For a brand that was carved out of Oppo, Realme has been on an upward trajectory. Despite sharing parts bin with OnePlus and Oppo, Realme’s R&D team possesses the unique skill of making some of the most desirable smartphones without burning holes in the wallet. So much so that the aggressive prices have given its parent company tough competition. Take our Realme 12 Pro vs Oppo Reno 11 specs and price comparison as an example.
The Realme 12 Pro follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, offering a stylish midrange phone that doesn’t compromise on features and performance. This year, though, Realme has gone ahead with an advanced periscope camera system offering optical zoom, which is unheard of in this category. The only other phone that offers this kind of camera setup is the Oppo Reno 11.
Released not long ago, the Oppo Reno 11 provides an entry point into Oppo’s style-focused midrange series. With a versatile rear camera setup, the Reno 11 also takes care of performance and features in the same way as the Realme 12 Pro.
So, if you are willing to spend INR 30,000 on your next smartphone and these two have made it to the final round of your decision-making process, which one should you go home with? Let’s find out.
Realme 12 Pro vs Oppo Reno 11: Comparing their specifications
Design
Despite sharing resources, the Realme 12 Pro and the Oppo Reno 11 look vastly different. While the Oppo Reno 11 goes for more bling and gradient colours, the Realme 12 Pro improves upon the design of its predecessor with a large circular camera hump, a central character line running down its spine. Both phones feature a curved edge design for the display and feature some drop resistance.
Although we leave it upon our readers to pick their winner in this category, the Realme 12 Pro is the one that gets our attention.
Winner: Realme 12 Pro
Display
Whether you choose the Oppo Reno 11 or the Realme 12 Pro, you will be treated to the same 6.7-inch FHD+ resolution AMOLED display with a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz and peak brightness rating of 950 nits. Both phones feature an optical fingerprint sensor.
Winner: Tie
Performance
Courtesy of the brand positioning under China’s BBK Electronics, the Realme 12 Pro gets to be a performance-oriented device in this segment. Hence, the 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip is technically superior when compared to the 6nm MediaTek Dimensity 7050 chipset on the Oppo Reno 11.
However, synthetic benchmarks reveal that these chipsets offer almost identical performance in real-life scenarios. This is also helped by the fact that the custom Android skins on both these phones share the same codebase, both of them running on Android 14 out of the box.
Winner: Tie
Cameras
On paper, both the Realme 12 Pro and Oppo Reno 11 feature similar camera setups. However, Realme is offering better quality sensors on its phone.
The Realme 12 Pro comes with a 50-megapixel Sony sensor for the main camera, a 32-megapixel OIS sensor with 2x optical zoom for the telephoto camera and an 8-megapixel ultrawide camera. In comparison, the Oppo Reno 11 features a slightly larger 50-megapixel sensor for the main lens, an 8-megapixel sensor for the ultrawide lens and a 32-megapixel sensor for the telephoto sensor with no OIS but 2x optical zoom.
With the Realme 12 Pro, you can expect more stable images from the telephoto camera, thus offering an overall better experience.
Winner: Realme 12 Pro
Battery
This is another area where the shared parts bin negates any comparison. Both the Realme 12 Pro and Oppo Reno 11 feature a 5,000mAh battery and rely on the 67W fast-wired charger to fill it up in under 45 minutes.
Given that both of these phones are running almost identical chipsets and similar software, you should be able to extract a day and a half of stamina after a full charge.
Winner: Tie
Price
This is where the Realme 12 Pro tips the scales in its favour by a massive margin. Up until now, we have observed that both these smartphones have similar kinds of specifications and features. Hence, it puzzles us when Oppo sells the base variant of the Reno 11 with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage for INR 29,999.
The slightly better Realme 12 Pro emerges as the obvious winner since the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage will cost you only INR 25,999. Even if you seek 256GB storage, you only need to spend INR 26,999, which is still cheaper than the Reno 11.
Winner: Realme 12 Pro
Realme 12 Pro vs Oppo Reno 11: Our verdict
Our Winner: Realme 12 Pro
It is rather surprising to see Realme winning the game that Oppo mastered in the midrange smartphone segment years ago. Be it the styling, performance, cameras or battery, it is the Realme that takes the cake here despite having a lower price.
For the price of the Oppo Reno 11, you can get the superior Realme 12 Pro Plus with the faster Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chip, a vastly better telephoto camera and an improved main camera sensor. You can also consider the Redmi Note 13 Pro as another affordable alternative.
The Oppo Reno 11 is slightly overpriced for what it offers and unless you have a strong affinity with the brand, there is no reason to consider the Reno 11 over any of the Realme devices.
(Hero and Featured Image Credits: Courtesy Realme and Oppo)
