OPPO A53 coming to PH soon, could be cheapest 90Hz phone

While checking Lazada Philippines’ LazMall for devices that may be released locally soon, we stumbled upon a listing at OPPO‘s official store that you can only see if you go to the last page of the shop.

(Update, October 28: Whoa! The OPPO A53 2020 is already available on postpaid!)

The OPPO A53 2020 product page is already up at the online store, indicating that the unit will soon be available in the Philippines. The 4GB/64GB model in Mint Cream, Electric Black, Fancy Blue, and Fairy White color variants. The P99,999 (around $2,066) price you’ll find there is just a placeholder, but a quick search on Facebook reveals promoters selling it for P8,990 ($186).

OPPO A53 2020 Lazada listing spotted by Revu Philippines — *OPPO A53 2020 listing we at Revü spotted on Lazada Philippines. We can’t find a similar one on other ecommerce sites*

If true, then the OPPO A53 2020 will be the most affordable smartphone with a 90Hz refresh rate. Scrolling through menus, playing supported games, and the like should be smoother here than on handsets with a lower refresh rate.

Recall that this year’s A53 was launched in end-August as the world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 phone. Don’t you mock the chip now. We discovered that it’s actually a good one at its price point, even better than the MediaTek Helio G35 in the Redmi 9C and Realme C15. You can get an idea of how it performs in real life in our performance review of the Vivo Y20i.

The OPPO A53 2020 also features a 13-megapixe triple camera on the back, a 16-megapixel selfie shooter, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18 watts of fast charging, and Android 10 layered with ColorOS 7.2.

OPPO A53 2020 specs

6.5-inch LCD display, 720 x 1,600 resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 90Hz refresh rate
Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 processor
Adreno 610 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB storage, expandable up to 256GB
Triple 13-megapixel (main), 2-megapixel (macro), and 2-megapixel (depth) rear cameras
16-megapixel front camera
Fingerprint reader (rear-mounted)
5,000mAh battery with 18-watt fast charging via USB-C
ColorOS 7.2 based on Android 10
Colors: Fancy Blue, Electric Black, Mint Green, Fairy White

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Alora Uy Guerrero

Editor-in-chief: Alora Uy Guerrero has 22 years of experience as an editor for print and digital publications such as Yahoo. She took time off journalism to manage OPPO’s digital-marketing campaigns. When not busy with her babies, she’s working on Revü, a passion project — or probably traveling or obsessing over her favorite bands, movies, TV shows, and basketball teams.