Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G Buying Guide
Have you seen the Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G? The Reno 5 Pro comes with the new MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ SoC for those in India.
The Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G comes with great battery life and it charges very quickly. Its display is vivid with a 90Hz refresh rate.
What to know about Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G
The Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G is a powered-packed smartphone that embodies the same design and overarching great feature-set.
What does MediaTek’s flagship SoC offer compared to Qualcomm’s equivalent? We look at different features of Reno 5
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G design and display
It has many similarities between it and Reno 4. For starters, it comes light and very slim, measuring 7.6mm in thickness and weighs 173g.
The phone offers you a great in-hand feel and you feel comfortable holding it for a long time during usage.
The Astral Blue version comes with a glossy frame that offers users a decent grip. Its textured glass back comes with a special sheen when you allow light to hit it.
The phone is resilient to fingerprints.
The flattened top of Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G has a ‘Designed for Reno’ inscription, while the dual-SIM tray, USB Type-C port, and a single speaker are on the bottom.
The phone’s power buttons and volume are on opposite sides of the frame. You can easily reach them. However, it has no 3.5mm headphone jack.
The Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G offers users a 6.5-inch “borderless sense screen” AMOLED display with curved edges.
The phone has a 90 Hz refresh rate, full-HD+ resolution, peak brightness of 1,100nits, and touch sampling rate of 180Hz.
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G has a display with multiple certifications for your low blue light emissions. The phone is capable of functioning with HDR10+ too.
The phone is a scratch-resistant glass from Panda when you check its back panel.
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G specifications and software
Oppo Reno 5 comes with MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ SoC. The phone competes favorably with
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 series.
It is built on four ARM Cortex-A55 and ARM Cortex-A 77 cores. The phone comes with an integrated 5G modem. It supports wireless connectivity such as Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi 6.
Oppo offers the phone in a single configuration, with 128 GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G has a 4,350mAh battery and 65W Super VOOC 2.0 fast charging tech.
Other things to know about Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G runs ColorOS 11.1 based on Android 11. It has many pre-installed apps from Oppo as well as third-party developers.
The ColorOS has FlexDrop that allows users to minimize some apps into either interactive floating windows or even smaller, view-only panels.
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G performance and battery life
The battery can last for about a week and it is very light and slim. The phone’s in-display fingerprint sensor and face recognition are great.
The biometric authentication is quick and seamless.
The Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G performs well and looks stylish.
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G cameras
The phone features a 64-megapixel primary camera with a higher resolution than the 48-megapixel sensor.
It has an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, a 32-megapixel front camera for selfies, a 2-megapixel monochrome camera, and a 2-megapixel macro camera.
The signature camera has a new ‘AI Highlight Video’ mode, which either brightens footage in low light or applies an HDR effect in the day.
AI Highlight Video brightens up dark scenes and helps with white balance when shooting subjects directly against sunlight.
Verdict
The Reno 5 Pro 5G’s MediaTek’s current flagship 5G SoC is enough to deliver smooth performance in heavy games.
The phone is power efficient and comes with a premium design, fairly competent cameras, a vivid display, long battery life, and very fast charging.
The video quality could be improved especially in low light. The phone is beautiful and offers you a long span when it comes to its battery life.
