Oppo A36 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Oppo A36 - a combination of incongruous

The balance of technical characteristics within the price segment is perhaps the main attribute of a commercially successful smartphone. Even little-known manufacturers strive for such an indicator in their products, so it is doubly strange to see devices like the hero of today's review from well-known developers. Thus, the Chinese company Oppo has created one of the most controversial gadgets in its range.

The appearance of the novelty cannot be criticized, as it combines a stylish dual camera unit, a side fingerprint sensor, and an almost frameless display with an 8-megapixel selfie camera in the corner. The beauty and practicality of the tempered glass of the back panel will be positively appreciated, but it is difficult to demand a metal edging from a fairly budgetary phablet. The 6.56-inch IPS screen is the first reason to question the rationality of buying an Android smartphone. The frankly low resolution of 1612x720 pixels looks peculiar against the background of the image refresh rate at 90Hz and a good margin of brightness, the graininess of small fonts is striking.

If the choice of the processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 ) and the video adapter (Adreno 610) is unlikely to surprise the buyer, then such words cannot be said about the impressive 8GB of RAM and the incredible 256GB of ROM . It is a pity that these parameters have almost no effect on overall performance. The Android 11 interface reproduces quite smoothly, as well as applications that are undemanding to resources, but the situation with games is much worse. Outdated Cortex-A73 CPU cores simply cannot provide comfortable gameplay in Genshin Impact, Fortnite and similar projects at any graphics settings. A slot for microSD cards is present, but it is unlikely to be useful to the user.

The main 13- and 2-megapixel photomodules are frustrating. Even in daylight, the photographs obtained are not considered ideal, both noise and errors in color rendition are noticeable. The onset of the evening significantly lowers the chances of decent pictures, even for social networks. There is a plus for every minus in the device. So, autonomy, thanks to a 5000mAh battery and an HD-display, reaches an excellent 10-12 hours of active screen time. But with fast charging, the battery has problems, it is better to connect the mobile assistant to the outlet at night. There are no stereo speakers, and savings can be seen on contactless NFC payments. Thus, the considered device turned out to be too compromise, which is why it is recommended to pay attention to more functional and thoughtful alternatives from other brands.