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After been using it for over a month, we’ll go over all of the specs and features and my experience using it over time.
When you open the box of the Oppo Reno5, the first thing you get is a smaller box as usual with some other smaller elements, your SIM ejector tool, the safety guide, the Quick Guide and of course, a silicone case for protection. Right after them, you get the smartphone itself, with the highlights up front.
AI Mixed Portrait Mode, Dual View Video, AI Highlight Video, 50W Flash Charge and 90Hz Refresh Rate. As far as accessories in the box, you’ve got the huge 50W charger which we’ll come to in a few minutes. It’s branded as SuperVOOC, you’ve got a thick USB C cable and the headphones.
Now back to the device, we’ve already seen the highlights written on the wraps and when we take that wrap off, and sticker off the back, we’re greeted with the very shimmering OPPO Reno5 device, it looks super dope and the colors reflect well under the light and the case, when added doesn’t make this look bad or at least let it retain the bodily spark it should have. I was able to set up the Reno5 in under a minute and getting inside, we’re ushered right into Android 11 skinned with their newest,or updated Color OS 11.1 Now that we have the unboxing and set up out of the way, let’s get into the specifics of this phone. Display, Battery, Build Quality, Performance,Camera and everything in between. Oppo went with AMOLED again,
like we had onthe Reno3 but this time around. We get a slightly higher 6.43 inch Display,91.7% screen to body ratio. We’ve got a 90Hz type display on here. 430 nits of brightness minimum and 600 nits maximum, and as a quick side note guys, the Reno5 is one of two versions, there’s aReno5 5G version with a 600 nit minimum display version that’s more of an internationaldevice but this one is the 4G version, however, they are all 1080 x 2400 pixel display and that 20:9 aspect ratio display. Lastly, this Reno5 is 4G while the 5G version comes with Gorilla Glass 5 and speaking of glass, the 5G version has glass on the back and this is polycarbonate. Which is shatter-proof so that’s a benefit. Let’s face it, these features are only extra features that aren’t deal breakers at all. So you’re not missing out. That 90Hz Display though is something I really fancied about this device. I loved how the display showed videos.
you actually can watch 4K video. Color is good thanks to that AMOLED Display. Using it for day to day tasks that are heavily text and graphically intense was also pleasing to look at both in bright sunlights and at night. I liked that they added a quite subtle feature that shows a bit of an edge light when notifications come in. You can also choose between the neon purple,ocean blue and amber orange colors to display when you get a notification.
Alright, moving on to the build and body ofthe OPPO Reno5, first off, we’ve only got a few color options. Just two this time, Fantasy Silver and StarryBlack.
I like the Starry Black but I had a few seconds with the Fantasy Silver and I must say it’s a much much better color than the black, I wish I got that.
It’s starry and has different kinds of rainbow colored reflections. You’ve got your power button on the rightside with that OPPO green accent, volume rockers on the left side with the dual sim and micro SDcard slot. You’ve got one microphone on top and another at the base of the device along side the headphone jack, the USB C port and the speaker.
top front of the screen, we’ve got the earpiece, and the single hole punch cut out for that 44MP camera. On the back of the device is where we get the quad camera array in a rounded rectangular section and the Oppo branding at the lower end. The phone does feel light and slim and the case being on it fits well and doesn’t add too much to the weight. Now in terms of the performance of this OPPO Reno5, we’ve got a Snapdragon 720G on here, it’s of course an 8nm processor capableof handling a lot of tasks smoothly of course and coupled with that 8GB of RAM, multitasking was quite okay during my use. I also have fitted here, 128GB of storage which should be big enough and if it’s not, you can always add another SD card. All that being said, the Reno5 comes withAndroid 11 with their updated Color OS 11.1 and that’s the same as the 5G version of this device. You can do a lot of gaming with the Reno5, my favorite mobile game, Call of Duty can ran freely, any game that will let you have over 40 game kills smoothly without dying, is welcome.
I noticed that if you maxed out the
frame rate, you can’t max out graphics and vice versa, if you max out graphics, frame rate won’t be maxed out. Coupled with that 90Hz frame rate of course and AMOLED lush display, you do get a smooth experience. It also didn’t affect battery life on herevwith that 4,310mAH big battery of the Reno5.
I remember playing once at 12% and after like 40 minutes of playing I still had like 6% left. I wanted to just kill the battery. Of course, OPPO ships this with a 50W SuperVOOC fast charger and it does perform well and I did my usual tests but this time in 15 minute increments. The first 15 minutes, it got from 0 to 37%,then to 63% in 30 minutes. At the 45 minute mark we were already at 86%and in an hour, 97% only 12 minutes after that was it 100%. That’s actually impressive. 0 to almost 40% charged in 15 minutes.
And OPPO implemented some tech that lets you charge and game safely so you don’t lose any battery life. This works well if you use the charger and the cable it comes with as the tech is implemented inside it.
As far as the other things before we move on to the cameras on here. We do have Air gesture control. Which works for scrolling when you don’t want to touch your phone, you just swipe around the camera section either up or down.
You can also use it to dismiss calls as well. In terms of unlocking the device, you’vegot the usual face unlock and fingerprint reader, an on-screen fingerprint reader onthis one. Apart from the normal Pattern, PIN and Password. Face unlock is fast to unlock and was fastto set up and the finger print reader just needs you to place your hands on it for afraction of a second but so far I’ve not had a problem with it, I still prefer fingerprint reader though.
When it comes to the camera of the Oppo Reno5,we’ve got the 44MP selfie camera, which serves not only as the camera but a sensor for hand motion and face unlocking as we’ve demonstrated and then on the back, we’ve got the elaborate quad camera set up. 64MP main camera. 8MP ultra wide, 2MP Macro and 2MP mono cameraat the upper right side.
One major difference between the 2MP macroand the main lens is smoothness, of course it’s evident that a 64MP capable sensorwill outperform a 2MP sensor, however, the macro lets you get really really close andwith enough light you should capture something worthy.
Out in the field, you can be sure that youwill get sharp selfies out of the front facing camera straight out the gate. The selfies I got from the Oppo Reno5 were some of the sharpest ones. This is also the same with portrait mode when it separates the foreground from the background. There’s no front facing flash on the OppoReno5 so it uses a fill light from the screen.
The front facing camera is also capable of recording video in 1080p at 30 fps and if you want to, 120fps or slow motion.
where it has everywhere looking like its day time. It’s the brightest one but it takes about 6 seconds to process. One scenario where we would use our camera is taking images of objects and when you take shots with the wide angle camera on here,the 8MP wide angle camera had more focus on the background more. that’s the specialty for the main lens.
The main lens looked much much better with a 64MP capable sensor, the bokeh and everything about the image showed quality with proper exposure, sharpness and texture. Of course, there’s no telephoto lens the Digital zoom brings the closure up which can also be a crop and this shows quite a bit of noise but a very well processed and usable image.
Another scenario is for landscape shots, the 8MP wide angle performed as expected, very usable image but won’t be as sharp as the main 64MP capable sensor. The shots look a little less saturated and has lesser exposure than the main lens. This main lens shows very interesting colors and angles with less distortion when compared to the ultra wide lens. Plus it’s really sharp. Again,
no telephoto lens on here so you get digital zoom but properly upscaled. The highest you can go on here is 10X but the text is really distorted, but for a phone it’s fair or fairly readable. This is further distilled to the video quality,one thing to note is that the Reno5 can shoot 4K videos only at 30fps, while 1080p can beshot at 30, 60 and 120 fps, same with the 5G version.
The 4K video has better color and sharpness than 1080p which is also a really usable video. The wide angle isn’t as sharp as the restand also shows some distortion but is usable and when you come to the zoom levels on this device, you can still zoom up to 10X digitally.
When it comes to the Night mode scenario,straight into it, the night mode on here is much better than the normal mode. When you see them side by side, the details are just better with Night mode, brightness, highlights and contrast are very pleasant when you look at it. Almost as if there was a hidden bulb that was turned on.
Night mode as I mentioned earlier takes about6 seconds to process the image so you hands have to be still. Ultra wide in Night mode however, was really soft and not as clear because of the mere 8MP sensor. When you zoom in to 5x and 10x, there’sa lot of noise because of the struggle the sensor undergoes. However large text still doesn’t go unnoticed.
Video recording at Night was really good inmy opinion, apart from the stable shots, the Reno5 picks up detailed sounds with its two microphones at the top and the bottom, and although I hear a mono or single sound channel, it is well represented here with loud swoosh sounds, Other video recording modes that are cool are the dual view video mode where you can record simultaneously with the front and back cameras.
They will record at the same time, this can be useful for explainer videos amd they are shot in 1080p.
You also get AI mixed portrait mode whereyou blend a landscape video and a portrait video of yourself or someone together and it brings a double exposure video that looks really interesting however it’s 720p.
That’s it what's your thoughts are about this smartphone.
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