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OPPO Unveiled The Reno Pro 4 Series In China Before Launching It Globally
As the first phone brand under China’s BBK Electronics Group, OPPO was a strong smartphone performed in China and parts of Asia throughout the 2010s. However, it remained alien to the majority of users in the West until its flagship, the OPPO Find X, caught the world’s attention in 2018 with its mechanically driven camera module. In the following year, i.e. 2019, OPPO announced the Reno series that underlined a healthy blend of style and performance. With quarterly updates, the OPPO Reno Series is already four generations old — even without including variations in Chinese and global models. The two Reno 4 series smartphones, especially the Pro, don a premium outfit despite mediocre components inside. OPPO bundles the Reno 4 Pro’s ergonomically and aesthetically attractive design with a vibrant and fluid 90Hz Super AMOLED display and quirks such as 65W charging. The phone appears to be ideal for anyone who wants charming looks and reliable performance out of the smartphone but without high expectations for performance or gaming. The challenge the smartphone faces is a high price that is comparable to flagship killers like the OnePlus 7T and Realme X2 Pro. The OPPO Reno 4 Pro comes in Starry Night and Silky White colors. The satiny surface on the back panel definitely feels like silk and justifies this naming. Although the Reno 4 Pro’s back gives the impression that it comprises frosted glass, it is made out of a premium-grade plastic. The use of plastic, as opposed to glass on the Chinese variant of the smartphone, results in a weight of only 161 grams.
Table 1: Oppo Reno 4 Pro Specs
As the first phone brand under China’s BBK Electronics Group, OPPO was a strong smartphone performed in China and parts of Asia throughout the 2010s. However, it remained alien to the majority of users in the West until its flagship, the OPPO Find X, caught the world’s attention in 2018 with its mechanically driven camera module. In the following year, i.e. 2019, OPPO announced the Reno series that underlined a healthy blend of style and performance. With quarterly updates, the OPPO Reno Series is already four generations old — even without including variations in Chinese and global models. The two Reno 4 series smartphones, especially the Pro, don a premium outfit despite mediocre components inside. OPPO bundles the Reno 4 Pro’s ergonomically and aesthetically attractive design with a vibrant and fluid 90Hz Super AMOLED display and quirks such as 65W charging. The phone appears to be ideal for anyone who wants charming looks and reliable performance out of the smartphone but without high expectations for performance or gaming. The challenge the smartphone faces is a high price that is comparable to flagship killers like the OnePlus 7T and Realme X2 Pro. The OPPO Reno 4 Pro comes in Starry Night and Silky White colors. The satiny surface on the back panel definitely feels like silk and justifies this naming. Although the Reno 4 Pro’s back gives the impression that it comprises frosted glass, it is made out of a premium-grade plastic. The use of plastic, as opposed to glass on the Chinese variant of the smartphone, results in a weight of only 161 grams.
Table 1: Oppo Reno 4 Pro Specs
Figure 1: OPPO Reno 4 Pro Camera Bump
Figure 2: OPPO Reno 4 Pro
The OPPO Reno 4 Pro is equipped with a 6.5-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display switchable between 60Hz and 90Hz that features a tiny hole-punch cutout for the selfie camera on the top left corner. The display has a screen-to-body ratio of ~92%, and the thin strips on the top and bottom of the display validate this. OPPO claims a peak brightness of 800 nits that increases up to 1100 nits for HDR content on YouTube. OPPO boasts contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1. The Reno 4 Pro’s display also supports an Edge Lighting feature and dazzling animation flares up the edges of the display every time you receive a notification with the screen locked.
The OPPO Reno 10X Zoom Edition is the only Reno device to be powered by a flagship SoC — the Snapdragon 855. All the remaining Reno devices have been powered by mid-range chipsets, and the OPPO Reno 4 Pro is no exception. The Reno 4 Pro draws its power from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G mobile platform that is coupled with 8GB of RAM. The chipset is more commonly seen on relatively much cheaper devices like the Realme 6 Pro, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 9 Pro Series, and the POCO M2 Pro. The quad-camera setup on the back of the OPPO Reno 4 Pro consists of a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, a 2MP macro camera, and lastly, a 2MP mono camera. This camera array differs from the Chinese variant of the OPPO Reno 4 Pro that comes with a 48MP primary, 12MP ultra-wide-angle, and 13MP telephoto cameras alongside laser autofocus. The 48MP primary camera uses the last year’s favorite Sony IMX586 sensor along with an f/1.7 aperture lens. The camera uses pixel-binning to capture images in 12MP by default, but you can also switch to the 48MP mode for full resolution images. The 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera uses an f/2.2 aperture lens that helps capture a 119° wide field of view. The 2MP macro camera has a fixed focus and captures shoddy details and colors as compared to the primary camera. The Camera app automatically switches to this camera when you close in on any object, but you cannot select this camera manually. Lastly, the 2MP mono camera is expected to improve the sharpness of the images.
On the front, the OPPO Reno 4 Pro features a 32MP selfie camera nestled inside the single hole punch cutout. Unlike the rear camera, the front camera captures images in full resolution without any pixel binning.
The OPPO Reno 10X Zoom Edition is the only Reno device to be powered by a flagship SoC — the Snapdragon 855. All the remaining Reno devices have been powered by mid-range chipsets, and the OPPO Reno 4 Pro is no exception. The Reno 4 Pro draws its power from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G mobile platform that is coupled with 8GB of RAM. The chipset is more commonly seen on relatively much cheaper devices like the Realme 6 Pro, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 9 Pro Series, and the POCO M2 Pro. The quad-camera setup on the back of the OPPO Reno 4 Pro consists of a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, a 2MP macro camera, and lastly, a 2MP mono camera. This camera array differs from the Chinese variant of the OPPO Reno 4 Pro that comes with a 48MP primary, 12MP ultra-wide-angle, and 13MP telephoto cameras alongside laser autofocus. The 48MP primary camera uses the last year’s favorite Sony IMX586 sensor along with an f/1.7 aperture lens. The camera uses pixel-binning to capture images in 12MP by default, but you can also switch to the 48MP mode for full resolution images. The 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera uses an f/2.2 aperture lens that helps capture a 119° wide field of view. The 2MP macro camera has a fixed focus and captures shoddy details and colors as compared to the primary camera. The Camera app automatically switches to this camera when you close in on any object, but you cannot select this camera manually. Lastly, the 2MP mono camera is expected to improve the sharpness of the images.
On the front, the OPPO Reno 4 Pro features a 32MP selfie camera nestled inside the single hole punch cutout. Unlike the rear camera, the front camera captures images in full resolution without any pixel binning.