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The product ideas of the OPPO Reno series are very clear, and portrait video shooting has become a major feature of the series, and each iteration and upgrade can bring us new surprises.
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ is equipped with self-developed Mariana X chip, equipped with Dimensity 8100 chip, long-life 80w super flash charge, etc. What kind of breakthrough can Reno8 Pro+ bring in portrait video this time? What is the overall experience of the product? The article will answer you in detail.
Appearance design: Liuyun dual-mirror integrated body
The visual effect on the front of OPPO Reno8 Pro+ has been greatly improved. It adopts an ultra-narrow screen frame design, and the four frames are very narrow, creating a very good immersion.
It is mainly due to the further optimized packaging process of the lower frame, which is 0.43mm smaller than the previous generation, and the width is controlled at 2.37mm. This is also the narrowest lower frame in the history of the Reno series, and the visual immersion of the screen is even better than that of some flagship products. it is good.
The screen size is 6.7 inches and is an OLED straight screen. The screen supports a 120Hz refresh rate, a resolution of 2412*1080, and a peak brightness of 950nit.
The screen is arranged with blue diamond pixels, which can improve the fineness of the screen. This screen has a good actual display effect, with clear fonts and natural colors, which can easily meet daily needs.
The back of the product continues the integrated streamline design of the OPPO Find X flagship series. The camera module and the back cover are seamlessly connected, and the edge of the raised module is designed with a 75-degree micro-arc, making the transition smooth and natural.
The camera module is a dual-lens design of Liuyun, which has a symmetrical visual effect. The lens is basically flush with the raised platform, and the integration is better.
The overall recognizability of the back cover of the mobile phone is relatively high. In addition, the phone is also available in roaming gray and dark black.
The product adopts a square right-angle metal middle frame design, and the transition between the middle frame and the back cover is chamfered to reduce the feel of the middle frame. The metal middle frame near the camera module extends obliquely to the height of the platform, which has a more design sense.
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ continues its thin and light body. The body weighs 183g and has a thickness of 7.34mm. Such specifications are already very good. This is also the thinnest model in the history of Reno.
The back cover of the fuselage has a smooth touch, with a metal middle frame, the fuselage has a good texture. The right-angled middle frame will bring a certain sense of contour, and the thin and light body will not hold much pressure. However, the glossy back cover will easily get fingerprints, so you need to take care of it when using bare metal.
Image aspect: a better dual-core portrait photography system
The OPPO Reno8 Pro+ has a 50MP main camera + 8MP super wide-angle + 2MP macro triple camera combination on the rear. The main camera is a Sony IMX766 sensor with a 1/1.56-inch sensor area.
Although the rear configuration is not very luxurious, the addition of the Mariana X self-developed chip has improved its image performance qualitatively. The front is a 32-megapixel super-sensitive cat-eye lens IMX709, which adopts a special RGBW array and introduces white pixel units to further improve the sensitivity.
This time, one of the most important upgrades of the OPPO Reno8 Pro+ is the built-in Mariana X chip. This chip and Dimensity 8100-MAX form a dual-core platform, which can additionally provide super AI computing power support equivalent to 18TOPS, as well as low power consumption, which brings more possibilities to computational photography.
With the powerful computing power of the Mariana X chip, OPPO Reno8 Pro+ can achieve chip-level 4K ultra-clear night scene video, 4K HDR video shooting, etc.
Algorithm optimization can be applied to higher specification video shooting and real-time RAW domain calculation to improve image quality. In addition, Reno8 Pro+ also has a perfect portrait algorithm matrix blessing, which makes the addition of Mariana X chip more valuable.
One of the core improvements brought by the Mariana X chip this time is video shooting. While shooting 4K video, it can also turn on the AI video enhancement function to optimize each frame of the picture in real time, in night shooting, high light ratio, etc. The scene shooting video can be significantly improved.
Default mode – 4K video screenshot
When shooting at night, the default mode for shooting 4K video works well. The overall brightness of the picture is sufficient, and the buildings in the distance retain relatively rich details, and there will be no “dead black” situation.
The trees under the light are also handled more naturally, and the overall picture looks good, but there will be slightly obvious noise in the sky, which can be improved through the AI video enhancement function.
AI video enhancement mode – 4K video screenshot
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ provides AI video enhancement mode. After AI video enhancement is turned on, the noise in the sky is greatly reduced, and the picture should be more transparent. In addition, the color of the video picture has also been improved, becoming more vivid and expressive.
IMX766 comparison models: 4K video screenshots
OPPO Reno8 Pro+: 4K video + AI video enhanced screenshot
We took a mobile phone with the same IMX766 sensor for comparison. As can be seen from the above 4K video comparison screenshots, compared to the comparison models using the same IMX766 sensor, OPPO Reno8 Pro+ has a considerable advantage in shooting videos in dark scenes.
Reno8 Pro+ video picture details are much clearer, the picture purity is also significantly improved, a lot of visible noise is reduced, and the overall video quality is improved a lot.
The video picture details of the same IMX766 model are not clear enough, and the colors are dim, making it difficult to restore the real scene atmosphere. Reno8 Pro+ is also more expressive in color, which greatly improves the picture quality.
4K video + AI video enhanced screenshot
In addition to shooting at night, the 4K HDR video supported by Reno8 Pro+ can also greatly improve the latitude of video images and easily cope with more complex shooting scenes.
Default mode – 4K video screenshot△
AI video enhancement mode – 4K video screenshot△
Thanks to the powerful video capabilities of Reno8 Pro+, the portrait video effect has also been upgraded. As can be seen from the above video comparison screenshots, after turning on AI video enhancement, the color of the video picture is more vivid and expressive, and the look and feel is better.
In the default mode, the color performance has been weakened a lot. However, in scenes with particularly complex lighting, after turning on the AI video enhancement function, it may cause the background highlights to overflow.
AI video enhancement mode – 4K video screenshot△
Turn on AI-enhanced shooting in an environment with complex lighting and no obvious fill light. The overall brightness of the video screen and the background lighting are well handled, and the characters on the screen are bright enough, without a very dim effect, and the skin is fair.
The overall look and feel of the video is good, including the restoration of the small yellow light strip on the back, and the lighting atmosphere is relatively close to reality.
In terms of selfies, the OPPO Reno series has accumulated a large number of portrait algorithm optimizations after many iterations. Reno8 Pro+ supports native texture-level selfies, facial features close-up selfies, etc., as well as beauty makeup, filters, personalized beauty adjustment and other functions. Let’s take a look at the actual effect.
In a well-lit scene, the beauty effect of OPPO Reno8 Pro+’s portrait proofs has no transitional smearing feeling, retaining the skin texture and the three-dimensional sense of the five senses, and the look is natural. The image is clear, and the texture of clothes and hair details are clearly visible.
In high light ratio scenes, the selfie proofs have a large dynamic range, the characters are properly exposed, and the details are equally rich.
In the outdoor low-light scene at night, the Selfie proof picture is clear, the subject is bright, the skin is fair, and the picture noise will not be particularly obvious. At the same time, it can also take into account the background effect, present rich background details, and improve the overall look and feel of the picture.
Even in a darker scene, the characters can still ensure enough brightness and clarity, bringing a good overall look and feel.
Rear flare portrait effect
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ is also equipped with features such as personalized beauty, makeup, and spot portrait filters supported by the previous generation. The selfie mode is rich and varied. With the blessing of Mariana X chip, the actual effect can be further improved.
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ front-facing shooting also supports opening of 0.8x wide-angle, 2x zoom to achieve facial features, etc., to meet the needs of more shooting scenes.
main camera
Ultra wide angle
In terms of the main camera, the daytime scene, the color style of the photo is similar to the previous generation, and it is slightly brighter on the basis of real restoration. This style is better for sharing on social networks. The actual imaging effect is very clear and can bring a good look and feel. In addition to the main camera, you can also shoot a wider picture through the ultra-wide-angle.
Main camera default
main night scene
main night scene
In terms of night shooting, OPPO Reno8 Pro+ can also maintain sufficient brightness and clarity in default mode, with less noise and pure picture.
With the cooperation of Mariana X chip and Dimensity 8100-MAX, the strength of the IMX766 main camera on OPPO Reno8 Pro+ has been brought into full play, especially in video shooting, which has obvious advantages.
It is worth mentioning that the product also has chip-level APP camera enhancements. Using the adapted third-party APP to shoot directly also has excellent image quality, which is more convenient to use.
Gaming experience: Dimensity 8100-MAX with powerful performance
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ uses Dimensity 8100-MAX processor + LPDDR5 memory + UFS3.1 storage combination.
Dimensity 8100-MAX is a light flagship processor, using 5nm process technology, the CPU is divided into 4 Cortex-A78 cores (2.85GHz) + 4 Cortex-A55 cores eight-core design, integrated Mali-G610 six-core GPU, providing powerful performance support, the overall performance is a little better than the Dimensity 8000.
The mobile phone has a built-in supercrystalline graphite cooling system and Hyperboost full-link game frame stabilization technology to help give full play to the hardware performance. It is worth mentioning that this phone also has 36 months of smooth dual-engine blessing, and customized AI scheduling based on user habits to improve overall fluency.
In the game part, we selected three games, “Honor of Kings”, “Peace Elite” and “Genshin Impact” for actual testing.
“Honor of Kings”-PerfDog software frame rate results△
The “Honor of Kings” game supports 120 frame mode, and other screen special effects are fully opened. The average frame rate recorded by the PerfDog software is 119.1 frames, and the game can maintain a stable high frame rate throughout the game. There is no obvious stuttering, and the picture is very smooth.
Back & Front Temperature
At a room temperature of about 26 degrees, after playing “Honor of Kings” for 30 minutes, the highest temperature on the back is 40.9 degrees, and the highest temperature on the front is 39.6 degrees. The temperature of the fuselage is well controlled, and there is basically no feeling of being very hot.
“Honor of Kings” supports 4D game vibration, and achieves delicate vibration feedback through the X-axis linear motor in the killing scene. The game also supports screen light effects. In scenes such as the first drop of blood and three-game winning streak, dynamic color light effects will appear on the screen to enrich the gaming experience.
“Peace Elite”-PerfDog software frame rate results△
In the game “Peace Elite”, the smooth picture quality + limit frame number (60 frames) setting is turned on, and the average frame number recorded by the PerfDog software is 59.7 frames. The performance of Reno8 Pro+ should have no pressure at all to deal with such picture quality settings. If you open the high frame mode in the future, you can get a better gaming experience.
The game “Peace Elite” supports high-quality vibration. With the X-axis linear motor, it can provide delicate vibration feedback in different shooting, driving and other scenes, increasing the immersion of the game.
“Genshin Impact”-PerfDog software frame rate results△
In the “Genshin Impact” game test, turn on the extremely high +60 frame picture quality setting, and perform the running test in the Liyuegang game scene with a relatively high load. After 20 minutes of gameplay, the PerfDog software recorded an average of 44.8 frames.
The first 3 minutes or so can reach close to 60 frames. Although the number of game frames will be limited later, the maximum will rise to about 50 frames.
In each stage of the game, a relatively stable number of frames is maintained, and there will not be frequent large fluctuations, and a relatively stable picture fluency can be maintained. The above tests are all under extremely high image quality. If the image quality is reduced, the number of frames should have better performance.
Back & Front Temperature
Although the game frame rate of “Genshin Impact” is not particularly aggressive, the temperature is controlled in a relatively low range. After 20 minutes of “Genshin Impact” game, the highest temperature on the back of the fuselage is 43 degrees, and the highest temperature on the front is 40.2 degrees, which will not cause a particularly obvious hot feeling.
The game assistant of the mobile phone has been upgraded to a new version, and the functions are integrated and more intuitive. Players can quickly switch the e-sports mode, enable bullet screen notifications, lightning start and other functions in the game assistant, bringing a more convenient gaming experience.
Charging and battery life: fast and long-life 80W super flash charging
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ is equipped with a 4500mAh battery that supports long-life 80W super flash charging.
It is understood that this phone has a built-in OPPO exclusive battery smart health engine, adopts battery bionic repair electrolyte technology and OPPO exclusive battery health algorithm, reduces the charging temperature, and increases the battery life to 2 times, making it more durable.
Start the charging test when the battery remains at 1%. It takes 5 minutes to reach 24% of the power, 10 minutes to reach 44% of the power, 20 minutes to reach 75% of the power, and 30 minutes to reach 100% of the power. The charging speed is relatively fast, and a few minutes of fragmented charging can also obtain a lot of electricity, which reduces the anxiety of daily battery life to a certain extent.
In terms of battery life, the test starts from 100% power, the screen brightness is 50%, and the 120Hz high refresh mode is turned on. The test sessions include daily online viewing of 1080P videos, Weibo, Douyin, and game play sessions. Games are all turned on in 60-frame mode.
The specific power consumption of each link is shown in the figure above. After 3 hours of battery life test, the remaining battery power is still 72%, and the battery life performance is relatively good, so there is no need to worry about the battery power problem all the time.
Other configuration: the detail experience is also excellent
In terms of some detailed configurations, OPPO Reno8 Pro+ is equipped with multi-function NFC, and the X-axis linear motor on the system interface can also provide delicate vibration feedback. The phone is equipped with dual speakers, which can give you a better experience when playing games or watching videos.
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ is equipped with screen fingerprint unlocking, which is slightly lower. The screen unlocking speed is very fast, which can easily realize the unlocking experience in seconds.
Summarize:
OPPO Reno8 Pro+ is also a mobile phone with distinctive features, which captures the portrait video track and continues to make breakthroughs in portrait video.
Through the self-developed Mariana X chip and the portrait algorithm matrix accumulated by previous generations of products, the product has made great progress in portrait video shooting, making it easier for everyone to shoot high-quality portrait videos.
The addition of the self-developed Mariana X chip has brought the portrait video of OPPO Reno8 Pro+ to a new level, entering a new level of portrait video competition, with a breakthrough lead.
At the same time, Reno8 Pro+ can also bring a pretty good comprehensive experience in other aspects. It is a portrait video light flagship product that has greatly improved in portrait imaging, appearance design, and comprehensive experience.
From the OPPO Reno8 series equipped with self-developed chips, it can be seen that OPPO is expanding the advantages of self-developed chips to more product lines, effectively strengthening the exclusive competitiveness of mid-range products, and bringing users a more breakthrough high-quality experience.
The tens of millions of shipments of the Reno series will further verify the chip capabilities and accelerate the evolution of OPPO’s self-developed chips. These also show OPPO’s determination to make chips for a long time, which is a correct and important thing.