OPPO’s first 5G smartphone in India for 2021 is the brand new OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G. The company reveals that its one of the six 5G handsets it will launch this year. Unlike previous generations, this year’s Reno5 Pro will come with almost identical specifications as the Chinese variant. This means that the Reno5 Pro has Dimensity 1000+ flagship processor inside, making it the first smartphone with this chip in India.

I have been using the OPPO Reno5 Pro for over a week and the hands-on feel of the device along with its extremely lightweight design surprised me. The Astral Blue color is also very unique as the shifts between blue and purple at different angles.

Let’s take a closer look at the Reno5 Pro in this hands-on.

OPPO Reno 5 Pro Hands-on: Design & Display

Inside the Reno5 Pro box, you get a charger, USB-C cable, a silicone case, as well as a wired USB-C headphone.

The first thing that you’ll notice about the new OPPO model is its lightweight body. The phone weighs just 173 grams and measures only 7.6mm in thickness. It’s extremely comfortable to hold, even with one hand and the edges are rounded and curved for a better hands-on feel.

Another thing you immediately notice about the phone is its unique Astral Blue color. The color has a sparkly texture in a matte finish. So the back doesn’t attract any fingerprints yet the sparkly texture stands out quite significantly. The color isn’t plain blue and the shade shifts from light blue to purple at different angles.

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Reno 5 Pro has a sparkly texture

The camera housing is located on the top left corner. It does protrude a bit from the body, but it’s hardly noticeable. A thin silicone case (provided inside the box) will completely eliminate this protrusion.

The power button is located on the right side and it’s at a good position for your thumb to reach out. The volume buttons are located on the opposite side. On the top, you have a Designed For Reno text while all ports are down at the bottom which includes the dual SIM slot, USB-C, and a single speaker setup.

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The OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G features a 6.5-inch 3D curved display upfront. It’s a Super AMOLED panel with a 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate. The display is HDR10+ certified and the bezels on the top and bottom are noticeably thin. The colors pop out really well on this AMOLED panel and it’s sufficiently bright even under direct sunlight.

There are no visible color shifts at different angles and it’s clear that the Reno5 Pro 5G is using a top-notch AMOLED panel. I’ll talk more about the display quality in my full review but overall, the phone has an extremely vibrant display as good as any other premium flagship.

The in-display fingerprint sensor is located near the bottom bezel of the display. It’s actually very close to the home button’s position (if you have onscreen buttons enabled) and is situated a bit lower than what I would have preferred. But the sensor is fast and you get used to the position very quickly.

OPPO Reno 5 Pro Hands-on: Specs, Camera, & Battery

The Reno5 Pro is the first Dimensity 1000+ smartphone in India. Its an important chip for both MediaTek and OPPO, given how it features an integrated 5G modem and comes with top of the line flagship-grade specifications. In real life, the Dimensity 1000+ on the OPPO Reno5 Pro performed pretty well. However, I will talk about the chipset and its performance in detail in my full review that’ll come a week later.

The review unit with me is the 8GB RAM variant with 128GB of ROM on board. There are four cameras at the back, led by a 64MP primary shooter, an 8MP wide-angle shooter, a 2MP depth sensor, and another 2MP macro shooter. The last two sensors are not really mainstream ones so expect mediocre performance from them. However, the primary 64MP camera can capture excellent photos, especially in daylight scenarios.

The AI Highlight algorithm that combines Live HDR and Ultra Night Video algorithms bring out vibrant colors in photos with good level of details. The videography experience on the phone is also very interesting thanks to the company’s proprietary FDF Portrait Video System.

The front 32MP sensor can capture high-quality selfies that are bright and vibrant, even at night.

The 4350mAh battery can easily give you a day’s battery life but I never really had to worry about the phone’s battery because of its super-fast 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 fast charger. You can get up to 100% in just half an hour, so low battery won’t really be an issue with this particular device.

The OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G retails for Rs. 35,990 in India and I personally think it offers quite a lot of features to justify this price tag. The thin and lightweight body is a big selling point of this 5G device and it offers a premium experience in the right areas. You get a flagship quality Super AMOLED display, a fast and efficient Dimensity 1000+ processor, a unique Reno Glow matte finish at the back and a super-fast 65W charging technology.

I’ll be testing out the performance of the Dimensity 1000+ as well as the phone’s quad-camera setup in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned to Gizmochina for more updates.

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A day after the China launch, OPPO India executive hinted that the Reno5 Pro could come to India soon. While the official confirmation is still awaited, an Indian tipster further hints that the Chinese variant could land unaltered in the country.

Mukul Sharma has posted a tweet asking users to guess the possible chipset on the Reno5 Pro smartphone. He has indirectly confirmed the device is indeed is launching in India soon. Also, the voting on the chipset emphasizing more on the MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ variant hints that OPPO might launch it unchanged from China in India.

However, that hasn’t been the case in the past. Previously, OPPO Reno4 Pro came with Snapdragon 720G in India but the Chinese variant has Snapdragon 765G SoC. Similarly, the Reno3 Pro has the same SoC in China but the Indian variant has an inferior Helio P95 chipset.

So the OPPO Reno5 series has received an amazing response in China
Can't wait for it to launch in India.
Was wondering as to whether the Indian variant of the OPPO Reno5 Pro will use the same Dimensity 1000+ processor or would there be a change
what do you think?

— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) December 18, 2020

Anyway, if the device launches with the same SoC, it will be a big jump from the Reno4 Pro. That is, the device will have a huge upgrade in performance and connectivity(5G). In any case, the other regions of the world might get both as 5G and 4G versions.

Precisely, reports say that Reno5 Pro 5G Global variant will have the Snapdragon 765G whereas the Reno5 4G version will retain the SoC of its predecessor, the Reno4 Global variant.

OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G China Specifications

The Reno5 Pro 5G has a 6.55-inch curved OLED 90Hz display with a 2400×1080 pixel resolution. It is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ SoC and comes paired with 8/12GB RAM, 128/256GB storage.

It shares similar camera specs with the non-Pro variant. Accordingly, the device features a 64MP f/1.7 main lens, 8MP ultra-wide, and two 2MP sensors. Upfront, you get a 32MP selfie shooter.

Other specifications include a 4,350mAh battery with the 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 charging, in-display fingerprint sensor, ColorOS 11 based on Android 11 out of the box, dual-SIM 5G, NFC, GPS for connectivity.

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