It takes a little while to get used to a larger screen, and we had only minor issues with apps not scaling well. For example, YouTube videos in landscape mode were letterboxed both horizontally and vertically, making them look like they were playing inside a black box. Dead Trigger 2 scaled well in-game, but the menus were cropped at the sides. We expect that app developers will get better about supporting this aspect ratio since more and more phones are adopting it.
Other than that, the display itself is very good. It’s crisp and bright, with punchy colours and excellent viewing angles. Everything from text to movies looks great, and we did find ourselves feeling immersed especially with video, and we think the experience will be even better with the black version of this phone. The main downside is that the preattached screen protector picks up scuffs and smudges all the time, and isn’t very easy to clean.
The built-in speaker is impressive, delivering clear and rich audio in games and videos. The bundled headset is decent enough - the sound is exceptionally open and clear, but bass is completely lacking, and it also feels rather uncomfortable after even a few minutes.
Benchmark performance was generally stronger for the Oppo F5 than for its prime competitors, the Honor 9i(Review) and Vivo V7 Plus(Review) in terms of CPU performance, though graphics scores favoured the latter two. We recorded 64, 303 in AnTuTu, 48, 854 in Quadrant, 6, 008 in 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme, and 22fps in GFXBench.