Oppo A78 5G with MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC and 5000mAh Battery Launching on January 16 via Amazon in India

Oppo A78 is tipped to launch in Glowing Black and Glowing Blue colour options in India.

Highlights
  • The Oppo A78 5G is a rebranded Oppo A58 5G which was launched a couple of months ago in China.
  • The Oppo A78 5G offers a 90Hz refresh rate display but it has an HD+ resolution.
  • The Oppo A78 5G is tipped to be priced at Rs 18,999 in India.
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Oppo, last week, launched the Oppo A78 5G smartphone in Malaysia. The company is now gearing up to launch the A-series smartphone in the Indian market. A recent report recently revealed that the Oppo A78 will launch on January 16 in India and will be priced at Rs 18,999. In the latest development, the Oppo A78 launch micro-site has gone live on Amazon revealing that the smartphone will launch on January 16 in the country.

The Oppo A78 launch micro-site reveals that the brand will launch the device in a blue colour option. The latest A-series smartphone from Oppo is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor and offers a 90Hz refresh rate display. Other highlights of the smartphone include a 5000mAh battery, 33W SuperVOOC charging, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and more. Let us take a look at the Oppo A78 specifications, features, and price.

Oppo A78 5G: Specifications, Features, and Price

The latest A-series smartphone from Oppo offers a 90Hz LCD display with an HD+ (1612 × 720 pixel) resolution that measures 6.54-inch in size. The display panel supports 600nits peak brightness, 269ppi pixel density, and features Panda glass protection. The display panel accommodates the 8MP front shooter inside a waterdrop notch.


Under the hood, the handset sports an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor and an integrated Mali G57 GPU. It comes paired with 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB UFS 2.2 storage. The handset comes pre-loaded with ColorOS 13, based on Android 13. The latest A-series smartphone from Oppo offers a 50MP primary rear shooter and a black-and-white shooter.

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The Oppo A78 5G is backed by a 5000mAh battery unit. It supports 33W SuperVOOC fast charging over a Type-C port. The handset comes equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner which is embedded into the power button. It also has a stereo speaker setup. The latest A-series smartphone weighs 188 grams and measures 163.8 × 75.1 × 7.99mm. The handset also features an IPX4 rating that makes it water-resistant.

The Oppo A78 5G is said to launch in Glowing Black and Glowing Blue colour options in the Indian market. It looks like Oppo will not launch the Glowing Purple variant of the device in the country. The Oppo A78 comes in an 8GB + 128GB configuration and is tipped to launch for Rs 18,999 in the Indian market.

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