Oppo announced the Reno 7 series last week and all three went on sale in China this Friday. There's no official schedule for when the new models will be available globally, but it should be early next year (leaked prices for India suggested a January launch). By then the reviews of the phone should have come out.
But the first impression isn't that hot, especially for phones that don't have "Pro" in their name. There are some difficult questions to answer regarding pricing as well. Let's take a closer look at last week's election results and what commenters had to say.
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Earning a third of the total vote, the Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G seems to be the only viable option out of the three. While their displays are mostly similar, the Pro is the only model with a larger sensor (with 1.0μm pixels instead of 0.7μm) and the only model with stereo speakers.
We haven't seen what the Dimensity 1200-Max can do, but the vanilla version of the chip beats the Snapdragon 778G in graphics performance, while their CPUs are mostly even. Plus, the Pro has UFS 3.1 storage (the other two use UFS 2.x), so it should be the faster phone of the three.
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Oppo Reno7 Pro gets a warm welcome, vanilla and SE versions not so much
We are surprised at how poor the vanilla Oppo Reno7 5G performed. We have already talked about the many advantages of the Pro, but the screen and battery are mostly the same, while the price is about 30% less. And it's not a camera powerhouse like the Reno 7 Pro, even the Snapdragon version of the Reno 6 Pro had a telephoto camera (and the same main sensor).
The sensor in question - a Sony IMX766 - is quite popular and has been used in Oppo Reno 6 series, Vivo X70, several Realme GT models and a couple of OnePlus (9RT and Nord 2). Some of these dimensions also use the 1200, so buyers will have several models to choose from.
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Coming to the sensor, the Reno 7 and Pro are the first to use Sony's new IMX709 sensor, dubbed "Cat's Eye" for its ability to see in the dark. It's an RGBW sensor (meaning some pixels don't have a filter, allowing them to capture more light). It is paired with hardware DOL-HDR and an in-house system developed by Oppo to process RGBW imagery. However, commentators disagreed with the marketing surrounding this new camera, so it will need to prove itself in review.
This brings us to the Oppo Reno7 SE 5G, which is the cheapest and least capable of the three. It seems people were more concerned about having the right glasses and not saving a few bucks. Unfortunately for the SE, most people will have the older Reno 6 model instead of the SE (well, the series is only six months old).
The Oppo Reno 7 Pro will see success, but the outlook for its siblings isn't so good. The vanilla Reno7 might do well in the right market, but there seems to be a disconnect between what people want and what Oppo has put in place. Also, the rapid fire release is starting to bother people, especially when the new model is no better than the old one.
Source | GSMArena