OPPO is all set to launch the OPPO Reno6 series in India on July 14. The company has confirmed that it will be debuting two models, namely OPPO Reno6 5G and OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G. Both the devices will feature a common design language called ‘Reno Glow’. They will also come with ‘Bokeh Flare Portrait Video’, which is an AI-based camera feature. Let’s take a look at these two specifics of the phones one by one.
OPPO Reno6 Series Reno Glow Design
The OPPO Reno series is known for its designs since its introduction. The first two generations of the lineup featured unique pop-up camera modules. The company was the first and the only one to use a shark fin-style selfie pop-up camera in a smartphone.
It was later followed by the ‘Reno Glow’ design. The OPPO Reno4 Pro 5G was the first smartphone to utilize this design technology. Since then, all the primary Reno phones ever launched featured this design.
In simpler words, Reno Glow is a rear glass design process by OPPO, which is evolving since its debut. With every new generation, the company does something new with the phone’s back to make it stand out in the crowd.
The latest-gen OPPO Reno6 series, which is set to launch in India this Wednesday (July 14) comes with an improved design that was first used by the last-gen OPPO Reno5 series.
The upcoming OPPO Reno6 5G and the OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G will arrive in two colors – Aurora and Stellar Black. The former color variant mimics the dawn sky, whereas the latter imitates starry night sky.
Usually, shiny phones have a glossy finish. But thanks to the Reno Glow design process, despite featuring shimmering colors, the new Reno smartphones come with a matte texture.
OPPO has achieved this unique design by drilling millions of pyramid-shaped crystals on the handset’s rear AG glass panel. These crystals not only offer a matte texture but also make the smartphone appear to sport glittering diamonds.
This is how those crystals look like.
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The company says that it uses a total of five layers. These include a bullet texture layer, a PICASUS film, a color film, Fresnel Lens texture, and a reflective indium coating.
The Reno Glow design on the OPPO Reno6 series takes over 14 hours to produce. The manufacturing process takes place in a dust-free environment and undergoes manual checks at every step.
Despite undergoing complex processes, the OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G measure only 7.6mm in thickness and weighs 177g.
OPPO Reno6 Series Bokeh Flare Portrait Video
Apart from the unique design language, the OPPO Reno6 series also comes with interesting AI camera features. Unlike most smartphones, the OPPO Reno6 5G and the OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G focus more on videography than photography.
The selling point of the OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G is the FDF Portrait Video System, which is a set of computational videography features like AI Highlight Video. The new OPPO Reno6 series comes with all these features and an additional one.
This extra AI video feature called ‘Bokeh Flare Portrait’ is the main highlight of the OPPO Reno6 series. As the name suggests, this feature offers bokeh with flare effects in video recording.
In other words, the feature enables DSLR-like cinematic portrait videography on smartphones. OPPO claims that this is first on a smartphone.
The firm says that it uses deep learning and computational vision for this feature. It is possible because of a large dataset training, which includes human body & posture detection, depth of field measurement, light strength & angle detection, and shadows, clouds, water & other scene detection.
The company states that the accuracy of its AI recognition is 97%. Hence, with 360° body mapping, the Bokeh Flare Portrait Video feature enables perfect separation of subject & background. The feature also offers frame-by-frame pixel-level enhancements with real-time previews.
That said, one might be wondering why OPPO is investing so much in R&D for these sorts of AI camera features for videography. The answer to this is simple. According to the company, the OPPO Reno series users alone record 200 million videos every month. Therefore, the firm wants to provide more video functions for its customers.
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