The smartphone marketplace is successful for a unsmooth clip – zooming successful connected Oppo’s caller Reno16 bid gives america a preview of what is to come. The 2 phones are susceptible mid-rangers, but their flagship-level pricing could spell doom for them erstwhile it comes to sales.
The Oppo Reno16 is successful a worse spot than its Pro sibling. While it has mostly the aforesaid hardware, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and the basal 50MP 1/1.95” main camera are a no-go for €900 (or adjacent for €800, which is the discounted terms that is disposable passim July).
The Oppo Reno16 Pro fares a spot better, but lone a bit. Some radical similar it implicit the vanilla exemplary owed to its much performant Dimensity 8550 chipset and particularly its larger 200MP 1/1.56” sensor successful the main camera.
That said, the bulk of radical who voted successful last week’s poll divided into 2 groups – those who privation a cheaper mid-ranger and those who would get a flagship for their money. To enactment it successful writing, the Reno16 Pro has an MSRP of €1,100, though you tin get it for €900 this period (this is for a 12/512GB phone).
Who knows however overmuch the adjacent procreation of flagships volition outgo – but determination are plentifulness of 2026 flagships that tin beryllium recovered astir the €1,000 mark. There are immoderate 2025 flagships disposable excessively (though their numbers are thinning out). And close now, those flagships are the smarter purchase.
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