Chinese consumer electronics producer Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd, is known as OPPO. Its headquarters are located at Dongguan in Guangdong in China. Oppo produces electronic product categories, including Smartphones. The Oppo F Series lineup focuses on selfie-focused smartphones with MediaTek or Qualcomm processors. These devices bear the slogan "Selfie Expert" on the back. OPPO F21 Pro is the latest addition to OPPO’s popular F21 series. Let’s take a look at the specs, pros, and cons of the OPPO F21 Pro 4G.

Why OPPO F21 Pro is a Gift for Shakib Al Hasan’s Fans?

Although OPPO F21 Pro was launched in May 2022 with sunset orange and cosmic black colors. The brand is now bringing a new color for OPPO F21 Pro. 

OPPO is bringing the world’s best all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan’s signature S#75 color, to the Oppo F21 Pro device, which is already available for the OPPO F21S phone. S#75 is a color variable with many more color shades (varieties), including pink, green, and gold. 

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These types of colors are an expression of Shakib’s personality, which Shakib has acquired over time through various successes and experiences. However, this is not only Shakib’s color, but it applies to any smartphone user. 

Key Features of OPPO F21 Pro 4G

Design

The F21 Pro looks distinct from the other phones on the market. It has a decisive advantage over other phones. In an array of dazzling rear-paneled systems, the OPPO F21 Pro’s new S#75 color will surely make it look exceptional and polished. It feels good to touch and is easy to care for.

A rectangular camera unit situated at the top left part of the back features three lenses and an LED flash. The side frame of the camera module has an LED light around, which OPPO uses as a notification light and also likes to respond to as an Orbit light. The light blinks when you make a call, or the device is connected to charge.

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The upper left corner of the Oppo F21 Pro 4 G’s LCD screen has a punch hole in it for a front-facing camera. There’s almost no bezel around it. As compared to other phones, the F21 Pro has flat edges that make it less ergonomic. Nevertheless, OPPO has done well to ensure that the phone is lightweight, weighing only 175 grams. It is one of the slimmest phones at this time within its price range.

Display

The Oppo F21 Pro 4G includes a 6.43-inch AMOLED screen. It has a resolution 2400 by 1080 pixels along with 409PPI.

While the outstanding colors and blacks of the screen are good, the refresh rate is less than comparable devices. If you compare it to a 120Hz panel, the 90Hz refresh rate panel will feel much better. It’s not overly bright on this screen, and it meets the requirements necessary for bright light. 

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The OPPO phone has a 403 nits typical brightness at normal mode. You will get peak brightness of 600 nits, which is good enough to use the phone under bright sunlight.

OPPO has confirmed that the OPPO F21 Pro has the necessary Widevine L1 DRM certification, allowing users to stream the best possible content on their smartphones.

Camera

The OPPO F21 Pro camera setup contains three sensors at the back and one at the front. 

Back Camera

The back camera supports a primary 64-megapixel wide-angle camera with an f/1.7 aperture, 79° field-of-view, and 6P lens. Its camera hardware is useful for preserving sharpness well. As with the majority of OPPO devices, colors seem to be good in this device. There’s also a decent dynamic range of the main rear camera, as it can capture various colors with minimal contrast.

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The back camera series has a 2-megapixel microscope sensor that offers an f/3.3 aperture, 65° field-of-view, and a 3P lens. 

While the 2MP MONO camera sports an f/2.4 aperture, 89° field-of-view, and 3P lens. It can shoot black-and-white photos.

Using the rear camera of the OPPO F21 Pro, you can shoot a maximum of 1080P footage at 30 fps and 720P footage at 30 fps. For slow-motion video, it supports 720p videos at 120fps. EIS is available for the rear camera.

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Front Camera

The 32MP front camera features an f/2.4 aperture, 85° field-of-view, and a 5P lens. OPPO F21 Pro's selfie camera is an effective device for taking attractive photos during the day. Though the selfie camera provides good photos in well-lit conditions, it struggles in low light. When light levels are low, the image will appear fuzzy and indistinct. Lack of optical image stabilization (OIS) can make it worse. 

The front camera of the OPPO F21 Pro supports 1080P videos at 30 fps and 720P footage at 30 fps. 

Software and Performance

As far as performance is concerned, any mid-range Android smartphone would carry out just as well as OPPO’s F21 Pro. Apps take some time to load, and the startup time tends to be longer than expected. The phone has Snapdragon™ 680 with 8 cores which speed up to 2.4 GHz. The graphic unit is enriched with Adreno 610 GPU at 1100MHz. 

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The phone comes with ColorOS 12 skin that runs on the latest Android 12 OS. The Oppo does not offer a clean user interface out of the box but offers a well-thought-out and straightforward set of utilities to customize your experience. 

This device has Air gestures, which let you scroll through apps on websites like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram by means of hand motions. But this is merely a gimmick, and you will probably end up touching the display. 

But, you will surely like OPPO’s Orbit light customization option, which gives a better experience overall.

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The phone comes with 8GB LPDDR4x RAM and UFS2.2 128GB memory. However, if this memory is not enough, you can insert an external memory card.

Battery and Charger

The OPPO F21 Pro’s battery pack comes with 4,500mAh, which is not going to top the list, but you will be pleased with its performance. It will last all day while connected to the internet. If you are not playing games on this phone, it will last up to two days. Despite the gaming, the phone will provide you with around five hours of backup, which is a wonderful battery backup from a 4,500mAh gadget.

Among its rival phones in this price range, the Oppo F21 Pro only comes with a 33-watt fast charger, which is not quite as good as the 66-watt alternatives offered by the competitors. This adds more time to complete a charge, but the bundled charger delivers a full charge in one hour and twenty-five minutes.

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OPPO F21 Pro’s Official Price in Bangladesh

The OPPO F21 Pro comes in only one variant, which is 8GB+128GB. The phone is priced at Tk. 29,990, which you can buy online or from stores. However, the price is subject to change.

Final Words

The Oppo F21 pro is an average Android mid-ranger for most tasks. It performs similarly to a mid-range phone, and the camera is like any other mid-range Android smartphone in the market.

Nevertheless, the design of the smartphone and photo-taking abilities with the microscope camera segment is what set it apart from the crowd. You will like the software and the microscopic camera for sure. However, what you may dislike are the OS and its mediocre imaging performance.

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On the whole, if you are looking for a standard phone under TK 30000 to do day-to-day tasks and some photography, you can consider Oppo F21 Pro 4G.