Oppo F5 Youth Edition launched with 16MP front camera, 6-inch bezel-less display

Earlier this month, Oppo announced the F5 phone -- which is the successor of the previously announced F3. The Oppo F5 is a much refreshed version of the F3. The smartphone -- F5 comes with an enhanced front camera and a near bezel-less display. The key highlights of the Oppo F5 is its bezel-less design, facial recognition feature, and a massive 20-megapixel front-facing camera with AI Beauty Recognition technology. It is just after a month of launching the Oppo F5, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer brings a special edition of the phone with the Oppo F5 Youth. The Youth edition of the F5 is currently available only in Philippines, however chances are that it may hit the Indian shores very soon.

The Youth Edition of the Oppo F5 comes with 6-inch FHD+ display, but then, it includes a downgraded camera setup compared to the original phone. The Youth Edition is almost the same as the original Oppo F5, apart from some minor differences in the camera, RAM and storage department. That being said, the smartphone is also priced much cheaper compared to the Oppo F5.

The smartphone, aka the Oppo F5 Youth Edition, is announced in the Philippines for the time being and comes with a price tag of Rs PHP 13,990, which roughly translates around Rs 18,000. On the other hand, the original Oppo F5 is available at a starting price of Rs 19,990. The Oppo F5 comes in two variants -- with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage for Rs 19,990, while the second one comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of RAM for Rs 24,990.

Coming to the new Oppo F5 Youth, the smartphone much like the original Oppo F5 comes with an edge-to-edge display and minimal bezels. The smartphone boasts a 6-inch Full HD + panel with 2160x1080 pixels resolution and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The phone comes in two colours -- black and gold.

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The Oppo F5 Youth - on the hardware front -- is powered by the same processor as the Oppo F5 -- MediaTek Helio P23 chipset with an octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU and ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU. But then, the phone sees a downgrade when it comes to RAM and camera.

The smartphone comes with a 3GB of RAM coupled with 32GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded via microSD card.  To recall, the original Oppo F5 comes in two variants - one with 4GB RAM, and the second one with 6GB RAM.

Going by the camera department, the new Oppo F5 Youth Edition comes with a 13-megapixel camera at the back. The rear camera comes along with the F/2.2 lens and a LED flash. On the front, the smartphone comes with a 16-megapixel sensor coupled with faster F/2.0 aperture. There's also a front flash for the users to capture better selfies. Compared to the F5 Youth Edition's camera, the original F5's camera setup is much better and enhanced. To recall, Oppo F5's camera includes a 20-megapixel camera on the front which comes coupled with an aperture of f/2.0 and an LED flash. While on the back, the F5 includes a 16-megapixel camera. 

The Youth Edition comes with Color OS 3.2, based on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system and is powered by a 3,200 mAh battery, similar to that of the Oppo F5. The phone also includes a fingerprint sensor which is placed on the back side -- near to the back camera.

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