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Oppo F31 Pro Plus

Oppo F31 Pro Plus
R7,500
SKU: 61123
Brand: Oppo
Category: Mobiles
Available
  • CPU: 163.1 x 77.6 x 7.7 mm or 7.9 mm
  • RAM: 8GB/12GB
  • Storage: 256GB
  • Display: AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 1600 nits (HBM)
  • Camera: 50MP
  • OS: Android 15, ColorOS 15

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

8.5
  • Display 9 / 10
  • Camera 8 / 10
  • Performance 8 / 10
  • Battery 9 / 10

PROS

  1. IP68/IP69 dust and water resistant.
  2. 6.8-inch AMOLED with 120Hz refresh.
  3. Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and 8/12GB RAM.
  4. Infrared port, In-display Fingerprint.
  5. 7000mAh Si/C battery, 80W charger.

CONS

  1. Dual rear camera on the rear.
  2. No 3.5mm audio jack.
  3. NFC is not supported.
  4. FM radio is not supported.

The Oppo F31 Pro Plus steps up as a premium mid-range competitor in the South African smartphone market. Positioned just above its standard sibling, the “Plus” moniker highlights a device designed for power-centric users who want faster processing, upgraded camera elements, and enhanced charging speeds without entering the high-end flagship price bracket.

Here is an in-depth look at its pricing dynamics, retail availability, and the enhanced features that justify its position in the market.

Price and Market Variance in South Africa

The Oppo F31 Pro Plus is available starting from approximately ZAR 7,500. Because it targets consumers looking for a bit more muscle from their mobile hardware, pricing can vary based on a few explicit factors:

  • Upgraded Configurations: The starting price generally covers the standard base model. If you look for variants with boosted internal storage or maximized RAM tiers to run intensive background tasks and heavy media rendering, the price will scale higher.

  • Dealer Promotions & Bundles: At this specific price point, digital storefronts and tech specialists frequently run promotional bundles that include free wireless earphones, smart fitness bands, or extended device screen protection.

Where to Buy: Retailers & Mobile Networks

Oppo has seamlessly integrated the F31 Pro Plus into South Africa’s primary retail and cellular networks. You can purchase it outright as an unlocked open-market cash device or opt for structured monthly contract financing.

Tech Specialists & E-Commerce Platforms

For direct upfront cash payments, immediate price comparisons, and reliable nationwide home delivery, these digital and physical storefronts are excellent starting points:

  • Takealot

  • Hi Online

  • HiFi Corp

  • Cellucity

Mass Warehouses & Lifestyle Outlets

If you prefer to utilize established store credit lines, view the physical color variants in person, or look for seasonal department store sales, check:

  • Hypermarkets: Makro and Game.

  • Clothing & Lifestyle Chains: Foschini, Mr Price, Ackermans, PEP, and 4U.

Cellular Network Providers

If you prefer to spread the cost over a 24-month or 36-month period paired with monthly contract packages that include integrated voice minutes, SMS allocations, and recurring data bundles, the device is available through:

  • MTN

  • Chatz Connect

Elevated “Plus” Feature Highlights

The Oppo F31 Pro Plus separates itself from standard budget entries by prioritizing hardware enhancements that deliver a noticeably smoother daily workflow:

  • Enhanced Performance & Fluidity: The “Plus” variant typically features a more robust, performance-tuned processor alongside a higher baseline of RAM. This makes it ideal for handling demanding multitasking, editing mobile video content, and running mobile games without stuttering or experiencing severe thermal throttling.

  • Upgraded Ultra-Clear Camera System: The camera array is engineered to pull in more detail and light. Enhanced by Oppo’s AI portrait and nighttime photography engines, it excels at capturing crisp images in challenging, low-light environments, making it a reliable option for social media creators.

  • High-Speed Fast Charging & Battery Longevity: Backed by a substantial, high-capacity battery, the phone easily clears a heavy day of calling, streaming, and navigating. Crucially, it supports Oppo’s advanced high-wattage fast-charging technology, allowing you to top up a low battery to usable levels in just a few minutes.

Shopping Tip: When cross-shopping between online platforms like Takealot and nationwide networks like MTN/Chatz, check if the phone is an open-market version. Open-market models let you switch freely between different cellular network providers without any software restrictions or network-locking constraints.

 

Full Specifications

General

Brand Oppo
Model Oppo F31 Pro Plus
Announced 16 September, 2025
Released 16 September, 2025
Status Available
Price ZAR 7,500

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. Bar
Dimensions 163.1 x 77.6 x 7.7 mm or 7.9 mm
Weight 195 or 204 g (6.88 oz)
Protection IP68/IP69 dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Colors Festival Pink, Himalayan White, Gemstone Blue

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 1600 nits (HBM)
Size 6.8 inches, 112.8 cm2 (~89.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1280 x 2800 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~453 ppi density)
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. AGC DT-Star D+

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF, OIS
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Camera Features Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera 32 MP, f/2.4, (wide)
Camera Features Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Android 15
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. ColorOS 15

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. Qualcomm SM7550-AB Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. Octa-core (1x2.63 GHz Cortex-A715 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A715 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Adreno 720
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. 8GB/12GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. 256GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. GPS (L1+L5), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC (L5), GLONASS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Si/C Li-Ion 7000 mAh
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. 80W wired, 13.5W PD, 44W UFCS, 33W PPS, 42% in 20 min
10W reverse wired

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