Oppo has just recently announces its pre-orders for the Find 7a in North America, but we might see a version of the R1 with US-capable LTE in the near future. Fresh from FCC approval. the high-quality, low-cost R1 can now handle 4G data on T-Mobile and, to a limited extent, AT&T. It should also run quickly on Canadian providers.
The Oppo R1 is the cousin to the more powerful high-end devices, the Oppo N1 & Oppo Find7, both of which recently launched in the North American and Europe markets within the last Quarter.
Here are a few key features of the R1:
- Runs Color OS (based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean)
- 5-inch IPS display with 720 x 1280 pixels (294 PPI)
- 5MP front-facing camera
- Quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor clocked at 1.3GHz
- 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal memory
- Weighing 140 grams and measuring 142.7 x 70.4 x 7.1 mm
- 2,410 mAh battery
There is no official word on when the R1 will be announced for availability in North America, but you can expect the pricing to mirror the Chinese variant at approximately $400.
