Oppo Reno8 Pro Review

Oppo launched the new Reno 8 series that includes the Reno 8 and the Reno 8 Pro smartphones.

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The glass build quality, along with the aluminium frame gives it the ideal feel in the hands.

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phone weighs lighter than most in its segment.

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It sports a 6.7-inch AMOLED display that gets Full HD+ resolution at a modest pixel density of 394 PPI. But the 93.5 per cent screen-to-body ratio gives it an extra mark.

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Oppo Reno 8 Pro is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max chipset, and you get it with 12GB RAM, further expandable using the virtual support.

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Reno 8 Pro gets the ColorOS platform which is built over the Android 12 operating system.

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The image quality in daylight is crisp, the main 50-megapixel sensor makes a good fist of its capability.

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4500mAh battery perform better than expected. We regularly got SOT of 6 hours

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Oppo Reno 8 Pro for Rs 45,999 might be a compelling option but falls short of being a value for money device.

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