The mid-range market is highly competitive with practically all manufacturers aggressively adding features or undercutting each other. OPPO Reno10 5G does a bit of both – boasting some premium features while coming in at a lower price than 2022’s Reno8 5G. Even with a lower price, OPPO Reno10 5G has a lot to live up to as the successor to the well-received OPPO Reno 8 series.
To help with standing out in the middle of the market, Reno10 5G features what OPPO dub the Portrait Expert Engine. This Engine is marriage of hardware, software and AI to give premium-level selfies.
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Another high-end marriage of hardware and software is the Battery Health Engine designed to allow the device to stay capable for up to four years. And perhaps most impressively, OPPO Reno10 5G comes to Ireland for well under €500 SIM-free, you can even bag on on Pay as You Go for as little as €369
OPPO Reno10 5G SIM-free prices worldwide from 89,999 PKR/₹ 32,999/NGN 181,125/South African R23,499.00.
Safe Design
OPPO Reno10 5G sits some where more like the OPPO Find X5 series then the Reno8 in terms of visual design. It features the Find X5’s wraparound display design. The screen falls away at the vertical edges slightly. Reno10 also features the aluminium frame that curves to accommodate the flowing curves of the display.
Unlike the Find X5 and Reno8, Reno 10 features a distinct camera island. Where the rear morphed and flowed into a raised area to house the lens in the prior models, the sharp and defined island breaks from this very OPPO look.
While a safer design might make the device more appealing to the broad middle market, it has lost some of that unique aesthetic that lent a more luxurious look to the devices.
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OPPO Reno10 still looks the part, however. The use of a polished aluminium frame and the quality of the AMOLED screen bely the affordable price point, offering a premium look.
OPPO Reno10 also feels premium. Its reassuringly dense but not heavy at 185 grams. At 8mm thick, it’s very slim. That lithe frame and frosted, textured rear combine to make the device easy to hold and manipulate in the hand.
Premium-Level Sights and Sounds
OPPO Reno10 Reno10 features a gorgeous 6.7-inch AMOLED display. The screen features 1 billion colours across its 2412×1080 pixels in a 20:9 aspect ratio. The 6.7-inch AMOLED also features a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz and a peak brightness of 950nits. The display has enough brightness for comfortable outdoor use.
In practice, you get a display that looks about as good a premium device in most cases. It’s bright and sharp. Colour is vibrant and contrast is deep. The 120Hz refresh rate gives scrolling that premium smoothness.
OPPO Reno10 also comes with 24-bit, 192kHz audio processing. This is a premium touch where we didn’t expect it and it’s very, very welcome. The device also rocks Bluetooth 5.3, the latest standard offers higher quality, but also reduces the power needed to fire BT audio.
The audio visual experience of OPPO Reno10 5G leaves a wonderful first impression. The sights and sounds of the Reno10 could easily be mistaken for a flagship device.
Reno 10 Performance
OPPO Reno10 5G runs a Mediatek MT6877V Dimensity 7050 with 8GB of RAM. This is more than adequate for slick everyday performance. Opening and switching apps is smooth and larger apps come to life reliably and quickly.
For the majority of tasks for the majority of users, OPPO Reno10 has a premium sprightliness in operation.
OPPO Reno10 is not the most powerful device for the price but it has more than enough grunt to compete. More importantly, for daily work and play the device has more then enough power to offer flawless performance.
And OPPO also offers endurance, in the form of their Dynamic Computing Engine. This is a system-level monitoring technology that promises to maintain the device’s stability and fluency. The company tested the system over a simulated four-year period to develop the Engine.
Reno 10 5G Camera Experience
Reno10’s zoom lens is a 32MP telephoto lens lens with 2x optical zoom. Zoom shots are similarly well detailed but offers less depth and less color consistency. The shots are still mostly great but they are sometimes less striking and less aesthetically pleasing than shots from the main lens.
Photos led by the main cam are bright and well-toned and offer excellent contrast. The images are also vibrant and boast an abundance of detail. The AI’s choice of settings is reliable with the vast majority of shots being on the money first time.
Oddly, there is no hard option to turn on or off the AI. The user has to just wrestle the setting away using the available options or go in to Pro mode.
The ultra-wide lens uses a 112° 8MP fixed-focus sensor that isn’t quite to the same standard as the main lenses. It’s good for fun photos of friends or squeezing in some graffiti but it lacks the detail to take ultra-wide middle or distant scenery.
OPPO Reno10 offers suit of filters and effects, including depth of field adjustment, to give portraits a little extra pop.
Self-Portrait Expert
The same suite of portrait software features are present on the 32MP front-facing camera. The selfie performance is also part of the Reno10 5G marketing appeal and it doesn’t disappoint.
The 32MP sensor captures a lot of detail and renders a pleasing tone to its subjects. The autofocus and wide angle allow for an array of selfie type, and the background effects also work very well.
However, we noticed that even with beautification settings turned off the device seems to do a little work on selfies.
Battery Health, Stamina and Charging
OPPO Reno10 5G features a huge 5,000mAh battery which gives the device plenty of stamina. Coupled with ColorOS 13’s app management, only true powers users will wear the device out before the workday is done. The average user will make it to bed in the evening with 30% battery or more left in the tank.
Reno10’s use of the PD3 fast charging standard allows up to a 67W maximum charging speed with any other makers’ chargers capable of 67W or more. This is a cool feature that you’ll probably benefit from more often than you’d think.
At 67W, OPPO Reno10 will charge from 0-100% in around 47 minutes. Reno8 allowed for charging up to 80W but came with a 65W SuperVOOC charger so it’s give and take with its successor.
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OPPO Reno10 features the company’s proprietary Battery Health Engine. This carefully monitors the device’s battery to offer at least 80% of its original capacity after 1,600 cycles. That’s over 4 years of charging single day. We haven’t tested our device for four years but it offers some peace of mind nonetheless.
Specifications – OPPO Reno10 5G
| Chipset: | Mediatek MT6877V Dimensity 7050 (6 nm) CPU: Octa-core –2×2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 – 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 GPU: Mali-G68 MC4 |
| RAM: | 8GB (Expandable to 16GB) |
| Storage: | 256GB |
| Display: | 6.7 inches, 1080 x 2412 pixels, 20:9 aspect ratio AMOLED, 1B colours, 120Hz, HDR10+ |
| Camera: | – 64 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/2″, 0.7µm, PDAF – 32 MP, f/2.0, 47mm (telephoto), 1/2.74″, 0.8µm, PDAF, 2x optical zoom – 8 MP, f/2.2, 112˚ (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm |
| Video: | 4K@30fps, 1080p up to 480fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS |
| Selfie Cam: | 32 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide), 1/2.74″, 0.8µm, HDR, gyro-EIS |
| OS: | Android 13, OPPO ColorOS 13.1 |
| Battery: | – 5,000mAh Li-Po – Battery Health Engine; 80% capacity after 1,600 cycles |
| Charging: | Wired – 67W SuperVOOC |
| Dimensions: | 162.4 x 74.2 x 8 mm |
| Weight: | 185 grams |
| Colours: | Silvery Grey |
Pricing and Availability
OPPO Reno10 is available in Ireland in Silvery Grey and available at €369 on pre-pay with Three or SIM-free at an RRP of €449.
Review unit provided by OPPO PR
