Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G Detailed Review

Introduction:

The Oppo Reno 7 series has made its way worldwide, with India being the first stop. Today, we have the top performer in the new series in-house, so check out our first look hands-on review of the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G.

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G has the same features as its Chinese-only counterpart. A 6.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED with a 90Hz refresh rate and up to 900 nits of peak brightness is one of the features. Oppo has prioritized the cameras on the Reno7 Pro, including a 50MP wide camera with a Sony IMX766 sensor and a 32MP selfie camera with a unique IMX709 sensor on the back. Here’s a quick review of the remaining specifications.

At a glance, these are the specifications for the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G:

 

• Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back: 158.2×73.2×7.5mm, 180g (Panda Glass).
• Display: 6.5″ AMOLED, 90Hz, HDR10+, 500 nits (typ), 800 nits (HBM), 920 nits (peak), 1080x2400px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 402ppi, 6.5″ AMOLED, 90Hz, HDR10+, 500 nits (typ), 800 nits (HBM), 920 nits (peak), 1080x2400px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio,
• MediaTek Dimensity 1200 Max 5G: Octa-core 3.0 GHz; ARM G77 MC9. Chipset: MediaTek Dimensity 1200 Max 5G: Octa-core 3.0 GHz; ARM G77 MC9.
• Memory: 256 GB with 12 GB RAM; UFS 3.1.
• Android 11 and ColorOS 12 are the operating systems and software.
• Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm, 1/1.56″, 1.0m, PDAF; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 119; Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4. Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm, 1/1.56″, 1.0m, PDAF; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 119; Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4
• 32 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide), 1/2.74″, 0.8m front camera
• Front camera: 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS; rear camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps (market dependent).
• 4500mAh battery with 65W fast charging.
• Miscellaneous: Fingerprint reader (optical, under-display); NFC.

 

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G is a well-rounded phone, but its design is what sets it apart. Oppo describes it as “eye-catching and bright,” and it certainly is. The back of the Reno7 Pro 5G shimmers thanks to LDI technology, emulating a starry sky on our Startrails Blue edition while being comfortable to hold and fingerprint-resistant.

A Starlight Black variation with a more subdued dazzling appearance is also available. The camera frame is equipped with a soft breathing light that can react when you receive a notification or during charging, regardless of which of the two models you choose.

The Oppo Reno7 Pro will be available for purchase on February 8 for INR 39,999.

 

Unboxing:

A USB cable, a 65W charger, a case, and the phone itself are included in the retail packaging.

Ergonomics and design

The Reno7 Pro 5G carries the Oppo Reno DNA. Oppo’s most stunning series has always been this one, and it has exceeded itself these years. Before we get into the Reno7 Pro 5G’s truly high-tech side, a cursory glance at its flat frame, clever front, and dazzling rear clarifies that this is a phone made to be flaunted.

The Reno7 Pro 5G is a small and light phone with a thickness of just 7.45mm, making it the thinnest Reno ever. And you’d be excused for thinking the phone is lighter than its 180g weight suggests.

The phone is well-made. It has a strong, high-quality feel to it. The buttons are well-placed and provide excellent mechanical response.

Many purchasers will appreciate the flat edges. The front and back panels are constructed of mildly curved 2.5d glass, while the frame is built of metal. Gorilla Glass 5 protects the display, while Panda Glass protects the back.

Oppo used LDI on the back panel, which stands for Laser Direct Imaging (it’s used in the aviation sector to build PCBs). On the smartphone’s back panel, there are 1.2 million micro-etchings with a width of 20 microns.

Oppo calls this “Aircraft-Grade Shooting Star Design,” which provides the phone’s back cover a visual and textural illusion of shooting stars. The micron-scale etchings on top of the Oppo Glow layer help generate a matte, brushed look.

To prevent the phone from being chemically etched during the later stages of the LDI process, a layer of UV protective ink is applied to the glass side that faces the phone. Because of its light-absorbing qualities, this protective coating also aids laser engraving precision.

After that, a photoresist coating is applied to the opposite surface of the glass to generate the required star trails pattern on the Reno7 series, which gives the phone a “dynamic optical effect” when viewed from various angles.

A Twin Moon Camera Design is used for the camera frame. To give a contrasting but superior experience, the upper half is adorned with metal and the lower half is coated with ceramic.” A breathing light surrounds the frame, which is framed by a 1mm diameter fiber twisted to frame the camera region. When the smartphone is charging or receiving a call or message, this fiber generates soothing, pulsating lights.

The frame is a beautiful aesthetic detail; however, the Reno7 Pro 5G wobbles on a table due to how it protrudes and its off-center position. The panel has a nice faint shine and glitter to it. It reflects light in a variety of ways and has a matte, fingerprint-resistant finish. The texture on the surface aids with grip.

The camera’s upper frame is made of metal, while the lower frame is ceramic-coated. Because of this contrast, the top half is matte and fingerprint-resistant, while the lower, ceramic-coated half is glossy and easily smeared. There were even a few micro scuffs on our item.

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G’s controls are well-organized. The right-hand power button is precisely where it should be, with a small green-accented intake that adds tactility. The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G has two stereo speakers, one in the earpiece and the other on the bottom of the phone.

The Reno7 Pro 5G, on the other hand, is a superb overall package because of its slimness and small size. The flat frame was a hindrance to usability. It simply makes holding the Reno7 Pro 5G for more extended periods uncomfortable.

The 6.5-inch AMOLED display is bright and vibrant, with excellent viewing angles. It also boasts one of the thinnest bezels we’ve seen, according to Oppo, which claims it’s 11.5 percent thinner than the previous Reno. The display has an optical fingerprint scanner built-in. It’s accurate and always works, however it’s a little lower than we’d want. When combined with the small bottom bezel, hitting the scanner with your thumb is a bit of a bother.

Hardware:

A 6.5-inch 2400x1080px AMOLED display with a maximum refresh rate of 90Hz and a touch sampling rate of 180Hz is featured on the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G. The display has a brightness rating of up to 500 nits in normal conditions, 800 nits in direct sunshine, and 920 nits when viewing HDR content.

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G’s chipset of choice is the 6nm Dimensity 1200-Max, which is only available on the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G. It was developed in collaboration between Oppo and Mediatek. It has an octa-core CPU with four performance and four efficiency cores, one of which is the Cortex-A78 Ultra. The processor is combined with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

The Density 1200-Max features AI Deblur, which allows the selfie camera to take blur-free photos, as well as AI-PQ, which improves color and contrast when watching HDR content.

Now we’ll talk about cameras. The main camera is a 50MP f/1.8 24mm Sony IMX766 sensor with a 1/1.56-inch sensor. An 8MP f/2.2 ultrawide sensor and a 2MP f/2.4 macro sensor are included.

A 32MP f/2.4 camera on the front with a Sony IMX709 sensor is only available on the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G. It’s an RGBW sensor that, according to Oppo, captures 60% more light than the selfie camera on the Reno6 Pro. Like the primary camera, the selfie camera uses DOL-HDR, which combines numerous exposures into a bright, noise-free image. The front camera can recognize how many people are in front of it and decide whether to drop in or use the entire lens width.

A 4,500mAh battery with 65W SUPERVOOC wired charging powers the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G. The battery, according to Oppo, can charge from zero to 100 percent in just 31 minutes.

This is consistent with our tests, which revealed that the phone was fully charged in 32 minutes.

 

Performance:

The MediaTek Dimensity 1200-Max is a customized version of the 1200 with a faster Ultra core. The processor is split into eight cores, each of which is divided into three clusters. There are four Cortex-A78 cores, three of which run at up to 2.6GHz and one of which runs at up to 3.1GHz. Finally, there are four Cortex-A55 processors with a clock speed of up to 2GHz.

The Reno7 Pro 5G comes with only one RAM option – 12GB – but the ROM capacity may be increased up to 7GB more.

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G performed well on our performance tests. In our tests, the Dimensity 1200-Max was even slower than the non-Max in the vivo V23 Pro and Xiaomi 11T. These are not final results, and we anticipate that more review-ready unity will serve better.

Software:

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G comes with ColorOS 12, which, in this case, sits atop the now-out-of-date Android 11 and the December security patch. Oppo hasn’t stated when the Reno7 Pro 5G will receive the Android 12 upgrade.

Despite this, the Reno7 Pro 5G has access to all of ColorOS’ features as well as UI modifications and improvements. The ‘inclusive’ design includes new 3D icon visuals and a ‘visually tactile’ working mode, according to Oppo. The X-Axis Linear Motor produces a mild vibration when you interact with most UI elements. Vibration occurs when you change the volume, use the app switcher, or change the camera mode.

New 3D Emoji are included in ColorOS 12. Emoji can mirror your expression using Oppo’s Face Capture technology. You may customize your Emoji with over 200 accessories, and you can use it as a profile image or add it to the Always-On display.

We tried the two refresh rate modes on the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5s. The UI was set to a constant 60 frames per second when set to standard. When set to High, the UI would idle at 60 frames per second and increase to 90 frames per second when scrolling or browsing. The YouTube UI ran at 90 frames per second until we launched a full-screen video, at which point it dipped to 60 frames per second. Surprisingly, none of our normal set of testing games hit 90 frames per second.

ColorOS is a highly customizable operating system. You may customize the look and size of the icons by making them rounder, flatter, bigger, or 3D, as well as choose an accent color, rearrange the Quick Settings, and choose from a variety of selected high-quality wallpapers and themes.

The fingerprint scanner animation and the Always-on display can both be customized.

The battery consumption graph has been added to the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G, providing you a breakdown of each app’s battery percentage and time operating.

Camera:

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G features a 50MP primary camera with a Sony IMX766 sensor, an 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro camera on the sides, and a 32MP Sony IMX709 RGBW sensor on the front. The 50MP uses Oppo’s Quadra Binning methods and 32MP cameras, which combines four pixels into one for 12MP and 8MP photos, respectively.

Both cameras support DOL-HDR (Digital Overlap HDR), which allows them to capture numerous photos and merge them into a multi-frame final exposure with reduced noise, higher resolution, and a more comprehensive dynamic range.

There are a few different modes to select from. By default, the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G is set to AutoHDR. You can turn on AI Scene Enhancement, which detects a scene and adjusts the image accordingly. The 50MP main camera photos will be scaled up to 108MP in Extra HD mode. Portrait mode is available on both the main and selfie cameras, with 25 levels of blur that can be adjusted.

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G’s photo and video examples are shown below. The photographs taken with the default camera setting offer excellent per-pixel quality, albeit there is considerable noise when zoomed in completely. The dynamic range is good, with both well-preserved and well-exposed highlights, albeit there is a faint halo around the borders of the buildings and trees where the light falls off.

We’d leave AI Scene Enhancement option on because it produces a better, more vivid image and doesn’t reduce dynamic range.

The wide and ultrawide cameras have a significant color and white balance difference. It’s easy to observe.

First Impressions:

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G is one of our favorites. Because of its unusual design and quality, it’s a pleasant phone to look at and touch. It’s also compact and light, occupying a wonderful middle ground between small and large.

It also comes with a high-resolution 90Hz AMOLED display, decisive primary and selfie cameras, and the promise of long battery life and lightning-quick charging.

The Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G is also reasonably priced, making it a viable option in the market.

The Reno7 Pro 5G, on the other hand, isn’t without competition. Fewer competitors from Samsung and Xiaomi and Oppo’s stablemate Vivo could pose a threat. at lower pricing, Realme’s upcoming 9 Pro series is a viable option.

Is the Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G’s design good enough to beat out the competition? We are unsure. Only time will tell if this is true.