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Hands-On: O+ 8.16

The successor to the popular O+ 8.15 is yet another bigger smartphone, the O+ 8.16. It has the same hardware secs as the O+ 8.15 but housed on a bigger chassis.

If the O+ 8.15 is the the Galaxy S4, the 5.7-inch O+ 8.16 is to the Galaxy Note 3. Not that we’re really comparing the two but our understanding is that both devices are positioned by O+ much like Samsung does. And while the 8.16 is already in the phablet territory, it doesn’t have any stylus to pair with it.

The 8.16 almost followed the same simple, yet elegant design of the 8.15 although we noticed it is more rounded in the corners and considerably thicker. The black matte finish is accented by a silver trimming around the edges.

The front panel is covered entirely of glass with the three soft buttons positioned at the bottom corner along the thick bezel.

The volume controls are on the left side while the power button is on the right. The 3.5mm audio jack is at the top end along with the microUSB port.

At the back is the 13MP autofocus camera with the LED flahs just below it, both surrounded by a protruding platform with matte silver finish.

The handset has a certain heft to it and the construction is pretty solid, like what we’ve always expected from O+. The hardware configuration might be a little underwhelming to some, especially users of the 8.15 since both have almost exactly the same specs, except perhaps for the bigger battery capacity and screen real estate.

O+ 8.16 specs:
5.7-inch IPS LCD display @ 1280×720 pixels, 258ppi
Mediatek MT6589T 1.2GHz quad-core processor
PowerVR SGX544MP
1GB RAM
8GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD (8GB included)
Dual-SIM, dual-standby
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.0
GPS
13MP rear camera with LED flash
Li-Ion 2,500mAh battery
Android 4.1.2 Jellybean

With moderate use, our battery test gave us a little over a day on a single full charge. However, when running a full HD 1080p video in a loop at 50% brightness and 0% volume, we ended up at about 6.5 hours run time. Not bad considering the size of the screen but still cutting it a little low.

Standard suite of benchmarks we ran thru the device showed pretty good numbers — 13,488 in Antutu, 3,938 in Quadrant and 46.2fps in Nenamark2.

The O+ 8.16 has a suggested retail price of Php12,995 and is available in stores since last month.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

23 Responses

  1. Avatar for Dorobo+ Dorobo+ says:

    Mga ungas, parang dami nyong alam about specs ah, baka simpleng root di nyo magawa. I’ve seen branded phones choking on high end games duh! Hindi porke branded at mamahalin eh quality na mga sirs, karamihan sa inyo, nakaplan naman masabi lang na may bagong phone, masabi lang na “in” wala naman kakayahan bumili via cash. Mga social climber, tapos magmamarunong na kala mo daming alam about android… Hahayz…

  2. Avatar for khnt khnt says:

    MTK6589T but clocked at 1.2Ghz… And priced at almost 13K. What are these guys smoking.

  3. Avatar for THEO THEO says:

    If they price these spec phones at 6 thou, baka mas maraming takers…

    If introduced in the PH market, the Nexus 5 MOTO G and MOTO X will blow off all those local brands… with specs that give you value for your PESO.

    • Avatar for olga olga says:

      Tae! Nexus compare ba naman sa local brand? Di kb naman sabaw eh. Halatang nagmamarunong ka lang eh… So better keep ur mouth shut, nagpaghahalata pagka sabaw mo manong.

    • Avatar for wew wew says:

      @olga d ko alam kung anung problema mo sa buhay d ko rin magets ung pinupunto mo dito nacocompare tong unit nato sa nexus kase un bukod sa BRANDED, laging may UPDATE ay mura pa kumabag eh sulit na sulit talaga di tulad nito LOCAL na nga pero antaas ng presyo. isa pa halatang naghahanap ka lng ng gulo kung gusto mo ng gulo dito wag kang magcomment sa article na nov 2013 pa napost magpost ka ng kagaguhan sa latest articles nang makuha mo hinahanap mo.

  4. Avatar for cheverchenes cheverchenes says:

    how is o+ quality compared to cherry mobile? ayos ba?

  5. Avatar for Sharingan_yeah Sharingan_yeah says:

    Another tired mediatek-running device. Basic and generic soc lol.

    “O+ 8.15 is the Galaxy S4” – OMG I can’t :((( *cringed*

    Again, please hang yourselves.

  6. Avatar for Zobel Zobel says:

    Maganda pa SKK Silver dito at only 10K. If you are a foreign brand but not Samsung better shoot yourself lang.

  7. Avatar for Smokescreen Smokescreen says:

    Off hand, I think the Lenovo A850 is better at P9,999.

  8. Avatar for Pangkama Pangkama says:

    Dagdag na lang ako ng 1k THL W300 na. 6.5inch full HD quadcore 2gb ram 32gb rom.

  9. Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

    My Fakking Goodness, these pricey Mediatek phones are getting out of hand! Calling Motorolla, i-release niyo na ang Moto G dito at turuan na ng leksiyon ang mga tubong lugaw na kumpanya tulad ng O+ at Starmobile.

  10. Avatar for simplynice93 simplynice93 says:

    is this 3g, HSPA or LTE?

    • Avatar for abuzalzal abuzalzal says:

      Qualcomm SoC lang ang may LTE brad (sa ngayon)

      Do the Math

    • Avatar for simplynice93 simplynice93 says:

      do u need to insult me after answering my question? i know magaling k pag dating sa mga specs unlike a noob like me. youre always looking for a fight.. oo nga pala d ka pala naniniwala s diyos kaya kahit mga nagtatanong lang binubully mo..

    • Avatar for boybakal boybakal says:

      @simplynice93: hayaan mo na yang si abuzalzal. i wonder kung anong klaseng buhay meron siya. i remember back in law school, our prof discussed to us a study about internet trolls. according to that particular study, internet trolls are usually those who crave attention either because they were deprived of such when they were growing up. matapang lang sila kasi they are hiding behind the cloak of anonymity. banyan sola kaduwag.

    • Avatar for boybakal boybakal says:

      should be: “ganyan sila kaduwag”

    • Avatar for simplynice93 simplynice93 says:

      @boybakal: ok..thanks! naniniwala naman ako sa karma..

    • Avatar for wew wew says:

      @boybakal +1 on you =)

    • Avatar for olga olga says:

      Si abuzalzal… sabaw yan. Tanungin ko siguro about android programming yan baka tumae sa undies yan eh. Hayaan nyo na, baka pinagkaitan ng nanay na bilan ng pangarap nyang nokia 5110 sa raon kaya nangangarap na lang na magkaron ng high end phones.

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