Oppo K3: ‘Mid-range’ is no longer a dirty word

Smartphone buyers in India can be sure of one thing: they have plenty of choice, even if they don’t plan on spending a lot of money. The category between ₹15,000 and ₹20,000, once starved of anything that was of good quality, now teems with phones that work really well and look stylish too. Oppo has just launched one of these, priced at ₹16,990, and it joins the recently-launched Realme X with which it shares a price, many features and parent company, BBK Electronics.

Design

The Oppo K3’s back wears the gradient that seems to have become the favourite of most phone brands right now. It’s a blue-to-purple shading reminiscent of twilight except that it’s vertical instead of horizontal on this phone.