Oppo’s premium Reno line of smartphones has been up to date with the newly launched Oppo Reno 6 Professional and the Oppo Reno 6, each 5G smartphones that succeed the earlier Reno 5 sequence. As soon as once more, the main target for these telephones continues to be slimness and lightness, however in addition they have extra highly effective SoCs and new digicam options to boast of. Oppo hasn’t deviated too removed from the tried and examined method that we have seen previously, which is each a very good and not-so-good factor. We’ll get extra into this additional within the evaluate.
In the present day, we’ll be specializing in the Oppo Reno 6 Professional which is the hero mannequin of the sequence. Oppo is closely selling its new “bokeh video” characteristic which is claimed to simulate the sort of smooth background blur you will get when utilizing a slim aperture lens on a DSLR or mirrorless digicam. Together with this, the Reno 6 Professional retains loads of the options that made the Reno 5 Professional 5G nice. Nonetheless, we now have some very stiff competitors within the sub-Rs. 40,000 phase, so can the Reno 6 Professional sustain?
Oppo Reno 6 Professional worth and variants
The Oppo Reno 6 Professional is simply accessible in a single configuration identical to its predecessor, however Oppo has doubled the storage and elevated the RAM. This new mannequin comes with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The latter will not be expandable, because the SIM tray can solely accommodate two Nano-SIM playing cards. The Reno 6 Professional is priced at Rs.39,990 in India.
Oppo Reno 6 Professional design
Oppo has not messed about with the design of the Reno 6 Professional an excessive amount of, and it seems to be strikingly much like the Reno 5 Professional 5G. It is the identical thickness because the older mannequin at 7.6mm, though the load has gone up a bit (177g). The chrome-lined body and the curved back and front look very good. There’s Corning Gorilla Glass 5 over the show, whereas the glass on the again will get a particular remedy, giving it a matte end with a shimmering crystal-like look. The Aurora color that I’ve seems to be very fairly, and this cellphone can be accessible in a Stellar Black trim.
The Oppo Reno 6 Professional is a handsome smartphone, particularly from the again
I discovered the location of the buttons to be ergonomic. On the backside, you will discover the SIM tray, USB Kind-C port, and speaker. There is no writing on the flattened prime like on the earlier mannequin, solely a microphone. The Oppo Reno 6 Professional doesn’t have a headphone jack however you do get a USB Kind-C headset within the field.
The show is well-spec’d too. It is a 6.5-inch full-HD+ AMOLED panel with a 90Hz refresh charge, HDR10+ playback certification, and a 180Hz contact sampling charge. That is precisely the identical as with the Reno 5 Professional 5G, and I hoped for extra of an improve. The bezels are evenly slim throughout and the cutout for the selfie digicam is unobtrusive.
Like with the earlier mannequin, you get an in-display fingerprint sensor and the choice of an always-on show to rapidly test notifications, the time, the battery stage, and so on.
Having examined the Oppo Reno 5 Professional 5G myself, the design of the brand new mannequin felt very acquainted. The low weight and slim design are nonetheless positives, and the brand new textured end for the glass again makes it look very interesting.
Oppo Reno 6 Professional specs and software program
One of many largest upgrades to the Oppo Reno 6 Professional is the brand new MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC. In comparison with the Dimensity 1000+ SoC within the earlier mannequin, the brand new one is constructed utilizing a smaller 6nm course of (versus 7nm), and has a tweaked CPU configuration with extra highly effective ARM Cortex-A78 cores. GPU efficiency can be mentioned to be improved, although it is the identical subsystem on paper. The Reno 6 Professional is not the primary cellphone in India to sport this SoC; we just lately noticed it within the Realme X7 Max (Overview).
Regardless of its slim profile, the Oppo Reno 6 Professional packs in high-end specs and a giant battery
Different options embrace dual-band Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth, NFC, and the same old suite of sensors and satellite tv for pc navigation programs. Oppo says it has used a color temperature sensor together with an ambient mild sensor, each on the back and front of the cellphone, for extra correct auto-brightness adjustment. FM radio will not be current. The Oppo Reno 6 Professional makes use of a barely bigger 4,500mAh battery than the one within the Reno 5 Professional 5G, and options the identical 65W quick charging functionality.
The Oppo Reno 6 Professional remains to be sorely lacking stereo audio system. The earlier mannequin skipped this too, and it is a disgrace that we nonetheless do not get them even with the brand new technology. In the present day, you could find stereo audio system in telephones that price nicely beneath Rs. 20,000, so to not have them in a cellphone at this worth stage is a giant miss in my view.
This cellphone runs the corporate’s newest model of ColorOS 11.3, which may be very related in kind and performance to the model we examined on the Reno 5 Professional 5G (v11.1). There are the same old customisation choices for altering the system theme, always-on show, animations, and so on. You get some preinstalled apps from Oppo comparable to O Loosen up which performs soothing sounds, and there is a gaming mode that blocks undesirable distractions when enjoying video games.
ColorOS 11.3 within the Oppo Reno 6 Professional borrows just a few options from OnePlus’ OxygenOS
There are just a few attention-grabbing adjustments within the newest model of ColorOS. Some options and apps appear to have been straight influenced by OnePlus’ OxygenOS. For example, there’s an ‘AOD Portrait Silhouette’ characteristic within the customisation menu of the always-on show, which is mainly a renamed model of the ‘Canvas AOD’ characteristic first seen on latest OnePlus smartphones.
Even the gaming app, beforehand known as Sport Area in ColorOS, is now renamed to Video games, and the interface design is equivalent to the app discovered on OnePlus telephones. With the latest merger of the 2 corporations and an announcement that ColorOS will merge with OxygenOS, we may very well be seeing much more shared options and design parts in telephones from the 2 manufacturers going ahead.
The Oppo Reno 6 Professional nonetheless ships with loads of pointless preloaded apps, which are likely to spam your notification tray until you uninstall them. Sadly, apps comparable to Theme Retailer and Browser are infamous for this, and these cannot be uninstalled.
Oppo Reno 6 Professional efficiency and battery life
Dwelling with the Oppo Reno 6 Professional throughout the evaluate interval was nice. It was barely noticeable in my pocket because of its low weight, and this additionally makes for extra comfy one-handed utilization. The fingerprint sensor is fast at authentication, however what’s even faster is face recognition. The latter works nicely even in low mild.
The Oppo Reno 6 Professional is a robust smartphone with strong battery life
ColorOS ran easily on this cellphone, partly because of the ample RAM, but in addition as a result of speedy SoC, which did not skip a beat. Benchmark numbers had been strong, with the Reno 6 Professional churning out a powerful 5,90,473 factors in AnTuTu.
Video games ran very nicely too. Regardless of the slim physique, the again of the cellphone by no means received overly scorching even after prolonged gaming periods. Heavy titles ran comparable to Asphalt 9: Legends ran completely high-quality with constant framerates. In most video games that I attempted, the show refresh charge dropped to 60Hz, however some, comparable to Brawl Stars, ran at 90Hz. The show additionally received very vibrant, which made video games really feel very immersive. Movies regarded nice too, together with HDR content material, though stereo sound would have made the viewing expertise even higher.
I discovered the battery lifetime of the Reno 6 Professional to be fairly strong too. I used to be simply in a position to get a couple of day and half of use, which concerned a lot of video watching and checking social apps. The cellphone did nicely in our HD video loop check, lasting for a strong 17 hours and 21 minutes. The battery additionally charged in a short time with the provided adapter. I used to be in a position to cost the Oppo Reno 6 Professional as much as 96 % in half an hour.
Oppo Reno 6 Professional cameras
The digicam setup on the Oppo Reno 6 Professional is just about equivalent to that of the Reno 5 Professional. There is a 64-megapixel main digicam with an f/1.7 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide digicam, a 2-megapixel macro digicam, and a 2-megapixel monochrome digicam. For selfies, you get a 32-megapixel entrance digicam. The principle rear digicam nonetheless doesn’t have any sort of optical stabilisation, and neither do we’ve got a telephoto digicam as an improve.
The cameras on the Oppo Reno 6 Professional are good for stills, however recorded movies may very well be higher
The principle promoting level of the cameras this time is the Bokeh Flare Portrait filter, which you’ll activate when taking pictures movies. It does a very good job of isolating the topic (it really works finest on folks) from the background even when you transfer round barely. Even the smallest mild supply within the background is closely defocused, which creates shimmering patches of sunshine. This works even throughout the day, for instance if in case you have scattered daylight coming by means of timber within the background. You need to use this with the rear and entrance cameras. It is a enjoyable little filter that works nicely.
There’s additionally a daily “bokeh” filter for movies, and the extent of background blur could be adjusted. Different digicam options that we have seen on earlier Reno fashions are additionally current, such because the AI Spotlight Video and AI Color Portrait filter.
Efficiency for nonetheless pictures is similar to what I skilled with the Reno 5 Professional 5G, which is to say, it is fairly good. Each landscapes and close-up photographs taken throughout the day pack in loads of particulars. The ultra-wide digicam produced barely weaker colors, and particulars across the edges of the body had been under common.
Oppo Reno 6 Professional most important digicam pattern (faucet to see full measurement)
Oppo Reno 6 Professional ultra-wide digicam pattern (faucet to see full measurement)
Oppo Reno 6 Professional close-up digicam pattern (faucet to see full measurement)
Stills taken in low mild regarded excellent too. Even with out evening mode, close-ups packed in excellent color and particulars, offered my fingers had been regular sufficient. It is in conditions like this that having optical sibilation would have made taking pictures a bit simpler. Night time mode is sort of efficient in brightening a scene, each with the principle and ultra-wide cameras. The selfie digicam additionally captured handsome photographs throughout the day and at evening.
Oppo Reno 6 Professional most important digicam pattern with Night time mode (faucet to see full measurement)
Oppo Reno 6 Professional ultra-wide digicam pattern with Night time mode (faucet to see full measurement)
Oppo Reno 6 Professional close-up digicam pattern (faucet to see full measurement)
Oppo Reno 6 Professional selfie portrait pattern with Bokeh Flare Portrait filter (faucet to see full measurement)
Recorded movies nonetheless want some enchancment. The Oppo Reno 6 Professional can document video at as much as 4K 30fps, however identical to the earlier mannequin, there isn’t any stabilisation at this decision, which is a letdown. Video high quality is respectable when taking pictures throughout the day, and even in low mild when taking pictures at 4K. Digital stabilisation kicks in at 1080p, however the video high quality is inferior to that shot at 4K. There’s additionally noticeable jitter within the video when taking pictures in low mild.
Verdict
The Oppo Reno 6 Professional follows very carefully within the footsteps of its predecessor – slightly too shut for my liking. Because the time we reviewed the Oppo Reno 5 Professional 5G in early January, the mid-range smartphone phase in India has seen some main pattern shifts, and a few of the characteristic omissions within the Reno 5 Professional at the moment are much more evident within the new mannequin, particularly because the Reno 6 Professional prices Rs. 39,990.
Issues like stereo audio system, stabilised 4K video recording, and even perhaps an IP ranking would have actually strengthened the Reno 6 Professional’s place. Telephones such because the Mi 11X and Realme X7 Max provide related and even higher options than the Reno 6 Professional, at a lot decrease costs. At Rs. 39,990, you will discover extra feature-rich and highly effective smartphones such because the Mi 11X Professional and the OnePlus 9R. Plus, with the upcoming OnePlus Nord 2 and Poco F3 GT anticipated to make use of the identical Dimensity SoC because the Reno 6 Professional however probably launch at extra aggressive costs, it simply makes good sense to attend a bit earlier than making any selections.
The Oppo Reno 6 Professional is likely one of the slimmest and lightest telephones in its class, and has the seems to be to go together with that. It is not excellent, and there are options which can be nonetheless annoyingly lacking, however they do not take away from the truth that it is a highly effective smartphone with good battery life and respectable cameras for nonetheless images. If solely Oppo had priced it higher to make it extra aggressive.