OPPO A6 Now Comes in an 8/128GB Variant Too in Nepal

At the time of the OPPO A6 launch, the phone, even at its original price, felt like it was trying a bit too hard to call itself a semi-premium device. Then it got a price hike, which just sealed the deal of this phone, at least, in my opinion.

However, OPPO is trying to curb some damage and has introduced an 8/128GB variant of the phone, lowering this phone’s entry point.

Previously, the A series was a budget phone through and through. In fact, I would call it an entry-level phone. But with this price hike, it has crept into proper mid-tier territory.

Credit where credit’s due, OPPO has given the A6 some upgrades. But is that actually enough to make the phone desirable? Let’s find out.

What is the Price of OPPO A6 in Nepal?

The OPPO A6 is an iteration over the OPPO A5, which was priced slightly above Rs. 20,000. When the A6 launched, it came in at a whopping 38,999 rupees! That’s already Rs. 16,000 more expensive than its predecessor, and a bit too much, in my opinion.

Then the OPPO A6 price in Nepal climbed further to Rs. 42,499 for the 8/256GB variant, a Rs. 3,500 bump from its original launch price. That felt, excuse my words, but absolutely ridiculous. I guess, OPPO realised that as well and introduced an 8/128GB variant of the phone for Rs. 40,999.

That surely looks a bit better, but I still don’t think it is well-justified. Regardless, the OPPO A6 is officially available for purchase through authorized OPPO retail stores. The brand is also offering 0% EMI with a 40% down payment to at least make the A6 somewhat affordable.

Last year, among all the OPPO A5 series phones, the A5 Pro, A5, and A5x, the A5x offered the most value for money, mainly because it was an entry-level phone at an entry-level price.

But with the A6, the pricing is wayyyyy off. OPPO phones have always sat on the opposite end of the aggressive pricing spectrum. Then the “RAM-pocalypse” made matters even worse.

But hey, maybe they improved the phone quite a bit to maybe justify competing in the mid-range segment? Well, let’s find out if that is really the case!

OPPO A6 Overview

Compared to the previous generation, the phone now looks quite different due to the square camera module, and the ring light is also gone. The main highlight of the phone is the battery, which we will get into shortly, but this has also made the phone noticeably thicker, gaining 0.6mm to now sit at 8.6mm.

OPPO has also added stereo speakers and upgraded the ingress protection from IP65 to IP69, compared to the OPPO A5.

Flip the phone over, and you will be greeted with some thick bezels. For a budget phone, this would not have been an issue, but for the A6, which costs more than Rs. 40,000, this issue is as big as its bezels. The display is just subpar.

OPPO Nepal mentioned that the phone runs on an AMOLED screen in the PR documents they sent over. We have since received the review unit and have discovered it is not the case.

At least there are some upgrades, like a 120Hz refresh rate and a slightly bumped peak brightness of 1,125 nits. But all that doesn’t matter at all because it is an HD+ panel.

I would have been fine with thick bezels and all, but asking Rs. 40,000+ for a 720p LCD is really pushing it. This is, unfortunately, where I draw the line.

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OPPO still could have redeemed this phone. I truly believe so. They could have recreated what the Infinix Note 50x had done. That phone also had a 720p LCD panel, but it still ended up as one of the most value-for-money phones. That’s because the Note 50x packed an absolutely powerful silicon, which phones almost twice as expensive were using.

But nope! The OPPO A6 runs the Snapdragon 685 (6nm), which is an upgrade over the previous generation’s 11nm SoC. Fine. Even though not by a huge margin, it is still an upgrade. But I just can’t look past the fact that it’s a 4G chipset!

As for configurations, the phone has 8GB of RAM and either 128GB or 256GB of internal storage. There is also a microSD card slot for storage expansion.

Moving on to the optics, there is a punch-hole notch housing an 8MP selfie sensor. And on the rear, there is a 50MP main sensor paired with a 2MP monochrome lens, similar to the A6 Pro.

The battery sees a 1,000mAh upgrade from the previous generation, bringing the total to 7,000mAh. However, charging remains the same at 45W. Lastly, the phone ships with Android 15 with ColorOS 15 on top.

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While a larger battery and higher memory are nice to have, the rest of OPPO A6’s specs — a 4G processor and an HD+ display — really make no sense in the Rs. 40,000+ price segment. This is especially true when heavy hitters like the Redmi Note 15 5G, Infinix Note 60, and CMF Phone 2 Pro exist in the same segment and offer far better value.

The specs and the price are just not in sync. The A6 was already sitting at the edge of being an overpriced disappointment when it launched, and the Rs. 3,500 price bump pushed it further over that edge. In fact, we could say it was the main perpetrator for us to create this short right here:

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