Chinese language smartphone maker OPPO has been constant in upgrading its Reno line of smartphones, however the adjustments that successive editions have introduced are principally incremental. Take for instance the lately launched Reno6 Professional 5G. A successor to the Reno 5 Professional 5G (overview), this smartphone brings a barely extra highly effective processor (MediaTek Dimensity 1200) and OPPO’s new camera-centric improvements. Priced at Rs 39,990, the Reno6 Professional 5G is about Rs 13,000 dearer than the Realme X7 Max (overview), the one different MediaTek Dimensity 1200 system-on-chip-powered smartphone at the moment out there in India.
So, must you pay for the Reno6 Professional 5G greater than you’ll pay for its friends in the identical league only for its digital camera improvements? Or is there extra to it that makes it a worthy bundle? Allow us to discover out:
Design
OPPO retains experimenting with the again cowl design in its Reno smartphones. There may be a few of that right here, too. Although the smartphone seems to be just like its predecessor, it has a flashy gradient matte end (Reno Glow design) on the again cowl for novelty. The smartphone is straightforward to carry and function, and has a superb in-hand really feel. The cellphone has a compact type issue, light-weight construct (177g), and skinny chassis (7.6mm) for comfy ergonomics.
Show
The Reno6 Professional 5G sports activities a 6.5-inch fullHD+ OLED panel of a 90Hz refresh fee with assist for HDR10 and HDR10+ excessive dynamic vary codecs. Just like the earlier fashions, the Reno6 Professional 5G boasts a two-side-curved display screen – one thing not frequent in midrange premium smartphones. The 2-side-curved display screen eliminates the facet bezels and feels pure to make use of, particularly with gesture-based navigation controls. Furthermore, the show’s 90Hz refresh fee brings person interface transitions to life and makes on-screen content material vigorous. As for output, the show is vibrant, vivid and responsive. It’s set to render pure colors by default; you possibly can tune it from show settings to make use of vivid colors.
Digital camera
The cellphone sports activities a quad-camera array on the again, that includes sensors similar to the predecessor. It has a 64-megapixel major sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide angle sensor, a 2MP macro sensor and a 2MP mono sensor. On the entrance, the cellphone has a 32MP sensor, accommodated on the top-left facet in a show punch gap.
Just like the design and show, the imaging-related upgrades are incremental. Talking of upgrades, the Reno6 Professional 5G boasts the portrait video function with the flare bokeh impact and a focus-tracking function on prime of different camera-centric improvements that had been a part of the earlier Reno smartphone – AI Spotlight video. That stated, the camera-centric improvements are restricted to video recording and there aren’t any important enhancements with regard to nonetheless images. Beginning with the portrait video function with flare bokeh impact, although it really works solely with human topics, it really works surprisingly effectively regardless of lighting circumstances. Shutterbugs may not like the standard of the video recording however this particular function appears to impress social media fans.
Apart from the portrait video function with flare bokeh, there may be an AI spotlight video function. It’s touted to enhance the dynamic vary, color depth and vary, and distinction, to ship an enhanced video expertise irrespective of sunshine circumstances. In actual life, the function improves video recording, however not at all times. In lowlight circumstances, the function brightens the scene if there may be some gentle supply, howsoever dim. In daylight situation, the function allows HDR, based mostly on the scene requirement, to seize particulars that in any other case go lacking. Total, it’s a good value-added function.
Except for the AI spotlight video portrait video with flare bokeh, the Reno6 Professional 5G boasts dual-view video, AI color portrait, monochrome video, and ultra-steady video. The twin-view video function helps you to use each the entrance and rear cameras concurrently to file movies. The AI color portrait applies a monochrome filter on the body background whereas retaining the colors intact on the topic. The ultra-steady video makes use of digital picture stabilisation know-how to file movies free from movement blur and shakes.
Complementing the value-added options for video recording is the OPPO’s SOLOOP video enhancing app, which comes pre-installed within the Reno6 Professional 5G. It’s straightforward to make use of and has plenty of templates to rapidly course of the recorded video to be used on social media platforms.
As for nonetheless images, the first sensor works effectively throughout gentle circumstances. It captures frames with a superb element, and with none seen noise or distortion. In good gentle circumstances, the first sensor does a superb job composing in any other case troublesome particulars like dynamic vary, highlights and shadows.
The ultra-wide sensor is an effective performer, too. The ultra-wide pictures lack detailing, particularly the color accuracy, that the first sensor manages to seize. But it surely works effectively with out this. The sensor straightens the barrel impact and the pictures it takes look uniform and free from any seen distortion.
The macro sensor is nothing to jot down house about. It lacks the readability and struggles to seize particulars even in good gentle circumstances.
The Reno6 Professional 5G’s entrance digital camera is nice for selfies however it isn’t greatest suited to group selfies due to its slender field-of-view (FoV). The entrance digital camera helps the evening mode for lowlight selfies, however it requires steady fingers to seize first rate pictures free from movement blurs. Each the portrait video with flare bokeh impact and AI Spotlight function are supported by the entrance digital camera too.
Efficiency
The OPPO Reno6 Professional 5G is powered by MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 1200 system-on-chip, paired with as much as 12GB RAM and 256GB on-board storage. The cellphone is a efficiency powerhouse. It delivers constant efficiency with none seen lag or throttling, even after prolonged utilization. Talking of efficiency throttling, the cellphone retains thermals in management and doesn’t warmth up unnecessarily. It warms up a bit at instances however not to some extent the place it turns into uncomfortable to carry and use.
Complementing the OPPO Reno6 Professional 5G efficiency is the ColorOS 11.3 person interface. Based mostly on Android 11 working system, this tradition person interface from OPPO is filled with customisation choices for personalised expertise. The smartphone helps 5G community connectivity. Nevertheless, the cellphone’s 5G community functionality couldn’t be examined because of lack of a 5G community at current.
Battery
The OPPO Reno6 Professional 5G ships with a 4,500mAh battery and the corporate’s USB-C-based 65W quick charger. The cellphone simply sails by way of a day even when the display screen is ready to 90Hz refresh fee. Charging time is fast and it takes about an hour to cost the battery absolutely from zero per cent.
Verdict
The OPPO Reno6 Professional 5G is a whole bundle however not with out caveats. Whereas a few of its limitations look important on paper however don’t hamper the person expertise in actual life eventualities – such because the display screen’s 90Hz refresh fee – there are various others that one merely can’t ignore. That is very true compared with the Realme X7 Max. For instance, the smartphone lacks stereo audio system, ingress safety score, 3.5mm audio out port, and so on. That stated, the OPPO Reno6 Professional 5G is an costly smartphone, worthy provided that you care concerning the OPPO’s camera-centric improvements. In any other case, the Realme X7 Max is a strong deal and prices considerably much less.