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Our quick take
Oppo RX17 Pro - 4.0 / 5
Design
- Glass front/back 158 x 75 x 7.9mm; 183g
Display
- 6.4-inch 1080 x 2340 AMOLED panel Corning Gorilla Glass 6 surface
Color OS still needs refinement, or just killing dead
- ColorOS 5.2, based on Android 8.1 Oreo
Slick and smooth
- Snapdragon 710 processor, 6GB RAM 128GB storage
The fastest charging you’ll see on a smartphone
- 50W Super VOOC flash charging 40 per cent charge in 10mins 2x 1850mAh battery (3,700mAh)
Triple camera, for no good reason?
- 12MP dual f/1.5 and f/2.4 aperture primary 20MP f/2.6 secondary 3D ToF (Time of Flight) camera 25MP front camera
To recap
In a market where the OnePlus 6T exists, is fairly difficult to recommend the RX17 Pro, but on the whole it’s a good all-round phone. Plus, it’ll charge up faster than anything you’ve ever used before.
