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Set among other high-value offerings in the budget-to-midrange category, it stands out as a top contender. In fact, it's a top contender in the Android Headlines list for top value handsets. That doesn't mean it's without fault or caveats. The majority of the problems with this handset come back to software.
OPPO could ultimately choose to fix them, if and when it releases subsequent firmware or software updates. If the company makes that decision, it's going to want to start with ColorOS. The company's Android skin has come a long way over the course of several updates. It's now at a place that's much easier to familiarize with.
Irrespective of that, ColorOS 6 is still bloated and still convoluted in terms of navigation. OPPO still includes a lot of unnecessary software that most users will probably uninstall since that's not out of the question. The extra weight allows for deeper customizations and better system control. It also paves a path of seemingly endless exploration while appearing to lack focus in several key areas where it matters.
With more attention to the camera software, for instance, OPPO could have had a real competitor for the top device in its category and price range. A similar statement can be made about its gaming optimizer, Game Space, as well as aspects of this phone's connectivity. This phone often feels like it has too much going on in terms of software.
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Moreover, it has too much going on in terms of being far from stock Android. But still isn't good either. While all of the elements of stock Android are present, they aren't the same. Many elements have been renamed too or just don't work the same. One example of that, which I found particularly annoying, is how swiping away notifications works. First, a swipe is needed to load up a row of icons for interacting with a notification. Tapping on the trash can icon removes the notification. While that's a small distinction on the surface, I receive hundreds of notifications every day from emails, messages, apps, and more.
So doubling the number of actions required to get rid of those means productivity suffers as a result. There are similar small quirks throughout the UI. Each is easy enough to get used to or will be second-nature to those who have used ColorOS before.
For anybody coming from a stock version of Android, it's frustrating and takes some time to learn. Another small example is how OPPO itemizes and shows apps themselves. The default is to load up the home screens with icons. Finding the setting to switch away took some effort — it's in the display menu — but even doing that left all the icons on the screen, forcing their removal one by one.
The aesthetic of the drawer is also wholly inconsistent with the rest of the OS. Now, beyond the confusing maze of settings, OPPO offers plenty of experience customization out of the box.
There are settings to automatically turn off or on services while driving complete with auto-responses and connection controls. There are also a number of gesture-based and on-screen tools for navigating around and the stock navigations can be customized. A settings-based app that's not unlike Samsung's edge screen feature, offering quick access to apps and tools, is present too. If there's a customization-type feature or even a security feature you can imagine, it's probably available in the settings on OPPO's Reno Z.
The problem with extras is where they act as duplicates to what's already provided by Google services. Most of Google's apps are installed by default. But there are extras included too such as the Opera Browser and a Google Discovery-style browser called Yandex. Yandex Search is here too, duplicating Google's own app.
Finally, OPPO has its own version of the Google page that's typically found with a swipe all the way to the left. Called Smart Assistant, that imitates the Google Assistant features for surfacing all of a user's important information on a single page. But it really feels like forcing users to use its own solution instead of Google's. Those aren't duplicates and are too be expected regardless of which OEM a user goes with.
More accurately, it's possible to break other applications with Game Space. The app serves as a central hub for controlling notifications, system UI, and other aspects of the phone during gameplay.
It adds titles automatically and allows users to add their own apps as Game Space titles. I added a single game to the app during my use and it immediately broke the game. I actually had to completely uninstall and reinstall the title before it would play again. Other games don't seem to see much by way of improvement in terms of performance with the app either. However, optimizations could become more prominent in online multiplayer titles, since there are a number of in-app features geared toward that specifically.
I didn't test that particular category of titles. It was inconsistent to the point of being difficult to even describe properly. It's well known that the latter device's in-display sensor is more secure than a standard sensor but is slow.
It also requires a lot of pressure on the screen and doesn't always work properly even then. That led me to turn on a dual-security mode called Fingerprint-facial Combinational Unlock. The feature uses both. I presumed it would use either. Instead, it seems to use a combination of both to varying degrees of accuracy when the fingerprint key is pressed.
Regardless, facial recognition was almost always faster but didn't always work, to begin with. Wearing a hat, for example, threw off the face recognition. So did glasses. But it didn't do so every time.
Dimly lit rooms or rooms with reflective materials facing the camera appeared to have the same effect. The experience of using both simultaneously is jarring and I returned to using just my fingerprint.
It wasn't fast but it was a better experience. However, it shouldn't be expected that "better" in this case means that it was "great," even by comparison. It wasn't. A PIN might be the best way to unlock this phone. They didn't live up to the expectations set by the rest of the hardware. OPPO says that the new icon design works with hundreds of third-party apps, ensuring visual consistency.
The system comes with three new minimalist abstract wallpaper s on top of the ColorOS 6 wallpaper collection. Additions include the Hawa Hamal live wallpaper, which is an example of a localized theme. The Artist Wallpaper Project helps users design wallpapers of their own. ColorOS 7 brings an improved sound system including new ringtones, notification sounds, and alarm sounds. One of the biggest improvements that ColorOS 7 brings is the modal page that helps one-handed usability of the UI.
The toggles in the Control Center are placed lower, which is one thing. ColorOS 7 is one of the most full-featured custom user interfaces out there. Its dark mode implementation is better than that of stock Android 10, as explained in our ColorOS 6. Dark mode in ColorOS 7 is adaptive, with support for hundreds of third-party apps , including the top apps for users.
The enhanced three-finger screenshot feature is another great example. Most custom user interfaces feature a gesture to take a screenshot by swiping down with three fingers, but ColorOS 7 lets users take a long screenshot or a short one by defining the screenshot area, which is not found in any other other custom user interface.
Screenshots can also be edited instantly after taking them.
Features such as Riding Mode, Smart Assistant, and DocVault have been customized for international markets once again, with a particular focus on India. Doc Vault , on the other hand, consists of a partnership of ColorOS with Indian digital document issuing platform DigitalLocker, which allows users to access digital versions of official documents and certificates straight from their phones.
This can be used to speed up the ID verification process in places like airports or hotels, for example. Users can follow matches in popular games, and popular apps can be downloaded. The weather information can be shown in the Smart Assistant, and users can also choose to enable a favorite contacts widget on the assistant for quick dialing.
The privacy protection features that ColorOS offers is a significant differentiating factor for the custom UI. OPPO specifically promotes that unlike most custom user interfaces, ColorOS 7 allows users to decline an app permission requirement while still being able to use the app because of having the option to send blank contact information.
The OS does prioritize user privacy and security. Private Safe is another example of a privacy-focused feature. This requires a privacy protection password — pattern unlock is not eligible here. The optimized post processing algorithm is also said to reduce image processing time, and therefore, photos in this mode can be generated in 2. Apart from this, we have AI Beautification 2. This is a basic video editor that does the job for casual editing with respect to adding filters and effects, but advanced users will want to head to the Google Play Store and download a third-party app.
Similarly, oMem is a priority management solution that allocates higher priority to the most frequently used apps. Game Space enables users to manage and quick-launch games, while Game Assistant provides an autoplay feature and a customizable split screen mode.