Over the past few years Oppo made big strides in expanding both its presence to new markets and its portfolio to the higher echelons and the Reno 10x zoom is another step in that direction.

Brilliant design, Excellent AMOLED screen, large and notch-free, Intriguing sharp fin notch, Class-leading battery life, VOOC fast charging, Cutting-edge performance, Overall excellent photo and video quality

Let’s talk about price. The Reno 10x Zoom has already launched in the Philippines for PHP 45,990 (8GB + 256GB). With that in mind, the OnePlus 7 Pro of the same configuration is cheaper by PHP 3,000, and you might want to get that instead if you don’t need that periscopic telephoto lens.

While this was launched before the Cricket World Cup it did not arrive with me until the Cricket season was finished. Indeed anyone watching the main courts at Wimbledon would have seen the ‘oppo’ name on the show courts, great advert but how many will have known what the name referred to.

...and a worse screen

Great, versatile camera, Speedy performance, Strong battery life

Screen is only good, not great, Big and heavy, Zoom camera struggles in low light

After trying it for a few minutes it is difficult to express yourself openly, but it is easy to identify the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom as one of the major candidates for the title of best smartphone of the first half of 2019.

OPPO has been working its butt off to try and get to the same level as their competitors when it comes to flagship phones, and despite their missteps with the Find X, it looks like the company finally has a solid flagship in the form of the Reno 10x Zoom.

The Reno 10x Zoom the is the first Oppo device we’ve reviewed here at AnandTech, and frankly I wasn’t too sure what to expect going into this review. The one aspect where the Reno 10x does stand out in is its design.

OPPO nails the premium experience with the Reno 10X Zoom, giving it a potent weapon in a phone race that’s suddenly become more wide open in the wake of Huawei’s woes.

Oppo's latest phone, the OPPO Reno, comes with a crazy shark fin-looking selfie camera and a 10x hybrid zoom sensor....

A Huawei P30 Pro with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage will cost you £899, and while Oppo's Reno 10x Zoom can't quite match the P30 on photography, it gets pretty close -- while offering excellent value for money at £700 for the 8GB/256GB model.

Excellent triple camera system with 10x zoom, Clever pop-up front camera, Top-class CPU and GPU performance, Good battery life, Minimal-bezel OLED screen

No IP rating for dust/water resistance, No wireless charging, Relatively bulky and heavy