Oppo Reno 8

Oppo Reno 8 in Kenya

The Oppo Reno 8 price in Kenya is around Ksh 41500. The Reno 8 comes with a 6.43-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G  (6 nm) 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.

Reno 8 specs and price in Kenya

Design

The design of the Oppo Reno 8 looks stunning most, especially the back panel as it shimmers and changes colors depending on the angle of the lighting. On its upper left is a camera setup which gives the camera lens an illusion as if it was floating on a piece of glass. The back also has this frosted glass texture which is very effective in repelling fingerprints and smudges. The Reno 8 comes in Stary Black, and Startrails Blue.

Situated on the upper left side of the display is the selfie camera. And right in the upper bezel is the earpiece it’s gut-thin bezels all around and a thick chin. This phone has a triple sim card tray for two nano-sized SIM cards and a dedicated micro SD card slot. The power button and volume rocker are on opposite sides. At the bottom is a USB type C 3.5-millimeter audio Jack, main microphone, and speaker grills.

Display

The Oppo Reno 8 has a sizeable 6.4 inch AMOLED panel which comes with a 90 Hz screen refresh rate and a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels. The display comes protected with coining gorilla glass 5 and preinstalled screen protector. This display’s quality is what you would expect on an AMOLED panel with vibrant colors and deep plaques, and is viewable even under direct sunlight because of up to 800 nits of peak brightness. There’s also the dark mode in the settings on this HDR10+ display that lets you set how dark you want to go. For biometrics and security. there’s facial recognition and an in-display fingerprint scanner both work as intended.

Cameras

Now to the cameras. Oppo Reno 8 has a triple-lens setup, which consists of a 64 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚ (ultrawide), and a 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro). Flipping to the front is its 32-megapixel sensor. The main sensor can produce a well-balanced exposure, which sometimes is hard to achieve in other devices on this tier. Since there is no telephoto lens, you will have to rely mostly on the main camera for digitally zooming in on a subject. Background and subject separations can be amazing when you know how to produce these. The Reno 8 can record a maximum resolution of 4K@30fps. The video quality is excellent as it has vibrant colors and sharp details.

Performance

Powering Oppo Reno 8 is Android 11, ColorOS 12. There are tons of customization options here. For example, you can change icon styles, app layout, fingerprint animation, fonts, colors, and edge lighting. Out of the 256GB storage of Oppo Reno 8 you have 256GB left which is ample for most users. The good news is if you think you need more, there’s a micro SD card slot in the mix. This phone packs a MediaTek MT6877 Dimensity 900 (6 nm) chipset with a Mali-G68 MC4 GPU. It comes with 8GB RAM with a 5GB RAM expansion feature. When it comes to connectivity, the Reno 8 includes Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, NFC, dual connection, and a USB type C port. And for the battery performance, it packs a Li-Po 4500 mAh, non-removable pack with support for 65W, 100% in 31 minutes of fast charging and reverse charging.