OPPO just launched the R17 Pro in India at a whopping price of Rs 45,990. The OPPO R17 Pro is currently the latest smartphone in the upper midrange segment featuring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 octa-core SoC.

After the Oppo Find X with its mechanical pop-up camera design launched in India earlier this year without much fanfare, the Chinese giant decided to step up the game and bring their most popular and innovative R-series to the country.

Smartphone makers the world over have found their niche, and buyers tend to radiate to the brands that suit them. Brands such as Samsung, Apple and Google have the ultra-premium space covered with offerings that cover everything from good cameras to excellent software and screens, while others such...

Oppo R17 has a lot of points going in its favour like excellent set of cameras, great display and design, but is the price right...

Oppo R17 Pro has a lot of points going in its favour like excellent set of cameras, great display and design as well as top-notch performance. I think Oppo R17 Pro can give solid competition to OnePlus 6T going by the overall performance.

The Oppo R17 Pro is the latest flagship phone from the Chinese phone maker, coming just four months after the launch of the Find X in June.

We're entering a period of change in the smartphone market. The boundaries between premium and midrange phones are blurring and features once reserved for more expensive products have become available even on cheaper ones. Previously "mid-range" phones are also getting more premium prices.

Beautiful design; Incredible charging speed; Snapdragon 710 and 8 GB RAM perform well; Reliable fingerprint sensor; Decent camera

No water resistance; 3.5mm jack; wireless charging; ColorOS feels like an iOS clone; still on Android Oreo

Behind the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor

When OPPO entered the Philippine market they offered a whole slew of products from budget phones to their flagship Find line. But a year or so into their tenure in the Philippines the company dropped most of their upper mid-range and high-end offerings, focusing solely on their mid-range F series of...

The OPPO R17 Pro is launching in Malaysia this week and this is OPPO’s new premium mid-range smartphone that comes with a triple-camera setup. Ahead of its arrival, we had a chance to unbox the R17 Pro at 45 metres in the sky.