A Huawei P30 Pro with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage will cost you £899, and while Oppo's Reno 10x Zoom can't quite match the P30 on photography, it gets pretty close -- while offering excellent value for money at £700 for the 8GB/256GB model.

Excellent triple camera system with 10x zoom; Clever pop-up front camera; Top-class CPU and GPU performance; Good battery life; Minimal-bezel OLED screen

No IP rating for dust/water resistance; No wireless charging; Relatively bulky and heavy

It's easy to say smartphones have more or less become the same. This is often true, but Oppo has continually been able to reinvent the wheel in fresh and exciting ways. The Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Edition has a rear-mounted, triple camera system with zoom capabilities that rival the Huawei P30 Pro and a...

Excellent build quality Versatile rear camera system Fast performance Long-lasting battery Fast in-display fingerprint sensor

No headphone jack No wireless charging No IP certification

Optical zoom seems to be the new obsession in the smartphone camera market, with the likes of Huawei, Honor, and OnePlus trying to beat one another. But before any of these companies made their move, OPPO was already playing around with periscope-style zoom lenses.

Outstanding battery life; Solid hardware and software performance; Less bloatware; Good cameras (in right zoom levels

No IP rating; Not available in the US

There's a lot to like about the Reno 10x Zoom. It looks good, has one of the most versatile camera systems on the planet, a cool-looking pop-up shark-fin camera, great battery life and software that is miles better than it was even two years ago.

Bezel-free screen makes an impact; Battery life is up there with the best; Versatile and good quality camera (wide; Standard; 10x zoom

Still a few software quirks; VOOC charging isn't Oppo's fastest; No wireless charging or dust/waterproofing; Quite a thick/chunky phone compared to rivals

Oppo showed off a 10x "lossless" zoom mechanism for smartphones at MWC in February this year, confidently promising that it would be incorporated into its next flagship before the first half of the year was up.

Good; Excellent performance; Versatile cameras with 6x optical zoom; Very good screen; Highly competitive pricing

Bad; Bulky and heavy; Low light camera performance could have been better; Lacks wireless charging; Bloatware and spammy notifications

OPPO Reno 5G is a smartphone from the future. With 5G support, along with outstanding camera performance and mesmerising design, OPPO Reno 5G is a great alternative if you are looking to upgrade your phone this year. Unless of course, if you are not a fan of OPPOs ColorOS.

The Oppo Reno 10x Zoom boasts a telephoto camera to rival the P30 Pro and a pivoting pop-up selfie camera that catapult it into the flagship big leagues

Over the past few years Oppo made big strides in expanding both its presence to new markets and its portfolio to the higher echelons and the Reno 10x zoom is another step in that direction.

Brilliant design; Excellent AMOLED screen; large and notch-free; Intriguing sharp fin notch; Class-leading battery life; VOOC fast charging; Cutting-edge performance; Overall excellent photo and video quality

While this was launched before the Cricket World Cup it did not arrive with me until the Cricket season was finished. Indeed anyone watching the main courts at Wimbledon would have seen the ‘oppo' name on the show courts, great advert but how many will have known what the name referred to.

While this was launched before the Cricket World Cup it did not arrive with me until the Cricket season was finished. Indeed anyone watching the main courts at Wimbledon would have seen the ‘oppo’ name on the show courts, great advert but how many will have known what the name referred to.