Oppo R17 is unveiled with 6.4″ notched display and under-display fingerprint scanner

We recently made a comprehensive list to track upcoming and unreleased phones by major vendors. OPPO is due to launch at least four new phones: the OPPO F9, OPPO F9 Pro, OPPO R17, and the OPPO R17 Pro. The company has been teasing the OPPO F9 Pro for a while, and specifications of the OPPO F9 have also been leaked. OPPO’s F series is the mainstream mid-range series, while the R series are upper mid-range/pseudo-flagship series. Now, the OPPO R17 has been listed on the company’s official Chinese website, revealing most of the specifications for the phone.

You might’ve thought Oppo is done with the surprises after the Find X unveiling, but the manufacturer just went one step further in introducing new technology in its smartphones. The R17 has just appeared on the company website with downright impressive specs - in-display fingerprint scanner, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB storage and one of the tiniest notches out there for the selfie camera.

The phone will arrive with the new 10 nm process Snapdragon 670 chipset that was introduced last week. It has octa-core CPU in a 2-6 configuration - 2x Kryo 260 cores for performance at 2 GHz and 6x Kryo 360 cores for efficiency at 1.7 GHz. The GPU is Adreno 615, while the ISP is Spectra 250.

The screen of the Oppo R17 has practically no bezels on the side, while the top has a razor-thin bezel for the speaker. The bottom is the thickest bezel there is for the display controller. Oppo equipped the phone with a 6.4” AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution. Under the display is placed the fingerprint sensor that is just 4 sq.mm big and has a 3P Micro Lens for optical reading of the finger.

The selfie camera tucked into the notch is the 25 MP snapper with f/2.0 that Oppo introduced with the “Selfie Master” F7 and later made its way to the Find X. The rear combo is not fully revealed, but the company says it can read up to 800 scenes due to the AI abilities of the camera and software.

The phone has Color OS 5.2 as its main UI platform which is based on Android Oreo 8.1 It is the latest version and should bring some more voice-activated features, info panels and optimized battery performance.

Arriving on Saturday, the phone can be purchased in two colors - Stream Blue or Neon Purple (rough translation). While the first one switches from Blue to Green to Aqua depending on lighting, the latter has one magenta and one violet edge of the black rear panel, making the phone appear completely different when looked from both sides.

The listing’s specifications are noted below:

Specifications	Oppo R17
Software	Android 8.1 Oreo with ColorOS 5.1
CPU	Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 (2x 2GHz Kryo 360 Gold cores + 6x 1.7GHz Kryo 360 Efficiency cores); Adreno 615 GPU
RAM and storage	8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage
Battery	3,500mAh; VOOC fast charging
Display	6.4-inch (2280×1080) Full HD+ 19:9 display with 91.5% screen-to-body ratio, Gorilla Glass 6
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, dual 4G VoLTE
Ports	USB Type-C (USB 2.0), Dual Nano SIM slots
Rear cameras	16MP primary camera with LED flash Secondary rear camera (resolution is currently unknown)
Front-facing camera	25MP with Sony IMX576 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 3D Portrait

The phone will be launched for a flash sale on August 18 when the official price will be announced. For now, it is listed for CNY99,999, which clearly a dummy price since it is equal to $14,500.