OPPO A9 2020 Price, Installment Plan, and Pre-Order Details, Officially Announced!

Last Thursday - September 19, 2019 - at Whitespace in Makati City, Chinese tech giant OPPO Mobile officially mounted the Philippines launch of the all-new OPPO A9 2020, which is packed with useful features that will delight millennials and young professions who use their smartphones for both work and play.

Great for enjoying movies, photos, and games, this handset features a massive 6.4-inch HD+ IPS display with super thin bezels and a very small notch. Thumb-typing emails and status updates is also easier on such a large touchscreen panel.

OPPO A9 2020 is ideal for budding mobile photographers as it sports a Quad Rear Camera module made up for a 48 MegaPixel f/1.8 main cam that's great for low light, an 8 MegaPixel f/2.3 ultra-wide snapper for landscape images, and two 2MP Depth Sensors enabling bokeh effect in Portrait Mode. This set-up gives you maximum flexibility in taking images. Be more familiar with the basics of composition and visual story-telling using this imaging set-up.

If you're a vlogger or an aspiring Youtube content creator, I'm sure you will also appreciate this phone's 4K 30fps rear video recorder for capturing your adventures in great detail. The 16 MegaPixel f/2.0 front-facing camera can also shoot FullHD 1080p 30fps clips which is good for talking head shots and tutorials.

Under the hood, OPPO A9 2020 is runs its ColorOS 6.1 skinned Android 9.0 Pie operating system with an energy-efficient 11nm Octa Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor that's complemented by a whopping 8GB of RAM for ultra-smooth multi-tasking - which is a real treat in its price category - as well as 128GB of expandable storage.

Donning a gorgeous high-gloss polycarbonate exterior with gradient color finish, the OPPO A9 2020 is powered by a huge 5,000 mAh battery that gives it more than a whole day of uptime with daily use and even lets this smartphone power up other devices through reverse charging.

See OPPO A9 2020 in the flesh and learn more about its main selling points by reading the TechPinas OPPO A9 2020 Philippines preview feature.

Announced during the latter part of the event, OPPO A9 2020's official suggested retail price is PHP 15,990 making it a very competitive new model in this year's very intense midrange Android smartphone battle arena.

OPPO A9 2020 will be up for pre-order at the company's online store in LazadaPH from September 20 to 27, 2019 and it will be officially available at all OPPO Concept Stores as well as authorized retail partners online and nationwide starting on September 28, 2019.

Those who will successfully pre-order an OPPO A9 2020 unit via OPPO Lazada Store will get a free XSound Wireless Bluetooth Headset worth PHP 2,099 plus a Buruta Speaker worth PHP 1,990. Sweet!

Perfect for those who are bit tight on budget, OPPO A9 2020 is also up for 6 and 9 months payment installment with 0% interest through OPPO Mobile's long-time partner Home Credit. This offer will be available starting on September 20, 2019 via the brand's authorized dealers.

For digital Filipinos who prefer buying gadgets via online or e-commerce stores for the convenience, OPPO A9 2020 will be up for purchase at LazMall, Shopee, akulaku, and argomall starting on September 28, 2019.

Going back to the event, after the grand unveiling of the OPPO A9 2020, the host Vince Velasco welcomed Filipina TV personality, Youtuber, and actress Alex Gonzaga on stage to share her thoughts about this new smartphone. Living an always G lifestyle, Alex has been chosen the face of the OPPO A9 2020.

Watch Alex Gonzaga's on-stage interview as well as the highlights from the exclusive OPPO A9 2020 Philippine Launch at Whitespace by watching this TechPinas Video. Please don't forget to subscribe to the TechPinas Youtube Channel.

OPPO Philippines wrapped up the event by calling on its executives to go on stage and join Alex Gonzaga for photos by tech bloggers and the local media. Our friends from the company also invited us to check out pods around the venue where we could try out the OPPO A9 2020 and see its unique features for ourselves.

After the event, I got the chance to talk to Alex Gonzaga personally and I asked her three questions about her experience as the main celebrity endorser for the OPPO A9 2020. I have it on video and you can watch it here.

Congratulations, OPPO Mobile Philippines, for the launch of this new Android smartphone and thank you, Ms. Alex Gonzaga, for gracing the TechPinas interview about the handset. Cheers!

PS: In the keynote presentation, OPPO Philipines also announced the OPPO A5 2020, which is the more affordable sibling of the OPPO A9 2020. The company didn't disclose its official SRP but they did say that it will be available in two versions - 3G and 4G - and both of which will hit the shelves sometime in October 2019.

OPPO A5 2020 will also have a Quad Rear Camera Module and a large 5,000 mAh battery pack. However, compared to the OPPO A9 2020, it will sport a lower resolution front-facing selfie cam and less powerful internal hardware.