Femme StaffOPPO today announced the launch of its new A series smartphone – the OPPO A18 – in Kenya Featuring a large 5,000mAh battery and powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 with ample memory and storage, the OPPO A18 is engineered to provide seamlessly smooth performance and long-lasting battery life. The device boasts a stunning 90Hz Sunlight Display and an Ultra Volume Mode, perfectly combined to deliver exceptional user experience for everyday use and immersive entertainment.
Iconic, Stunning and Lightweight Design
The OPPO A18 stays true to OPPO’s iconic design aesthetic and captivates with its vibrant colors and exquisite textures. The OPPO A18 comes in two stylish colors, Glowing Blue and Glowing Black. Both models employ OPPO’s exclusive OPPO Glow design technique, which gives the back cover of the phone a subtle shimmering appearance, creating a fingerprints-resistant, dual matte finish with glittery details.
The lineup also inherits the same iconic Ultra-Slim Retro Design as previous models in the OPPO A series. With 2D Premium Design, the device is comfortable to hold and has a sleek and lightweight appearance, measuring only about 8.16mm in thickness and weighing only about 188g. In addition, the OPPO A18 features a Side Fingerprint Unlock functionality, allowing for swift and seamless unlocking even when the device is held with one hand.
Immersive Viewing Experience with 90Hz Sunlight Display
Reading or viewing on-screen content in bright light is often a challenge, but the OPPO A18 introduces a brand-new 90Hz Sunlight Display that can reach up to 720 nits of brightness in High Brightness Mode. This allows users to effortlessly view on-screen content without the need for shading, even in direct sunlight.
Additionally, the OPPO A18 features a 6.56-inch HD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate and 96% DCI-P3 color gamut, delivering vibrant and immersive colors and smooth visuals. The OPPO A18 also comes with All-Day AI Eye Comfort, which minimizes eye strain, making viewing comfortable regardless of screentime.
Capture Stunning Images with Enhanced Camera System
The OPPO A18 is equipped with an 8MP main camera and a 2MP bokeh camera, allowing users to capture clear, natural, and bright images. The two cameras work in tandem with OPPO’s advanced portrait algorithm to provide impressive bokeh light spots in the background and highlight the subject in Portrait Mode. With the 5MP front camera, the OPPO A18 delivers stunning selfies and enhanced video call quality. With the Portrait Retouching features, users have options to adjust the level of beautification to achieve subtle and natural effects on both the front and rear cameras.
Fast and Smooth Performance for Effortless, Long-term Use
Powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 platform, the OPPO A18 delivers smooth and efficient performance. With OPPO’s proprietary Dynamic Computing Engine, the long-lasting smooth performance of the OPPO A18 has been verified through 36-Month Fluency Protection tests conducted in the OPPO lab, recording an average aging rate of less than 10%, ensuring longevity.
The OPPO A18 comes with a 4GB RAM+128GB ROM configuration, and RAM Expansion technology, allowing it to convert free ROM space into up to 4GB of RAM to keep the phone running smoothly during heavy-load scenarios.
The OPPO A18 introduces the Ultra Volume Mode, a software feature that helps amplify the speaker volume by 300%. This ensures easy phone calls and watching short videos, even in bustling or noisy environments.
Extended Battery Life and Safe Charging
Addressing users’ concerns around battery life and capacity, the OPPO A18 comes equipped with a large 5000mAh battery. On full charge, the device will still have more than 20% remaining battery life even after 12 hours of work and daily activities.
OPPO has also introduced a series of exclusive technologies designed to enhance charging safety and battery reliability. All-day Charging Protection utilizes AI to learn users’ charging habits and intelligently schedule charging, ensuring safety and efficiency during overnight or extended charging periods. Furthermore, All-Day AI Power Saving guarantees support for 25 hours all-time standby even at a low battery level of 5%.
Enhanced Quality Begins with Durability
Designed with durability in mind, the OPPO A18 has an IP54 dustproof and waterproof rating, with IPX4 Water Resistance, offering protection against water splashes or humid environments. To ensure the utmost quality and reliability, the OPPO A18 has passed six major tests, including physical drops, water, radiation, climate damage, repeated small drops, and signal stability tests.
Market Availability
The OPPO A18 will be available in Glowing Blue and Glowing Black with 4GB RAM + 128GB ROM at a recommended retail price of 20,000 across all OPPO stores countrywide and E-commerce platforms.
