It is the season of Chinese companies to flood the Indian market with their smartphones of every hue and variety. Now, it is the turn of Oppo to introduce their mini version of the flagship smartphone NI. As per the new posting on their Facebook page, Oppo Mobiles India has mentioned today that Oppo N1 Mini, which they call ‘little master’ will arrive in India within a week. The Oppo N1 Mini smartphone was launched with the Oppo R3 in June in China.
The Oppo N1 Mini has the unique feature of 13MP swivel camera with an LED flash, which doubles as a rear and front camera. This was the hallmark of the N1 smartphone, which was introduced in India in Janaury, 2014. This camera is capable of shooting 24MP photos in the Ultra HD mode.
The NI Mini sport a 5-inch display with 720 x 1280 pixels resolution and is powered by a 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor, coupled with 2GB RAM and 16GB of inbuilt storage with no expandable storage support. The N1 Mini runs Oppo’s proprietary Color OS 1.4, which is based on Android Jelly Bean OS 4.3. The connectivity options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 4G LTE and 3G. This smartphone is fuelled by a 2140mAh battery. It has thickness of 9.2mm and weighs 150 grams.
The success of N1 will depend upon its price as the recent entrant Xiaomi of China is offering their Mi3 at an attractive price of Rs. 13,999. Oppo had introduced their flagship N1 in India at an exhorbitant price of Rs. 39,999 and subsequently reduced the price to Rs. 32,999. The smartphone scenario has changed completely in India now and they will have to keep the realistic price to see the boxes of N1 Mini moving.
