“The Portrait Skilled”. That is the lofty declare Oppo makes for its newest high-end machine – the Oppo Reno 8 Pro, which by the way occurs to be the costliest Reno telephone within the Indian market, to this point. With this telephone, Oppo goals to seize the digital camera fanatic shopper whereas additionally offering sufficient {hardware} and software program chops to assist in every day utilization. The Reno sequence is usually identified for marrying premium design with spectacular specs, and the Reno 8 Professional isn’t any completely different. 

Sporting the MariSilicon X NPU, which was beforehand utilised within the Oppo Discover X5 Professional, the Oppo Reno 8 Professional leverages this chip for enhanced video HDR processing. Add to {that a} 50 MP Sony IMX766 sensor, a unibody design, and the MediaTek Dimensity 8100-MAX SoC, and also you get a smartphone that appears spectacular on paper. Nevertheless, within the sea of rivals such because the OnePlus 10R, Moto Edge 30 Pro, Google Pixel 6a, and iPhone SE 2022, can the brand new child on the block nudge the market in its favour? Priced at ₹45,999, the Reno 8 Professional has quite a bit to show to be able to reside as much as its comparatively exorbitant price ticket. Is it value the associated fee? We discover out that and extra within the overview of the newly-launched Oppo Reno 8 Professional.

Oppo Reno 8 Professional Evaluate: Construct and design

Oppo has had a stable monitor file with the design of the Reno sequence of smartphones, a few of which had been touted to be probably the most visually interesting smartphones of their respective worth segments. With the Oppo Reno 8 Professional, the corporate has but once more, left no stone unturned to make sure a stunning design. The all-glass construct with an aluminium body provides it a premium look and end. The edges are flat and the show sits nearly flush with the perimeters – so it has considerably of an iPhone-esque really feel to it. 

Regardless of packing in a whole lot of {hardware}, the Oppo Reno 8 Professional weighs merely 183 g, so it’s obtained a really light-weight construct with respectable weight distribution regardless of the beautiful giant digital camera module. The telephone is 7.34 mm thick, so that you received’t discover it as cumbersome as some high-end and flagship units available on the market. The machine can also be snug to carry, nevertheless, it options a big 6.7-inch making, making one-handed utilization an improbability. 

The Reno 8 Professional has what the corporate dubs a “unibody design” which refers back to the digital camera module seamlessly mixing into the rear panel with a single glass sheet. The look achieved is truthfully fairly trendy and attention-grabbing, nevertheless, we felt that the design could possibly be taken a stage additional if the digital camera module was made barely extra compact. The telephone wobbles barely on a flat floor, nevertheless it isn’t as aggressive as we’ve seen on different telephones with steeper digital camera modules.

As a result of delicate curve of the digital camera module, the telephone is snug to carry even in panorama mode because it supplies a resting place in your index or center finger. Total, this can be a gorgeous-looking telephone, presumably the best-designed one within the phase.

The rear includes a shiny glass panel and the Glazed Inexperienced color variant we obtained was glorious at rejecting fingerprints and smudges. The telephone is IP54 licensed for mud and water resistance as effectively, nevertheless, some equally priced telephones such because the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE supply the next IP score. The corporate has used Gorilla Glass 5 for defense, so throughout the board, this can be a well-protected smartphone – from each parts and unintended drops. Our solely actual gripe with the construct is that the in-display fingerprint sensor is positioned too low on the display screen, and somebody with shorter fingers will discover it more durable to achieve the sensor one-handed.

Oppo Reno 8 Professional Show Evaluate

The Oppo Reno 8 Professional flaunts a stunning 6.7-inch AMOLED panel with Full HD+ decision and 120 Hz refresh price. The bezels across the show are extraordinarily skinny and whereas all sides aren’t uniform, the skinny bezels do contribute to the premium really feel of the telephone. You’ve obtained a screen-to-body ratio of 93.4 per cent which is amongst the best on this worth bracket.

Seems to be of the show apart, the panel performs admirably. You get HDR10+ and Widevine L1 assist which means you possibly can take pleasure in HDR high-definition content material on streaming companies equivalent to Amazon Prime and Netflix. Content material consumption of this machine is a deal with because the show’s colors are vibrant, a tad oversaturated at instances. If that does put you off, you possibly can change the show color preset to Pure to get a extra true-to-life color depiction. However, the image you get is crisp and vibrant. Viewing angles are glorious as effectively. The AMOLED panel additionally assures true blacks which makes the distinction even richer.

As for the show’s brightness, we had no points utilizing the show even in harsh daylight because the display screen was completely legible always. We recorded a peak brightness of 552 nits in regular utilization, whereas on Excessive Brightness Mode, the display screen can contact 800-900 nits with ease. 

The display screen helps 120 Hz refresh price however there’s no dynamic refresh price switching characteristic which suggests it would run at 120 Hz no matter what’s on the display screen. This may leach the battery fairly a bit however you possibly can flip down the refresh price to 60 Hz within the settings menu, do you have to want the additional juice. With 120 Hz refresh price energetic, scrolling and swiping inside apps felt fluid and easy. 

Along with the wonderful show, you additionally get stereo audio system on the telephone that are fairly loud and sound fairly good, making content material consumption an much more immersive expertise. 

Oppo Reno 8 Professional Efficiency Evaluate

The Oppo Reno 8 Professional is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8100-MAX SoC, the identical one discovered within the OnePlus 10R which sports activities a significantly lower cost tag. The chipset is paired with 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage. There’s additionally assist for added digital RAM, however 12 GB is sufficient for even heavy multitasking, in order that characteristic is just not actually mandatory on this telephone. There’s just one reminiscence variant and it’s priced at ₹45,999. This processor is accompanied by Oppo’s in-house developed MariSilicon X Imaging NPU which is used to reinforce video recording. 

The Dimensity 8100-MAX SoC is highly effective sufficient for it to carry out swimmingly in day-to-day utilization. Duties equivalent to calling, texting, social media, net searching, and extra might be carried out with no hitches. We skilled no cases of lag or stutter regardless of working intensive video enhancing apps or having 12+ tabs open within the background. Gaming is easy on this machine as effectively, with the telephone’s GPU with the ability to deal with nearly any sport thrown at it on Excessive graphics. 

We ran our traditional slew of benchmarks on the Oppo Reno 8 Professional and the telephone carried out as anticipated. Nevertheless, when confronted with rivals at across the identical worth level with higher SoCs, the telephone displayed its questionable worth for its asking worth. 

We pit the Oppo Reno 8 Professional in opposition to the Moto Edge 30 Professional and the Pixel 6a since each telephones sport a barely lower cost tag than the Reno 8 Professional. The outcomes had been telling with the Moto Edge 30 Professional crushing the Reno 8 Professional’s rating in each benchmark we ran whereas the Pixel 6a pulled up related scores. 

We additionally ran Name of Responsibility: Cell by way of Gamebench Professional. The telephone ran the sport at a median FPS of 59 at 100 per cent stability on Excessive Graphics, which is superb. Our expertise concurred with the Gamebench numbers – when enjoying COD: Cell we barely noticed any body drops and the gameplay was easy all over. The telephone additionally dealt with warmth fairly effectively and obtained nowhere as toasty because the Pixel 6a did after quarter-hour of COD: Cell.

Whereas there are similarly-priced telephones that carry out higher in benchmarking apps, the Oppo Reno 8 Professional can deal with nearly something you throw at it. Even within the CPU Throttling Check we ran, the telephone solely throttled to 94 per cent of its peak efficiency after quarter-hour. This goes to point out that the telephone can maintain its efficiency even below appreciable workloads and might deal with warmth swimmingly with its graphite-based cooling system. Because of this, we’d advocate this telephone to ardent cellular avid gamers as effectively, despite the fact that they aren’t Oppo’s audience for this telephone.  

Oppo Reno 8 Professional Software program Evaluate

The Oppo Reno 8 Professional runs ColorOS 12.1 primarily based on Android 12. Oppo has promised two years of Android OS updates. With a number of rivals providing three or 4 years of OS updates, Oppo’s two-year promise feels lacklustre, to be trustworthy. ColorOS is an especially feature-rich UI, one we’d have in all probability cherished if it weren’t for the plethora of bloatware on this telephone. Fortunately, most of those third-party functions might be uninstalled nevertheless it doesn’t bode effectively if customers should cope with this sort of bloatware on the 45K worth level. Moreover, some native Oppo apps did ship us a barrage of notifications that weren’t too nice to expertise as effectively.

ColorOS 12.1 has a ton of options and customisability choices that we loved tinkering with. Some options appeared a tad bit gimmicky however some had been really fairly nifty. For instance, you possibly can choose which colors out of your present wallpaper must be used for the general theme of the telephone, which is fairly neat. ColorOS’ Air Gestures options are enjoyable to make use of as effectively, however the novelty did put on out after some time and we went again to utilizing the telephone usually in a few days. 

We additionally cherished the X-axis Linear Motor used within the telephone. Haptic suggestions from the motor when texting and receiving calls is satisfying and exact. Different options equivalent to multi-screen join, require password to energy off and anti-peeping notifications had been additionally helpful. Emoji tries to emulate Apple’s Animoji nevertheless it doesn’t actually come shut.  

Oppo Reno 8 Professional Digital camera Evaluate

Oppo is pushing the Reno 8 Professional as a camera-centric machine, however sadly, the cameras appear to be the machine’s weakest hyperlink. There’s an absence of consistency within the photographs clicked on all three rear lenses, with the selfie digital camera being the digital camera stack’s most constant shooter. Allow us to elaborate. The Oppo Reno 8 Professional includes a triple rear digital camera stack consisting of a 50 MP Sony IMX766 major lens, an 8 MP ultrawide shooter, and a 2 MP macro digital camera. You additionally get a 32 MP Sony IMX709 digital camera for selfies. Take a look at uncompressed digital camera samples here. 

In daylights, photos come out trying fairly good with vibrant colors and oodles of element. Nevertheless, the colors are typically too oversaturated, which works for social media however can find yourself trying barely unnatural. In close-up photographs, the digital camera has good pure background blur however typically, the topic’s edges look too mushy.

As for dynamic vary, the Oppo does effectively in preferrred lighting circumstances however in additional difficult lighting highlights get overblown and shadows are crushed. The Oppo normally clicks sharp photos and with auto-HDR, particulars are introduced out properly in most cases. There’s additionally a devoted 50 MP mode that brings out some added element however compromises on dynamic vary.

Oppo has known as the Reno 8 Professional “The Portrait Skilled” and whereas the first lens is able to clicking some fairly stable portrait photographs in preferrred lighting circumstances, pores and skin tones and textures look a tad too unnatural on the telephone. There’s a whole lot of smoothening and whitening occurring right here, even with Magnificence Mode turned off. Edge detection is fairly respectable, however the digital camera does miss out on a stray strand of hair infrequently. 

The 8 MP ultrawide digital camera is truthfully inferior to the competitors, specifically telephones such because the Nothing Phone (1) and the Pixel 6a. The photographs are missing intimately and the dynamic vary is poor. Ultrawide barreling is fairly minimal however apart from that there’s no actual redeeming issue for the ultrawide shooter. The truth is, in low gentle, there’s an excessive quantity of softness and noise within the ultrawide photographs. The telephone additionally includes a 2 MP macro digital camera that’s not value mentioning because it takes blurry and mushy photographs, primarily because of the OIS being absent.

In low gentle, the first lens does an honest job at extracting element in photographs and letting sufficient gentle in to light up the photograph effectively. Evening Mode brings out additional element in photographs, nevertheless, colors aren’t the very best in low-lit circumstances. Oppo additionally does a great job curbing lens flare from lights in low-lit circumstances. Nevertheless, with out OIS, low-light photographs are hit-and-miss with some missing element whereas others regarded unbelievable. You could must take a few photographs to get the proper low-light shot you need.

As for selfies, the 32 MP entrance digital camera is the strongest hyperlink of the Reno 8 Professional’s digital camera stack. The telephone persistently clicks detailed and vibrant photos which look unbelievable and social-media prepared. Flip off the sweetness mode and also you’ll get fairly colour-accurate pores and skin tones as effectively. Portrait selfies are additionally nice with spectacular edge detection. Low gentle selfies look nice with the telephone’s inbuilt display screen flash. There’s loads of element and character in nighttime selfies. 

Shifting on to video, that is the place the telephone leverages the MariSilicon X NPU for enhanced low-light movies. The telephone tops video recording at [email protected] fps on the rear digital camera whereas the selfie digital camera tops out at [email protected] fps. In daylight, Oppo’s footage has means an excessive amount of distinction and the highlights are typically overblown. We turned off AI mode in video, and the distinction did come right down to extra manageable ranges nevertheless it nonetheless doesn’t look pure.

At evening, the MariSilicon X NPU does present its talents by adjusting publicity on the fly. This does result in well-lit low-light movies with a great quantity of element. Nevertheless, the fixed publicity and dynamic vary changes do look jarring at instances. You may visually see the colors and publicity shift and it doesn’t look seamless resulting from that. Oppo must spend some extra time optimising its NPU to greatest leverage its talents.

Total, the Oppo Reno 8 Professional’s digital camera has particular weaknesses, and telephones such because the Google Pixel 6a and the lower-priced Nothing Cellphone (1) appear to be extra constant in sure areas. If the digital camera is your major concern, we couldn’t presumably wholeheartedly advocate the Reno 8 Professional except Oppo can roll out some firmware updates to repair a few of these points.

Oppo Reno 8 Professional Evaluate: Battery life

The Oppo Reno 8 Professional attracts energy from a 4,500 mAh battery and comes with an 80 W SuperVOOC quick charger within the field. The battery lifetime of this telephone is superb with the machine lasting over a day with medium utilization. With heavy utilization, you possibly can count on a few day’s value of battery life. In our video battery take a look at the place we play a 4K video on loop on full brightness, the telephone lasted just below 15 hours, which could be very spectacular.

The bundled 80 W charger is extraordinarily speedy and charged the machine from zero to full in merely 38 minutes. The telephone did get barely toasty on the finish of the cost nevertheless it was manageable ranges of warmth.

Oppo Reno 8 Professional Evaluate: Verdict

The Oppo Reno 8 Professional is a stellar machine, little question. However, it doesn’t ship what it guarantees. What it guarantees is a dependable digital camera setup throughout the board, nevertheless, all of the rear cameras have vital weaknesses making some decrease or similarly-priced rivals extra interesting. Additionally, ColorOS is loaded with bloatware which takes away barely from its premium really feel. Nevertheless, the telephone is an absolute powerhouse with the MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Max SoC packing a punch it doesn’t matter what’s thrown at it. Moreover, the battery life is unbelievable with 80 W charging being the cherry on high. All in all, this can be a well-rounded telephone that does effectively in all areas however doesn’t excel within the one space the place it guarantees to – the digital camera.