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Although it's set to have a mid-ranger like price tag, the Oppo R7 Plus comes with some high-end features you'd be disappointed to miss.

We're out in China with Oppo celebrating the manufacturers 10th birthday and just got some time to check out the newly announced R7 Plus - a phablet version of the Oppo R7, the sequel to the Oppo R5.

The new mid to high range device comes with a spec not to be sniffed at and a super low price in China - we're hoping to see that price make its way all over the world when it's released in Western markets in mid-June, but there's no guarantee.

The Oppo R7 Plus is a phablet with dimensions of 128 x 82 x 7.7mm – pretty slim for a phone with a 1080p 6-inch display on the front. It weighs in at about 147g and feels surprisingly light in the hand.

It comes with a full metal uni-body in silver or gold – sadly we didn't get anytime with the latter – and instantly reminded me of the Huawei Ascend Mate 7.

On the left hand side of the handset sits the power button whilst on the top left is the 3.5mm headphone jack. The right hand side has the volume rocker that is easy to reach but may take some getting used to if you're used to having the power button on that side, I certainly didn't get used to it whilst testing it out.

The camera sits in the middle on the rear whilst the fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone is just below it on the back. In our short amount of time to experiment it was easy to set up the fingerprint sensor and use it to unlock the phone but it's not currently clear how many fingers you can register with it.

One of the finest elements in the design comes with the 2.5D curved edges on the display. It's only a subtle touch and the name makes it sound more than it actually is but it rounds off the edges that little bit more making for a lovely touch to the design.

Whilst the edges of the phone are also metal rimmed as well making but the rear side is rounded off so it doesn't feel scratchy against your palm whilst using it. I've found this with some uni-body phones and it can really irritate your hand.

Under the hood is a Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz alongside 3GB of RAM. Although it's not a top of the range set up, it feels speedy as you flick through the menus, something you can't really say about other Oppo devices. In our short time with it we didn't see any lag or problems but we'll have to wait for the full review and really put it through it's paces.

Oppo has spent a lot of time improving its software to kill off crashes reducing them from 3% or 0.3% and has now launched the ColorOS 2.1 with redesigned key apps and a brand new look all over.

It's based on the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop software. We're yet to see any of the key features used on the software but we'll keep an eye out for them in our full review.

The camera is a stand out feature on the R7 Plus with a 13MP sensor on the rear packed full of features such as a super fast auto focus, anti shake optimisation and our favourite Ultra HD mode.

The Ultra HD mode makes the jump from the Find 7 to the midrange devices this time offering photos of up to 50MP. It works as a separate feature inside the camera and we tested it out on this fruit display getting some incredibly detailed shots.

Here's that same image, just zoomed in. It may be hard to pick out here but the image quality is stunning in real life.

It takes four photos at the same time and then stitches them all together to create one amazing ultra shot – if you're not in a rush to make an image it can make for some truly stunning shots you could even blow up to be posters or beautiful print outs.

The selfie camera is an 8MP set up and makes for some really good shots as well - the brightness in these images was fantastic with the rare clear day we had in Beijing to test it.

Storage wise your only option is 32GB but it also has microSD support up to 128GB to make up for it.

All in all the Oppo R7 Plus is an impressive set up for its Chinese price of 2999 yuan – whether I recommend it will come down the pricing in the West but it currently converts as about £310, $480 or $610AUS and it would prove really cheap for what you're getting.

Expect a release in mid-June and a full review of the phone up on TechRadar before that.

• Check out Oppo's new R7 in our hands-on review.