hi this is Hannah from tech advisor and today I am unboxing the Oppo a5 2020 so
let's get started okay so basically I'm sure that some of you who are watching
who are thinking wait isn't this phone already out and it did come out in other
markets towards the end of last year however it did this week launch with o2
so it's at a lower price in the UK of £169.99 and from other retailers
around £179.99 so this version comes with three gig of ram and 64 gig worth
of storage obviously in other markets you can get higher versions of that but
yeah let's take a look what's inside here so here's the phone itself if I can
get it out there we go so here it is so
this version is the mirror-black quote-unquote you can also get it in
dazzling white make of that name what you will this comes with a 6.5 inch
display and a water drop notch now water drop notches it really comes
down to personal preference I personally don't mind them I prefer that to say a
pop up camera because I feel like you might have more chance of damaging it
and I really don't think they interrupts the whole display you still get a really
good view when you're watching movies or whatever it is that you need to watch on
the actual phone itself you've got the USBC charger a headphone
jack you've also got room for a dual SIM and a micro SD and yeah I think that's
served the majority over you've got a fingerprint scanner on the back you've
got a quad camera there and you've got a selfie camera on the front there which
is obviously where the notches in the actual box itself you have a case which
is very very handy because you know obviously that can cost a little bit of
extra money the phones also come fitted with
a screen protector and so that's just really handy because I don't know about
you but I'm fitting them myself it can be a bit awkward and they can end up
cracking in the rest of the box you get the charger USB C and some headphones
and then the standard user manual and of course the little pin to help put your
sim in so while we've got that all sorted I'm gonna set up this phone now
and we'll chat a little bit more about the specs and what it can do and the
camera so see you in a minute okay so I've gone through all the setup now
let's clear everything away Hey look at that magic right so here we go let's
let's have a look at this phone here so this runs on android 9 and color OS 6.1
if you're thinking about getting a phone with Android 10 this isn't really the
one because I would say that Android 10 is really only come into flagships first
so it may be a while if ever it comes to there but you know with the OS that it
runs on it's still pretty up to date so really for the price point you're still
getting quite a lot for your money there so this is the interface it's quite
quite simple to be able to navigate and be able to have a look at everything
that you've got on there it's not overloaded with lots of different apps
which is quite nice I quite find that when I'm you know a lot of the other
phones will come with things that you'll never use and that's not really a
problem with Oppo phones which is really really good moving on to the actual
camera so basically we've got a quad camera so the main thing to know is that
the main camera itself is a 12 megapixel lens you also get a altra wide lens on
there the other two I actually reviewed the
A9 2020 which also came with a quad camera and I felt that the other two lenses you
didn't really know their use as much so it's more for like you know it boasting
about spec I would say but regardless if the camera is anything on that is
haven't anything to go by then this one should still perform reasonably well
for the price point of the phone you also get a night mode on the camera now
this was one of the things that I noticed on the A9 2020 really really
good again considering that it was a cheaper phone for reference that a nine
is around just under the 250 mark you got a really good range of colors and
stuff like that and obviously this is not something that we've tested and it's
bright daylight right now so it's hard to know but it'd be interesting to see
how that performs so you also get the front selfie camera which is 8 megapixel
again you know not the greatest but you know you're not getting a flagship phone
here so it's still reasonable for what you're going to expect now the main
thing I want to talk about here on this phone and what really impressed me on
the a9 2020 is the battery life so this phone comes with a 5000mah
battery which is massive it lasts about when I use the a9 2020 it
lasted about two days and that was using it with social media having a look at
videos and things like that and even when it got down to like the last few
percentages it still managed to last I kept being like when is this phone going
to die and it just didn't and that's really really good however it is worth
knowing that this does not come with fast charging so it can take a little
while to charge obviously something to bear in mind if you know you're running
low and you need it going quickly you can of course it
change it to the usual power saving mode should you wish to so it's also this
phone runs on the snapdragon 616 processor which is decent mid-range
processor again hard to know from the first look how fast it performs and how
it tests under you know high stressful things so if you know if you're gaming
or if you're watching videos and it's hard to know from the initial look but
it should perform decently in theory it also comes with a game space boost
performance thing now again this was something that I tested as well on the
a9 and I personally didn't notice a lot of difference when turning this on but I
mean it can depend on what type of game that you're using and if mobile gaming
is really your thing this may be a massive plus to consider with the phone
so yeah I mean these are my initial thoughts I'm actually spending some time
with the a5 over the next few weeks to be able to use it everyday and actually
see whether this killer battery lives up it should do but you know always worth a
try I'll be intrigued to see how the camera performs and whether 12-megapixel
really is a super super downgrade but I mean all things considered and from
first initial thoughts I'm pretty hopeful that this will be quite a decent
affordable phone from Oppo it looks really nice as well I think that's
definitely worth mentioning because that are in the price point it looks a lot
you know more expensive than it actually is which is quite nice if you're not
willing to drop you know the price of a holiday on your phone and yeah so
basically look out for the review that will be on tech advisor within probably
a few weeks and I'll be able to give you a more detailed rundown on the specs and
the performance and how that works to reiterate on UK pricing from o2 it's
£169.99 from other retailers it's £179.99 and I guess that's it from the Oppo
A5 2020 so please make sure to like and subscribe let us know what you're
looking for in the review if there's anything in particular and I can look
out for that while I'm reviewing the phone and stay tuned for our next video
bye