OPPO F11 Pro Launch in Malaysia

19th March 2019 : OPPO Malaysia today launch its latest mobile phone model OPPO F11 Pro at outdoor for more special visual effect for its fans, merchants & OPPO lovers

With the announcement of the F11 Pro, Oppo looks to carry the momentum they built in 2018 into 2019. Oppo made waves last year with phones such as the Find X and R17 Pro, and the F11 Pro looks to be its next attention-grabber. The Oppo F11 Pro is equipped with a 48-megapixel camera, a large 4,000 mAh battery, a pop-up selfie camera, and a near bezel-less screen with no notch. 

If you’ve been paying attention to Oppo’s recent portfolio of smartphones, there’s no denying that they’ve been making some of the most attractive smartphones on the market; the F11 Pro is no exception. The Oppo F11 Pro has the all too familiar glass sandwich design, with a metallic frame. What makes the F11 Pro gorgeous to look at is the gradient colored backing. 

Oppo has centered the pop-up camera on the F11 Pro to create a sense of symmetry to the phone’s design. The housing surrounding the front-facing camera is also transparent, which gives it this almost prism-like appearance. The camera pops up automatically when using the camera app or any other app that takes advantage of the front camera, such as Snapchat. It will retract when you exit the app. You can force the camera back down too, but you probably shouldn’t.

During the testing of the pop-up camera has worked flawlessly, but only time will tell how long this camera will remain functional under daily use. Hardware failure will be a huge concern and having such a complex moving part also prevents the F11 Pro from being water resistant.

The rest of the Oppo F11 Pro’s design isn’t all too different from other smartphones on the market, but it’s a great-looking device regardless. An Oppo logo and “Designed by Oppo” are printed on the backside. Otherwise, the device is clean of any branding. The corners are rounded and sides are tapered, giving the phone a sleek appearance and more comfort in the hand. I also appreciate some of the more subtle design touches, like Oppo’s signature crescent arcs on the top and bottom part of the frame and the green accent on the power button. In an era where smartphones are all starting to look the same, it’s the little touches that can go a long way in making a smartphone stand out. 

The Oppo F11 Pro comes with some old ports that are both good and bad news. There’s a headphone jack, which is always good to see on a modern smartphone. However, for some reason, Oppo has opted for a micro-USB port instead of USB-C. In 2019, having micro-USB is awkward, now that USB-C is much more prevalent. For a phone with so many forward-thinking design elements, this one felt like a step backward. 

One of the more impressive specifications is the Oppo F11 Pro’s large 4,000mAh battery. The F11 Pro also comes with VOOC 3.0 fast charging, which can charge the phone to full in about 80 minutes. In addition to fast charging, the display has its own RAM, which is designed to help with power consumption, though it’s difficult to gauge how much of an impact this actually makes.

The 4,000mAh battery lasts a very long time, as expected. I’ve had no issues making it through a full day’s worth of social media, emails, YouTube, gaming, and some light web browsing. The F11 Pro makes it to the wee hours of the night comfortably and I haven’t had the need to charge it midway through the day.

Hardware wise, the Oppo F11 Pro doesn’t come with too many bells and whistles. Storage comes in 64 and 128GB options, but there’s no microSD slot for expandability. There’s also no wireless charging, despite the phone having a glass back. A single speaker is on the bottom edge of the phone; it sounds fine and gets loud enough for YouTube or music, but it’s not anything special. The fingerprint sensor is on the backside, and again is nothing to write home about, but it’s very fast and accurate to unlock. 

The cameras on the Oppo F11 Pro are probably the most eye-catching pieces of hardware because of the pop-up mechanism and the sheer number of megapixels. The front-facing camera is 16MP with f/2.0 aperture and the primary rear camera is a 48MP shooter that’s paired with a 5MP depth sensor. Both front and rear cameras support portrait mode. The rear camera also has an Ultra Night Mode for improved low light performance and AI scene recognition that can discern between a total of 23 scenes and 864 combinations. 

Selfies from the front-facing shooter are sharp, crisp, and skin tones are handled well with a natural appearance. Portrait mode photos are convincing enough, despite there only being one lens on the front. There’s good separation between the subject and background and, most of the time, you won’t find any mistakes that make the shots look artificial. 

The F11 Pro is an excellent option in regions where it’s available. It’s not the most powerful smartphone in terms of raw specifications, but it offers some head-turning hardware with its pop-up camera, edge-to-edge display, and beautiful gradient colors. The ColorOS software is also very intuitive and the phone’s long-lasting battery will satisfy even the heaviest of users.