Oppo Reno 8T

Elegant Design & Premium Built

Oppo Reno 8T 4G is an elegant mid-range smartphone with an ergonomic design and premium touch. By every inch a premium handset, it is featherlight at 180g for its size of 160.8 x 73.8 x 7.8 mm.  The featherlight weight combined with its impressive 7.8mm thickness makes it the choice mid-range phone to buy and own in 2023.

The corners and edges of the handset and nicely curved, with the sexy touch unmistakable. The curvaceous design and overall appearance of the handset are further complemented by the aesthetics that make it attractive, elegant, and outstanding from the competition. Reno 8T 4G is now available in 2 unique choice colors: Black Starlight, and Orange Sunset. This gives the handset further exquisiteness to stand out from the rest.

Outstanding Tamper-Proof Display

The display on the Reno 8T is outstanding, and a key feature that truly defines the mid-range phone. It boasts the narrowest bezels compared to other handsets within its price range, with an 84.1% screen-to-body ratio. As the user, you have more access to a larger screen which improves the user experience overall.

Oppo Reno 8T 4G, like the 5G Model has the best 3D curved screen in its retail price range making it visually boundless while at the same time achieving the perfect balance of immersive vision and extreme feel to users. A high refresh rate of up to 90 Hz refresh rate helps improve smoothness when watching video content and a faster reaction when browsing the internet. Lags are a big turn-off, and it is great to note that Oppo purposed to have no associations with such setbacks.

Boasting a 6.43-ich, AMOLED Display with 800 nits (peak) brightness and 1080 x 2400 pixels (~409 ppi density), you will be immediately impressed and get immersed in it. Reno 8T 4G’s screen is made tamper-proof thanks to the impressive, tamper-proof pre-installed Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (always on display).

A Superior Camera Set-Up

The main camera on the Oppo Reno 8T (4G) consists of impressive and high-performance gear consisting of:

• 100 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), AF primary camera
• 2 MP, f/3.3, 34mm (microscope) lens
• 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) sensor.

The LED flash, HDR, and panorama give you the necessary options to pick from whether in a poorly lit environment, need to capture a large picturesque background. The HDR features help improve the overall picture quality by introducing better peak brightness, colour gamut, and color depth.

The main camera on the Reno 8T records high-quality 1080p@30fps videos. The selfie camera on the other hand features a single, 32 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide) lens. HDR and panorama give the user great options to take high-quality, uncompromised selfies and 1080p video recordings.

Operating System

Oppo Reno 8T 4G runs on Android 13, ColorOS 13. The skin enables a smooth user interface and customization to your personalized preferences.

Processing Unit

The handset is powered by a MediaTek MT8781 Helio G99 (6nm) chipset, which is quite decent by any standards in enabling the optimal running of the device. With an Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) CPU and Mali-G57 MC2 GPU, you are assured of efficient performance of the Reno 8T when multitasking, playing games, and streaming videos. Lags and phone stuttering is the last thing you will experience on the handset, given its proficient processor.

Inbuild and Support Memory.

To optimize the user experience, Oppo installed 256GB and 8GB RAM (inbuilt memory) which is quite sufficient for unlimited downloading and installing useful apps and multi-media content. The dedicated slot for additional memory (MicroSDXC) is well thought, out and a plus on the already reasonable memory space.

Optimized Communication Capabilities

For the best audio experience, the Reno 8Tdevice comes loaded with a dual speaker that enables high-quality audio output when the handset is in speaker mode when communicating, or during entertainment. The handset is Wi-Fi enabled (Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band). It is Bluetooth enabled (5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD) making it possible to pair it with other devices and handsets that have the BT feature. For accurate location and tracking, Reno 8T comes installed with GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, and QZSS positioning features. NFC and USB Type C 2.0, OTG are supported, enabling fast transfer of data and files. Too bad the device does not have the 3.5mm jack and does not support FM Radio, which is handy in certain circumstances.

Network

Oppo Reno 8T is 4G network enabled. Supporting GSM / HSPA / LTE network technology, it supports 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. 4G in 2023 is still a thing, but good to note Oppo have An Oppo Reno 8T 5G Model. For faster downloading and uploading of heavy files and large data, consider the Oppo Reno 8T retailing at Kes 60,000.

Battery

Powering the handset is a 5,000mAh non-removable battery. It supports fast charging, with a 33W Supervooc wired charger capable of charging 1-54% of the battery in 30 min. It also supports reverse, wired charging.