Oppo is launching its Reno 8 sequence — beforehand introduced for China and India — in Europe and the UK. The Reno 8 Professional sits on the high quality with almost-flagship options and pricing: £599, or about $698. Considered one of its key spec factors is the inclusion of Oppo’s Marisilicon X neural processor (or NPU), which the corporate says permits higher high-res video seize in very low mild. The Reno 8 comes subsequent, with a smaller display and completely different processor, and the Reno 8 Gentle is probably the most fundamental mannequin with a decrease IP score and lowered quick charging.
The Reno 8 Professional ranks just under Oppo’s flagship Find X5 series, which additionally contains the Marisilicon X processor. Oppo says the NPU permits 4K video seize in very low mild conditions that wouldn’t sometimes be vivid sufficient to permit for recording at that decision. It additionally permits for higher low-light portrait mode video, the place depth and noise discount processing have to occur in actual time.
The 8 Professional additionally features a 6.7-inch OLED with 120Hz refresh fee, 80W quick wired charging (however no wi-fi charging), and an IP54 score for reasonable mud and splash resistance. It makes use of a MediaTek Dimensity 8100 chipset with 8GB of RAM and contains 256GB of storage.
The Reno 8 sits just under it with a 6.43-inch display, a 90Hz refresh fee, and a MediaTek Dimensity 1300 processor. It doesn’t have the Marisilicon NPU, however does provide a lot of the identical options because the 8 Professional, together with a 50-megapixel foremost digicam and a 32-megapixel selfie digicam. The Reno 8 Lite presents a Snapdragon 695 chipset, slower 30W wired charging, and an IPX4 score for splash (however no mud) resistance.
The Reno 8 sequence will go on sale September 1st, with the Reno 8 at £419 (about $488) and the 8 Lite for £319 (about $371). We gained’t get them within the US, which isn’t stunning, however there’s one other area unlikely to see them launched: Germany. Oppo is in a combat with Finnish telecom large Nokia over a patent, which has resulted in Oppo halting sales in Germany.
