Today’s event organized in China by Oppo has finally unveiled the new triptych of the Reno telephone range, with a basic model, one Pro and one Pro Plus, all with AMOLED, 50 megapixel main sensor and more than fast charging.
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In today’s very rich event scheduled by BBK Electronics for the Oppo brand, there was no lack of hardware innovations, with the presentation of the new telephone generation of the Reno series, represented by the Reno 8, Reno8 Pro and Reno 8 Pro Plus, at a distance of less than one year from the predecessors. United by some elements, such as the ColorOS 12.1 operating system above Android 12, the perforated display with the biometric scanner underneath, the square bezels, and an inverted L rear photo module, the new Reno 8 series phones also have several peculiar specifications.
Starting from the base model, the Reno 8 (160 × 73.4 × 7.67 mm, for 179 grams), the latter protects the 6.43-inch AMOLED display with a Gorilla Glass 5 glass extended on 90.8% of screen-to- body with a FullHD + resolution (409 PPI), up to 90 Hz of refresh rate and 180 Hz of touch sampling, 600 nits of brightness, and 95% on the DCI-P3 scale but 100% on the sRGB one.
In the hole at the top left, there is the 32 megapixel self-camera (Sony IMX709, f / 2.4, 1 / 2.74 ″, 85 ° viewing angle, RGBW matrix, fixed focus, DOL-HDR: on the back, stands the main sensor from 50 megapixel (1 / 1.55 “, 86 °, AufoFocus), the black and white one from 2 megapixel, and the one for macro (still 1/5”, f / 2.4, 89 °) always from 2 megapixel. Controlled by an ad hoc heat dissipation system, the MediaTek Dimensity 1300 octacore processor (3 GHz) and the ARM G77 MC9 GPU operate with LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 3.1 storage (not expandable) in 8 + 128 GB combinations ( 2,499 yuan but in pre-order at 2,449, about 352 reduced to 345 euros), 8 + 256 GB (2,699 yuan in pre-order dropped to 2,649, about 380 reduced to 373 euros), 12 + 256 GB (2,999 yuan, 2,949 in presale , roughly 423 dropped to 416 euros).
Connectivity includes dual SIM, 4 and 5G, Bluetooth 5.3 LE, Wi-Fi 6, NFC, GPS (BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, QZSS) and microUSB Type-C with which to charge quickly, to 80W, the double cell battery, with a total of 4,500 mAh (two cells of 2,250 each).
The median model, the Reno 8 Pro (61 × 74.2 × 7.57 mm, for 188 grams), again with 4,500 mAh chargeable at 80W, features an AMOLED (Samsung E4), always protected by Gorilla Glass 5, from 6.62 inches resolute in FullHD + (397 PPI), with 120 Hz refresh rate and 360 Hz maximum touch sampling, extended on 92% screen to body, with 800 nits of brightness, 9 /% DCI-P3 but 100% sRGB . The selfiecamera does not change neither in position nor in resolution compared to the basic model: however, the triple rear camera improves which, together with the main sensor from 50 (Sony IMX766, 1 / 1.56 ″, f / 1.8, angle of view from 86 ° , DOL-HDR, autofocus), and the 2-megapixel monochrome one, this time alongside an 8-megapixel (1/4 ″, f / 2.2) ultra-wide angle (120 °).
Always with a dissipation system, the octacore processor (2.4 GHz) Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 from Qualcomm and the Adreno 662 GPU operate, also assisted by the proprietary co-processor for neural networks, NPU, MariSilicon X. The combinations of RAM, LPDDR4x , and storage, UFS 2.2, not expandable, here they are from 8 + 128 GB (2,999 yuan, initially discounted at 2,949, about 423 euros reduced to 416), 8 + 256 GB (3,199 yuan, in presale at 3,149, approximately 451 euros reduced to 444), 12 + 256 GB (3,499 yuan, in presale a3,449, on the 493 euros reduced to 486). Connectivity always includes 5G, GPS (Beidou, QZSS, Glonass, Galileo) here dual frequency, Wi-Fi 6, NFC, microUSB Type-C, but the Bluetooth LE is 5.2.
The top Reno 8 Pro Plus (161.2 × 74.2 × 7.34 mm for 183 grams) has the same 4,500 mAh battery that can be charged to 80W as the event companions, but places the 32 megapixel self-camera in a hole in the center. (same specifications as the Reno 8 and 8 Pro): the triple rear camera, with the succession of 50 mpx (same Sony sensor as the Pro model) for the main sensor, 8 for the ultra-wide angle, and 2 for the macros, does not change, but the AMOLED display (Samsung E4) protected by Gorilla Glass 5 is a 6.7 inches extended on 93.7% screen to body, with up to 120 Hz refresh rate and 360 Hz touch sampling, 800 nits of brightness, FullHD + (394 PPI ) of resolution, 100% on both DCI-P3 and sRGB scales.
With RAM, LPDDR5 and storage, UFS 3.1 not expandable, the octacore processor (2.85 GHz) Dimensity 8100-MAX from Mediatek operates with the Mali G510 MC6 GPU and the MariSilicon X NPU, in 8 + 256 GB mnemonic combinations: 3,699 yuan, in presale at 3,649, around 521 euros promoted at 514) and 12 + 256 GB (3,999 yuan, in pre-order at 3,949, 564 euros reduced to 557). It should be noted that connectivity completes the technical picture with 5G, Bluetooth 5.3 LE, Wi-Fi 6, NFC, microUSB Type-C, and GPS (BeiDou, Glonass, QZSS, Galileo) still Dual.