Oppo will be discontinuing its R series in favour of Reno and Find ranges

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo launched its Reno and Reno 10x Zoom Edition smartphones earlier this week. The devices come with an AMOLED screen and are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. Now that the company has launched the new Reno series of smartphones, three series from Oppo have premium smartphones. These include the R series, the Find Series and the newly-launched Reno Series.

However, this is every likely to create some confusion for customers. Considering this, Oppo has announced that it has decided to put an end to its R Series. And this piece of news has been confirmed by the company’s Senior Vice President Shen Yiren.

In an interview with MyDrivers, Oppo Senior VP Shen Yiren confirmed that the smartphone maker is killing off its R series and would not be launching any more devices in the range. With this, Oppo will now be focussing on its Reno and Find series of handsets.

It was only recently that the smartphone maker launched its Oppo Reno and Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Edition in China. However, as of now, there is no word about when these handsets will come to India, or if at all they will come.

Speaking of Find series, the last device that launched in India from the range was Oppo Find X, which came with a slider to hide the selfie cameras.

Since Oppo R Series has now been discontinued, this makes the company’s R17 Pro the last smartphone from the range to be launched in India. The device was launched last year in the country and even received a price cut subsequently. The Oppo R17 Pro smartphone came bundled with a 50W VOOC charger in the box.

Speaking of the Oppo Reno smartphone that has been launched recently, it features a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with full-HD+ resolution. Oppo Reno smartphone has an in-display fingerprint scanner and it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor clubbed with 8GB of RAM. The handset sports a dual camera setup that comprises of a 48MP primary sensor and a 5MP depth sensor. Oppo Reno smartphone also has a side-swing selfie camera module that comprises of a 16MP camera with an f/2.0 aperture.

Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Edition, on the other hand, has a 6.65-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display and it is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor. The smartphone has 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor clubbed with an f/1.7 aperture. The flagship handset of the company sports a 13MP secondary sensor that has a periscope telephoto lens on top clubbed with an 8MP super wide angle sensor.