Oppo K1: Slim, trim and easy on the eye

Another smartphone enters the mid-range space — this time bringing a great screen and an in-display fingerprint scanner and decent specs

Phone-makers have become very fond of a blue-to-pink gradient colouring the back of their devices, mimicking twilight and looking eye-catching in the bargain. Oppo has used the colours on other phones. This very gradient is rather prominent and strongly coloured on Oppo’s new K1, the first phone to be launched in India in its mid-range K series. Just recently, Samsung also launched a whole new series in this space, though the M series phones that came in are actually cheaper. But quite evidently, the plot is thickening in the sub ₹20,000 segment. The K1 is ₹16,990 and quite a premium-looking device for the price.