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Oppo A31 (2020)

2020 Android smartphone manufactured by Oppo

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ138314751
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The Oppo A31 (2020) is a budget smartphone that was manufactured by Oppo Electronics, announced on February 13, 2020. In China, the Oppo A8 was released in December 2019, along with the Oppo A91.

The A31 (2020) was available at CPH2015, CPH2073, CPH2081, CPH2029, and CPH2031 variants, while the A8 was only available at PDBM00 variant.

Availability

The A31 (2020) was launched on February 14, 2020. It also went available as a "silent release" on March 10, 2020, in the Philippines.

Specifications

Design & Hardware

The back and frame are made of plastic, with multiple color options differ from the following model:

A31 (2020) - Fantasy White, Mystery Black, Lake Green

A8 (China) - Green, Black

In the front's exterior, it was protected with Gorilla Glass 3, which comes with an IPS LCD display sizing at 6.5 inches, with resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels (20:9).

Both smartphones were powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 processor and a PowerVR GE8320 graphics processor. The li-po battery has a capacity of 4230 mAh. The A31 (2020) is sold in 4/64, 4/128 and 6/128 GB configurations, while the A8 (China) was sold in a 4/128 GB configuration. It was expandable up to 256GB with the microSD card.

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“Oppo A31 (2020)” enters the record as 2020 Android smartphone manufactured by Oppo. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Oppo, Android and smartphone can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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