Oppo Reno 6 Pro Review: Can just good looks make it the best phone under Rs 40,000?

Oppo Reno 6 Pro is here, and it has been launched in India for Rs 39,990. While the Rs 40,000 price point is not the highest grosser in terms of sales volume, it has clearly seen how brands are approaching. Today, for Rs 40,000, buyers can pick up one of the iQoo 7 Legend Xiaomi Mi 11X pro, were Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (4G), Vivo X60 and OnePlus 9R are very reliable options. Joining now is the Oppo Reno 6 Pro, so this proves that the overall order is not small to climb. Does it succeed, though?

On paper, the Oppo Reno 6 Pro is as packed as you would expect Any phone. You get a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G SoC, 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, a dual-curved 6.55-inch AMOLED 90Hz display, 64MP quad rear camera setup, 32MP front camera, under-display fingerprint sensor, 4,500mAh battery with 65W battery and 6GB RAM. Fast charging and general connectivity chops. It comes six months after the Reno 5 Pro, so clearly, it’s not meant to be an upgrade over its predecessor. So where does it stand? Does it have enough to beat the above competitors, or is it the only one running?

Build, design and ergonomics: quite impressive

One thing that immediately impresses about the Oppo Reno 6 Pro 5G is its overall design, which is similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus. It looks premium right from the start, and undoubtedly feels premium too. The curved glass on the display doesn’t sit flush with the metal side frame, and although this may break the design continuity, it does create a crease that makes the phone easier to hold. Oppo has taken into account that metal and glass phones look very premium, but they often compromise on the grip.

The rear panel of Oppo Reno 6 Pro looks super premium and adds to its appeal. (Image: Shouvik Das/News18.com)

Addressing this is also a rough textured, frosted glass rear panel which is not extremely slippery to hold. It adds a shimmering effect to the rear panel of the phone, and whether you like it or not will purely depend on your sense of aesthetics. The volume buttons on the left and the power button on the right are all quite handy and convenient, and with 7.6mm thickness and 177 grams of weight, the sleek build of the Oppo Reno 6 Pro undoubtedly makes for a premium experience. This helps the phone to offer an ergonomic typing experience, as well as one-handed use when you are lying down.

In short, the Oppo Reno 6 Pro makes an impressive first impression with its design, and the build quality is also up to par. The only complaint one can complain here is that the rear panel is shimmery, which is a touch too much for bling-averse people like the I.

Display and software: Not much to complain about here, either

The Oppo Reno 6 Pro’s display is bright enough to be viewed in direct sunlight, and can be dim enough not to hurt your eyes when using it at night. The dual curved edges definitely look premium, and it also comes with HDR10+ certification. Colors look vibrant and punchy, and viewing angles are great too – there’s no unreasonable color shift if you look at the display from different angles. The 90Hz refresh rate keeps things smooth, and touch response is suitably accurate. In short, there’s really nothing to complain about here.

The display of Oppo Reno 6 Pro is as good as you would expect from a premium phone. (Image: Shouvik Das/News18.com)

In terms of software, the Oppo Reno 6 Pro comes with a few preinstalled apps, but thankfully most of them can be uninstalled. Thankfully, Oppo’s ColorOS also allows you to turn off notifications for many of its system apps, which the FunTouch OS on the iQoo phone doesn’t allow. Auto brightness adjustment isn’t the Reno 6 Pro’s strong suit, so you must control the brightness yourself. It gives you access to privacy settings as easily as any other Android phone, so there’s not much to penalize.

Performance and Battery Life: Good, but Not the Best

Oppo Reno 6 Pro is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC, which is good enough for all average workloads. For example, you can actively switch between two browsers with 15 tabs, four messaging apps, two mail apps, a music streaming app, a cloud storage app, and two social media apps, without making the phone feel sluggish. This suggests that for the most part, the Oppo Reno 6 Pro will suit the average working days of most users without any hitch.

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However, there is a clear difference between the general level of smoothness between the Oppo Reno 6 Pro and devices powered by the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, such as the Xiaomi Mi 11X, OnePlus 9R and even the Vivo X60. The difference clearly comes through in gaming, where peak graphics levels don’t quite last at high frame rates. On this note, devices powered by the Snapdragon 870 do exceptionally well by striking an adequate balance of performance, heat management, and graphics fidelity. However, it won’t be particularly noticeable to you, unless you’re really into gaming. If that’s you – the Asus ROG Phone 5 is only Rs 10,000 away, and instead of buying the Reno 6 Pro for gaming, you would be good to wait and save the extra bucks and go for it.

The battery life of the Oppo Reno 6 Pro is decent, and overall, you can get more than an average working day battery life out of it. You get about 15 hours of use time with the Reno 6 Pro per charge cycle, which essentially means that plugging it in before bed will be enough to power you through the day – with any around fat 65W charger There will be no shortage. If you leave it uncharged, the Reno 6 Pro discharges an average of 8 percent during an average 8-hour overnight idle period, and an hour of video streaming with 60 percent power consumes 6 percent of the battery. Just like the performance, the battery life here is good – but not the best.

Cameras: Decent, but more gimmicky

It’s really time phone makers started to step back over the years and consider the fact that stuffing in more camera units for now can’t fool anyone. While it has four rear cameras, the fixed focus 8MP ultra-wide, fixed focus 2MP macro and 2MP depth assistance units are quite the space fillers. The 64MP main unit is reportedly an Omnivision sensor, and for what it’s worth, it does an acceptable job in both detail and color reproduction.

The ultra-wide camera on the Oppo Reno 6 Pro (left) is a letdown, but the bokeh flare mode (right) is good fun to play with, even if it’s gimmicky.

It’s not a dynamic range champion, but colors are sufficiently vivid and saturated, although color details drop markedly in ultra-wide mode. Shadows are acceptable with the main camera but detail is lacking in ultra-wide mode and night mode as well. Software enhancements, especially the Bokeh Flare mode, make for interesting gimmicks that you’ll love playing around with for the first few days of owning the phone, but the moment you settle down, you’ll realize that it’s pretty much just that. It’s a prank.

Overall, the Oppo Reno 6 Pro offers a rear camera that can be decent at its best, and very gimmicky at all other times. Videography is reliable, and at 1080p60 it’s good to avoid screen tear. Selfies do show noticeable improvements in skin tone and texture, but there’s nothing to worry about – as long as you keep using your selfies to post to Instagram Stories and Twitter Fleet Everything is good enough.

Verdict: A good phone, just not the best

There really isn’t much to dislike about the Oppo Reno 6 Pro. In fact, it looks really good, has a premium build quality, is good to use with one hand, offers good performance and a pleasant display, ample battery life and finally, usable cameras too. The biggest problem it faces, however, is that all of its rivals can also do all of the above – and then some more. When it comes to performance, the iQoo 7 Legend and Xiaomi Mi 11X Pro perform far better, and even the OnePlus 9R and i live x60 Do better at peak performance.

The other best phones under Rs 40,000 in India also have ample cameras and vibrant displays, which makes the Reno 6 Pro a very mid-table phone. If you are looking for a phone in this budget segment, the Reno 6 Pro is a device that you should definitely consider, but whether it can make it to your final shortlist will depend on whether Whether you like its design enough or not.

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