Weekly Roundup: smartphones launched last week: Sony Xperia R1, OPPO F5, Bharat 2 ultra and more

| Published: Saturday, October 28, 2017, 12:30 [IST]

It is always an eventful week for the smartphone enthusiasts especially in the Indian market as many brands launch new smartphones almost every week.

Weekly Roundup: smartphones launched last week

Likewise, the past week was no different. Notably, this past week, there has been many launches in the entry-level and mid-range smartphone segments. Yesterday, Sony launched two new smartphones in the mid-range category; Xperia R1 and Xperia R1 Plus. Other than Sony, Chinese brand Oppo launched the Oppo F5, which is another camera-focused smartphone from the company.

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Indian phone manufacturer Karbonn Mobiles also launched a budget smartphone called Karbonn Titanium Jumbo. As suggested by the name the handset features large battery of 4,000mAh.

While that sounds exciting, if you have not been able to keep up with all the new smartphones launched this past week we have a solution for you.

To help you maintain a track record of the launches and at the same time introduce you to the new smartphones, we have come up with a weekly roundup of launches that happened last week.

Sony Xperia R1

Key Features

5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 64-bit Mobile Platform with Adreno 505 GPU
2GB RAM with 16GB (UFS) storage (R1)
expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash
8MP front-facing camera with Predictive Hybrid Autofocus
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS , USB Type-C
2620mAh built-in battery

Sony Xperia R1 Plus

Key Features

5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 with 64-bit Mobile Platform with Adreno 505 GPU
2G3GB RAM with 32GB (UFS) storage (R1 Plus)
expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash
8MP front-facing camera with Predictive Hybrid Autofocus
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS , USB Type-C
2620mAh built-in battery

OPPO F5

Key Features

6-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) 18:9 FHD+ full-scren 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
2.5GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P23 16nm processor with 800MHz ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU
4GB RAM with 32GB storage
6GB RAM with 64GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 7.1 (Nougat) with ColorOS 3.2
Dual SIM
16MP rear camera with LED flash
20MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3200mAh built-in battery

OPPO R11s

Key Features

6.01-inch (2160×1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 display
Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 512 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with ColorOS
16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash
secondary 20MP camera, f/1.7 aperture, 2.0μm pixel size
20MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
3205mAh battery with VOOC Flash Charging

Sony a7R III

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Key Features

35mm Full-Frame 42.4 MP Back-Illuminated Exmor R CMOS Image Sensor with Evolved Image Processing
Continuous Shooting at up to 10 fps with either Silent Shooting or Mechanical Shutter and full Auto Focus/Auto Exposure tracking
399 phase-detection AF points covering 68% of image area
425 contrast AF points and approximately 2 times more effective Eye AF
5-axis optical in-body image stabilization with a 5.5 step shutter speed advantage
1.3 cm (0.5-type) 3.69-million-dot QVGA OLED electronic viewfinder
7.5cm (3.0-type) type TFT LCD Touch screen
ISO range of 100 - 32000 (expandable to ISO 50 - 102400 for still images) and 15-stop dynamic range at low sensitivity settings
High Resolution 4K Movie Shooting with full pixel readout and no pixel binning
Dual SD Card Slots, SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.1 Gen 1) USB Type-C Terminal and more
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC
Compact, Lightweight body at 657g