Oppo Reno and Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition With Shark-Fin Style Front Camera Launched

On Wednesday, Oppo launched its new smartphones, ‘Oppo Reno and Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition’ in China. Both smartphones are the first in the world to feature a shark-fin style front camera that is the side-swing front camera.

The main highlights of both smartphones are a panoramic AMOLED display, shark-fin style front camera setup, Snapdragon 855 SoC, up to 8GB RAM and up to 4,065 mAh battery.

Along with these smartphones, the Oppo Reno 5G variant was also teased at the same event but the 5G variant will launch in May.

Oppo Reno: Price, Sale Date

• Oppo Reno price is CNY 2,999 (roughly Rs. 30,900) for the 6GB RAM/128GB internal storage variant, CNY 3,299 (roughly Rs. 33,960) for the 6GB RAM/256GB internal storage variant and CNY 3,599 (roughly Rs. 37,000) for the 8GB RAM/256GB internal storage variant.
• It will come in Extreme Night Black, Fog Sea Green, Mist Powder and Nebula Purple colour options.
• The smartphone will be available for purchase from April 19 in China.
• Availability and price in India are yet to be announced.

Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition: Price, Sale Date

• Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition price is CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 41,170) for the 6GB RAM/128GB internal storage variant, CNY 4,499 (roughly Rs. 46,310) for the 6GB RAM/256GB internal storage variant and CNY 4,799 (roughly Rs. 49,400) for the 8GB RAM/256GB internal storage variant.
• It will come in Extreme Night Black and Fog Sea Green colour options.
• The smartphone will be available for purchase from mid-May in China.
• Availability and price in India are yet to be announced.

Oppo Reno, Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition: Specifications and Features

Oppo Reno:

Now coming to the specifications, Oppo Reno sports a 6.4-inch AMOLED Display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and Full-HD+ (1080×2340 pixels) resolution. Based on Android 9.0 Pie on the top of stock ColorOS 6.0, the phone runs on 2.2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 710 processor with Adreno 616 GPU. It comes with 6GB/8GB RAM options. The smartphone has the support of Dual-SIM (nano+nano).

In optics, there is a dual rear camera setup, the first camera includes a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor with f/1.7 aperture and the second camera includes a 5MP sensor with f/2.4 aperture.

On the front (shark-fin style side swing camera), there is a 16MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture. The phone has LED flash embedded on the pop-up side swing camera.

When it comes to storage, the smartphone comes with 128GB/256GB (UFS2.1) internal storage without microSD support. Connectivity suite of the smartphone includes Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS, NFC, GLONASS, 3.5mm headphone jack and USB Type-C port. The sensors on board the handset are accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, electronic compass and ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor. Oppo Reno battery capacity is 3765mAh with the support of VOOC 3.0 fast charging. The handset measures 156.6×74.3×9.0mm and weighs 185 grams.

The smartphone pack a lot of features which are listed below:

1. The smartphone sports Full-HD+ AMOLED Display.
2. The display has Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection.
3. There is an O-Dot ceramic point at the back of the phones to slight left the camera when placed on a flat surface. This helps to protect the lens to some extent.
4. Shark-fin style side swing front camera will withstand over 200,000 times of lifting and the mechanism takes just 0.8 seconds, according to the company. It includes the camera for capturing selfies, the earpiece, front soft light and rear LED flash.
5. Ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor.
6. VOOC 3.0 fast charging.
7. Dolby Atmos Support.
8. Other camera features include multi-frame noise reduction, HDR support and hand-held anti-shake.
9. Breeno Assistant with features such as screen and voice recognition and multi-modal interactions.
10. Oppo Wallet support that works using the built-in NFC technology.

Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition:

*Bold text below highlights extra or different features from Oppo Reno

Now coming to the specifications, Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition sports a 6.6-inch AMOLED Display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and Full-HD+ (1080×2340 pixels) resolution. Based on Android 9.0 Pie on the top of stock ColorOS 6.0, the phone runs on 2.84GHz 7nm octa-core Snapdragon 855 processor with Adreno 640 GPU. It comes with 6GB/8GB RAM options. The smartphone has the support of Dual-SIM (nano+nano).

In optics, there is a triple rear camera setup, the first camera includes a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor with f/1.7 aperture, the second camera includes an 8MP 120-degree ultra-wide angle sensor with f/2.2 aperture and the third camera includes a 13MP periscope telephoto sensor with 10X Hybrid Optical Zoom.

On the front (shark-fin style side swing camera), there is a 16MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture. The phone has LED flash embedded on the pop-up side swing camera.

When it comes to storage, the smartphone comes with 128GB/256GB (UFS2.1) internal storage without microSD support. Connectivity suite of the smartphone includes Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS, NFC, GLONASS and USB Type-C port. There is no 3.5mm headphone jack instead Type-C Audio headphones are supported. The sensors on board the handset are accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, electronic compass and in-display fingerprint sensor. Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition battery capacity is 4065mAh with the support of VOOC 3.0 fast charging. The handset measures 162.0×77.2×9.3mm and weighs 210 grams.

The smartphone pack a lot of features which are listed below:

1. The smartphone sports Full-HD+ AMOLED Display with ultra narrow bezels and 93.1% screen-to-body ratio.
2. The display has Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection.
3. There is an O-Dot ceramic point at the back of the phones to slight left the camera when placed on a flat surface. This helps to protect the lens to some extent.
4. Shark-fin style side swing front camera will withstand over 200,000 times of lifting and the mechanism takes just 0.8 seconds, according to the company. It includes the camera for capturing selfies, the earpiece, front soft light and rear LED flash.
5. The 8MP ultra-wide camera has a focal length of 15.9mm and 13MP periscope telephoto lens has a focal length of 159mm.
6. 10X Hybrid Optical Zoom.
7. Ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor.
8. VOOC 3.0 fast charging.
9. USB Type-C Audio Headphones supported.
10. Dolby Atmos Support.
11. Triple Microphones.
12. Game Boost 2.0.
13. Dual OIS.
14. Other camera features include multi-frame noise reduction, HDR support and hand-held anti-shake.
15. Breeno Assistant with features such as screen and voice recognition and multi-modal interactions.
16. Oppo Wallet support that works using the built-in NFC technology.