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Oppo Reno 5G
When great white sharks attack their prey, they have a neat trick that protects their eyes from being damaged if their dinner thrashes around in a vain attempt to escape: they roll their pupils back in their heads.
It seems someone at Oppo is a Jaws fan – because not only does the Reno 5G’s 16MP front-facing camera hide away inside the chassis when it’s not in use, but it automatically pops up on a fin-like protrusion when summoned for a selfie. That allows the 6.6in 2340x1080 AMOLED screen to dominate the front with no sign of a notch, plus there’s a fingerprint sensor built-in. Round the back (see over the page) you get a triple snapper setup of 48MP + 8MP + 13MP, but the real headline-grabber there is its 10x optical zoom.
Inside, a Snapdragon 855 processor and up to 8GB of RAM should give the Reno real bite when you put it to the test, while the 4065mAh battery should keep it afloat for more than a day. With 5G capabilities onboard, it’s also ready and waiting for the new super-fast mobile networks that’ll be switched
