pixels.

Interestingly, the OPPO handset houses the fingerprint reader on the back with two new gradient colours. Under the hood, the R17 Neo has a Snapdragon 660 chipset (down from S670) with 4GB of RAM (down from 6-8GB) and the storage remains at 128GB, alongside memory expansion to 256GB. Whereas, OPPO R17 Neo camera includes a dual 16MP rear sensor with a depth sensor of 2MP (down from 5MP).

Otherwise, the selfie camera remains a 25MP shooter on the front. As we learned, the Neo edition is much lighter than the vanilla R17 – 156g and 182g respectively. Moreover, keeping the light of the device is a slightly larger battery of 3,600mAh capacity. On the other hand, the OPPO flagship works on ColorOS 5.2 UI on Android 8.1 Oreo software platform out-of-the-box. Whereas, the handset sports an on-screen fingerprint reader and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Also, the company is ready for an exciting update called the HyperBoost Acceleration Engine similar to Huawei’s GPU Turbo.

OPPO R17 Neo release date and price

In conclusion, the R17 Neo is available on contract as OPPO R17 Neo price goes for JPY 3,218 a month or JPY 38,988 total ($345/€305). What do you think about the OPPO flagship? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned!