With the passing of the new phone wave in the first half of the year, this year’s 5G mobile phones can be said to have established a firm foothold in the mid-to-high-end mobile phone market. However, almost all mobile phones in the thousand-yuan price range are 4G. When will 5G mobile phones become popular? To the thousand-yuan level? The emergence of OPPO A72 breaks this situation. As a 5G light flagship, OPPO A72 aims to bring young users a thousand-yuan phone product with more advanced configuration functions and higher cost-effectiveness, and meet their "unwilling to be mediocre" phone needs from both the appearance and functional product levels.

Appearance design

OPPO A72 is equipped with a 6.5-inch 1080P zero-dot full screen. The upper left corner of the screen adopts a single hole design. Compared with double holes, single holes are more visual. The impact is smaller and the screen-to-body ratio is higher. In addition, the OPPO A72’s screen frame is relatively narrow, and the three sides look almost equal in width. It performs well among thousand-yuan phones. The full-screen design and narrow frame give the OPPO A72 a 90.5% screen-to-body ratio.

At the same time, this LCD screen uses LTPS technology, which can improve the display effect and reduce power consumption. The screen resolution of OPPO A72 is 1080×2400, and the pixel density reaches 405PPI. In daily use experience, OPPO A72 supports 16.7 million colors and the screen with a typical color saturation NTSC value of 82% can bring a good level of detail, and the color display looks more natural. In addition, the A72 system also provides simple screen color temperature adjustment, and users can set it according to personal preferences.

The screen of OPPO A72 has also passed the TüV Rheinland low blue light certification, and also supports AI smart backlight. In the automatic backlight adjustment mode, AI learns the user’s manual backlight adjustment habits and adjusts the brightness according to the user’s personal perception. and preferences, automatically adjust the backlight in different light environments, making it look more pleasing to your naked eyes. It supports both sunlight screen and moonlight screen, automatically adjusts according to different scenes and displays brighter and clearer images. Finally, in terms of power consumption, it also consumes 30% more power than traditional screens.

As for the appearance of the back, OPPO A72 is available in three colors: neon, oxygen purple and minimalist black, and the body color is more fashionable. In terms of craftsmanship, according to the official introduction, you can see the addition of texture design in the neon color scheme, with radiating light and shadow, and splicing is added on the left side. Oxygen Purple has an AG effect, and the sunlight reflected on the NVC snow is clean and dazzling. However, the minimalist black we have on hand hides rich details. It has a sense of transparency like a black gemstone, and is not simply black.

The weight of the OPPO A72 body is about 175g, the thickness is about 7.9mm, the 20:9 hand size ratio has been specially optimized with a 2.8D arc, and the finger grip feels more rounded, which is good for the hand feel. It has also been greatly improved, making it easier to hold and use for a long time. It is worth noting that on the basis of such a thin and light design, OPPO A72 also packs a 4040mAh large-capacity battery. The integrated body design of OPPO A72 is thin and light and feels better in the hand. It is also thin and light from the inside to the outside. Regarding the battery life performance of the whole machine, you can see our actual measurement later.

In terms of fingerprint unlocking, OPPO A72 uses an integrated side fingerprint unlocking, which combines the power button and fingerprint recognition into one. Compared with traditional capacitive fingerprint recognition, fingerprint recognition is faster than fingerprint recognition. It's very fast, and compared to screen fingerprints, it's easier to use in daily life, and the unlocking experience is better. OPPO A72 can also be used with interview recognition in general scenarios, making it more convenient to unlock in multiple scenarios.

At the same time, OPPO A72 also supports Dirac2.0 adaptive scene sound effect optimization, which matches the corresponding sound effect mode according to different usage scenarios such as listening to music and playing games, bringing better sound effects.

Photography experience

OPPO A72 uses a 16-megapixel main camera + 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle + 2-megapixel black and white portrait style three-camera combination on the rear, which is arranged in an array together with a carefully designed flash. A square array of AI three-shot cameras is formed. The main camera supports automatic recognition of up to 22 AI scenes, and through super-resolution algorithms, it can reconstruct images with a resolution of up to 100 million pixels. At the same time, both the main camera and the ultra-wide-angle camera support ultra-clear night scene mode, and the 119° ultra-wide-angle lens can also bring a wider field of view.

As for the main camera, the AI ??dazzling function is used, and the pixel-level color mapping algorithm is used to reconstruct the color of the picture. Whether it is distant details or color restoration, the color of the photo can be made more vivid and natural, and the color of the picture can be preserved. More dark details.

The color of the ultra-wide-angle lens is slightly lighter than that of the main camera. Although the detail performance will be somewhat different from that of the main camera, the advantage is that it can bring a wider field of view and can take photos with a greater sense of depth. Photos, especially in a limited space, are even more stunning.

In terms of night photography, OPPO A72’s ultra-clear night scene mode can also bring about considerable improvements. Using composite multi-frame noise reduction and HDR, no matter it is a bright night scene, you can take high-quality night photos with clear and bright images, vivid colors, and clear layers.

The front lens is 8 million pixels and supports AI intelligent beautification, which can perform different beautification processes according to different skin colors, genders, ages, etc.

And it is optimized through algorithms to output bright and clear photos. You can also use the beauty function at the same time in night scene mode, and add face protection, that is, while keeping the face bright, you can control the background light and retain more details of the background.

As for the multi-functional portrait style, 7 new filters have been added compared to the previous generation. While there are 15 filters, the number of filters has been increased, and the manual selectivity has been increased, improving the overall The style and effect are highly adaptable to multiple scenes, and you can easily create a movie with just one click.

Ultimate performance

OPPO A72 debuts the Dimensity 720 chip, which is OPPO's further push to lower the price of 5G mobile phones to below 2,000, and join hands with MediaTek to become the popularizer of 5G. The chip uses a 7nm process, integrates a low-power 5G modem, and supports MediaTek 5G UltraSave power-saving technology to extend battery life. Dimensity 720 also supports a 90Hz screen refresh rate and integrates excellent multimedia, wireless connectivity and imaging functions to enhance the user's comprehensive experience and further promote the popularity of 5G mid-range smartphones.

OPPO A72 has a performance score of up to 30W, which meets the needs of daily use and is a mid-range entry-level performance product. In addition to daily use, it can also smoothly support games such as "Honor of Kings", "Peace Elite", "QQ Speed" and "Honkai Impact 3".

OPPO A72 with the support of HyperBoost 3.0 technology allows the system to improve the touch performance optimization solution of the mobile phone. In terms of frame rate optimization, it can also intelligently predict the status of the mobile phone in real time through the system, which can meet performance needs in a timely manner. In order to achieve the purpose of optimizing game lagging. This kind of optimization is not only reflected in daily use, but also improves the overall experience when playing games.

In terms of refresh rate, OPPO A72 uses a 90GHz eye-protecting screen, which has the screen experience of a flagship phone. It can switch between 60Hz and 90Hz intelligent modes independently, and globally supports 120Hz touch sampling rate. Make this screen not only smooth but also have lower latency.

In terms of games, we selected two popular games, "QQ Speed" and "Peace Elite", for testing, and recorded the game frames through the software.

As for "QQ Speed", the 90Hz refresh rate is enabled throughout the game, and the average number of frames is 60.1. With the support of the high refresh rate throughout the game, the frame rate fluctuation is almost zero, whether it is drifting or acceleration. It is extremely smooth, the display screen is smoother and more realistic, and the operation response will be more accurate. . As for "Peace Elite", which has relatively high requirements on mobile phone performance, due to the limitations of the game, you can turn on smooth picture quality + high frame rate settings and turn on anti-aliasing. The average frame rate is 36.4 frames. It can also be seen from the recorded frame rate that the frame rate is relatively stable throughout the game, including shooting, driving and other fast-moving scenes, which can also ensure good smoothness.

Strong 5G experience

As a thousand-yuan all-round 5G mobile phone, the most important thing is the powerful 5G communication experience. OPPO A72 has 5G communication capabilities that are on par with high-end phones. The Dimensity 720 dual-mode 5G chip uses a 64-bit processor and continues to use the 5G modem of Dimensity 800. It not only supports 5G dual-mode full Netcom, but also adds more products in the same price range. 5G frequency band.

The smart antennas and 5G antennas all adopt a distributed layout, which is suitable for users with various holding postures and can cover all directions without blind spots, allowing you to enjoy the speed brought by 5G wherever you go. with passion. Moreover, coupled with the leading 5G all-scenario multi-channel LTE antenna intelligent switching and the support of Smart 5G antenna signal enhancement technology, it can fully cover the 5G network usage needs in different scenarios. The stable 5G experience makes fast communication a snap. It can also enable Wi-Fi and 5G dual network channels at the same time to achieve even more extreme Internet speeds.

The Dimensity series has a good reputation, and the Dimensity 720 is an integrated dual-mode 5G chip with a 7nm process. It has strong overall strength. In the actual evaluation, it only took half a minute for OPPO A72 to download the 1.98GB Honor of Kings. 5G allows you to enter the 5G era quickly without waiting.

Charging life

OPPO A72 has a built-in large 4040mAh battery and supports up to 18W fast charging. In terms of battery life, we conducted a 3-hour test, including watching videos online, browsing Weibo, playing games, etc. Start the test when the battery of the mobile phone is 100%. The first test is to watch videos online, with the screen brightness at 50%, connect to the WiFi network, and play 1080P high-definition videos online through the bilibili software. After one hour of continuous online video playback, OPPO A72 only consumed 12% of the battery.

After using Douyin for an hour under the same conditions, the battery dropped from 88% to 77%, which means the power consumption was 11%; for those who particularly like to play games, the battery life of the mobile phone will be directly affected. affect the gaming experience. We also conducted a one-hour game endurance test. After playing "Peace Elite" for one hour in performance mode, the phone's power dropped from 77% to 62%, which means that playing the game for one hour only consumed 15% of the power.

After three hours of heavy battery life use, OPPO A72 finally had 62% remaining. As for the slow power loss during daily use, the battery life is still very good.

In terms of charging, run out the power of OPPO A72 and use the original charger to test it. According to actual measurement results, it can be charged to 36% in 30 minutes and 68% in 50 minutes. For a thousand-yuan phone equipped with a 4040mAh large-capacity battery, this performance is acceptable.

System experience

In terms of system, OPPO A72 is equipped with ColorOS 7.2 customized based on Android 10. ColorOS 7.2 revolves around the light and borderless design concept, bringing users a new light experience in terms of vision, operation, animation and other aspects. ColorOS 7.2 also has many rich and practical small functions, such as one-click flashback, which can display the game countdown on the desktop through the flashback key, and switch back to the game with one click, allowing users to quickly switch tasks. Currently, it supports "Honor of Kings", "Peace" The two games "Elite" are also supported when using maps and hailing taxis.

ColorOS 7.2 also provides the ability to slide from the outside in on the desktop to sink the desktop icons. When you randomly hover over an application, you can open the corresponding application. Bottom or side gestures enable industry-best one-handed operation. OPPO has also lowered the image function of its high-end phones. Super text can be selected and sharpened after the text is sorted. You can directly convert word/ppt in the photo album, and it can be directly recognized as text. The method of converting photos with mobile phones to text allows us to record, edit and save information more easily, accurately, efficiently and conveniently. It is undoubtedly suitable for office workers and students. An essential feature.

In addition, OPPO Photo Album also encapsulates collection of photo albums, slow motion, continuous shooting and other virtual and efficient photo album management capabilities into interfaces for WeChat, which can better improve the efficiency of users in selecting pictures in WeChat. Give users a more considerate experience in every detail. In addition, there are smarter Breeno assistants, etc., which can improve the interactive experience and operating efficiency, making the overall experience of OPPO A72 even better.

Summary

The OPPO A72 has a thin and light body and a good overall experience. It is equipped with the same 90Hz high refresh screen as the flagship phone. The 8+128G version is only 1899, and there are many fashionable colors available. selection, bringing consumers a new experience. This phone can easily meet the needs of ordinary users in terms of 5G communication capabilities, appearance design, and photography capabilities. The overall experience of the A72 is relatively balanced, with no obvious shortcomings, making it the most cost-effective 5G phone on the market today.