Oppo A54s

The Oppo A54s, launched on November 18, 2021, is a mid-range smartphone featuring a plastic build and weighing in at 190 grams. It measures 163.8mm in height, 75.6mm in width, and 8.4mm in depth.

Build Quality

The device uses a plastic construction, which is common in its price range, and feels reasonably solid. Its 190g weight provides a substantial feel without being overly heavy. The side-mounted fingerprint sensor integrates well with the phone's design, offering quick and convenient access. It comes in three color options: Space Silver, Pearl Blue, and Crystal Black.

Screen Quality

The Oppo A54s features a 6.52-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 269 ppi. The screen has a 20:9 aspect ratio and a typical brightness of 480 nits, making it suitable for indoor use, though it may struggle in direct sunlight. It includes a water drop notch for the front-facing camera. The screen is protected by scratch-resistant glass and has a 2.5D curved design, and boasts a 1500:1 contrast ratio. The display offers 72% NTSC color gamut coverage. The screen is capacitive, multi-touch, and frameless. It does not offer HDR support. It doesn't feature high refresh rate.

Camera Performance

The rear camera setup consists of a 50MP primary lens with an f/2.2 aperture, a 2MP black and white sensor with an f/2.4 aperture, and a 2MP macro lens, also with an f/2.4 aperture. The camera includes autofocus, digital zoom, HDR, and several shooting modes. Video recording is limited to 1080p at 30fps. It offers a slow-motion mode at 90fps. The front-facing 8MP selfie camera has an f/2.0 aperture.

Software Experience

The Oppo A54s runs on Android 11. While the specifics of Oppo's custom skin are not provided here, it is likely to be ColorOS which offers several customizations, features, and apps. Android version updates past 11 are not specified.

Battery Performance

The device is equipped with a 5000mAh Lithium battery. Although fast charging watts are not specified, the device does support fast charging. The battery is non-removable and includes reverse charging capabilities. The USB Type-C port also supports USB OTG.

Hardware

The A54s is powered by the Mediatek MT6765G Helio G35 (12 nm) chipset. Its octa-core CPU is comprised of 4 cores clocked at 2.3 GHz and 4 cores clocked at 1.8 GHz, utilizing the Cortex-A53 architecture. The graphics are handled by a PowerVR GE8320 GPU operating at 680MHz. It ships with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM and eMMC 5.1 storage, available in 64GB and 128GB options with no microSD card slot. An AnTuTu v8 benchmark score of 110490 is mentioned. The phone incorporates various sensors such as an accelerometer, proximity sensor, compass, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. It does not have a cooling system or gaming buttons.

Connectivity

The A54s features dual SIM capability supporting Nano SIM cards. It supports 4G LTE and includes numerous bands. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, featuring Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot and Wi-Fi Direct. Bluetooth 5.0 LE with A2DP, EDR, LE, APT-x, LDAC, SBC and AAC is also included. GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS and Galileo are present for location services. It uses a USB Type-C 2.0 port with OTG support.

Value for Money

The Oppo A54s is positioned in the mid-price range. Available configurations are 4GB RAM with 64GB or 128GB storage. Pricing for the 8GB RAM/128GB model fluctuates depending on region, ranging from $155.98 to $184.20. The device incorporates NFC.