Oppo Mobile Phone Discussion Thread

[Blueray]

Starting a thread for Oppo mobile phone users to share :

- purchase experience

- user experience (hardware / software)

- what exceeded expectations

- what disappointed

- general Oppo, Android and Color OS knowledge

etc, etc ...

To kick start, mine is the Reno3 which was purchased from Oppo Official Store on Shopee just before last year's 11.11

Preloaded with Android 10 and has since been upgraded to Android 11 and recently to Android 12. Believe I have used up the 2 Android updates typical for Reno series mobile phones. 

Was attracted by the quad cam set up, Amoled display, Dolby Atmos, 3.5mm jack, and even the front cam was 44mp (!)

Have to live with the somewhat outdated teardrop notch though.

Not into gaming so did not need a top end processor and mega battery. Have also set phone for +5GB RAM expansion. 

Am into photography so the quad cam set up was useful. However, auto pictures tend to be a bit on the "bright" side so I do manual tweak.

For my usage pattern, full charge can last till the evening.

Box came with a fast charger, cable, wired earphones, plastic back cover. 

 

 

[Lala81]

My phone is new. 2 months old. 

Since it's a previous flagship, not much to complain. 

But I would say that minor issues for me are, 

1. The screen tends to be too dim too often. I have to manually adjust it more than my Samsung.

2. my Brave tabs for MCF keeps randomly hanging on changing between portrait to landscape and also when I sleep the phone or do something else. Then the tab becomes dead and I have to close it and open another one again. It probably has something to do with the memory management which oppo is known to have some problems with compared to iOs or even Samsung/Xiaomi. 

[Inlinefour]

my tiongkok small rice 2 years uplorry 

 

apple 5 years still strong only change battery 

[Mkl22]

  On 11/14/2022 at 3:56 PM, Inlinefour said:

my tiongkok small rice 2 years uplorry 

 

apple 5 years still strong only change battery 

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Is Apple only 2.5 times the price? 
anyway I still only buy Apple. 

[Lala81]

  On 11/14/2022 at 3:56 PM, Inlinefour said:

my tiongkok small rice 2 years uplorry 

 

apple 5 years still strong only change battery 

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My wife small rice 4.5 years Liao leh. I want to buy her pixel 7 she say no need first... 

But apple is the most reliable definitely. 

Edited November 14, 2022 by Lala81

[Inlinefour]

  On 11/14/2022 at 11:32 PM, Mkl22 said:

Is Apple only 2.5 times the price? 
anyway I still only buy Apple. 

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  On 11/14/2022 at 11:46 PM, Lala81 said:

My wife small rice 4.5 years Liao leh. I want to buy her pixel 7 she say no need first... 

But apple is the most reliable definitely. 

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100% agree 👍 

 

My MacBook Pro also win all my other laptops

 

But price wise really ex for Ping Guo 🙈🙊🙉

[Ender]

Don't like their proprietary fast charge protocol. Have an old R15 pro, cannot take advantage of my generic quick charger.

[Victor68]

I am using Reno 5, over 2 years still working perfectly fine. My wife Xiaomi more than 4 years still working fine. So, in general most phones today are quite good. My last Samsung 9+ didn't last the 2 years. So Abit of luck also.

[Blueray]

  On 11/15/2022 at 12:24 AM, Ender said:

Don't like their proprietary fast charge protocol. Have an old R15 pro, cannot take advantage of my generic quick charger.

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am using a fast charger which came with Poco M3, no issues.

 

[Lala81]

  On 11/15/2022 at 12:24 AM, Ender said:

Don't like their proprietary fast charge protocol. Have an old R15 pro, cannot take advantage of my generic quick charger.

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I use my pre existing qc 3.0 charger. I don't want to charge too fast. Don't want battery thermals to be compromised. 

Can fast charge good enough for my needs but I'm not in a rush anyway.  

 

[Lala81]

  On 11/14/2022 at 11:59 PM, Inlinefour said:

 

100% agree 👍 

 

My MacBook Pro also win all my other laptops

 

But price wise really ex for Ping Guo 🙈🙊🙉

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My wife's MBA is still working but got two lines across the screen. 

Think 11-12 years already. 

[Blueray]

  On 11/15/2022 at 12:51 AM, Lala81 said:

I use my pre existing qc 3.0 charger. I don't want to charge too fast. Don't want battery thermals to be compromised. 

Can fast charge good enough for my needs but I'm not in a rush anyway.  

 

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yeah, makers keep saying new super duper fast chargers does not hurt batteries.

I'm kinda skeptical so I'll just stick to my slower fast charger. 

[Ender]

  On 11/15/2022 at 12:46 AM, Blueray said:

am using a fast charger which came with Poco M3, no issues.

 

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But oppo only support their own proprietary fast charge.  So it only normal charging in other brand charger.

[Ender]

  On 11/15/2022 at 12:51 AM, Lala81 said:

I use my pre existing qc 3.0 charger. I don't want to charge too fast. Don't want battery thermals to be compromised. 

Can fast charge good enough for my needs but I'm not in a rush anyway.  

 

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Most of the time don't need fast charge. But it's those rushing time like you have have low batt and only 30 minutes to charge before you head out that fast charging is useful. So I would like to have that option available when needed.

As for whether fast charging is harmful, an still unsure, but they say it's the heat generated that degrades the batt, and nowadays temp monitoring is standard on a newer phone.

Besides all modern notebook that comes with 60w charger and above are all doing fast charging, include macbook with PD port.

Edited November 15, 2022 by Ender

[Blueray]

  On 11/15/2022 at 1:17 AM, Ender said:

But oppo only support their own proprietary fast charge.  So it only normal charging in other brand charger.

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oic, my Oppo comes with 30W fast charger but I am using a Poco 22.5W fast charger.

also can lah, 30 mins of charging and I can take it with me and leave the house already.

maybe mine is lower tech so not proprietary. 

[Ender]

  On 11/15/2022 at 12:52 AM, Lala81 said:

My wife's MBA is still working but got two lines across the screen. 

Think 11-12 years already. 

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My son's mac book pro for school. Changed keyboard or is it screen at 3rd year. Lucky the school got some kind of extended warranty or insurance.

Still workable at it's 7th year, but battery not lasting. 

[Inlinefour]

  On 11/15/2022 at 12:52 AM, Lala81 said:

My wife's MBA is still working but got two lines across the screen. 

Think 11-12 years already. 

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Really good and durable

Screen replacement quite ex 

Just bear with it first 👍

[Lala81]

  On 11/15/2022 at 1:33 AM, Ender said:

My son's mac book pro for school. Changed keyboard or is it screen at 3rd year. Lucky the school got some kind of extended warranty or insurance.

Still workable at it's 7th year, but battery not lasting. 

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My wife's MBA lightly used after we got a laptop. We still use it from time to time like my son do Koolbits or what. But can work very good liao.