Let's be honest, most smartphones have very similar features -- a longish
rectangular body, powerful chips and a camera on the front and back, albeit with
different megapixel counts. Oppo went out on a limb last year with the N1, whose
camera was mounted on a swivel. This year's flagship from the Chinese company
has the same gimmick, but it's been improved with a motor and a nifty
auto-panorama feature.
Novelties usually come with drawbacks, however. The camera module is separate
from the chassis, making for a thicker phone, and unlike the slim and
lightweight devices you see from its competitors, Oppo's N3 feels thick and
heavy.
The phone will be available globally direct from Oppo's online shop for $649
or €549 (with free shipping), which converts to around £410, unlocked and
without a contract. The US version of the phone will work with GSM carriers such
as AT&T and T-Mobile for calls and texts, while the international model
should work on all networks in the UK, Australia and Singapore. LTE support will
vary by country, so make you check that it matches your carrier's network before
buying.
Oppo's N3 has a camera that swivels by itself... See full gallery http://www.ipod-musictransfer.com/
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While the name suggests the N3 is the the third version of the company's N
series, it's actually the second. Oppo skips even numbers in its model lines --
I'm guessing this might be due to how Chinese companies prefer to avoid the
number four (since the pronunciation of "four" in Mandarin sounds like
"death").
The N3 looks much the same as the N1, though there are tweaks to the design.
The most obvious of these is the faux-leather material used in the swivel camera
mount. I'll be honest here -- I hate it. It clashes with the rest of the phone's
clean matte surface and doesn't add anything to the character of the N3. Nothing
good, anyway.
The swivel camera has been improved with a motor, and it automatically turns
around when you tap on the front camera button in the camera app. You can slide
your finger on the screen or fingerprint sensor (located at the back) to how to transfer music from ipod to
iphone operate the camera and there's an auto-panorama feature. Check out
the camera's leatherette-swivelling action in the GIF below.
Oppo has added a band at the sides, and while it does look stylish, it ends
up digging into your hand, making for an uncomfortable grip. The phone appears
to taper downwards, making the bottom look thinner than the top.
The bottom has an odd-looking hollowed-out curve -- that's Oppo's Skyline
notification bar, which first appeared on the Oppo Find 7 . The notification
lights can now be seen even when the phone is placed with the screen facing
downwards, as they're now visible on both sides of the phone, leaving you unable
to escape notifications unless you hide it in your pocket or a drawer.
Like most Chinese-made smartphones, the N3 has dual-SIM capability -- one
micro-SIM slot and one nano-SIM slot, although this model isn't available in
every region. The "international" version replaces the nano-SIM slot with a
microSD slot so you can expand the storage with up to 128GB.
The fingerprint sensor on the rear works just like the Touch ID sensor on
Apple's iPhone. There's no need for a swiping action to use your fingerprint to
unlock the device. Simply touch it with the correct finger and the phone
automatically unlocks. The only problem with using the sensor is its placement
on the back -- when the phone is on the table, you'll have to unlock it by
picking it up or entering the PIN code. In this regard, putting the sensor ipod transfer software on the
front, like the iPhone does, makes more sense.
Unusually, Oppo has given this sequel a smaller screen. Whereas the Oppo N1
had a huge 5.9-inch display, the N3 comes with a smaller full HD
(1,920x1,080-pixel) 5.5-inch screen. It's large enough that you may have trouble
typing with one hand, but it works great for watching videos.
Because of the smaller screen, the N3 has a smaller footprint, at 161 by 77mm
(6.3 by 3 inches). The Oppo N3 is slightly thinner than the N1, at 8.7mm to the
N1's 9mm (0.34 to 0.35 inches). It's also pretty heavy at 192 grams (6.8
ounces).
Software and other features
The N3 comes with Oppo's own Color OS 2.0, running over Android 4.4 KitKat.
The OS has been improved, and while it's slightly flatter than before, Oppo
hasn't taken the plunge to fully commit to the flat interface found on many
current Android devices. That said, you can download skins from the Theme Store
and change its look.
Oppo has made the N1's gesture feature much more usable. Instead of swiping
down from the top-left corner and taking up the whole screen, the gesture window
can now be activated by swiping upwards from the bottom of the screen, which
only takes up about a third of the display.
This makes it much easier to use and you can set up patterns to launch things
like the camera, the flashlight, or a different app of your choosing.
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