SpecEagle review · Oppo

Oppo Reno2 review: Quad-cam shark-fin pop-up with 20x hybrid zoom.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2019·$500
Overall
76/100
Class rank
#3 of 101
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Zoom in a shark-fin shell.

Reno2 refined the signature shark-fin pop-up and added a quad camera with 5x hybrid zoom and 20x digital reach — bringing periscope-style versatility to a notchless AMOLED phone before zoom became common in the segment.

01Display

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED, notchless
Size6.5 inches
Resolution1080 x 2400 px
FingerprintUnder-display

02Camera

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Main48 MP, f/1.7
Telephoto13 MP 5x hybrid / 20x digital
Ultrawide8 MP, 116 deg
Mono2 MP
Selfie16 MP shark-fin pop-up

03Performance

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 730G (8nm)
GPUAdreno 618

04Battery

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Capacity4000 mAh
ChargingVOOC 3.0 20W

05Build

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Shark-fin pop-up keeps front uninterrupted
  • 5x hybrid / 20x zoom unusual in tier
  • Stereo speakers + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 730G mid-tier at $500
  • Mechanical pop-up wear
  • 2 MP mono filler
Cross-shop it against
Xiaomi Mi 9T
$349 · score 78/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 101-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .