Oppo Reno12 and Reno12 Pro specs with first look – Thinner & Lighter – Great Design

Oppo is refreshing its famous Reno line with two new variants – Reno12 and Reno12 Professional – that are the primary to function a quad-curved curved show. Additionally, they’re thinner and lighter than their Reno11 predecessors and on the identical time they’re harder than them too.

The primary quad-curved show from Oppo

The Oppo Reno12 contains a 6.7” OLED show with 1,080 x 2,412px decision and 120Hz refresh fee. That’s just like the earliervariant, although now the highest and backside edges are curved too, not simply the edges.

In contrast to the Reno11 fashions, these two function Gorilla Glass safety on the entrance. The smartphone’s mid-frame is made out of die-cast aluminum alloy, which withstands compression significantly better, serving to to cut back harm when you drop your telephone on a tough floor. One thing else the previous fashions didn’t have was an IP ranking, however the 12-series is water-resistant (IP65). On prime of that, the show works even when it and your fingers are moist.

You’d suppose that this ruggedness comes at the price of bulk, nevertheless it’s the opposite method round – the Reno12 measures 7.25mm thick and weighs 179g, whereas the Reno11 was 7.6mm and 184g.

The Oppo Reno12 and Reno12 Professional are thinner and lighter than earlier than

The Oppo Reno12 Professional is a bit thicker and heavier at 7.55mm and 183g, although that’s nonetheless beneath the 8.2mm and 190g of the earlier Professional. Each Reno12 telephones have the identical batteries – 5,000mAh with 80W charging. Oppo says that the telephones will retain 95% of their unique battery capability after 1,000 cost cycles. Anyway, each use the identical show too – so why the distinction?

It’s the cameras – the Pro variant has a 50MP major digital camera with an IMX890 picture sensor (1/1.56”, 1.0µm pixels) along with a 50MP 2x telephoto module and an 8MP extremely huge.

The vanilla variant  has a smaller 50MP sensor in the principle (LYT600, 1/1.95”) together with the identical 50MP 2x tele and 8MP extremely huge. Each telephones use the identical 50MP front-facing digital camera as nicely.

One other factor that differentiates the Oppo Reno12 and the Professional is the compute energy they’ve on faucet. The vanilla variant will get the Dimensity 8250, which is mainly the identical chip because the 8200 that was within the Reno11, however with a brand new coat of paint. The smartphone is obtainable in 12/256GB, 16/256GB, 12/512GB and 16/512GB configurations.

The Reno12 Professional is powered by the Dimensity 9200+, which replaces the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 of the earlier phone (observe: that is for the Chinese language variant , the worldwide variants have been a step down). The Pro variant is available in 12/256GB, 16/256GB and 16/512GB variations. Each smartphones use LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 3.1 storage.

Since 2024 is the yr of AI, Oppo included some good options into the digital camera app. It could actually repair the photograph if somebody blinked, take away individuals who walked into the body and show you how to substitute the background.

Extra AI options embody transcription and summarization of dictations and a doc scanner that may deal with even difficult issues like math formulation. The smartphone’s Xiaobu assistant may even act as an English instructor and a major college tutor. The AI also can assist plan your subsequent trip and you need to use it to create a customized itinerary.

The Xiaobu AI assistant

The Reno12 is obtainable in three colours, Millennium Silver, Smooth Peach and Ebony Black, whereas the Reno12 Professional is available in Silver Fantasy Purple, Champagne Gold and Ebony Black.

Oppo Reno12 and Reno12 Professional colorways

A number of different issues price mentioning are the in-display fingerprint reader (optical), NFC and IR blaster. The Professional mannequin additionally sports activities stereo audio system.

Yow will discover the Oppo Reno12 over on Oppo’s on-line retailer in China, the Reno12 Professional is right here. Here’s a have a look at the costs (with a conversion to USD for context):