Oppo has landed in Malaysia

Oppo, a famous China company that makes smartphones, just had its launch event in Malaysia. It announced 4 models for Malaysia, but I am pretty sure that you will only be interested in one of them. That, of course, is the Oppo N1.

With a swivelling 13 MP camera, this phone will turn everyone into selfie-spamming bimbos. Source: mobicity.com.au

The event was covered by Soya Cincau and Lowyat. You can also find a review by The Verge of the phone. I will summarize as best as I can.

Main selling point - swivel camera. That translates to selfies. And with that, Oppo included a touchpad on the back which you can hold for a second to capture an image. The screen is 5.9" 1080p. It runs on a Snapdragon 600 (1.7 GHz) processor with 2 GB RAM and is juiced by a 3610 mAH (!) battery. It only comes with 16 GB RAM and it is non expandable. Oh, there is also no LTE.

Truth be told, I am not sold by the sheer length of the phone. Being about half an inch even longer than the Note 3, that phablet is trading too much for the swivel camera. Speaking about the swivel camera, it should prevent the use of conventional casings. And if somehow the case makers succeed in making a case to accommodate the swivel camera, it also needs to carve out a hole on the back to allow access to the touchpad.

LTE support is a staple in 2014. A phone that costs RM 1798 should have LTE. Also, considering that it only comes with 16 GB worth of storage, you might run out of space to store all your selfies in about a month or two.

Source: Soya Cincau

All in all, if you really need to get that perfect selfie, get a Nikon D5100.