Oppo Reno 8 Pro
MSRP $702.00
“The Oppo Reno 8 Pro’s cool design, strong performance, long battery life, and fast charging make it an important value. But using anything aside from the fundamental camera disappoints.”
Pros
- Lightweight all-glass design
- Two-day battery life
- Fast charging
- Foremost camera takes lovely photos
- Latest Android 13 software coming soon
Cons
- No wireless charging
- Wide-angle camera disappoints
The Oppo Reno series has been around for a number of years and has previously broken recent ground within the industry — a Reno was the primary phone within the U.K. with 5G. The newest is the Reno 8 Pro, and it’s not what you’d call groundbreaking this time around.
As an alternative, the Reno 8 Pro is a competitor to the OnePlus 10T, attempting to strike the identical balance between price, design, performance, and desirability. OnePlus got lots of things unsuitable on that phone, so can Oppo (which, don’t forget, is OnePlus’ parent brand lately) get it right?
Oppo Reno 8 Pro: design
The Reno 8 Pro is a great-looking smartphone and one you’ll be proud to hold around. Oppo has mastered the integrated camera module look on its phones (and people from OnePlus now, too), and although the camera module on the back of the Reno 8 Pro is big, the gentle curve around it minimizes its impact. It gives the phone an actual identity.
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It’s a superb thing those curves are there because, otherwise, the Reno 8 Pro may be very flat. The chassis has flat sides, the glass covering the screen is flat, and the remainder of the rear panel is flat too. It’s moderately comfortable to carry (the sides are somewhat sharp), however the low 186-gram weight really helps avoid much fatigue. While it’s all made out of glass, it’s Gorilla Glass 5 on the back and front. The phone has a basic IP54 water resistance rating for a good degree of on a regular basis protection.
The low weight and pleasing in-hand feel have made the Reno 8 Pro wonderful to make use of. It has happily slipped into my pocket with out a fuss and has just the best style to draw attention when it’s on show. The small bezels across the 6.7-inch AMOLED screen give it a really modern look from the front.
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There are two colours available: an atypical Glazed Black model and the Glazed Green seen in our photos. It’s hard to do the colour justice, because the cool, minty green looks superb in real life. It’s definitely the one to get should you don’t mind a little bit of flamboyance.
Oppo Reno 8 Pro: camera
The Reno 8 Pro uses the identical fundamental camera because the Oppo Find X5 Pro, a Sony IMX766 50MP. But somewhat than using two, it sits next to a reasonably standard 8MP wide-angle camera and a positively underwhelming 2MP camera. This makes it the identical setup found on the OnePlus Nord 2T and the OnePlus 10T. On the front is a 32MP camera with autofocus, complete with some recent wizardry allowing it to drag in 60% more light than previous Reno phones for nighttime selfie fun.
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Oppo differentiates the Reno 8 Pro’s rear camera from the OnePlus models by adding its MariSilicon X image processing unit, which apparently improves lowlight performance in each stills and video, amongst other things. The IMX766 fundamental camera does take very attractive photos, with an exquisite natural color palette, lots of detail, and a delightful HDR effect in the best environment.
The wide-angle suffers from the identical problems because the camera on the OnePlus 10T. The low resolution means photos have noticeable pixelation, there’s visible noise in just about all images, and the poor contrast obscures detail. It’s really not excellent in any respect. There’s a 2x digital zoom shortcut, but use this at your peril since it employs an enormous amount of smoothing, making photos look artificial.
What in regards to the selfie camera? It’s not bad in any respect. There’s a superb level of detail, autofocus helps the portrait mode with accuracy, skin tones are warm, and there’s a handy palm recognition gesture too. At night, which is where the MariSilicon X ISP is purported to work its magic, the phone routinely uses the screen as a fill light — leading to surprisingly detailed selfies even at the hours of darkness. In case you use it without the screen’s fill light, the outcomes are useless
Lowlight photos, usually, are good. Nevertheless, I even have noticed it’s easy to introduce blur, despite the software only taking a few second to snap a photograph at the hours of darkness. You may see an example within the gallery above. The Reno 8 Pro’s camera is otherwise similar to the OnePlus 10T’s, where the fundamental camera shines by taking really eye-catching photos, but the opposite cameras fail to face out attributable to low resolution and a scarcity of detail.
Oppo Reno 8 Pro: performance and software
The fundamental camera is sweet, the front camera takes nice-looking selfies, and the phone has a reasonably design, but it surely’s the processor that I discovered intriguing. The Reno 8 Pro has MediaTek’s Dimensity 8100+ chip with 8GB of RAM inside, and it has been a very strong performer. It appears to be adept at sipping power when it’s not working hard, so the battery life from the relatively small 4,500mAh battery has been decent usually use situations. Playing Asphalt 9: Legends isn’t any issue, even in the course of the long, chaotic races. During these intense gaming sessions, there’s almost no heat buildup on the back of the phone in any respect.
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Oppo’s ColorOS 12.1 based on Android 12 is installed, and it’s the identical experience as you get on the Oppo Find X5 Pro, which you may read more about in our full Find X5 Pro review. It’s also very much like the software on the OnePlus 10 Pro. While fast and reliable, ColorOS likes to interrupt with many system notifications and could be aggressive with power management, meaning lots of features just like the always-on screen are off by default and require organising before use.
It has been a fuss-free time with the Reno 8 Pro, and that’s exactly what I would like.
The 6.7-inch AMOLED screen has masses of color and really strong contrast levels, so it’s all the time eye-catching, and that’s without the colour boost enhancer mode switched on. Dig into the settings, and there are methods to calm the screen down should you don’t like the colourful visuals. Watching video is enhanced by the good stereo speakers, which can not have much bass but make up for it with lovely clarity.
It has been a fuss-free time with the Reno 8 Pro, and that’s exactly what I would like from an on a regular basis, jack-of-all-trades phone. The software continues to be annoying for the primary few days, and it irritates me with its constant “this app is using power” reminders until I tell it to stop. But with luck, a few of this will probably be fixed with Android 13-based ColorOS 13, which is scheduled to reach on the Reno 8 Pro in September.
Oppo Reno 8 Pro: battery and charging
After using social media, messages, a number of apps, and notifications, plus taking photos and being connected to a smartwatch, the battery within the Reno 8 Pro has easily lasted for 2 days before it needs a recharge. Work the phone harder, and also you won’t reach this. Expect around 10% of the battery to vanish after half-hour of gaming.
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The phone uses Oppo’s 80-watt SuperVOOC fast charging system, and in only 11 minutes, the battery reaches 50% charge. In half-hour, it’s completely full. Slightly than the camera or design being the fundamental reasons to purchase — they’re great, but hardly unique on the earth of midrange phones today — the performance, battery life, and fast charging are way more helpful and relevant during on a regular basis use. The outcomes are in step with Oppo’s claims, which is great. The shortage of wireless charging isn’t so good, though.
Even should you do stretch the boundaries of the battery, the fast-charging system means — provided you’re near a wall socket and have the proprietary charger and cable — the phone shouldn’t ever be left with no charge at the tip of the busiest days. Charging a phone in half-hour also means saying goodbye to overnight charging. In case you’ve never tried a phone with charging as fast as this before, it will probably change your life.
Oppo Reno 8 Pro: price and availability
The Oppo Reno 8 Pro is offered within the U.K. starting September 1 for 599 kilos, which is around $702. You may buy it through Oppo’s own online store or a wide range of retail stores, including Amazon, Argos, and Currys, plus networks including EE, O2, and Vodafone.
In case you’re tempted, then it’s value buying before September 28, as Oppo will send you an Oppo Pad Air tablet (value 239 kilos) totally free along with your Reno 8 Pro purchase, making the phone a very great value.
Oppo doesn’t sell its smartphones within the U.S., so that you’d must import the Reno 8 Pro should you’re really keen on owning one.
This, or the OnePlus 10T?
The Oppo Reno 8 Pro costs somewhat lower than the OnePlus 10T, and the first difference between them is the OnePlus phone has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and barely faster charging. While the Snapdragon chip within the OnePlus is undeniably excellent, I’ve had no problem with the MediaTek 8100+ here, and unless you’re set on playing intensive games for hours, I doubt most will notice much difference day-to-day.
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In case your only selection is between the Reno 8 Pro and the OnePlus 10T, then the Oppo phone is the one to purchase. It’s somewhat cheaper, the materials used are far higher quality, the design is prettier, it charges almost as fast, and the software is largely the identical. The difference is the processor, and considering the remainder of the OnePlus 10T isn’t as desirable because the Reno 8 Pro, it’s probably not value it.
Expand your decisions further, and the even cheaper Nothing Phone 1 needs to be considered together with the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G. Within the U.S., the brand new Motorola Edge (2022) is sweet value and has a MediaTek processor with a mmWave 5G connection for longevity. The opposite phone to think about, do you have to be in a spot where it’s in the stores, is the iQoo 9T, which manages to be even higher than the OnePlus 10T and the Reno 8 Pro.
I’ve enjoyed using the Reno 8 Pro. It’s a lovely, capable, no-nonsense smartphone. The worth isn’t crazy, however the phone manages to feel dearer than it actually is. That’s where the OnePlus 10T got it unsuitable, because it managed to go in the wrong way.
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