OPPO’s AI Phone is here, now what? [Video]

Last night OPPO held a local launch event for its latest smartphone – the Reno12 Pro 5G.

The device is notable for a few reasons, but one of the most important is that it is the first AI Phone that the company has officially launched in South Africa. It will also be the first in a slew of devices to tout AI-powered capabilities, with OPPO even planning to have 50 million devices globally running this new feature set by the end of 2025.

Helping OPPO achieve this are a handful of high-profile partners – namely Google, Microsoft, MediaTek, and Qualcomm. With a few other Android phone makers having introduced AI-powered phones into the market, how will OPPO’s version differ?

This is something we asked OPPO South Africa’s head of training, Bradley Young at the aforementioned event.

Unpacking what the OPPO AI Phone experience will be underpinned by, Young explained that, “Right now the functions that have …