Oppo R819 review: Asian blade

20 August 2013
Dual-SIM phones have an aura of budget-mindedness, which makes it hard to find a handset that goes the extra mile. The Oppo R819 has an impressively slim and light build, a good screen and camera, and operates in the busy but somewhat...

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  • nuaim
  • g8K
  • 29 Sep 2015

Hi...
I have oppo R819 i have been using since one year it is superb, but now it started to hang and suddenly switch off, so i formatted to factory setting now it is full Chinese language, kindly guide me to change it to English

    • n
    • nuaim
    • g8K
    • 29 Sep 2015

    Hi...
    I have oppo R819 i have been using since one year it is superb, but now it started to hang and suddenly switch off, so i formatted to factory setting now it is full Chinese language, kindly guide me to change it to English

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      • doni wirman
      • 6{6
      • 19 Nov 2013

      I bought this phone and have used it for 3 weeks. As long as I use this phone..I felt very comfortable with this phone to take my daily activity. Its very smooth, exe app quickly and runs with multitasking very well. I also have installed this phone with a medium heavy games like need for speed most wanted, drad trigger, asphalt 8, shadow guns and its run very well..
      THe display its sharp and bright..even just 720dpi but its still nice to see..
      The camera is one of the selling point for this phone..u can take a nice picture even in a low light condition..
      Overall this is a good phone..

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        • Johnas Ny.
        • nqX
        • 08 Nov 2013

        try to check out this: dualsim(.)FI they have a lot nice dualsim phones!

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          • AnonD-80553
          • 5i4
          • 19 Sep 2013

          pipo, 07 Sep 2013Hi Marco, Can you post your experience of that phone? Ho... moreI am very happy with the phone. We had a very informative thread on XDA for this phone, where I posted pics etc. Very good quality. Just the same as other 13MP cameras like Xperia Z and so on. Unfortunately the original poster got banned and the thread removed. A new one has started to grow today.

          The battey surprised me, much better than expected with such a large screen. Significantly better battery life than my previous Motorola RAZR XT910.

          The phone is snappy and fast, no problem with multitasking, tabbed browsing etc. Works better than my tablet for sure, which is also quad-core and 2GB RAM, only different CPU and GPU.

          For heavy gaming, it's not the best choice. The resolution is too high for the GPU/CPU. For casuel gaming it's great. Mini Motor Racing, Riptide GP, GTA III all run very well. The Dark Knight is where it's limitations start to show slightly. It can lag some times in that games, sometimes very smooth. But it is a very very heavy game for sure in FullHD.

          MTK have bad GPS, but there is a simple fix and guides for re-calibration (mobileuncletools).

          I found very very many satelites with mine while testing that fix, but I haven't used it in real life application yet.

          I didn't do it the most correct way, as I live in a very very very rainy country. I'ts supposed to be re-calibrated outside. Today is actually the first non-rainy day in a long time. I did it inside a work complex, so when testing in google maps, it missed by about 50-100 meters/yards. Others who did it properly said it should work just fine I think. Except one I think.

          Hopefully I get to do it properly later today or something.

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            • pipo
            • mTn
            • 07 Sep 2013

            AnonD-80553, 01 Sep 2013I just got my 6" FullHD, 2GB RAM, MTK6589T, 13MP Sony ... moreHi Marco,

            Can you post your experience of that phone? How does the T-processor fares?
            perhaps a few original photo's and clips?
            How long does the battery last?
            What interest me in particular if the phone can record phonecalls?
            I also hear reports of bad-GPS implementation on some MediaTek equipped phones.

            Thanks.

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              • pipo
              • mTn
              • 07 Sep 2013

              Hi editors,

              Will you review other chinese phones as well?
              Like the JiaYu G4 Advanced with the T-processor?
              Especially since that one is getting more and more available across Europe as well (with "official distributors".

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                • AnonD-80553
                • m}i
                • 01 Sep 2013

                I just got my 6" FullHD, 2GB RAM, MTK6589T, 13MP Sony sensor and 3000mAh battery powered Zopo ZP990 last week.

                Also a dual-sim at a reasonable price, only $369. And I'm very very happy with it. It was very close call between that the the Jiayu G4 Advanced, but in the end I wanted the larger screen, and I'm using my new phone much more than my old 4.3"

                In general I'd say the big brands suck at dual-sims.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 9GH
                  • 24 Aug 2013

                  Lmage

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                    • AnonD-151727
                    • nvy
                    • 21 Aug 2013

                    mediatek = n0 n0

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                      • Anonymous
                      • jMI
                      • 21 Aug 2013

                      This phone looks ALOT like a GS2.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Trn
                        • 21 Aug 2013

                        Des, 21 Aug 2013Does this phone come with an LED Notification light? like t... moreMy Dear, use NoLed to get notification on screen.

                        https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.led.notify&hl=en

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                          • Des
                          • gxu
                          • 21 Aug 2013

                          Does this phone come with an LED Notification light? like the Oppo Find has? My samsung s3 mini really bugs me that i have to pick up the phone to check if i got a message :/

                          thanks

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                            • AnonD-177568
                            • J%I
                            • 21 Aug 2013

                            Where can we find this phone?
                            The thing about a China-only vendor (or India-only, or any country-only) is that it's limited. And from an AOSP point of view, this device will hardly be supported by the developer community. Which makes you depend on the OEM (and maybe the carrier) to be kind enough to update your phone OS.

                            Usually that doesn't work very well. The device will most probably never be updated, and if it is, with a ridiculously large delay.

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                              • plivnik46
                              • pIa
                              • 20 Aug 2013

                              AnonD-177568, 20 Aug 2013You guys at gsmarena should do a "dual-sim wars".... moreJiaYu G4 advanced is a bit more high end, it has mtk6589T (4x1.5GHz), 4.7" 720p display, 2GB RAM, 32GB expandable storage and a 3000 mAh replacable battery. It costs about $300 but there are also 1GB RAM/4GB storage/mtk6589/1850mAh versions which are usually cheaper.

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                                • AnonD-177568
                                • PgU
                                • 20 Aug 2013

                                You guys at gsmarena should do a "dual-sim wars".
                                Something like Oppo R819 x BLU Life Play x Galasy S4 mini x HTC Desire 600 x Sony Xperia C...

                                I know there are many names out there, but seeing a comprehensive and up-to-date comparison with benchmarks, battery and screen shootouts would be awesome.

                                I really hope that by 2014 we have more high-end options in the dual-sim universe. If I had a AOSP high-end dual-sim phone, it would be really great. Nowadays I use a Nexus 4 and a Samsung featurephone...

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Kg{
                                  • 20 Aug 2013

                                  AnonD-177545, 20 Aug 2013Most apps built for Gingerbread still respond to the Menu k... moreSo this is a gingerbread phone? I missed that part, sorry.


                                  Nexus 4 and Xperia Z and so on are doing great without menu key.

                                  And i already said it, they can just use 4 keys, appswitch is almost as important as back key, having to longpress Home slows down things too much, very inefficient.

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                                    • AnonD-177545
                                    • 3cm
                                    • 20 Aug 2013

                                    Anonymous, 20 Aug 2013Actually a good phone but it so fails to excite me even the... moreMost apps built for Gingerbread still respond to the Menu key. AND Google SHOULD HAVE MAPPED the Menu key to the new "action menu", where available (ICS+). So don't blame Oppo for keeping a Menu key that's still present in 95% of the new phones.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Kg{
                                      • 20 Aug 2013

                                      Actually a good phone but it so fails to excite me even the slightest. I guess its due to the lack of card slot, its like nothing else matters when i already know that. Read through the review fast anyway, and i found an equally big disadvantage (for me):

                                      and it is... The capacitive buttons. What on earth are they doing with the antiquated menu key, where is the appswitch button, which i use all the time? Longpress on Home is so inefficient for a function that is used so much more often than the Home? How often do i need to go to the homescreen? Not often at all.

                                      This phone is big enough to have 4 buttons, or let the menu button appear onscreen, and only when there is a menu in the first place, like on Nexus and lotsa newer Sony phones. Its pretty stupid to press the Menu key and then there is no menu, then you press again, and again. Lame. Not as lame as HTC but pretty lame still.

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