The recently launched Vivo Z1 Pro has been dominating in the market since launch, spurring up a new price war in the mid-budget smartphone segment. Soon after Vivo came out a very aggressively priced smartphone, its contemporary Oppo also launched a new mid-range device, Oppo K3, very much in line with Realme X.
While Z1 Pro targets Note 7 Pro and Realme 3 Pro in the segment, it will also challenge the new Oppo K3 as well.
The new Oppo mid-range flagship has some good features onboard, while the Vivo Z1 Pro also breaks a few barriers. The K3 smartphone is good enough to challenge others in the entry mid-range segment with the top features and premium finish on the out.
We have divided the primary categories into six sections to compare Vivo Z1 Pro and Oppo K3: design and build, display, hardware, software, camera, battery and pricing.
Let’s begin.
Contents
Design & Build
Oppo K3 comes with a polycarbonate body on the out, made to look like glass. It’s quite light and also feels premium in the hand. The smartphone features a gradient finish on the out with some cool colour combinations, made out of high-quality plastic.
In comparison, the already hit Vivo Z1 Pro comes with a high-quality polycarbonate body. It’s fully plastic, but does feel premium to an extent. The colour schemes on Vivo Z1 Pro also feature gradient styled designs.
Both the devices are notchless. Oppo K3 has a pop-up sensor, while Z1 Pro sports a punch-hole.
Oppo K3 has the rear camera module at the centre without any physical fingerprint sensor, and the Vivo Z1 Pro has a physical fingerprint sensor with the camera module on the top left rear corner.
Both the devices are quite comfortable to hold without being very large, the weights are okay, overall ergonomics are great, the build quality is good and perfectly made.
Display
Oppo K3 features a 6.53-inch full-screen AMOLED display, again without any notch. The displays is quite vibrant with minimal bezels on the sides with a little chin down under and an in-display optical fingerprint scanner. Plus, the AMOLED helps with the best of darks without any shadowing.
In comparison, Vivo Z1 Pro has a similar-sized 6.53-inch Full HD+ display which offers a screen-to-body ratio of 90.77 percent with a screen resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels. It has a punch-hole and does look good.
But it’s just a Full HD+ panel if compared to Oppo K3. Both the displays are great, and you won’t be able to find any noticeable difference at large.
In broad daylight, we didn’t face any issue using both the devices. But if you go deep and try to look closely, the AMOLED panel does offer some extra advantage to Oppo K3. In terms of viewing experience and and angles, the K3 will get an extra point here.
Hardware & Storage
The newly launched Oppo K3 runs on the same entry-flagship Snapdragon 710 chip as Realme X with up to 8GB of RAM. Based on a 10nm architecture, the Snapdragon SoC offers top-level performance on a budget. While, the popular Vivo Z1 Pro runs on a slightly improved Qualcomm Snapdragon 712, based on an 10nm architecture, it couples with Adreno 616 GPU.
In terms of daily performance, both Vivo Z1 Pro and Oppo K3 can run mid-end games with ease along with extensive multitasking. There won’t be any noticeable difference in daily use.
There won’t be any noticeable difference in daily use given the memory-heavy apps and social media. Both Snapdragon 712 and Snapdragon 710 will offer good experience in terms of extended gaming and extensive multitasking. Finally, the respective UIs will play their own roles to boost up the real-world smartphone performance.
Software
Oppo K3 runs on the same new Color OS 6 UI. The newly improved UI does offer some refreshing features compared to the previous OS with an easy-to-use overall structure and few tweaks. It’s a big upgrade over the last generation Color OS.
Based on the latest Android 9 Pie, the new ColorOS 6 UI packs in a bunch of user-friendly features and functions.
On the other hand, Vivo Z1 Pro also runs on Android 9 Pie with Funtouch 9.0 UI on top. It also has been upgraded, and the current Funtouch UI have some great features and functions. In all, both come preloaded with bloatware and customisations.
Camera
Oppo K3 comes with a dual camera setup at the back featuring a 16MP primary sensor clubbed with a secondary 2MP depth sensor. In comparison, Vivo Z1 Pro features a triple camera setup.
Z1 Pro features a 16-megapixel primary sensor coupled with a 8-megapixel super-wide secondary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
Oppo K3 has a motorised pop-up 16MP selfie sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, the same Sony IMX 471 sensor used in OnePlus 7 Pro.
Upfront, Z1 Pro has a 32MP super selfie camera inside the punch-hole.
Both Vivo Z1 Pro and Oppo K3 do a fair job offering a great dynamic range with almost accurate colours irrespective of lighting conditions. Though, Vivo Z1 Pro will have some in some areas with the additional imaging sensor.
Vivo Z1 Pro can take good detailed and sharp pictures in bright light with accurate colours. In poorly lit conditions, Vivo Z1 Pro manages to click decent photos with almost accurate details and colours.
Battery
Oppo K3 comes with the same battery as the newly launched Realme X. The smartphone is backed by a 3,765 mAh battery supporting Type-C USB powered 20W VOOC 3.0 fast charging support. It can juice up Oppo K3 from 0 to 100 per cent under 75 minutes.
Vivo wins here by a good margin with the mammoth 5,000mAh battery. The Vivo Z1 Pro also supports 18W fast charging. It takes around 2 hours to charge fully from 0 to 100 percent.
Both the smartphones ship with the fast charger inside the box.
Pricing & India Availability
Oppo K3 has been similarly priced as Realme X, but comes in different memory and storage configurations. The Oppo K3 base model has been priced at Rs 16,990 variant offering 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The top Oppo K3 model on the other hand comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage at Rs 19,990.
Oppo K3 is available exclusively via Amazon India.
In comparison, Vivo Z1 Pro is available in three models starting at Rs 14,990 with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. The mid-end variant comes with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage costs Rs 16,990, which matches the base Oppo K3 model. Finally, the top Z1 Pro model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is priced at Rs 18,990.
Vivo Z1 Pro comes in three colour options: Sonic Blue, Sonic Black and Mirror Black. The Vivo device is available exclusively via Flipkart.
CONCLUSION: Oppo K3 vs Vivo Z1 Pro
Backed by sleek and flagship-level features, both Vivo Z1 Pro and Oppo K3 have something good to offer at a budget pricing. The newly launched Vivo Z1 Pro targets the under 15,000 crowd, while Oppo K3 will target the mid-range space. Vivo Z1 Pro does have some great features to challenge the likes of mid-budget bestsellers like Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme 3 Pro.
While Oppo K3 will be a little higher up the margin targeting the sub-18,000 segment, its own ex sub-brand device Realme X will challenge it vehemently.
If we go head to head, Vivo Z1 Pro does excel in a few departments when it comes to battery, processor and the three camera system. The new punch-hole display also looks handsome, and you don’t need some mechanical sensor for a full screen display.
But again, Oppo K3 may get some edge in terms of premium experience.
The new Oppo device have almost everything on-board you would need on a mid-range premium smartphone. The presence of an AMOLED panel, an in-display fingerprint sensor, pop-up sensor and a few features does help it excel in the crowd.
If we had to pick one between the two, we would go for Vivo Z1 Pro for its value-for-money proposition. And if you only need a smartphone with a pop-up sensor in the range, it’s better to choose Realme X.
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