Oppo smartphones are traditionally known for two things, stunning designs, and good cameras. Well, the company has just launched two new models in this series, A Reno 6 and the Oppo Reno 6 Pro, both of which offer 5G as well as some fun new camera tricks. Well, today we will be checking out the Oppo Reno 6 Pro and also see how much improvement it got over its predecessor, which is the Oppo Reno 5 Pro.
- Brand: Oppo
- Model name: Oppo Reno 6 Pro
- Weight: 177g
- Dimensions: 160 x 73.1 x 7.6mm
- Operating system: Android 11, ColorOS 11.3
- Display size: 6.55 inches
- Resolution: 1080x2400
- RAM: 8/12Gb
- Storage (ROM): 128/256GB
- Cameras: 64Mp
- CPU Chipset: MediaTek MT6893 Dimensity 1200 5G
- Battery: 4500mAh
Appearance And Design
The Oppo Reno 6 Pro Is actually very similar to the Oppo 5 Pro. The overall dimensions are roughly the same, just that the weight has increased a bit. However, it's still one of the lightest and slimmest phones you'll come across in this segment. It has a beautiful chrome-lined frame and a curve front and back.
With gorilla glass over the display, the glass at the back also gets special
treatment, giving it a matte finish with a shimmering, Crystal-like
appearance. The placement of the buttons is also economic, and at the
bottom, you get a SIM tray, USB Type C Port, and the speaker.
Now there's no headphone Jack, all you do get is a USB Type C headset in the
box. The front of the Oppo Reno 6 Pro is dominated by this bright and vivid
65 inch full HD Amulet panel. It retains all the smart touches from the
previous model. And just to make it more competitive, you do get an
in-display fingerprint sensor and the option to use and always on display.
Display
One of the big upgrades to the Oppo 5G Smartphone, is the new MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC. So now compared to the Dimensity 1000 plus SoC in the previous model, the new one is built using a smaller and more efficient 6-nanometer processor with some Tweaks on the CPU cluster and the GPU. It's a pretty powerful Oppo Reno 5G SoC.
The Reno 6 Pro runs on Oppo's latest Color OS 11.3 which allows you to turn
off notifications for many of its system apps as well. You will have to
manually control the brightness by yourself as auto-brightness adjustment
doesn’t really work well with the Reno 6 Pro. It gives you access to privacy
settings conveniently as in any other Android phone, so there isn’t a lot to
penalize.
Now you get the usual customization options for changing the system Always
on Display, as well as some pre-installed apps from oppo such as Oppo Relax,
which plays soothing sounds in order to help you relax.
Battery And Performance
The Oppo 6 Pro is backed by a slightly larger 4500 milliamp battery compared
to the Reno 5 Pro. And with a 65 Watt fast charging capability, the battery
life, in general, is pretty solid. It could easily go about a day and a half
of regular use, which involves lots of video watching and social apps.
The battery also charged very quickly with the supplied adapter, and It was
able to get up to 96% charge in an hour, which is very quick.
Camera
The most important thing that Oppo really wants to highlight on this phone
is the camera on the back. So it's got a quad system set up a 64 megapixel
AI main sensor, an 8 megapixel ultrawide. So that's for some of the funkier
effects. It provides a 2-megapixel macro and a 2 megapixel monochrome for
selfies.
You get a 32-megapixel sensor. The main camera still does not get any kind
of optical stabilization. Now, do we have any telephoto cameras as an
upgrade now, the main focus for the cameras this time is the book in Flare
Portrait filter when shooting videos. Apart from isolating the subject from
the background, this filter also helps heavily defocus even the smallest
light source in the background, thereby creating an effect where you get
shimmering OBS of light.
And this works at night and even during the day. Even if you have scattered
sunlight coming in through the trees behind you, you can use this filter
with the front and the rear cameras, and in gentle it works pretty well.
However, apart from this new filter, the camera features and performance for
Still photos, at least, is very similar to what you have probably
experienced with the Reno 5 Pro, which is to say it's good during the day.
Photos packed in plenty of detail in board landscapes and close-up shots.
Final Verdict
The newly released Oppo Reno 6 Pro 5G smartphone looks truly great, it has a premium construct quality, great to handle easily with one hand, provides great efficiency and a satisfying display screen, appropriate battery life, and lastly, has good and quality camera features. This is so far probably the best released Oppo 5G Smartphone in this series.