OPPO Reno with a side-scrolling front camera officially released

Today, OPPO held a press conference where it officially released the new Reno series. Although OPPO Vice President Shen Yiren had already exposed a lot of information before the press conference, the conference brought more details of this new machine.

OPPO Reno is equipped with a 6.6-inch screen which has a 93.1% screen-to-body ratio. It’s left and right bezels are 1.63 mm thin, the upper frame is 1.8 mm thin while the bottom bezel is 3.5 mm thin.  According to the company, OPPO Reno’s screen uses a new luminescent material, covering the full brightness DCI-P3 wide color gamut. With this, the power consumption is reduced by 8%. This smartphone passed the German Rheinland low-light certification which means that its safety is guaranteed. The display of this smartphone uses a Corning Gorilla 6 glass and the company stressed that the display comes with a low-brightness DC dimming feature.

In addition, the OPPO Reno is equipped with an on-screen fingerprint sensor and it uses a compensated projection scheme. OPPO Reno comes in two versions. We have the Standard version and the 10x hybrid optical zoom version.

The standard version has three variants –  6GB+128GB, 6GB+256GB and 8GB+256GB.  These smartphones sell for 2999 yuan ($447), 3299 yuan ($491) and 3599 yuan ($536) respectively. This version will be available in five colours (nebula purple, mid-night black, calm black, mist powder, and fog sea green) from April 19th.

OPPO Reno Standard Edition specifications

• 6.4-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 aspect ratio AMOLED display with 430 nits brightness, 97% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection
• Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU
• 6GB / 8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 256GB (UFS 2.1) storage
• Android 9.0 (Pie) with ColorOS 6.0
• Dual SIM
• 48MP rear camera with LED flash, 1/2.25″ Sony IMX586 sensor, 0.8um pixel size, f/1.7 aperture, PDAF, CAF, 5MP secondary camera with f/2.4 aperture
• 16MP front-facing camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 79.3° wide angle lens
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• 3.5 mm audio jack, Hi-Res audio, Dolby Atmos
• Dimensions: 156.6×74.3×9.0mm; Weight:185g
• Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C
• 3765mAh (typical) / 3680mAh (minimum) battery with VOOC 3.0 fast charging

The 10x hybrid optical zoom version comes in three colours which include fog sea green, midnight black, and calm black. Like the standard version, it has three variants – 6GB+128GB, 6GB+256GB, and 8GB+256GB. These models sell for 3999 yuan ($595), 4499 yuan ($670) and 4799 yuan ($715) respectively and will be available by mid-May.

OPPO Reno 10x Hybrid Optical Zoom Edition specifications

• 6.6-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 aspect ratio AMOLED display with 100% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection
• Octa-Core Snapdragon 855 7nm Mobile Platform (1 x 2.84GHz Kryo 485 + 3 x 2.42GHz Kryo 485 + 4x 1.80GHz Kryo 485) with Adreno 640 GPU
• 6GB / 8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 256GB (UFS 2.1) storage
• Android 9.0 (Pie) with ColorOS 6.0
• Dual SIM
• 48MP rear camera with LED flash, 1/2.25″ Sony IMX586 sensor, f/1.7 aperture, 0.8um pixel size, OIS, Laser AF, PDAF, CAF, 13MP periscope telephoto lens, f/3.0 aperture, 8MP 120° Ultra Wide Lens with f/2.2 aperture, 10x Hybrid Optical Zoom
• 16MP front-facing camera with LED flash
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• USB Type-C audio, Hi-Res audio, Dolby Atmos, , triple microphones
• Dimensions: 162.0×77.2×9.3mm; Weight:210g
• Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 5, Dual-frequency (L1+L5) GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, USB Type-C
• 4065mAh (typical) battery with VOOC 3.0 fast charging

The difference between the two versions is quite large. The standard version is equipped with Snapdragon 710 processor, 6.4-inch panoramic screen, 48MP ultra-clear dual-camera, 3765 mAh battery, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. However, the 10x hybrid optical zoom version is powered by a Snapdragon 855 SoC, 6.6-inch panoramic screen, 48MP ultra-clear triple rear camera setup which supports 10x hybrid optical zoom, 4065 mAh battery, as well as a copper tube liquid cooling system. This version expunged the 3.5mm headphone jack.

Both versions come with a light-sensitive on-screen fingerprint sensor, ultra clear night view 2.0 mode, OPPO portrait style, VOOC 3.0 flash charging technology, multi-function NFC, GameBoost 2.0, Breeno assistant, Dolby panoramic AC-4, Hi-Res audio, and a ColorOS 6 operating system.

As for the front camera, it uses a special side-scrolling structure, hidden in the top of the fuselage. It takes only 0.8 seconds for the 11° inclined camera structure to pop out and the company claims that this can be used over 200,000 times. The company will also introduce a 5G version next month.