Oppo has never been afraid of experimentation. Last year, the company gave us the Oppo Find X and the F11 Pro, both of which served as a showcase for the company’s unique (and off-beat) sense for smartphone design. Featuring a sliding screen and a pop-up selfie camera respectively, each of these two devices offered its own take on the all-screen phone with varying degrees of success.

This year, Oppo is launching the Reno – an ambitious phone that follows in the footsteps of its predecessors with a quirky “shark-fin” front-facing and eye-catching bezel-less design. It comes in two models, ...