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Upgrading OnePlus Five to Oppo Reno4

I upgraded my smartphone OnePlus Five to Oppo Reno4 Pro 5G. The OnePlus Five smartphone has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 CPU, while the newer Oppo smartphone uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765. I paid 347.17 EUR for the Oppo phone, which I bought at Amazon. I paid 499 EUR in June 2017 for the OnePlus Five, which I bought directly from OnePlus. The Reno4 is not sold worldwide. It seems that it is not sold in UK and in the US. The main reason for the upgrade was that the OnePlus was almost full w.r.t. to storage. The OnePlus only has 64 GB storage. The Reno4 offers 256 GB. Also, RAM increased from 6 GB to 12 GB, which helps when you switch apps.

The first very obvious difference is that the Oppo weights 172g, while the OnePlus weights 153g, the Oppo feels heavier. This only matters if you have the phone in your hand for a longer time. Another striking difference is that the Oppo phone charges very quickly. Within a 5-10 minutes you can charge enough for the entire day. Oppo calls this SuperVOOC charging.

The whole package includes phone, charger, USB earphones, case protector, paper leaflets, SIM card stick. After unpacking the new Oppo phone I had to update four times including a reboot each time. After that I am now at ColorOS 12.1, Android 12, security update 5-Apr-2022. Build number is CPH2089_11_F.71, baseband version Q_V1_P14,Q_V1_P14, kernel version 4.19.1157-perf+.

Reno4 Pro looks nice and noble. User experience using this ColorOS is good. The Reno4 Pro should not be confused with the Reno4 or Reno4 Z: Oppo Reno 4 Pro 5G vs Reno 4.

Some technical specs:

Type Value
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
RAM 12 GB
Storage 256 GB
OLED screen 6.5 inch
Screen refresh rate 90 Hz
Screen resolution 360 x 800
Max. touch sampling rate 180 Hz, usually 120 Hz
Movie aspect reation 21:9
Certification HDR 10+
Speakers Dual Linear Speakers Dolby Atmos
Weight 172 g
OS ColorOS 12.1, Android 12
Camera 48 MP, 12 MP ultranight, 13 MP telephoto
Selfie camera 32 MP
Charging 65 W
Battery 4000 mAh

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Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 765 contains a comparison of those two CPUs. Snapdragon 835 was announced November 2016, while Snapdragon 765 was announced December 2019, i.e., three years later. Key characterics are given in below table.

Type Snapdragon 835 Snapdragon 765
Architecture 4 × 2.45 GHz Kyro 280 (Cortex A73)
4 × 1.9 GHz Kyro 280 Cortex A53)
1 × 2.3 GHz Kyro 475 (Cortex A76)
1 × 2.2 GHz Kyro 475 (Cortex A76)
6 × 1.8 GHz Kyro 475 (Cortex A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2450 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
Process 10 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 3 × 109
TDP 9 W 5 W

Graphics comparison

Type Snapdragon 835 Snapdragon 765
CPU name Adreno 540 Adreno 620
Architecture 8 8
Frequency 2450 MHz 2300 MHz
Execution units 2 3
Shading units 256 192
FLOPS 558 Gigaflops 600 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

Memory comparison

Type Snapdragon 835 Snapdragon 765
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2 × 32 Bit 2 × 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 29.8 GBit/s 17 GBit/s
Max size 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia comparison

Type Snapdragon 835 Snapdragon 765
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 682 Hexagon 696
Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0
Max display resolution 3840 × 2160 3200 × 1800
Max camera resolution 1 × 32MP, 2 × 16MP 1 × 192MP, 2 × 22MP
Video capture 4K at 30 FPS 4K at 30 FPS
Video playback 4K at 60 FPS 4K at 30 FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, Mp4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP4, WAV

Connectivity comparison

Type Snapdragon 835 Snapdragon 765
Modem X16 LTE X52
4G support LTE Cat. 16 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1 GBit/s Up to 1.2 GBit/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MBit/s Up to 210 MBit/s
WiFi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Specification according phone leaflet in below table.

Type Value
Product CPH2089
Main screen parameter 16.5 cm
Dimension 159 × 72.5 × 7.6 (mm)
Battery DC 7.74V 1955 mAh/15.13Wh (Minimal)
DC 7.74V 2000mAh/15.48Wh (Typical)
Camera 48 Megapixels + 13 Megapixels + 12 Megapixels rear + 32 Megapixels front
Operating temperatures 0°-35°
CE SAR 0.892 W/kg (head)
1.318 W/kg (body)
RCM SAR 1.493 W/kg (head)
1.444 W/kg (body)
FCC SAR 1.19 W/kg (head>
0.42 W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (hotspot)

Radio wave specification according phone leaflet. 33 dBm is roughly 2 W, 23 dBm is roughly 200 mW, 8.5±2 dBM is roughly 5-10 mW. GSM is 2G, WCDMA is 3G, LTE is 4G.

Radio Frequency max output power
GSM 850 MHz 32.5 ± 1 dBm
" 900 MHz 33 ± 1 dBm
" 1800 MHz 30 ± 1 dBm
" 1900 MHz 29.5 ± 1 dBm
WCDMA Bands 1/5/6/8/19 24 ± 1 dBm
" Bands 2/7 23.5 ± 1 dBm
LTE FDD Bands 1/3/4/28/66 23.5 ± 1 dBm
" Bands 2/7 23 ± 1 dBm
" Bands 5/8/12/17/18/19/20/26 24 ± 1 dBm
" Band 32 /
LTE TDD Bands 38/39/40/41 23.5 ± 1 dBm
" Band 42 23 ± 1 dBm
5G NR n1/n3/n28/n38 23 ± 1 dBm
" n40/n41/n77/n78 23 ± 1.2 dBm
" n5/n8/n20 23.5 ± 1 dBm
" n7 22.5 ± 1 dBm
Bluetooth 2.4 - 2.4835 GHz 8.5 ± 2 dBm (EIRP)
2.4G WiFi 2.4 - 2.4835 GHz 16 ± 2 dBm (EIRP)
5G WiFi 5.15 -5.35 GHz, 5.47 - 5.725 GHz 15 ± 2.5 dBm (EIRP)
" 5.725 - 5.85 GHz 10 ± 2.5 dBm (EIRP)
NFC 13.56 MHz 42 dBµA/m @10m

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