With regards to premium smartphones, there may be loads of selection as of late within the sub-Rs. 40,000 section. There are smartphones like Oppo’s Reno 10 Professional, which was purposefully designed to suit into this section or finances, after which there are extra premium smartphones that have been launched within the sub-Rs. 50,000 section, however have acquired worth cuts over time or are steadily obtainable at a a lot lower cost tag. This would come with units just like the Nothing Telephone 2 and the like, which have been launched at a better price ticket, however at the moment are obtainable beneath Rs. 40,000. And these are particularly the smartphones Oppo’s latest contender within the sub-Rs. 40,000 section, known as the Reno 11 Professional, ought to be anxious about.
With a brand-new design, improved cameras and an upgraded processor, does Oppo’s Reno 11 Professional stand an opportunity within the cutthroat premium section in 2024, which consists primarily of smartphones launched in 2023? I’ve used Oppo’s newest Reno smartphone, and this is what I feel.
Oppo Reno 11 Professional Evaluate: Value in India
The brand new Reno 11 Professional is priced much like final yr’s mannequin, at Rs. 39,999. Under it sits the Reno 11, which is priced from Rs. 29,999. Oppo hasn’t introduced the Reno 11 Professional (from China) to India, which is provided with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor this yr. So, it is unclear whether or not final yr’s Reno 10 Professional+ will see a substitute or whether or not we ought to be anticipating some Discover X collection motion later this yr to make up for Oppo’s gaping void in its premium section.
The telephone is on the market in two finishes, Pearl White and Rock Gray. Within the field, Oppo supplies a USB Kind-C to Kind-A charging cable, an 80W charger and a clear TPU case.
Oppo Reno 11 Professional Evaluate: Design
Identical to the mannequin it replaces, the Oppo Reno 11 Professional makes use of a mixture of polycarbonate and glass to attain this new Pearl White 3D-etched end, which appears to be like and feels quite a bit like marble. The 3D curved glass across the again has a singular texture, which appears to be like very premium, together with the polished digital camera island, which protrudes fairly a bit from the flat rear floor.
The Oppo Reno 11 Professional’s 3D-etched rear panel certain appears to be like and feels premium
The marble-like end feels good to the touch and does a effective job of resisting mud and fingerprints, conserving the rear panel clear and smudge-free always. I additionally just like the flat textured insert on the high fringe of the gadget, which additionally homes the seen secondary mic and infrared port.
There is a 3D curved show glass on the entrance with an AMOLED panel which additionally curves into the perimeters by a bit. It has a skinny bezel and curved edges on the left and proper sides that make the borders seem thinner than they really are.
Utilizing a polycarbonate body additionally helps cut back the load of this smartphone. Weighing in at simply 181 grams, the telephone is sort of slim, with a thickness of simply 7.66mm (if you happen to do not embody the digital camera bump). This skinny and light-weight mixture, together with its premium marble-like glass again, the 3D curved sides of the rear panel and the show, all lend this smartphone a really luxurious hand really feel.
The widespread draw back of a matte or tender end is the shortage of grip, and this telephone isn’t any completely different. The gadget can get actually slippery, so it is advisable to connect the packaged tender TPU case to the field to keep away from any injury from unintentional drops.
The Oppo Reno 11 Professional has an IR port on its high edge which is about in an identical plastic insert
The telephone nonetheless lacks an official IP score however appears to have the mandatory seals in place across the SIM card tray. This can be a bit disappointing, conserving its worth in thoughts and the truth that different premium units just like the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G supply a correct IP67 score. Even Xiaomi’s upcoming Redmi Observe 13 Professional+ 5G additionally has a correct IP68 score and is priced decrease. Whereas an IP score doesn’t assure that the producer will service your drenched gadget freed from price (all of it depends upon the corporate’s phrases and situations), it does deliver some peace of thoughts that your gadget can survive a little bit of rain or perhaps a drop in a pool, relying on its licensed IP score.
Oppo Reno 11 Professional Evaluate: Specs and software program
In contrast to final yr’s mannequin, Oppo has switched to MediaTek silicon for its Reno 11 Professional. The telephone has a MediaTek Dimensity 8200 SoC, which is constructed utilizing the 4nm fabrication course of and is obtainable with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. There isn’t any room for reminiscence growth, however you do get house for 2 nano SIM playing cards with twin 5G standby.
The telephone has a 6.7-inch AMOLED panel with a 120Hz dynamic refresh fee and a full-HD+ decision specified by a tallish 20:9 side ratio. There’s an in-display fingerprint reader, and I discovered its efficiency to be dependable through the assessment interval. Connectivity requirements embody Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, an IR blaster and assist for the same old world positioning methods.
Given its slim design, the telephone nonetheless manages to pack in a 4,600mAh battery. It can’t be charged wirelessly, however Oppo does supply an 80W wired charger within the field.
The Oppo Reno 11 Professional has a single bottom-firing speaker
The Reno 11 Professional runs Oppo’s freshest serving of Android 14 within the type of ColorOS 14. Whereas it seems just about the identical because the earlier model of this software program. There are a number of minor modifications that customers who’re accustomed to the software program will discover in some locations.
There’s a very iOS-like world search bar that’s now positioned simply above the docked icons on the backside of the house display screen. It is nonetheless not as helpful as Google’s search (which might discover contacts, chats and extra) as it may possibly solely discover apps put in on the telephone or in Oppo’s App Market. One other seen change is the separators for every merchandise within the Settings menu.
Among the many new software program options, Oppo has launched a helpful new one known as File Dock. It features in a fashion that’s similar to the OnePlus Open’s Current Folder (which can be obtainable within the Sensible Sidebar), letting you drag and drop objects from a choose variety of supported apps by first choosing an merchandise after which long-pressing it to robotically summon the File Dock drawer.
As soon as dragged into the File Dock, the merchandise will be accessed when wanted after which dragged into any supported app. The function works as anticipated and I may drag all types of photos and information between apps, however not all apps will assist this gesture.
File Dock will want the Sensible Sidebar function to be activated first and likewise works nicely throughout units if you happen to occur to have one other ColorOS 14-powered smartphone or pill, making the information magically seem on different units, offered you’ve got logged into it utilizing the identical Oppo account.
File Dock is a helpful new function and works nicely throughout supported apps
One other cool function that works with File Dock is Sensible Contact, which principally makes use of the three-finger swipe-down screenshot gesture. As soon as in screenshot mode, one has to faucet on the ‘Extract content material’ button, after which the system principally scans the screenshot for content material, which might then be pasted onto File Dock for future use in different apps.
Sensible Picture Matting is one more function which might decide up cutouts of individuals or objects from the photographs within the Photographs app that may then be pasted into File Dock (or elsewhere) for future use.
Whereas it is good to see some helpful new options in ColorOS 14, I used to be a bit upset by the variety of preinstalled apps. Whereas most of those will be uninstalled, FinShell Pay can not, and the identical applies to a lot of native apps from Oppo. To make issues worse there are a number of app doubles current within the app drawer, like two messaging apps (Messages + Messages), two file managers (Information + My Information), and two net browsers (Web + Chrome), which might get overwhelming to these unfamiliar with a lot bloatware.
Oppo Reno 11 Professional Evaluate: Efficiency
Bloatware apart, basic software program efficiency on the Oppo Reno 11 Professional is sort of good. Multitasking isn’t an issue, and apps stay in reminiscence for some time as nicely. As for benchmarks, the telephone did carry out quite a bit higher than its predecessor which was powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC.
The telephone managed a commendable rating of 9,26,665 factors in AnTuTu, together with 1,093 and three,406 factors in Geekbench’s single and multi-core exams, respectively. Graphics efficiency was additionally fairly good, however Oppo appears to cap it at 60fps for the entire three GFXBench check suites we tried out, which included T-Rex, Manhattan 3.1 and Automobile Chase.
Given the noticeable efficiency enhancements over the earlier mannequin, I anticipated probably the most demanding 3D video games to work simply effective with none hiccups, even at excessive graphics settings, which was an issue with the earlier mannequin.
Attempting out Name of Obligation: Cellular (CODM), the telephone managed easy and lag-free gameplay with graphics set to Very Excessive and body fee set to Very Excessive, however with most results turned off. Turning on all results resulted in random cases of lag, with the telephone struggling to maintain up at instances. Contact sampling fee was nearly effective even when used with Oppo’s Championship gaming mode, so this is not the best gadget for taking part in intensive FPS video games. It was additionally attainable to play CODM at Extremely body fee settings, but it surely’s restricted to 90 fps.
Regardless of the only speaker, I discovered the audio high quality to be sufficiently loud however not immersive or as detailed, particularly when taking part in video games. It is a far cry from the stereo speaker setup obtainable on most smartphones at this worth level and infrequently had me reaching from my TWS earphones when catching a present or watching a film.
The Oppo Reno 11 Professional’s curved edge show is not all that distracting when viewing content material and makes its bezel seem thinner
The curved edge show helps HDR10+ when streaming video, and the identical appeared as anticipated when watching exhibits on Prime Video and Netflix. Whereas it showcases vivid colors at default settings it may be tweaked to indicate extra pure color tones. Whereas it carried out nicely indoors, out of doors efficiency was additionally fairly good with textual content and colors correctly legible in direct daylight.
The telephone provides a most refresh display screen refresh fee of 120Hz and Oppo claims that it is dynamic as nicely. In our testing, the telephone switches between 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz when wanted however typically stays at 90Hz when shopping via the software program interface or when utilizing apps. In brief, the show hardly ever touches the 120Hz refresh fee when utilizing the Auto-select display screen refresh fee mode (which is its default setting). That is extra so since gaming apps are additionally principally capped at 60Hz or 90Hz. Setting the show to the Excessive display screen refresh fee mode forces the show (and the underlying MEMC system) to stay to 120Hz when shopping via the telephone’s interface, but it surely robotically drops to 90Hz when utilizing any app, making the 120Hz refresh fee a little bit of a gimmick.
The Oppo Reno 11 Professional’s rear digital camera setup is much like final yr’s mannequin
In our commonplace video loop battery check, the Oppo Reno 11 Professional managed a powerful 21 hours and 55 minutes on a single cost. Nevertheless, in real-world utilization, it normally lasted me a day with heavy use (about 7-8 hours of display screen time) and slightly over a day with informal use. Which means that it is extra of a one-day smartphone, which additionally signifies that it is not preferrred for energy customers.
Fortunately, charging the smartphone utilizing its 80W charger is fairly fast. It manages a 58 p.c cost in simply quarter-hour and completes the cost in simply 32 minutes. Wi-fi charging is popping out to be an rising function on this section, with telephones just like the Nothing Telephone 2 and Google’s Pixel 7a providing the identical. The Oppo Reno 11 Professional, like final yr’s mannequin, lacks this function.
Oppo Reno 11 Professional Evaluate: Cameras
Oppo’s cameras stay principally unchanged in comparison with final yr’s Oppo Reno 10 Professional. There’s the identical Sony IMX890 50-megapixel major digital camera (OIS enabled), a 32-megapixel (Sony IMX709) telephoto digital camera and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle digital camera (Sony IMX355). Selfies are dealt with by the identical 32-megapixel digital camera as final yr’s mannequin, which is embedded into the show and provides autofocus.
What Oppo claims has modified is the way in which it processes these photos, stating that its new HyperTone Imaging Engine delivers higher portrait pictures (with improved color, depth and element) in comparison with final yr’s mannequin.
Photographs from the first digital camera pack good element however present clipped highlights in contrasted settings (Faucet photos to broaden)
The first digital camera shoots vibrant pictures with good element and principally correct color replica. Whereas the main points within the shadows are fairly good, I discovered areas with loads of clipped highlights when the settings had contrasted lighting, even in daylight. In low mild or street-lit scenes, the digital camera manages to carry all of it collectively, producing pure colors and vibrant pictures with good dynamic vary.
Photographs from the telephoto digital camera (in Photograph mode) may have been quite a bit sharper (and higher uncovered) (Faucet photos to broaden)
Photographs from the 2X telephoto digital camera positively pack much less element in comparison with the first. The shortage of OIS will be felt right here and ends in flattened textures and diminished element. The digitally cropped 5X samples lack element with textures showing like a portray. Whereas daylight pictures come out simply effective with common element, this digital camera wants loads of mild to ship good outcomes, so its low-light efficiency is not nice usually.
Switching from Photograph mode to Portrait mode ends in dramatically higher pictures (Within the picture L-R: Shilpi Oberoi, Sujith Gopinath, Ankita Garg) (Faucet picture to broaden)
Swap to Portrait mode, and issues enhance drastically. Oppo’s HyperTone Imaging Engine ensures that these pictures have good separation and are available out fairly detailed as nicely. Whether or not I used to be taking pictures in black and white or color, these pictures absolutely come out nicely, offered you stick with the native focal size (1X or 2X).
I actually wished that every one of this enhanced processing was additionally utilized within the common Photograph mode when utilizing the telephoto digital camera. Nevertheless, in low mild, the outcomes aren’t all that nice with faces that lack texture and element and likewise seem fairly flat. In brief, the telephoto digital camera is greatest reserved for daylight taking pictures.
One thing else that I seen is that typical poses and hairdos posed no problem for the Portrait mode’s edge detection. Nevertheless, I did discover a number of flaws with the Portrait mode’s edge detection when tackling barely sophisticated hairdos, the place the digital camera typically gave my topics a haircut.
Selfies from the front-facing digital camera have good element, however the edge-detection was not at all times correct (Faucet picture to broaden)
Low-light selfies lacked element and weren’t too vibrant both (Faucet picture to broaden)
For the reason that selfie digital camera has an analogous sensor because the telephoto, the outcomes too have been comparable. And even right here, it didn’t take a lot effort for the aggressive edge detection to fumble.
The ultra-wide digital camera is simply common when it comes to general picture high quality, managing satisfactory pictures in daylight and noisy pictures in low mild. There’s additionally a noticeably completely different color tone (hotter) in comparison with the first and telephoto cameras and likewise loads of purple fringing alongside and barrel distortion. The telephone lacks a macro digital camera or perhaps a macro mode, however it’s attainable to shoot close-ups from as shut as 10 centimetres.
As for video, the selfie digital camera lastly will get a 4K 30fps video recording mode. The rear digital camera solely provides 4K 30fps video recording (no 4K60 fps), and its high quality is sort of common. Stabilisation is not nice general, and movies seem a bit contrasted like a filter has been utilized to them. The body fee can be fairly shaky usually. Low mild video seems very noisy and likewise lacks primary stabilisation, the identical applies to selfie movies. Full-HD video additionally seems fairly grainy and noisy and lacks element and texture in low mild.
Oppo Reno 11 Professional Evaluate: Verdict
The Oppo Reno 11 Professional is basically the identical telephone as final yr’s Reno 10 Professional with delicate enhancements. Its design and texture therapy have modified, however other than the notable efficiency and battery life enhancements, there’s actually no have to improve to the brand new mannequin if you’re already utilizing the Reno 10 Professional. Whereas digital camera efficiency has improved (primarily in Portrait mode), it is as soon as once more no motive price upgrading to as these are primarily qualitative upgrades and never precisely function additions.
Oppo continues to disregard the necessity for an official IP score, avoiding one thing as primary as a stereo speaker setup whereas sustaining its excessive worth, which didn’t work nicely final yr and seems to fulfill an analogous destiny this yr as nicely.
The Oppo Reno 11 Professional is a well-built smartphone, however it would attraction to a really particular set of consumers because it doesn’t supply good worth. Making issues worse for the Oppo Reno 11 Professional is the everchanging competitors.
We have now units just like the Nothing Telephone 2 (Evaluate), which provides premium options like an official IP54 score for mud and water resistance, wi-fi charging, a singular stand-out design (Glyphy notifications) and a strong processor at Rs. 39,999.
Then there’s the iQoo Neo 7 Professional (Evaluate), which from Rs. 32,999 could not supply a digital camera setup that is as versatile because the Reno 11 Professional’s however positively provides a really succesful major digital camera and rock-solid efficiency together with an IP54 score and sooner 120W charging.
If you’re prepared to spend a bit extra, there’s additionally the Google Pixel 7a (Evaluate), which provides unimaginable worth at Rs. 43,999. It will likely be the primary to get software program updates (sans any bloatware) and provides actually good imaging chops, together with an IP67 score and wi-fi charging.
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