Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G

Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G

The Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G price in Kenya is around Ksh 58,920. The Reno 7 5G comes with a 6.55-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9. It is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 Max 5G processor and runs Android 11  powered by a 4500mAh non-removable battery. It has an AMOLED screen of 90Hz refresh rate and an under-display fingerprint scanner across the board.

Oppo Reno7 Pro 5G specs and price in Kenya

Price in Kenya	Ksh. 58,920
Display	6.55″ inch AMOLED, 90Hz
Processor	MediaTek Dimensity 1200 Max 5G
Sim Card	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Connectivity	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
OS	Android 11, ColorOS 11.1
RAM	8GB
Storage	256GB
Card Slot	up to 256GB (dedicated slot)
Rear Camera	50MP + 8MP + 2MP
Front Camera	32 MP(wide)
3.5mm Jack	Yes
USB Port	USB Type-C 3.1
Fingerprint	Under the display, optical
Battery	Non-removable Li-Po 4500 mAh
Battery charging	65W
Color	Blue, Black, Gold, League of Legends

Unboxing

In the box you will be treated to a Silicon case, a type A to type C charging cable, and a 65W supercharger. The device comes in a few main color variants. You can pick it in Starlight Black, Startrails Blue, Gold, or League of Legends. But the two main colors are Starlight Black and Startrails Blue.

Design

The Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G looks absolutely phenomenal from all different angles because its backplate uses new LDI technology. An industry-first that uses 20 micro-sized fine textures, which gather up 1.2 micro rosters itched together. Here also is, we have OPPO’s signature glow, which uses micro-crystals to give it a shimmery and gradient finish. Once you pop the device on charge, you will notice an orbit breathing light that wraps around the camera module at the back. Some of its use cases are when receiving a call, a notification, or during charging.

This phone also has a new coated ceramic trim over that camera module. The device looks fantastic with its looks and shifts color depending on the light that is hitting it. There is a dual SIM 5G standby tray at the bottom of the phone. Unfortunately, no expandable storage. Present also is a USB 2.0 type C port at the bottom. And beside that is a dual stereo speaker, which is paired with the earpiece at the top to get that dual sounding just right.

Platform and performance

The software on the Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G device is OPPO’s ColorOS 12 skinned over Android 11 and not Android 12. It still does a great job in terms of loads of different features; keeping things nice like 3D icons, making it easy for you to look around the phone. You can customize those icons to pretty much however your heart desires. And Different colors on the device can also be changed and here are the breathing lights options.

The 256GB internal storage of Reno 7 Pro 5G is paired with 12 GB RAM which can bump up to 19 GB thanks to the RAM expansion feature. And it does have the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 Max 5G CPU, which is actually the world’s first LP-DDR4X RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. The same is supposedly has 22% faster processing and is 25% more power-efficient. Sitting inside the Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G phone is a large Li-Po 4500 mAh, non-removable battery with 65W Super VOOC technology.

Cameras

Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G is the industry’s first smartphone to use a digital overlap high dynamic range. The 8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚ (ultrawide) sensor doesn’t take a half bad shots. You can also take a 108-megapixel sensor using upscaling within the main camera. Drop that down to 50 megapixels native or even more down to 12.5 megapixels. Getting up close and personal to a subject is great. Thanks to that 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) sensor. You can see more of a difference when taking a video with portrait video mode capped at 1080P and 30 FPS. The highest video recording quality now that we are here is 4K@30fps.

And of course, Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G has another world first in the selfie camera, utilizing the brand new 32-megapixel Soine IMEX 709 sensor. This is a red, green, blue, or white sensor (RGBW), as opposed to the standard red, green, green, blue sensor (RGGB). And yes, the new selfie camera also utilizes digital overlap HDR. When taking photos with the selfie, there is actually a wider angle mode. Absolutely fantastic with almost perfect edge detection. Selfie video recording is capped at 1080p@30fps.

Display

The Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G has a 6.55 inch AMOLED display. This time around it is flat and not curved. It is still Full HD Plus with a PPI 402, HDR 10 Plus, and Amazon Prime HDR certified. And it has a max brightness of 920 nits. It also packs in a 90 Hertz refresh rate which is unfortunately not adaptive. It does also have a 180 Hertz touch sampling rate. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. You may also be interested to check out the Oppo Reno 6 5G smartphone.

Our take

This Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G is the world’s first smartphone to house the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 Max 5G CPU and the Sony IMX 709 selfie cameras sensor. It is also the industry’s first smartphone to make use of digital overlap HDR in its selfie and main cameras. Moreover, it has laser direct imaging within its backplates and 3D lights wrapping around its back camera module. This is a revolutionary smartphone at its price point. One we confidently recommend.

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