New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, which started taking pre-orders for the F1 Plus smartphone in India last week, has now kicked off the sale of the phone.
Priced at Rs 26,990, the phone is targeted at selfie lovers and has a 16 megapixel front camera as its USP. The 4G handset has a 5.5-inch display, all-metal unibody, 2GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, 4GB RAM, 13 MP rear camera, 64 GB internal storage (expandable up to 64 GB) and a 2,850 mAh battery.
The Oppo F1 Plus is the company's second phone under the camera-focussed F series in India. It was first teased at the F1 launch event back in January.
Oppo will set up a local manufacturing unit in India with an investment of Rs 100 crore for the facility in Noida.
The unit, which will have a capacity of 10 million handsets, will become operational in August this year.
"Our Noida facility will become operational in August.
With a capacity of 10 million units, the facility will be our own. We are investing Rs 100 crore in the project," said Oppo Global VP, MD of International Mobile Business and President India operations Sky Li.
He added that its present partnership with Foxconn to assemble phone locally will also continue.
At present, Foxconn has production lines at its Chennai factory dedicated for Oppo's smartphone requirements in the country.
Li said the company would manufacture its entire range here but the company "is not looking at India as an export hub at the moment."
The company's decision to locally manufacture smartphones comes at a time when handset makers are tapping into the multi-billion dollar opportunity in India, one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world.
Handset makers like Samsung, Micromax, Xiaomi, Gionee, Lenovo and OnePlus have already set up assembly units in the country.
(With inputs from PTI)
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