Oppo’s new Reno Ace can be fully charged in half an hour – Circuit Breaker, The Verge

  

Oppo has announced the latest phone in its increasingly diversified Reno range of flagship phones, the Reno Ace. This one is in many ways the most high-end entry yet, although that depends on how you feel about notches.

Spec-wise, this device is very similar to sister companyOnePlus ’excellent new 7T. There’s a Snapdragon 855 Plus processor, a (9: 6.5-inch) p display with a small waterdrop notch and a (Hz refresh rate, and a camera system built around Sony’s ubiquitous) – megapixel IMX 586 sensor.

The Reno Ace gains an extra fourth camera with a monochrome sensor, however, and comes with up to 12 GB of RAM.The Reno (x Zoom) , with its notchless display, “shark fin” pop-up selfie camera, and periscope telephoto lens, could still be considered the top-end Reno if you’d value its features over the faster processor and screen in the Ace .

The Ace’s truly unique feature is its breakthrough fast charging. Oppo was already the leader here with itsLamborghini-edition Find X, but the Reno Ace’s 65 W SuperVOOC steps it up further. The phone’s 4, (mAh dual-cell battery can be charged from 0 to) percent in 30 minutes, according to Oppo, allowing for two hours of usage from just a five-minute charge.

XiaomiandVivohave both shown off faster ways to charge a 4, 000 mAh battery, but neither have actually shipped products that make use of the tech. Oppo also says the Reno Ace’s 65 W charger is the smallest on the market thanks toGaN technology.

We’ll have to test those claims for ourselves, of course. The Reno Ace does also support both USB-C Power Delivery and Qualcomm’s Quick Charge at 18 W for times when you don’t have Oppo’s proprietary charger and cable, which is good news given thatGoogle now mandates standard fast-charge techfor all Android phones.

The Reno Ace is coming to China first and starts at 2, 999 Yuan (~ $ 420) for 8GB of RAM and 12 GB of storage, or 3, (yuan) ~ $ 530) for 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. In between those options is a wildMobile Suit Gundamspecial edition with 8GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage for 3, (RMB) 505), which is obviously the one to go for, because look at it: