OPPO R7s treated to near-stock Marshmallow beta, R7 Plus up next

While Google could never break the very principles Android was founded on and mandate third-party OEMs to load “vanilla” software on their devices, more and more of these companies are starting to pay attention to so-called purists, offering them the choice between a stripped-down OS and one adorned with all sorts of bells and whistles.OPPO dubs its near-stock experiment Project Spectrum, sending Lollipop-based beta builds to the Find 7 and R5 previously, and now, Marshmallow updates to the R7s. ...

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Oppo R7s goes on sale internationally on December 1 at $400/€350

Deemed a “pleasant surprise” and more than “just an in-between phone” by our own Anton D. Nagy after a close first encounter of the third kind, the recently unveiled Oppo R7s will become commercially available well in advance of Christmas, allowing you to play Santa for a loved one seeking a handsome new upper mid-range Android.Starting December 1, you’ll be asked to pay $399 or €349 through OppoStyle.com, as well as British, French and ...

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OPPO R7s unboxing and first impressions: a pleasant surprise

This is a company that needs no more introductions. OPPO has well established itself as a reliable smartphone manufacturer that has something for everyone, from flagships to mid-rangers, from rotating cameras and faux leatherbacks to aluminum, from ColorOS to the more recent Project Spectrum.If somehow the five-inch R7 was too small for you, and the six-inch R7 Plus was too big, OPPO is ...

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Oppo R7s goes official with 4GB RAM, 5.5-inch AMOLED screen, metal unibody

Move over, Asus Zenfone 2, as Oppo joins the “mid-range” 4GB memory smartphone party with yet another take on the less-than-six-month-old R7. The just-unveiled Oppo R7s isn’t quite as impressive as the R7 Plus from a sheer size standpoint, and it does without the 6-incher’s fingerprint scanner.But what the 5.5-incher loses in footprint, it gains in pixel density, thanks to a Full HD AMOLED ...

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