The OPPO Reno9 series is official, with 16 GB of RAM on the Pro models. The Chinese manufacturer OPPO has recently unveiled, for the Chinese market, the three smartphones that make up the OPPO Reno9 series, characterized by a design that uniforms them with each other aesthetically (and which makes them look a lot like the predecessors of the Reno8 range) but equipped with technical specifications that place them in various segments of the Android smartphone market.
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Certainly the most interesting are the Pro and Pro+ models which, for the first time on the Reno series of the Chinese giant, offer only memory configurations with 16 GB of RAM memory. Let’s find out all the details of these three new smartphones.
OPPO Reno9 Pro + is the spearhead of the range
Let’s start with the strong point of the trio, namely OPPO Reno9 Pro +. Like its brothers, it has a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with Full HD + resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate, which hides an optical fingerprint reader and is interrupted, at the top, by a centered circular hole that houses a sensor 32-megapixel photo camera. However, he is the only one to offer a curved display on the edges, reducing the overall dimensions compared to the brothers: in fact, it is the most “compact” in plan of the three, but it is also the thickest and heaviest (it is made with a frame in aluminum and glass front/rear).
The back is made with a design that incorporates the concepts introduced with the OPPO Reno8 range: in this case, the whole island that houses the cameras protrudes from the body and houses three sensors, a 50-megapixel wide-angle lens with f/ 1.8, 6P lens, PDAF and optical stabilization, an 8 megapixel ultra-wide angle with 120 degree viewing angle (which also acts as a macro sensor) and a 2 megapixel depth of field sensor.
OPPO Reno9 Pro + is the first smartphone of the Chinese manufacturer that pairs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 with the proprietary MariSilicon X NPU, gaining artificial intelligence performance even higher than that of the current top range of the house, i.e. the OPPO Find X5 Pro (find our review here). To support the SoC, then, we find 16 GB of RAM and 256 or 512 GB of storage space.
Complete in terms of connectivity (5G networks, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, dual band GPS, NFC, USB-C), he is the only one of the lot to offer stereo audio. In addition, it houses a 4700 mAh battery that supports 80W wired fast charging, capable of fully recharging the smartphone in 31 minutes (in 10 minutes it goes from 0% to 45%). The operating system closes the package, which is ColorOS 13 based on Android 13.
Technical specifications
- Dimensions: 161.5 x 73.6 x 8mm
- Weight: 192 grams
- Display: 6.7-inch AMOLED with FHD+ resolution in 20:9 (1080 x 2412 pixels)
- 1 billion colors
- HDR10+
- Brightness: 500 nits (typical), 950 nits (peak)
- Refresh rate at 120Hz
- SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4nm) with octa-core CPU, Adreno 730 GPU and MariSilicon X NPU
- RAM memory: 16GB (LPDDR5)
- Storage: 256GB or 512GB (UFS 3.1)
- Triple rear camera with LED flash
- 50 MP (f/1.8) main sensor with PDAF and OIS
- 8 MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide-angle sensor with 112° viewing angle
- 2 MP (f/2.4) depth-of-field sensor
- Front Camera: 32 MP (f/2.4) sensor with autofocus
- Audio: stereo (dual speakers)
- Mobile networks: Dual SIM (nano-SIM), 5G/4G/3G/2G
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 ax), Bluetooth 5.2 (A2DP, LE, aptX HD), dual-band GPS (L1+L5), NFC, IR, USB Type-C 2.0
- Fingerprint reader: optical (under display)
- Sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass, ambient light
- Battery: 4700mAh unit
- 80W wired fast charging
- Operating system: ColorOS 13 based on Android 13
OPPO Reno9 Pro loses a photographic sensor and the Qualcomm SoC
Let’s go down one step and move on to the middle model, or OPPO Reno9 Pro. It is slightly larger in plan than its premium brother but, at the same time, it is undoubtedly thinner (excluding the protruding cameras) and lighter, probably due to the battery less capacious from 4500 mAh which is recharged “only” at 67 W.
Net of the decidedly less accentuated curvature of the display, the front is practically the same as the model with the “+”; at the rear, however, although the design is very similar, the entire island that contains the photographic compartment does not protrude: in fact, only the circular portholes that house the two sensors present (unlike the three offered by the older brother) protrude.
OPPO Reno9 Pro offers a dual rear camera setup, consisting of a 50-megapixel main sensor with 7P lens and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor with 112-degree viewing angle.
As far as performance is concerned, here we find a MediaTek-branded solution, or the Dimensity 8100 made at 5 nanometers, supported by the NPU MariSilicon X to improve performance in the field of artificial intelligence. Like the “+” model, it offers 16 GB of RAM, whether you choose the cut with 256 GB of storage space or the one with 512 GB.
Finally, the equipment from the point of view of connectivity is good (it loses the dual-band GPS but gains Bluetooth 5.3) and, also in this case, the operating system is the ColorOS 13 based on Android 13.
Technical specifications
- Dimensions: 162.3 x 74.2 x 7.2mm
- Weight: 174 grams
- Display: 6.7-inch AMOLED with FHD+ resolution in 20:9 (1080 x 2412 pixels)
- 1 billion colors
- HDR10+
- Brightness: 500 nits (typical), 950 nits (peak)
- Refresh rate at 120Hz
- SoC: MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Max (5nm) with octa-core CPU, ARM Mali-G610 MC6 GPU and MariSilicon X NPU
- RAM memory: 16GB (LPDDR5)
- Storage: 256GB or 512GB (UFS 3.1)
- Dual rear camera with LED flash
- 50 MP (f/1.8) main sensor with PDAF
- 8 MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide-angle sensor with 112° viewing angle
- Front Camera: 32 MP (f/2.4) sensor with autofocus
- Mobile networks: Dual SIM (nano-SIM), 5G/4G/3G/2G
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 ax), Bluetooth 5.3 (A2DP, LE, aptX HD), GPS, NFC, IR, USB Type-C 2.0
- Fingerprint reader: optical (under display)
- Sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass, ambient light
- Battery: 4500mAh unit
- 67W wired fast charging
- Operating system: ColorOS 13 based on Android 13
OPPO Reno9 aims all proven specifications
At the base of the range, at least for the moment, is OPPO Reno9, a smartphone that has many in common with the middle model (same body, same display, same battery, same number of photographic sensors and same operating system).
From a performance point of view, here we find 8 or 12 GB of RAM and 256 or 512 GB of storage space alongside Qualcomm’s highly tested Snapdragon 778G 5G SoC, without, however, the MariSilicon X NPU to refine the performance related to the artificial intelligence.
As far as the rear cameras are concerned, once again contained in an island on the body from which only the two large circular portholes protrude, this time the ultra-wide-angle sensor disappears: the two sensors, in fact, are a 64-megapixel wide-angle and a 2 megapixel depth of field sensor.
Technical specifications
- Dimensions: 162.3 x 74.2 x 7.2mm
- Weight: 174 grams
- Display: 6.7-inch AMOLED with FHD+ resolution in 20:9 (1080 x 2412 pixels)
- 1 billion colors
- HDR10+
- Brightness: 500 nits (typical), 950 nits (peak)
- Refresh rate at 120Hz
- SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G (6nm) with octa-core CPU and Adreno 642L GPU
- RAM memory: 8 or 12 GB (LPDDR5)
- Storage: 256GB (UFS 2.2) or 512GB (UFS 3.1)
- Dual rear camera with LED flash
- 64 MP (f/1.8) main sensor with PDAF
- 2 MP (f/2.4) depth-of-field sensor
- Front Camera: 32 MP (f/2.4) sensor with autofocus
- Mobile networks: Dual SIM (nano-SIM), 5G/4G/3G/2G
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 ax), Bluetooth 5.2 (A2DP, LE, aptX HD), GPS, NFC, IR, USB Type-C 2.0
- Fingerprint reader: optical (under display)
- Sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass, ambient light
- Battery: 4500mAh unit
- 67W wired fast charging
- Operating system: ColorOS 13 based on Android 13
Availability and prices of the new OPPO Reno9
The new OPPO Reno9, Reno9 Pro and Reno9 Pro + are already available for pre-order, in China, starting today, while sales will officially start on December 2nd. Below are the prices of these smartphones, which vary according to the model and memory configuration.
OPPO Reno9 arrives in four colors, Black, Gold, Pink Gradient and Red, and in three memory configurations:
- 8 + 256 GB configuration at a price of around 336 euros at current exchange rates
- 12 + 256 GB configuration at a price of around 363 euros
- 12 + 512 GB configuration at a price of around 404 euros
OPPO Reno9 Pro arrives in three colors, Black, Gold and Pink Gradient, and in two memory configurations:
- 16 + 256 GB configuration at a price of around 471 euros
- 16 + 512 GB configuration at the price of (about 511 euros
OPPO Reno9 Pro + arrives in three colors, Black, Gold and Mint Green, and in two memory configurations:
- 16 + 256 GB configuration at a price of around 538 euros
- 16 + 512 GB configuration at a price of around 592 euros
Finally, we point out that OPPO has not communicated details about the availability and prices of these smartphones on other markets outside of China.