Oppo Realme 2 Pro - All information about the smartphone

Oppo Realme 2 Pro

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer “Oppo” is largely unknown in this country. Oppo or its parent company “BBK Electronics” is one of the five largest smartphone producers in the world. Other well-known brands from the BBK Electronics Group include OnePlus, Vivo and, more recently, Realme, which, as Oppo's "young brand", attracts customers with inexpensive yet well-equipped smartphones. The Realme 2 Pro is the first smartphone in the series that will also be released internationally.

Sleek design and dewdrop display

The Realme 2 Pro comes with a stylish design. The smartphone is available in the colors “Blue Ocean”, “Black Sea” and “Ice Lake”. The colored back is laminated in 15 layers so that it shimmers differently depending on the light. Despite the 6.3-inch display, the housing dimensions are compact at 156.7 x 74 x 8.5 mm. The weight is also not too high at 174g.

The connection options include a microUSB socket and a 3.5 mm headphone input. It's a shame that Realme decided against the more recent USB-C standard. Both connections are not opposite, but placed next to each other. If you like to listen to music and carry your smartphone in your pocket, you won't have to deal with annoying cables. In the middle of the two sockets is one of the total of 2 microphones with noise suppression. The mono loudspeaker is located to the right of the MicroUSB socket. The SIM tray on the side of the housing can be equipped with 2 nano SIM cards and an additional MircoSD card.

The Realme 2 Pro is a smartphone with a notch. However, thanks to the “Dewdrop” design, the display notch is not much larger than a drop. The notch only surrounds the front camera. The sensors and the earpiece are barely visible between the display and the edge of the case. The IPS (In-Cell) display has a diagonal of 6.3 inches with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels. This results in a rather unusual aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The display to housing ratio is an impressive 90.8%. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

Fast mid-range hardware

The smartphone is equipped with one of the fastest mid-range SoCs currently available. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 System-on-Chip forms a CPU with 8 Kryo 260 cores, which in turn are divided into two clusters. Four of the processor cores combine to form a performance cluster that takes on computationally intensive tasks. The maximum clock rate is 2 GHz. Four more processor cores form the energy-saving cluster, which takes care of less demanding tasks while saving the battery. The memory equipment of the international Realme 2 Pro can come up with a full 8GB RAM (LPDDR4X) and a 128GB data memory (UFS2.1). The smaller model with 4GB and 6GB RAM and 64GB data storage is withheld from the Indian market.

The well-known Oppo ColorOS 5.2 is used as the user interface. This is an Android operating system that has been adapted by the manufacturer and is based on Android 8.1. A curse and a blessing are on the one hand the extended range of functions, but at the same time you have to deal with apps that are sometimes not required and that artificially inflate the system (bloatware). ColorOS is optically based on Apple's iOS.

AI dual camera

The dual main camera is a 16 megapixel Sony IMX398 image sensor with f / 1.7 aperture and a 2 megapixel sensor with f / 2.4 aperture. The main sensor was already installed in the OnePlus 5 / 5T used. The large aperture allows more light to reach the camera sensor through the lens. Theoretically, this enables better recordings in poor lighting. The main camera is supported by an LED flash. Further features are a dual pixel autofocus for even faster and more precise focusing, electronic image stabilization (EIS) and 16 AI scene modes.

The front camera also uses a 16 megapixel image sensor, but with an f / 2.0 aperture. Recordings are analyzed through deep learning and automatically pimped up in post-production. How well Realme implemented the function will be shown in the test of the Realme 2 Pro.

Mobile, battery and others

The Oppo Realme 2 Pro International is well positioned when it comes to mobile communications. All 4G mobile radio bands represented in Germany are supported. The models intended exclusively for the Indian market do not have straps 7 and 20. If you want to buy the Realme 2 Pro, you should definitely choose the international model! Here is an overview of all mobile radio bands and frequencies.

•  GSM: 850/900/1800 / 1900MHz
•  WCDMA: 850/900 / 2100MHz
•  FDD-LTE:  1/3/5/8/7/20
•  TD-LTE:  38/40/41 (2535-2655MHz)

The smartphone also supports dual-AC WLAN according to 802.11ac. Bluetooth runs in version 5.0. For precise navigation, the smartphone receives position data via GPS, AGPS, GLONASS and BeiDou. The sensor equipment includes a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, a G-sensor, a gyroscope and an e-compass. The device can be safely unlocked with the help of a fingerprint scanner and facial recognition. NFC is not available.

The capacity of the non-replaceable battery is 3500 mAh. Unfortunately, quick charge is not supported. A maximum of 5V 2A is charged. Realme specifies the runtime of one battery charge with 16.5 hours in standby, 12 hours music, 10 hours video and 12.5 hours web surfing.

First impression

Should the Realme 2 Pro actually appear at a price of just under € 200, it would be one of the best-equipped mid-range smartphones of 2018. Other smartphones with Snapdragon 660 system-on-chip are hardly available for less than € 300. So far, however, the smartphone has only appeared in India. Realme has already announced an international launch. It is not yet known when it will actually happen. In any case, the article will be kept up to date and will hopefully be converted into a review soon.