Oppo Thailand held an event today, introducing the Reno8 series, and alongside the vanilla Reno8 and Reno8 Pro with Marisilicon NPU, we saw an entirely new phone - the Oppo Reno8 Z 5G. Well mostly new - it has the same specs as the Reno7 Z 5G, down to the chipset and memory configuration, but now it comes with a redesigned back and shiny Dawnlight Gold color.
The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 695
and is offered in Thailand with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The 6.43” OLED
screen with Full HD+ resolution and a fingerprint scanner underneath is
retained. The cameras are also the same - 64MP main, 2MP macro, 2MP depth
sensor. The Reno8 Z 5G is advertised as a “Portrait Expert”, while the Reno7 Z
5G was sold in Thailand with the slogan “Frame yourself”, which is essentially
the same - after all, even the front-facing camera is the same 16MP f/2.4
shooter.
This phone is part of the Reno8 series,
meaning the design resembles the other Reno8 phones - the camera island now
extends to the frame and apparently, Oppo used a different material because the
Reno8 Z is slightly thicker and heavier than the Reno7 Z. The battery remained
the same - 4,500mAh capacity with 33W charging support, while UI is now ColorOS
12.1, based on Android 12.
Oppo is also selling the Reno8 Z 5G in
Black color. Pre-orders begin today and will continue until next Sunday, August
14. The open sale begins after that, and the price for the phone is THB 12,990,
which is about US$ 360/€ 355.
