Best Camera Smartphone 2021 The OPPO RENO 5 PRO First Look and Specifications.

Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G design and display
Having reviewed the Oppo Reno 4 Pro myself, I immediately noticed a lot of similarities between it and its successor. For starters, the Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G is also very slim and light, measuring 7.6mm in thickness and weighing just 173g. This gives it an excellent in-hand feel, and it's comfortable to hold and use even for long stretches at a time. The Astral Blue version that I have looks superb, in my opinion. The glossy frame offers decent grip and the textured glass back has a unique sheen when light hits it, along with being resilient to fingerprints. Oppo offers a Starry Black colour option too.

The flattened top has a ‘Designed for Reno' inscription, while the dual-SIM tray, USB Type-C port, and a single speaker are on then bottom. The volume and power buttons are placed on opposite sides of the frame and are easy to reach. There's no 3.5mm headphone jack on the Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G; something that the Reno 4 Pro did have.
Similar to its predecessor, the Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G features a 6.5-inch “borderless sense screen” AMOLED display with curved edges. It has a full-HD+ resolution, peak brightness of 1,100nits, touch sampling rate of 180Hz, and 90Hz refresh rate. The display has multiple certifications for low blue light emissions and is HDR10+ capable too. Oppo has used a scratch-resistant glass from Panda for the back panel (Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for the black version), and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 cover glass over the display.

Overall, I really like the design of the Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G, mainly due to its slimness and low weight. Build quality is also very good, despite this phone having a plastic frame, and the rear cameras barely protrude at all, making this a very comfortable phone to carry in your pocket. The box contains a 65W charger, USB Type-C cable, SIM eject tool, case, and USB Type-C headset.

Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G specifications and software
One of the big upgrades in the Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G is the MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ SoC, which was announced back in May last year and has only now made it to India. In fact, this is the first Dimensity SoC to debut in a smartphone in India. It competes with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 series and is built on a 7nm process featuring four ARM Cortex-A77 and four ARM Cortex-A55 cores. It has an integrated 5G modem and supports wireless connectivity such as Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1.

Oppo is offering the Reno 5 Pro 5G in a single configuration, with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The phone also has a 4,350mAh battery (which is larger than the one in the Reno 4 Pro) and the same 65W Super VOOC 2.0 fast charging tech.

The Reno 5 Pro runs ColorOS 11.1, which is based on Android 11. It's more or less similar in form and function to what we've seen before on previous Oppo smartphones. The latest version features heavy customisation from Oppo, and should still be familiar to existing Oppo users. You can tweak the look of the always-on display watch faces, and even choose between three different intensities for dark mode. There's a slightly tweaked Game Space menu that can be called up when playing games, and you can quickly translate text in screenshots thanks to Google Lens.
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G cameras
The Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G features a 64-megapixel primary camera which is a higher resolution than the 48-megapixel sensor on the Reno 4 Pro. However, the rest of the specifications are the same – there's an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera, 2-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel monochrome camera. For selfies, there's a 32-megapixel front camera.

The Reno 5 Pro 5G's signature camera feature is a new ‘AI Highlight Video' mode, which either brightens footage in low light or applies an HDR effect in the day, depending on the amount of light around your subject. This works for selfie videos too. There's also a picture-in-picture mode for videos. The rest of the features are the same as what we've seen on previous Oppo smartphones, and include AI Colour Portrait, Ultra Steady video, Pro mode, etc.

Verdict
As good as the Oppo Reno 4 Pro was, its underpowered SoC and high price made it really hard to recommend. Thankfully, Oppo has addressed the performance aspect with the new Reno 5 Pro 5G. MediaTek's current flagship 5G SoC might not be able to outclass Qualcomm's top-end chip (and we're not even talking about the Snapdragon 888 coming in phones this year) but it is enough to deliver smooth performance in heavy games, and is quite power efficient. Considering it costs about the same as the Reno 4 Pro at Rs. 35,990, makes the new Reno 5 Pro 5G better value than its predecessor.

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