OPPO recently announced the OPPO A57 with a 16MP Selfie Shooter in India. The budget smartphone comes with a metallic body, similar in shape to Meizu's devices. The smartphone's display features a home key at the lower end. The right side of the smartphone features the power-cum-lock key.

OPPO A57- The Selfie Smartphone

The OPPO A57 is an exclusive selfie smartphone. Hence it is equipped with a 16-megapixel front facing camera loaded with advanced features such as f/2.0 aperture, 1.12um pixel size, and 5P lens. The rear camera comes with a slightly lesser resolution of 13-megapixel with a f/2.2 aperture, 5P lens, and PDAF. The device sports a 5.2-inch curved 2.5 D display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. It is loaded with a 3GB of RAM and an expandable 32GB of inbuilt storage. The latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 64-bit Octa-core processor that runs at a speed of 1.4GHz powers the device, as reported by Android Headline.

Other Interesting Specs Of The OPPO A57

The smartphone is also loaded with specs such as Adreno 505 GPU, a fingerprint scanner on the home key and a powerful 2,900mAh non-removable battery. The device comes with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out of the box along with the companies own, ColorOS 3.0. The 147-gram device allows for two Nano-SIM cards with 4G LTE connectivity. It also supports other features like Bluetooth, 3G, Wi-Fi and more, as reported by Indian Express.

Release Date, Price And The Hydro-Phobic Home Button

Another important aspect of the device is that the home button is made of a hydrophobic zirconium surface, that makes the fingerprint scanner to function even with the hands are moist. There is only one variant of the device, which is the Gold Color OPPO A57, and it is sold at the very affordable price of Rs. 14,990 in India. The device will be available in both offline stores and online stores such as Flipkart, Amazon, and Snapdeal from February 3rd, 2017.