Oppo R7s key features

Introduction

There was a Plus, there was a Lite, and now there's an S - the Oppo R7s. Next in Oppo's line of premium built mid-rangers, the R7s borrows both the looks and the substance, and brings the so-far-missing 5.5-inch-screen phone size to bridge the distance between the R7 and the R7 Plus.
You'd have to be a true Oppo connoisseur to tell the R7s apart from its brethren, and that's more of a good thing, really. The R7s has the same sleek metal unibody, the gentle arcs towards its display edges, the exquisite fit and finish - an overall aura of superiority.
Oppo R7s review
Beneath the surface little has changed. The only headline-worthy bump in the specsheet is the 4GB of RAM - it's still a pretty exclusive club and its members are mostly true flagships.
Aside from that, it's the tried and true Snapdragon 615 running the show, and we know how Oppo is capable of extracting the best out of it. The 13MP camera setup with phase detection autofocus is also familiar from the R7, as is the 8MP front-facer.
The increase in screen diagonal comes with a due growth of battery capacity, and you can top up the 3070mAh power pack blazing fast thanks to Oppo's home-engineered VOOC charging.

Oppo R7s key features

  • Magnesium-aluminum alloy unibody construction
  • Dual-SIM dual-standby capability
  • 5.5" 1080p AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 401ppi, Gorilla Glass 4
  • Octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU (4x 1.5GHz plus 4x 1.21GHz), 4GB of RAM, Adreno 405 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset
  • 32GB of built-in storage
  • ColorOS 2.1 on top of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
  • 13MP phase detection autofocus camera, f/2.2 lens, single-LED flash; HDR, Expert, RAW, Panorama, Long exposure (up to 16s), Double exposure, 50MP UltraHD modes
  • 1080@30fps, 2x-10x speed timelapse, 1/4x speed slow motion 720x480px resolution
  • 8MP front camera, 1080p video recording
  • Cat. 4 LTE (150/50Mbps); dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot, Wi-Fi direct; Bluetooth 4.0; GPS/GLONASS; microUSB
  • 3,070mAh battery capacity; VOOC fast charging
  • 3.5mm headphone jack, active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic

Main disadvantages

  • Midrange chipset in a premium price handset
  • Sealed battery, microSD slot shared with second SIM
  • No NFC or FM radio
  • No fingerprint sensor
  • Pricey
If you were to check back on the R7 Plus' review, you'd notice that we've listed the same disadvantages, with the lack of a fingerprint sensor the only addition here. Some of them are clashes of concepts - the gorgeous unibody and fast charging tech come at the expense of a non-removable battery. The chosen chip has reserved the R7s in the midrange, so Oppo has headroom for its proper flagship from the Find series, and the less than affordable price is par for the course in the R7 lineup.
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Press images
Now, it's a whole different matter why Oppo keeps omitting the NFC antenna and the FM radio receiver. It's also odd to skip on a fingerprint reader - they are becoming mainstream in the midrange, the Plus has one, and the R7s is large enough for it to make perfect sense on the back.
Whatever the reasoning, it is what it is. We'll examine the Oppo R7s starting on the next page with unboxing and hardware overview.

Retail package rich as always

Oppo's retail box customarily comes with everything you'd need and then some. You get a VOOC fast charger with a 5V/4A rating and a special USB cable that's needed for the delivery of all that power to the phone.
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Retail package has you well covered
There's also a headset, and a clear plastic bumper cover, allowing you to show off that metal unibody, while keeping it ding-free.

Oppo R7s 360-degree spin

The Oppo R7s measures 151.8 x 75.4 x 7 mm and its footprint is pretty standard. Oppo makes a big deal out of its 2.2mm bezels, but the LG G3, for instance, is nearly a millimeter narrower (okay, 0.8mm). The Samsung Galaxy A7 is 0.8 wider, so Oppo might have a point, but that's until you realize that the A7 (2016) is a mere 74.1mm wide (!). The Huawei Mate S is negligibly narrower than the Oppo R7s at 75.3mm.
Oppo's 5.5-incher is pleasantly (and premiumly) thin at 7mm, and while the outgoing A7 is 0.7mm thinner, next year's chief competitor from Samsung camp is still thicker with its 7.3mm waistline.
Tipping the scales at 155g, the Oppo R7s weighs just right. The Mate S is a gram heavier, and the R7s falls right in the middle of the 30-gram difference between the old (141g) and the new (172g) A7's. Both an LG G3 and an Xperia C4 are a few grams lighter (149g and 147g, respectively).

Hardware overview

The R's in Oppo's lineup stand for above-average hardware built into top-shelf casings, and such is the... case with the R7s. Oppo takes pride in the craftsmanship of the R7s and rightfully so - the phone looks and feels as expensive as it actually is.
Oppo R7s review
In terms of design it is, indeed, little more than a scaled up version of the original R7. In fact, looking at it from the back, with nothing to give you a sense of scale, there's practically nothing to set the two apart. Okay, unless you're the type that spots that the secondary mic pinhole has disappeared from the rear.
Aside from that, it's the same metal unibody with a sparkly finish on top, in Golden attire for our review unit. The antenna inserts are present too, and depending on your stance, they're either an eye sore or a nice accent. Oppo's logo is etched in the panel, revealing a reflective strip underneath in a different shade of golden, if that's even possible.
The camera is in the top left corner halfway into the antenna strip, and sticking out by a fraction of a millimeter. We'd guess Oppo tried to stay afar from any legal battles with another particular brand with a double-P in the name by making the camera window square. A single LED flash is right below the camera lens.
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The Oppo R7s back is quite like the one on the R7
Unfortunately, what you won't find here (or anywhere on the device, for that matter), is a fingerprint sensor. The R7s' smaller size, compared to the R7 Plus, is hardly an argument - after all the 5.5-inch Huawei Mate S has one and it's every bit as convenient to use as it is on 6-inchers. It baffles us why Oppo chose to omit it, when it's becoming less of a headline and more of a given.
Flip the device over, and while the similarities with the R7 are inevitably there, the R7s is quickly revealed - there are no touch keys below the screen. It's Oppo's second device without those after the R7 Plus, and we suspect Oppo is set on abandoning them in favor of onscreen buttons, at least in the midrange to high-end models.
So the facade is a lot like the one of the R7 Plus. Only here the side bezels have been painted white, so when the display is off, there still is a side frame visible. The R7 Plus, on the other hand, aims for that bezelless look, though firing up its display quickly reveals that not to be the case. The R7s also differs from its bigger brother in top and bottom bezels - both the chin and forehead are noticeably taller.
The 2.5D arced edges of the glass, or however you decide to call them, are sure telltale sign of a premium device.
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Attractive face
Above the display there's the earpiece slit with the ambient light and proximity sensors on the right and the front-facing camera on the left. Further to the left, there's the notification LED, only it doesn't get a cutout in the white layer, it just lights up through it.
The frame of sorts, which is actually a one-piece unit together with the rear cover, has the same groove all along as the R7, making it look like a discrete element. The left side is home to the volume rocker, while on the right you'll find the power button and the SIM card/microSD card slot.
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The left side • The volume rocker • The right side • The card tray
The secondary mic has been relocated to the top plate, where it sits dead center. The 3.5mm jack is here as well. On the bottom there's the VOOC-enhanced microUSB port and a couple of meshes - left one for the speaker, right one for the primary mic.
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Top of the device • 3.5mm jack and mic pinhole • Bottom of the device
In the hand the Oppo R7s is a pleasure to handle. It's thin, the buttons are comfortably positioned for use with either hand and the gentle curves around the edges of the display mean that swiping is simply a joy.
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The Oppo R7s held in hand
On the other hand, the smartphone is quite slippery. Holding it securely shouldn't be an issue, but make a note not to leave it on sloping surfaces, as it will more than likely glide off onto the floor.

5.5-inch AMOLED display

The entire R7 lineup makes use of AMOLED displays and the R7s is no different. The screen is 5.5 inches in diagonal and the resolution is 1,080 x 1,920 pixels, which makes for a density of 401ppi.
Our microscope photo revealed a customary Diamond PenTile matrix. The green pixels are twice as many as any of the other two colors but they are smaller in overall size.
Oppo R7s review
The Oppo R7s maximum brightness level is good for an AMOLED unit (365nits) but in terms of color accuracy, there is a lot left to be desired. With an Avg DeltaE of 8.2, it's certainly not the worst phone screen in this respect, but just so we're clear, if color accuracy is important to you, that's not the right phone to deliver it. There are also no options for adjusting the screen colors or white balance.
Of course, outside color critical applications, color accuracy is a largely subjective topic so we bet you wouldn't notice anything wrong with the screen's color rendition without a proper calibration reference.
Display test50% brightness100% brightness
Black, cd/m2White, cd/m2Contrast ratioBlack, cd/m2White, cd/m2Contrast ratio
Oppo R70.002080.00362
Oppo R7s0.001850.00365
Oppo R7 Plus0.001710.00351
Motorola Moto X Play0.2334314980.416201520
Samsung Galaxy A70.001750.00349
OnePlus Two0.1618011390.303991334
LG G30.141097630.72570789
LG G Flex20.001520.00398
Huawei Mate S0.00600.00372
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML0.131077960.44390879
Sony Xperia C4 Dual0.3034711740.536351192
Meizu MX50.001170.00346.00
The R7s aced our sunlight legibility test. It scores substantially higher than both the R7 and R7 Plus, but also outshines the Galaxy A7. And while the OnePlus 2 scores decently for an LCD, the LG G3 posts rather miserable numbers here.

Sunlight contrast ratio

  • Oppo R7s3.964
  • Samsung Galaxy A73.679
  • Oppo R7 Plus3.499
  • LG G Flex23.465
  • Meizu MX53.416
  • Oppo R73.32
  • Motorola Moto X Play3.222
  • Huawei Mate S3.073
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual2.235
  • OnePlus Two2.165
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML2.149
  • LG G31.82

Connectivity

The Oppo R7s carries the same set of connectivity options as its brethren. It's a dual-SIM dual-standby device with both cards supporting quad-band 2G, while SIM1 also supports quad-band 3G and a selection of LTE bands, which vary by region. The distinction between SIM1 and SIM2 is made in settings so it doesn't matter in which slot you put your primary card.
The smartphone has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac both in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectrums, and also Wi-Fi direct and hotspot support. There is a GPS receiver, Bluetooth is the 4.0 iteration, but there's no NFC, nor is there an FM radio.
The microUSB 2.0 port supports USB on-the-go to let you attach peripherals, though it's off by default and the option to enable it is buried deep in the settings. You also need to enable itbefore you actually attempt to connect the USB peripheral.
A standard 3.5mm jack completes the wired connectivity package.

Oppo R7s battery life

The Oppo R7s packs a 3,070mAh battery, which like its display diagonal, puts it in between the R7 (2,320mAh) and R7 Plus (4,100mAh).
It would seem that for its 5.5-inch screen size, the R7s is more than adequately powered, the Huawei Mate S has a smaller 2,700mAh battery, the Xperia C4 and Galaxy A7 pack 2,600mAh worth of juice, while the LG G3 has a 3,000mAh powerpack. That said, next year's Galaxy A7 has an even larger 3,300mAh battery.
However, our R7s battery life test left us with mixed feelings. Much like the R7 and R7 Plus before it, the R7s excelled at 3G call endurance with just over 24 hours before it called it a day. In video playback the R7s was good for 14 straight hours before it ran out of power - another great score.
Not so in web browsing, however, where the R7s could only last for about 8 hours, regardless of whether you're using Oppo's custom browser or Google Chrome. This was also the case with the other R7's we tested - excellent call and video endurance and only average numbers in web browsing. It's either that the AMOLED screen is not that efficient in displaying our predominantly lightly colored test web pages or Oppo needs to put in a little more effort in optimizing battery life for this use case.
Oppo R7s
The Mate S showed a more balanced performance, with a little short of 10 hours on the web and 11 and a half hours in video playback, but a rather low 14 hours of 3G calls. The Galaxy A7 does 9 and a half hours on the web and 10 hours in our video test, and it also outlasts the R7s by an hour of voice calls.
Make note that our proprietary score also includes a standby battery draw test, which is not featured in our test scorecard but is calculated in the total endurance rating.
The battery testing procedure is described in detail in case you're interested in the nitty-gritties. You can also check out our complete battery test table, where you can see how all of the smartphones we've tested will compare under your own typical use.

ColorOS 2.1 with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop underneath

The R7s is one of a growing number of Oppo handsets, which are running on a Lollipop-based Color OS build. Better late than never, is Oppo's philosophy with OS versions, and the R7s has it better than the original R7 in this respect, which launched on KitKat.
As is customary for Oppo, ColorOS makes Android nearly unrecognizable, with a custom lockscreen, homescreens, icon packs, a custom task switcher and settings menu, as well as extensive theming support.
Oppo R7s review
The Color OS default lockscreen uses swipe gesture for unlocking, though it only works with an upward swipe. You can set up pattern, PIN or password unlock protection, but fingerprint unlock is reserved for the Plus member of the R7 family. While side swipes on the R7 Plus brought up lockscreen widgets, there's no such thing on the R7s, and there's no camera shortcut either. Instead, to start the camera instantly from the homescreen, you only need to wake it and pinch on it with several fingers.
You have Lollipop's lockscreen notifications, but with a twist, and one that you'll need to get used to. Swiping a notification to the right will take you to the respective app, where the generally accepted behavior is to dismiss it. To get rid of a notification you need to swipe to the left and tap the X button that appear on the right - not the most straightforward implementation.
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The lockscreen
Color OS doesn't have an app drawer, as has become customary for Chinese manufacturers as of late, so all of your app shortcuts are available on the homescreen iOS-style. The dock takes up to four shortcuts, and folders too, although you need to create those in the open space of the homescreen and then drag them to the dock.
The apps above the dock are organized in a grid of 4x5, which works well for the display diagonal. You can't set different grid sizes, though. Group rearrangement is possible, meaning you can select up to 20 apps and move them around the homescreens together. Widgets are available as well, though there isn't a very rich selection of them.
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The homescreen
Exclusive space is Oppo's custom homescreen page. Photo has been retired and now there's just Music. In essence, it's an always-available music player, which you can use instead of the standalone app. You can disable it altogether, if you want to keep your homescreen experience to the point.
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Exclusive space - Music
The homescreen's contextual menu lists widgets, wallpapers, effects and themes. You drag widgets upwards to place them on the homescreen.
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Customizing homescreens
Oppo's Color OS supports themes, but comes with just the default one on board. However, there are plenty of themes available for free in Oppo's Theme Store, and some are better than others at skinning non-stock app icons.
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Themes Store • Different themes
By default the notification area will show one row of quick toggles, a brightness slider and a shortcut for enabling auto brightness mode, the current notifications plus a shortcut to go into settings. If you do a drag gesture from the quick toggles row you get two more lines of toggles.
A long press on a toggle will bring up its respective settings entry. By the way, you can access the notification area even if you slide down from any empty part of the homescreen (not just the top), which helps on such large diagonals. You can also set up app-by-app permissions for displaying notifications.
The task switcher is pretty close to the one in iOS in terms of looks. All your apps are shown in a horizontally-scrollable grid of thumbnails, which you either swipe up to close or tap to open. A downward swipe locks one or more apps, so they remain open even when you use the Kill all button to close all the others.
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The R7s notification area • Expanded view • Settings • App switcher
The R7s has some of the most comprehensive gesture controls out there. It picks up gestures with the display off, then others with the display on and it also recognizes motions to answer or mute incoming calls.
Among the screen-off gestures you get the obvious double-tap-to-wake, but also music control, which lets you play/pause/skip songs with distinct swipes. Drawing a circle launches the camera and you can set up a host of other gestures to launch an app or call a contact.
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Screen-off gestures
Moving on to screen-on gestures, you can swipe with three fingers across the screen to capture a screenshot or pinch with several (three or more) fingers to launch the camera.
The Smart call options are where motion goes into play and they are very useful, too - flipping the device will mute the ringer, raising the ringing phone to your ear will automatically answer the call and more.
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Screen-on gestures
One hand mode is available too, activated by an upward swipe from the bottom left or right corner. When done, this will minimize the UI into a more compact window, for an easier reach with just one hand. It's a lot like Samsung's feature in the Note series, though without the option for resizing. It also doesn't completely turn off the unused pixels to conserve energy, though the effect would probably be negligible.

Synthetic benchmarks

The Oppo R7s is powered by the Snapdragon 615, much like the R7, R7 Plus, R7 lite, R5, R5s and R1x in the company's own lineup, as well as countless other smartphones this year. Unlike any of these, the R7s comes with a whopping 4GB of RAM, so you'd have little trouble switching between apps, even if you tend to keep all of them open at the same time.
Oppo R7s review
In the CPU-centric benchmark GeekBench the Oppo R7s scores virtually the same as the R7 Plus - meaning a top result for Snapdragon 615 devices. It's also a substantially better performer than the company's own R5, R7 and R1x, all of which were running KitKat at the time of testing (and likely for good).
The Samsung Galaxy A7 posts lower figures, and the Motorola Moto X Play is even further down the chart. The Samsung Galaxy A8 scores higher than the Oppo R7s here, but do note that we had the Exynos 5430 powered version for testing.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better
  • OnePlus 24429
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual4242
  • Moto X Pure Edition3433
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final3402
  • Samsung Galaxy A83375
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c3321
  • Oppo R7s3206
  • Oppo R7 Plus3204
  • Xiaomi Mi Note3094
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)2922
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)2880
  • Oppo R52806
  • Huawei P8lite (Snapdragon 615)2717
  • Oppo R72683
  • Motorola Moto X Play2608
  • Oppo R1x2507
  • LG G32370
  • ZUK Z12341
  • OnePlus X2297
In Antutu the R7s scores very close to its larger brother too. Again, you'd be hard pressed to find a better-performing Snapdragon 615 device. The R7s does lose to 800-series Snapdragons though, be they old or new. The Zenfone 2 with its Intel Atom inside is also superior, as far as Antutu goes.

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c50875
  • Moto X Pure Edition50629
  • Samsung Galaxy A849554
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final49441
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)48361
  • OnePlus 247207
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual46307
  • Xiaomi Mi Note45632
  • ZUK Z143088
  • LG G342038
  • OnePlus X39990
  • Oppo R7s37857
  • Oppo R7 Plus37750
  • Motorola Moto X Play37020
  • Huawei P8lite (Snapdragon 615)35038
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)31436
  • Oppo R531417
  • Oppo R1x30187
  • Oppo R729452
Basemark OS 2.0 is more of the same - excellent results for the chipset, but not on par with the high-end offerings. Here the R7s trails the R7 Plus for the first time, but is again comfortably ahead of the Galaxy A7 and Moto X Play.

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better
  • OnePlus 21622
  • Xiaomi Mi Note1353
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c1233
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final1226
  • OnePlus X1213
  • LG G31189
  • ZUK Z11178
  • Samsung Galaxy A81089
  • Oppo R7 Plus968
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual939
  • Oppo R7s930
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)813
  • Motorola Moto X Play809
  • Oppo R7757
  • Oppo R1x753
  • Oppo R5710
It's graphics performance, where Qualcomm's uber popular midrange chip shows its weakness, even more notably so on FullHD displays like the one on the Oppo R7s. Still, the various R7's are yet again leading the pack ahead of similarly equipped devices. The Snapdragon 8xx devices are simply in a different league, with the S810-powered ones firmly on top.

Basemark X

Higher is better
  • OnePlus 221937
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final20767
  • Moto X Pure Edition14598
  • ZUK Z113596
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)13414
  • Xiaomi Mi Note13075
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c12096
  • LG G310580
  • OnePlus X10572
  • Samsung Galaxy A88838
  • Oppo R75382
  • Oppo R7 Plus5349
  • Oppo R7s5302
  • Huawei P8lite (Snapdragon 615)5062
  • Motorola Moto X Play5032
  • Oppo R54855
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)4802
  • Oppo R1x4018
GFX Bench reiterates what we already know from Basemark X - the Adreno 405 bundled with the Snapdragon 615 isn't quite up to the task to push FullHD resolution at high frame rates. The differences are almost non-existent among S615 phones in the offscreen test, and grow to marginal in the onscreen routine.

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better
  • ZUK Z128
  • OnePlus 222
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final21
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c15
  • Moto X Pure Edition15
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)13
  • Samsung Galaxy A813
  • Xiaomi Mi Note11
  • LG G311
  • OnePlus X9.9
  • Oppo R7 Plus6
  • Huawei P8lite (Snapdragon 615)6
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual6
  • Oppo R75.9
  • Oppo R7s5.9
  • Oppo R55.8
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)5.8
  • Motorola Moto X Play5.8
  • Oppo R1x4.9

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better
  • ZUK Z128
  • OnePlus 222
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final21
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c15
  • Samsung Galaxy A814
  • Huawei P8lite (Snapdragon 615)12
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)12
  • Xiaomi Mi Note11
  • OnePlus X10
  • Oppo R1x9.6
  • Moto X Pure Edition9.3
  • LG G37.7
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual6.4
  • Oppo R7 Plus6.3
  • Oppo R7s6.2
  • Motorola Moto X Play6.1
  • Oppo R75.9
  • Oppo R55.8
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)5.8
JavaScript is also traditionally not the S615's forte, as indicated by the Kraken benchmark. And even so, Oppo's models are among the better ones at it. General web page handling, as measured by Browsermark, is another area where the Oppo R7s is an average performer. It's also the first test, where we see it lose to the Galaxy A7 and Moto X Play.

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c4506
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)5057
  • Samsung Galaxy A85094
  • Xiaomi Mi Note6382
  • OnePlus 26808
  • Moto X Pure Edition6910
  • OnePlus X7295
  • LG G37632
  • ZUK Z18409
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final9204
  • Oppo R711257
  • Oppo R511656
  • Oppo R7s11679
  • Oppo R7 Plus11908
  • Motorola Moto X Play12236
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)12266
  • Oppo R1x12826
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua13609
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual15815
  • Huawei P8lite (Snapdragon 615)18665

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better
  • Moto X Pure Edition2132
  • Xiaomi Mi 4c2113
  • OnePlus 22055
  • Samsung Galaxy A81992
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)1853
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)1655
  • Motorola Moto X Play1483
  • LG G31453
  • Sony Xperia Z3+ final1436
  • Oppo R71433
  • Oppo R7s1411
  • OnePlus X1406
  • Oppo R51319
  • ZUK Z11278
  • Oppo R7 Plus1224
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua1171
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual793
  • Xiaomi Mi Note748
  • Oppo R1x627
  • Huawei P8lite (Snapdragon 615)501
Overall, nothing we didn't expect from the Oppo R7s. Top-notch CPU and general performance, mediocre frame rates in 3D gaming and average results in the web-related benchmarks. Oppo's got a knack for squeezing the best out of the Snapdragon 615, but even so it can't break out of the chip's inherent limitations.

Phonebook

The phonebook uses a tabbed interface - it offers groups, contact list and favorites. The UI is pretty standard Android affair, customized to match Oppo's styling.
A tap on a contact's photo brings out Quick contacts - shortcuts for calling, texting, emailing a contact and a bit more (e.g. a Chrome shortcut to visit their web site).
Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review
Phonebook
Contact info is displayed as a list of all available details. Custom ringtones can be selected for each contact and duplicate contacts can be merged into a single entry.
Contact syncing tools are very powerful - contacts can be moved or copied between phone storage and a Google account, they can be synced with an Exchange server or Facebook, and you can send / import contacts over Bluetooth.
Viewing and editing a contact - Oppo R7s review Viewing and editing a contact - Oppo R7s review Viewing and editing a contact - Oppo R7s review
Viewing and editing a contact
There's an Anti-harassment mode located in the contacts app, which is pretty powerful. You can put numbers in a blacklist, block messages and intercept spam calls.
The dialer supports Smart dialing just fine (looking up both names and phone numbers).
Dialer - Oppo R7s review Dialer - Oppo R7s review
Dialer
The Oppo R7s scored a Good mark in our loudspeaker test, beating the regular R7 but falling behind the R7 Plus. It continues a trend we've observed with Oppo devices - the larger, the louder.
Speakerphone testVoice, dBPink noise/ Music, dBRinging phone, dBOverall score
vivo X5Max66.061.768.8Below Average
Huawei Mate S66.065.866.6Below Average
Sony Xperia M565.668.964.0Below Average
Samsung Galaxy A764.866.373.5Average
Oppo R765.666.573.1Average
Sony Xperia C465.065.875.7Average
Samsung Galaxy A866.766.675.7Good
Oppo R7s73.866.671.9Good
LG G370.266.680.2Good
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra69.866.682.7Very Good
Microsoft Lumia 95071.973.077.2Very Good
Oppo R7 Plus73.772.879.9Very Good
Meizu MX575.773.579.5Excellent
OnePlus 275.773.580.7Excellent

The Oppo R7s is a dual-SIM device and as such offers you the choice to select which card to use for different tasks. You can also add a name for each card for easier distinguishing between the two.
Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review
Dual-SIM settings

Messaging and email

The messaging department is pretty standard - there's a list of all bubble-styled conversations organized into threads, with a big New Message button at the bottom and a settings button next to it.
Attaching multimedia to a message will turn it into an MMS. You can add everything from photos, videos, audio to general files. There's even a full blown slide editor if you want to make full use of the MMS standard. The Attach location option is pretty nice too.
Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review
Messaging
There is a heavily customized email app for all your other email accounts and it can handle multiple POP or IMAP inboxes. You have access to the messages in the original folders that are created online, side by side with the standard local ones such as inbox, drafts and sent items.
Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review
Oppo's built-in email client
The Oppo R7s offers a great Swype-enabled keyboard with big keys and they become even bigger when you switch to landscape mode. There is an option to change the individual key height in both portrait and landscape, which isn't found that often. Themes are available too. You can also have split or mini keyboard layouts.
Placing the device in landscape expands the keyboard immensely and replaces the layout of the original app with just a text box, so you have plenty of room to type.
Keyboard - Oppo R7s review Keyboard - Oppo R7s review Keyboard - Oppo R7s review Keyboard - Oppo R7s review
Keyboard

Phonebook

The phonebook uses a tabbed interface - it offers groups, contact list and favorites. The UI is pretty standard Android affair, customized to match Oppo's styling.
A tap on a contact's photo brings out Quick contacts - shortcuts for calling, texting, emailing a contact and a bit more (e.g. a Chrome shortcut to visit their web site).
Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review Phonebook - Oppo R7s review
Phonebook
Contact info is displayed as a list of all available details. Custom ringtones can be selected for each contact and duplicate contacts can be merged into a single entry.
Contact syncing tools are very powerful - contacts can be moved or copied between phone storage and a Google account, they can be synced with an Exchange server or Facebook, and you can send / import contacts over Bluetooth.
Viewing and editing a contact - Oppo R7s review Viewing and editing a contact - Oppo R7s review Viewing and editing a contact - Oppo R7s review
Viewing and editing a contact
There's an Anti-harassment mode located in the contacts app, which is pretty powerful. You can put numbers in a blacklist, block messages and intercept spam calls.
The dialer supports Smart dialing just fine (looking up both names and phone numbers).
Dialer - Oppo R7s review Dialer - Oppo R7s review
Dialer
The Oppo R7s scored a Good mark in our loudspeaker test, beating the regular R7 but falling behind the R7 Plus. It continues a trend we've observed with Oppo devices - the larger, the louder.
Speakerphone testVoice, dBPink noise/ Music, dBRinging phone, dBOverall score
vivo X5Max66.061.768.8Below Average
Huawei Mate S66.065.866.6Below Average
Sony Xperia M565.668.964.0Below Average
Samsung Galaxy A764.866.373.5Average
Oppo R765.666.573.1Average
Sony Xperia C465.065.875.7Average
Samsung Galaxy A866.766.675.7Good
Oppo R7s73.866.671.9Good
LG G370.266.680.2Good
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra69.866.682.7Very Good
Microsoft Lumia 95071.973.077.2Very Good
Oppo R7 Plus73.772.879.9Very Good
Meizu MX575.773.579.5Excellent
OnePlus 275.773.580.7Excellent

The Oppo R7s is a dual-SIM device and as such offers you the choice to select which card to use for different tasks. You can also add a name for each card for easier distinguishing between the two.
Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review Dual-SIM settings - Oppo R7s review
Dual-SIM settings

Messaging and email

The messaging department is pretty standard - there's a list of all bubble-styled conversations organized into threads, with a big New Message button at the bottom and a settings button next to it.
Attaching multimedia to a message will turn it into an MMS. You can add everything from photos, videos, audio to general files. There's even a full blown slide editor if you want to make full use of the MMS standard. The Attach location option is pretty nice too.
Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review Messaging - Oppo R7s review
Messaging
There is a heavily customized email app for all your other email accounts and it can handle multiple POP or IMAP inboxes. You have access to the messages in the original folders that are created online, side by side with the standard local ones such as inbox, drafts and sent items.
Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review Oppo's built-in email client - Oppo R7s review
Oppo's built-in email client
The Oppo R7s offers a great Swype-enabled keyboard with big keys and they become even bigger when you switch to landscape mode. There is an option to change the individual key height in both portrait and landscape, which isn't found that often. Themes are available too. You can also have split or mini keyboard layouts.
Placing the device in landscape expands the keyboard immensely and replaces the layout of the original app with just a text box, so you have plenty of room to type.
Keyboard - Oppo R7s review Keyboard - Oppo R7s review Keyboard - Oppo R7s review Keyboard - Oppo R7s review
Keyboard

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