Oppo Reno Specs and Price

Having been in the rumour mills for a while, Oppo finally took the wraps off its new series named Reno. In so doing, Oppo Reno takes the title as the debutant smartphone of the lineup. There’s a stellar feature that this phone brings to the table – a side-swing sliding camera. Yes, we have seen a couple of smartphones with sliding cameras but this pop-up camera is revamped. Even Oppo calls it the shark-fin camera.

Design and Display

As an upper mid-range smartphone, Oppo Reno speaks the design language of flagship devices. Its front and back are wrapped by the glass to the point that it feels slippery in the hand. Well, a casing is available to reduce accidental slips. Also, the bezels are kept to the barest minimum on all sides.

Taking full advantage of the OLED panel, the smartphone works with an under display fingerprint sensor. That way, both biometric entities of the smartphone, the other being Face ID are at the fore of the smartphone.

Speaking of the phone’s fore, the 6.4-inch OLED display presents 93% screen-to-body ratio for extensive entertainment. The quality of the display is kept crisp with the FHD+ resolution. Blue lights can be reduced on the touchscreen once the Night Shield mode gets activated.

Battery and Camera

Oppo implemented the prodigious 48MP IMX586 camera produced by Sony as the primary photographic element here. This sensor comes with f/1.7 aperture to allow a considerable amount of light passage during photography. With the assistance of AI and multi-frame reduction, the camera alongside its 5MP secondary sensor produces fantastic images and videos.

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Meanwhile, the shark-fin sliding camera captures selfies with its 16MP wide camera. To reassure users of the sliding camera’s durability, Oppo asserted that the camera has undergone 200,000 pop-ups in lab tests.

You can’t go wrong with the 3,765mAh battery juice equipped with the smartphone. Despite the glass back, the phone lacks the trendy wireless charging technology. However, it utilizes Oppo’s Super VOOC 3.0 to charge swiftly.

Hardware and Software

Presiding at the core of this device is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710. Well, that’s what cements its upper mid-range status. It delivers efficient performance and multitasking with support from 6GB RAM.

Another edition is available with 8GB RAM. Similarly, the internal storage has two options – 128GB and 256GB. The absence of a MicroSD card slot means you can’t get more than the built-in storage. Android 9.0 Pie OS served with ColorOS 6 takes charge of the software unit.

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Oppo Reno Price and Availability

Oppo Reno has been officially announced in global markets. It is scheduled to go on sale on May 10 with a starting price of $447 that’s about 165,000 Naira.