OPPO provides the A79 with a 1080p screen, unlike its predecessor

OPPO has released the A79 5G in the Benelux. Unlike its predecessor, the A79 has a display with 2400×1080 pixels, where the predecessor had to make do with 1612×720 pixels.

That screen is also larger and brighter, OPPO reports. It is a 6.72″ LCD with a refresh rate of 90Hz and a maximum brightness of 680cd/m2. That is more than the 575cd/m2 of its predecessor, but less than many other current phones.

The SoC is a Mediatek Dimensity 6020, equipped with a 5G modem. On paper, that is hardly an upgrade compared to its predecessor’s Dimensity 700: it has the same CPU cores and the same GPU. The phone has stereo speakers. The cameras are a 50-megapixel main camera, a 2-megapixel ‘portrait camera’ and an 8-megapixel front camera. The software can blow up the photos to 108 megapixels, but the manufacturer does not mention why. Many phones that have a 108 megapixel sensor actually reduce photos to, for example, 12 megapixels.

The battery has a capacity of 5000mAh and can charge at 33W. The phone has 4GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The recommended retail price of the phone is 299 euros and it will be released on Monday.