The mid-range mobile market is increasingly complicated for manufacturers. Today there are big bets for all types of users, who make one or another decision for the smallest details such as a little more battery, a larger screen or similar aspects. In this sense, the phone I want to talk about today does it very well, leaving some good feelings and a quite round experience. Today I tell you what do I think of the OPPO X3 Lite in this analysis.
OPPO X3 Lite: video analysis
Elegant and conservative design
In the physical aspect section, this OPPO Find X3 Lite does not arrive to revolutionize the mid-range market with some innovative aspect. What the manufacturer is betting on with this phone is for a design that incorporates certain high-end features as other bets already do and, in this way, have more premium finishes for any user.
This smartphone has a slight gradient on the back that, depending on the inclination, will be more or less pronounced. We can buy it in 3 different colors: silver (which is really a gradient between white, bluish and purple colors), blue or black, which is precisely what we have counted on in our tests.
On the back, as I was saying, we have this degraded effect, along with some curved edges so that when we hold it, it gives us a better feeling. Then at the top rear is the vertical module of cameras where its 4 lenses and the flash are hidden. Through its edges we have the typical keypads, the USB-C port, the speaker and the 3.5mm audio jack. Personally, I would like all manufacturers to bet on a double speaker system, but hey, at least if there is the presence of the jack port for those who continue to claim it.
And then on its front, we have a AMOLED panel with 6,4″ FullHD+ resolution. A screen with good color reproduction, good viewing angles and with the usual contrast that we have in panels with this technology that I can't fault. In addition, to give a more fluid experience and as we are used to in most phones, OPPO incorporates a 90 Hz refresh rate, which although it is not the largest on the market, currently seems to me enough to give that extra point over other proposals.
One small drawback that I could put to this screen is that of the protruding edge this. If you have seen or read any of my reviews, you will know that I am quite a detractor of this aspect and not only because I believe that it worsens the experience to the touch, but because in the event of a possible fall, no tempered glass will protect these edges. However, if we put a cover like the one that comes in its own box, we will avoid unnecessary scares.
In this panel we find its only front camera that will be in charge of the security system. facial unlocking, supported by fingerprint reader which is also hidden under the panel. Both unlocking systems work super fast and have never failed me. It is true that face recognition is not the most advanced on the market, but you cannot ask for more from a mid-range mobile currently. Although, on the other hand, I would have liked the fingerprint reader to be a tad higher.
As I was saying a few lines ago, it is an elegant phone without many extravagances, especially with this dark finish. A smartphone with sober finishes but which, with the exception of a couple of details, gives us a fairly round experience (in the physical section) while we are using it.
Enough power for what you need
Now let me, once having presented this OPPO mobile from the outside, let's see what it hides under its panel. And it is that, once again, we have a set that will sound a lot to us:
- Processor Snapdragon 765G
- 8 GB of RAM L
- 128 GB storage UFS 2.1 (no possibility to add a microSD card)
- Battery 4.300 mAh with fast charge 65W SuperVOOC
A series of components that, as you can imagine, make their use a delight no matter what we do. Whether we want to use it to browse social networks, watch YouTube videos or any day-to-day task, or even to play powerful games, the phone performs very well. It may be that if we put the quality of these titles of great weight in ultra we will find some slight lag but of course, we must not forget that we are dealing with a mid-range phone. This great performance together with that 90 Hz rate makes my experience testing it, as I was saying, very good.
All this positive experience could not exist if, at the software level, it was not well optimized. In this case, as it is in the rest of the manufacturer's phones, we have ColorOS 11.1 that runs over Android 11. A layer that, although it is far from being the purest on the market, works very well and provides some interesting features for users who enjoy customization.
As for the battery, if you make normal use of this phone, its 4.300 mAh they will allow you to arrive without much problem at the end of the day, or at least in my experience it has been like that. However, on those days when I took a lot of photos, recorded videos or spent some extra time playing, I had to go through a pit stop to refuel some battery. And here OPPO has done incredibly well incorporating its system of 65W SuperVOOC fast charging, with which we can fully charge the battery in about 30 minutes. So with a simple 10-minute "hush" I was able to finish the day without a problem on those occasions.
Photography
And now it's time to move on to photographic section which, for many, is the most important when buying a new smartphone. The OPPO Find X3 Lite comes with a total of 5 lenses on its chassis:
- Main camera 64MP, with f/1.7 aperture and a viewing angle of 80°
- Ultra wide angle camera 8MP, with f/2.2 aperture and a viewing angle of 119°
- macro camera 2MP and with f/2.4 aperture
- monkey camera 2MP, with f/2.4 aperture to enhance portrait mode
- Front camera for 32MP selfie, f/2.4 aperture and a viewing angle of 85°
Undoubtedly, a fairly complete set but it is not perfect since, as you can see, it does not have any type of telephoto lens. However, the digital zoom solution recently offered by some manufacturers is more than correct thanks to its post-processing system and this story repeats itself on this mobile.
When the light conditions accompany the quality of the photographs with all the lenses is very correct. Of course, the one that stands out the most is the principal, obtaining very striking colors and a more than accurate sharpness.
El wide angle It is perhaps the one that attracts the least attention, having a higher contrast when the scene is complicated and somewhat paler colors. He macro It is in the average of what many other manufacturers offer.
I am very struck by the high quality offered by this digital zoom with the image processing system, as well as the frontal camera, with good sharpness and color representation. Of course, all the lenses sin a bit of overexposing the images, something that is solved simply by clicking on the screen and lowering the degree of exposure slightly.
And when the light falls, well, it was to be expected that the quality of all the lenses would drop. The colors are no longer as accurate as we see during the day, the noise appears and, although we have the night mode that will slightly improve the results, it becomes somewhat cumbersome to use because it forces us to always expose the images for 7 seconds.
Great bet for the mid-range
Something that I had not told you about this OPPO Find X3 Lite so far is its price. We can get hold of this phone currently for a few $369 in its only model with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.
See offer on AmazonA good option for this price range, especially for those looking for a somewhat more sober alternative but with a great user experience, a battery that despite not being the best has spectacular fast charging, and with a camera section that meets your results. In addition to the fact that, as you may have seen in its own name, it is a smartphone that comes with the compatibility with 5G networks.
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