Oppo A74 review: A 33 W-charging AMOLED budget Oppo — sub-$300 essentials done well.
AMOLED on a strict budget, 2021 edition.
A74 brought a real AMOLED — rare at $249 in 2021 — and 33 W charging to budget buyers. The 60 Hz cap and dated chip were the price; for buyers who valued the inky panel over a smoother refresh rate it served well in its window.
01Display
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2021 — 9 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
58/10058/100 puts it above the 53-point average for budget phones of 2021.
03Performance
50/10050/100 puts it above the 46-point average for budget phones of 2021.
04Battery
78/10078/100 puts it above the 75-point average for budget phones of 2021.
05Build
64/10064/100 puts it above the 59-point average for budget phones of 2021.
06Value
64/10064/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.
- Real AMOLED at $249 — rare in 2021.
- 33 W charging is genuinely useful.
- 175 g, slim 7.95 mm.
- jack + microSD.
- 60 Hz AMOLED.
- 4G + Snapdragon 662.
- Two filler lenses.
- Single speaker, support ended.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 6-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .