Obi SF1 – Nice Mid-range Phone with Great Specifications

Obi Worldphone, previously known as Obi Mobiles is a US smartphones manufacturer that was founded in 2014. It is a relatively newer player in android smartphones market. The headquarter of Obi Worldphone is located in Silicon Valley, San Francisco. The company has launched their new Android Smartphone in India which is Obi Worldphone SF1 and it will be available exclusively on Amazon.in.

Obi SF1 is a mid-range android smartphone that looks very beautiful and has got some powerful specifications which you normally do not find in a mobile phone that is priced in the mid-segment. Here I will provide you the detailed specifications, features and also tell you more about this amazing android phone from Obi.

Obi Worldphone SF1 Specifications & Review

Here is a short review and specs of Obi SF1 Android Smartphone from Obi Worldphone.

Size and Looks

The phone looks downright sexy and is very slim. When you first look at this phone then you will easily fall in love with it. The design of Obi SF1 is very stylish and it looks like a phone for future generation. The design of this phone may resemble to Lumia 920/925 in some areas but nevertheless it is a unique and great design. Obi SF1 has a Unibody design with metallic accents and floating glass display. The dimensions of this phone are 146 x 74 x 8 mm and the phone weighs merely 147 grams which is quite light. If there is a mobile phone competition for looks then Obi SF1 will definitely win it with a great margin. So in design and the styling department this phone is very hard to beat. In fact it is one of the best looking phones around currently.

CPU & GPU

Obi SF1 is not only about looks but it has also got a powerful processor / CPU. Obi SF1 is powered by Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615, 1.5 GHz 64-bit Octa-core processor and Adreno 405 as GPU. This means this smartphone can easily handle any high-end game, heavy applications and multi-tasking with ease.

RAM

Obi Worldphone SF1 is equipped with 2 GB / 3GB of RAM. There are two variants of the Obi SF1, one comes with 2 GB RAM and other one with 3 GB of RAM. Even 2 GB of RAM is sufficient for any task, and even if you are running any number of applications then also you will be left with good amount of spare RAM for the phone OS. The type of RAM present in Obi SF1 is DDR3 which is very fast and responsive.

Memory

As I have already said above that the phone comes in two variants, one having 2 GB RAM and other one having 3 GB RAM. The 2 GB RAM variant comes with 16 GB of Internal storage and other one with 3 GB of RAM comes with 32 GB of internal storage. The internal memory of the phone is quite decent considering that it is a mid-range phone. The memory is expandable to further 64 with the help of microSD card.

Display

The display of Obi SF1 device is just brilliant. It sports a 5-inch Full HD & Fully Laminated OGS (One-Glass-Solution) display screen with resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels having pixel density of 443 ppi. I have already written an article on OGS display technology which you can find below.

Read: What is OGS (One Glass Solution) Display Technology

Fully laminated OGS display produce incredible brightness, richer contrast, excellent clarity and vivid colors. The display screen is merely 0.2 mm thick and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0 protection on the front. The screen has also got Oleophobic coating to resist smudges and fingerprints.

Camera

It has got a 13 Megapixel primary camera with LED Flash on the rear and 5 MP front camera with LED Flash. The flash on the front camera will help selfie lovers to take great selfies even in low light conditions. The Flash in Obi SF1 is Chroma Flash which takes two photos, one with flash and the other one without flash, and then it combines the two images to give you a well balanced photo with almost natural colors and feel. The camera sensor in Obi SF1 is Sony Exmor RS which is known for providing excellent photo results.

Other camera features include Dynamic Focus or UBIFocus to refocus the image even after you have clicked it, OptiZoom which is high powered zoom technology in Obi SF1, Multiple shooting modes and Obi SF1 native image processing filters to give perfect finishing touch to your photos.

Audio

Obi SF1 has got Dolby Audio which is a multi-channel audio to give you a movie theater like experience through your headphones or earphones. The phone has got a secondary mic for active noise cancellation so that your voice will stay clear from any noise or disturbance at the receivers end.

Communication / Network

Obi SF1 is a dual SIM phone (1 Micro + 1 Nano / microSD card expandable up to 64 GB) and supports GSM, WCDMA, 3G, 4G LTE and TDD Networks. Other features include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, A-GPS, GLONASS.

Operating System

Obi SF1 runs Android 5.0.2 Lollipop as OS with its own custom user interface on top of it known as Obi Lifespeed.

Sensors

The phone is equipped with Accelerometer, Proximity, Magnetic, Gyro, ALS (Ambient Light Sensor).

Battery

The battery in Obi SF1 is decent and is rated at 3000 mAh (Li-Po non-removable). The phone supports Quick Charge 1.0 technology which charges your phone battery to a decent level in very short time. The company claims 20 days standby time and up to 28 hours of talk time and 10 hours of video playback time.

Price & Warranty

Obi SF1 is priced Rs. 13999/- in India which I think is not high considering the design and specifications of this phone. Obi SF1 is available exclusively on Amazon.in and you buy this phone by going to the link given below. There is only limited quantity available so I advise you to not to waste any time if you want this phone in your hands. The phone comes with 1 year manufacturer warranty and 6 months warranty for in-box accessories including battery.

Final Words & Conclusion

Well at last I would like to say that Obi SF1 is a phone from a relatively newer company so there can be service issues. Having said that we cannot deny the fact that Obi SF1 is truly a beautiful phone with some good specifications and also it is very affordable. So if you want a new mid-range smartphone which looks stunning and is different from the masses then this is the one phone to go for. You can buy Obi SF1 on Amazon.in from the link given below. Hurry because there is only limited quality available.

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