Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One M8: Each With Its Own 'Biggies,' Yet One Winner Only

By Prarthito

| Published: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 13:14 [IST]

If we were to keep the likes of Samsung, Apple and Sony out of contention for the time being, we will see how the Indian domestic market has been flooded with a host of new smartphone makers ranging from a host of different countries.

While Apple and Samsung still continue to dominate the entire smartphone dominion with their own iOS and Android offerings, respectively, but still there are a host of new names that are trying massively to get into a similar scene.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One M8: Specs Comparison

Keeping in mind the Indian smartphone market was recently ranked among the top-notch markets in the Asia-Pacific region, two devices that are currently trying hard to make it big are Chinese manufacturer Oppo and the long time present HTC with their Find 7 and One (M8) offerings, respectively.

While Oppo is looking for a successful venture into the market with the new and impressive Find 7 handset, Taiwan giant HTC has rekindled its hope with the One (M8) with hopes that the device will do better than most the devices the maker released in the market in the recent past.

So if we were to take both the devices together and pit them against each other, who do you think will have an upper hand in the race. Let's take a look at a detailed comparison betweem both.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Operating System
Not much to choose from in this respect since both the devices come running on the Google-based Android operating system. However, the One (M8) has the upper hand since it runs on the Android KitKat operating system, as opposed to Oppo Find 7's Jelly Bean offering.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Display and Dimensions
The Oppo Find 7 sports a 5.5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, while rendering 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution. The device's overall dimensions measure up to 152.6 x 75 x 9.2 mm, while it weighs in at 171g.

The HTC One (M8), on the other hand, sports a slightly lesser 5-inch Super LCD3 capacitive touch screen, while rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The device's overall dimensions measure up to 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm, while it weighs in at 160g.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Camera
The Oppo Find 7, in terms of camera, offers a 13-megapixel primary camera with Sony Exmor IMX214 BSI sensor, alongside autofocus and dual-LED flash. There's also a secondary 5-megapixel 80 degree wide angle sensor camera at the front for all your selfie needs.

The HTC One (M8), on the other hand, sports a Dual 4-megapixel primary camera, sporting a pixel resolution of 2688х1520 pixels, with autofocus and dual-LED flash. The device also has a similar secondary 5-megapixel camera on board with HDR that's more than enough for conducting video chats.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Processors
Both the devices, as expected from new age smartphones, offer decent enough engines to support all your day to day needs.

While the Oppo Find 7 is equipped with a 2.5 GHz quad core krait 400 processor and Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset, its HTC counterpart powers up the Find 7 via a slightly lesser 2.3 GHz quad core processor.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Storage and RAM
The Oppo Find 7, in this respect, offers 3GB of RAM with the devcie arriving in an 32GB internal memory variant. Also, there's the option to expand the device's memory up to 128 GB as an external microSD slot for additional memory has been provided.

The HTC One (M8), on the other hand, offers 2GB of RAM while offering the device in 16 GB internal memory variant. Also, the device's memory can be further extended upto 128 GB as an external microSD slot for additional memory is also present.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Battery
While the HTC-made One (M8) juices up the KitKat-powered device via a 2600 mAh battery, the Oppo Find 7 is powered by a much greater 3000 mAh battery.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Price
While the Oppo Find 7 is set to be priced at Rs. 37,990, the HTC One (M8) comes sporting a price tag of Rs. 44,840.

Oppo Find 7 Vs HTC One (M8): Verdict
As more you start getting into the devices, you will see that both the devices, apart from sporting different price tags, offer more or less similar kinds of specs. However, branding is such an important factor that it drives the market along with it.

And we are guessing that although the Oppo device has some pretty impressive specs on offer, it won't be getting as much recignition as that of the HTC One (M8). And when you add Android KitKat to the front, the equation changes altogether.