Oppo R7 Lite sports an elegant metal unibody design and having premius look. It makes use of a magnesium aluminum alloy in the metal. The phone is just 6.3mm thick but the camera module on the rear side budgin out a slight bit. The 147g weight gives the phone a nice heft and the weight is well balanced all over the phone.
This phone was launched alongside its elder sibling – the Oppo R7 Plus. So it has all the mid-range feature set. Inside it, you have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC which has an octa-core processor along with Adreno 405 GPU. It comes up with a 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage space out of which around 10 GB is available to the user. You won't get the chance to expand the storage if you so wish. Thats a big drawback.
The phone comes up with a 5-inch 1280×720 pixel display which gives a 294ppi pixel density. When compared to other full HD display sporting phones, it may not sounds like much and crispy, but It is still able to give out a sharp display. Pixillation is visible only on extremely close observation and holding it at an arms length ensures that you are able to see crisp text. Being an AMOLED display, Watching movies and playing high-graphic games on this display is a pleasure.
The phone has a 13MP rear camera with an f/2.2 aperture whereas an 8MP front-facing camera with an f/2.4 aperture. The rear camera comes with phase-detect autofocus technology. The image quality is good in a good light conditions. The focus speed is pretty quick. However, at 100% viewing, the micro aspects of the scene such as boats in lakes, fine designs tend to show some dithering around the edges. The low light photographs are bit noisy too.
It comes with a 2,320 mAh battery and supports Qualcomm QuickCharge feature which paired with Oppo’s VOOC charging mechanism offers you speedy phone charging. The battery is okay for a day medium use.