Oppo A5 2020 is one of the company’s mid-range smartphones. The device was launched in Nepal on September 23rd, 2019, alongside the Oppo A9 2020, another mid-range smartphone from the company and surprisingly it stays in the list of best the smartphones under 25,000 in Nepal.
In Nepal’s competitive mid-range market, Oppo has dropped the price of A5 and is now available at Rs. 22,990 for the 3 GB RAM with 64 GB storage variant and Rs. 25,490 for 4 GB RAM with 128 GB storage variant.
OPPO A5 2020 Overview
Design and Display
The Oppo A5 has a very similar design to A9 2020. It has a plastic back and plastic frame. The back panel features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and vertical camera module to house the rear camera setup.
The phone weighs 195 grams with a 163.6 x 75.4 x 9.1 mm dimension and is available in two colors: Mirror Black and Dazzling White.
The Oppo A5 2020 has a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels in an aspect ratio of 20:9, which is the same display used in A9 2020. The device’s front has a waterdrop notch to house the single front-facing camera. The phone body has a screen-to-body ratio of 89% and ~270 PPI density. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top.
Performance and Memory
Like A9 2020, the A5 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor and Adreno 610 GPU. The Snapdragon processor is widely used in the mid-range price segment.
The phone comes in 3 GB RAM with 64 GB storage and 4 GB RAM with 128 GB storage configuration options. The device contains a dedicated microSD card slot if the phone runs out of memory. The phone runs on ColorOS 6.1 based on Android 9 out of the box.
Camera
The rear quad camera setup of Oppo A5 2020 consists of a 12MP primary sensor of f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP ultrawide sensor of f/2.25 aperture, a 2MP depth sensor of f/2.4 aperture, and a 2MP macro sensor of f/2.4 aperture. The phone’s front camera is an 8 MP sensor of f/2.2 aperture inside the waterdrop notch.
The rear camera setup on the device can record 4K videos at 30fps, 1080p, and 720p videos at 30fps and features Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS). However, the front camera can only record videos up to 1080p at 30 fps. The camera features shooting modes like Photo, video, professional mode, panorama, portrait, night scene, time-lapse photography, slow motion, etc.
Battery
The Oppo A5 2020 is backed up by a massive 5000 mAh battery. The phone can also act as a power bank to charge other devices, supporting the reverse charge.
One of the Oppo A5’s unique features is its stereo speaker setup with Dolby Atmos support, which is quite rare for the phones in its price segment.
Oppo A5 2020 Specifications
| Body | 163.6 x 75.4 x 9.1 mm, 195 grams |
| Display | 6.5-inch LCD (1600 x 720 pixels) HD+ display, 20:9 aspect ratio, protected by Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 (11nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (Quad 2GHz Kryo 260G + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260S) |
| GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| RAM & Memory | 3GB RAM 64GB storage or 4GB RAM 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD |
| OS | ColorOS 6.0 based on Android 9 |
| Rear Camera | Quad Cameras:
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| Front Camera | 8MP with f/2.0 aperture |
| Fingerprint sensor | rear-mounted |
| Battery | 5000mAh battery with reverse charging |
| Color Options | Mirror Black and Dazzling White |
Oppo A5 2020 Price in Nepal and Availability
Oppo A5 2020 was officially launched in Nepal in September 2019 with Rs.27,990 for the 4GB RAM and 128 Gb storage variant and Rs. 22,990 for the 3 GB RAM and 64 GB storage variant. Oppo has lowered the 4/128 GB variant’s price by Rs. 2,500, so the new price is Rs. 25,490. However, the 3/64 GB variant’s price remains the same as the launch price.
| Smartphone Model | Old Price | New Price |
| OPPO A5 2020 (3/64 GB) | Rs. 22,990 | Rs. 22,990 |
| OPPO A5 2020 (4/128 GB) | Rs. 27,990 | Rs.25,490 |
At this price range, the A5 2020 competes against Redmi Note 7 Pro, which provides a better screen, better processor, and more RAM. However, the A5 offers a larger battery.
