OPPO Reno16 Series Lands in Malaysia With Magnetic AMOLED Bubble

OPPO brought the Reno16 series and a small magnetic AMOLED accessory called the OPPO Bubble to Malaysia today, with local pricing from RM1,899 for the entry-level Reno16 F up to RM3,699 for the Reno16 Pro. Per Hitech Century’s launch coverage, the OPPO Bubble retails on its own at RM349. The 8 July 2026 launch pins four products to one event, and the Bubble (a 27.5-gram circular AMOLED panel that snaps to the back of a compatible phone and acts as a rear-camera viewfinder) is the most novel piece in the bundle.

The Reno16 series 5G launch page on OPPO Malaysia lists all four products as open for pre-order, alongside the OPPO Enco Air5s and OPPO Enco Air5 wireless earbuds. The event’s tagline, “Mobile Intelligent Ecosystem From One to All,” leans on the Bubble as the connective tissue between OPPO’s existing phones and a new accessory category the company is building from scratch.

Three Phones, One Magnetic AMOLED

The Reno16 Pro takes the top of the line with a 6.32-inch AMOLED panel running up to 144Hz, peak brightness of 3,600 nits, and the MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Super on a 4nm process. The standard Reno16 swaps in a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset and 8GB of LPDDR5X RAM to hit its RM2,699 price, while the Reno16 F lands at RM1,899 with a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Energy and a 6.57-inch AMOLED display running at 120Hz. All three share the same 6,700mAh battery (the Reno16 F’s international variant lists 7,000mAh), 80W SUPERVOOC wired charging, and IP68 plus IP69K dust and water resistance.

OPPO’s official spec sheets paint a clear picture of how the three phones stack up against each other on the Malaysian market:

Pre-orders opened before today’s launch on the official OPPO Malaysia store, with monthly instalment pricing running through retailers such as SS Solution. The OPPO Malaysia launch page also lists the OPPO Enco Air5s (3.9g per bud, adaptive noise cancellation) and the OPPO Enco Air5 (52dB of active noise cancellation with 5,000Hz frequency coverage) as part of the same pre-order window.

The Pro’s Hardware Play

The Reno16 Pro is the line’s compact flagship, and OPPO’s global spec sheet for the CPH2863 model backs that up with concrete numbers. The 6.32-inch panel carries FHD+ resolution at 2,640 by 1,216 pixels, a 460 pixel-per-inch density, 1.07 billion colours, and HDR10+ support. OPPO’s documentation flags that the 144Hz maximum refresh rate activates only in some game scenarios, with touch sampling rate hitting a maximum of 240Hz.

The rear camera system is the headline spec. A 200-megapixel main sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and two-axis optical image stabilisation sits at the top of the trio, paired with a 50-megapixel 3.5x optical telephoto and a 50-megapixel ultrawide with a 116-degree field of view. A 50-megapixel front camera handles selfies, and both front and rear setups record 4K video at 60fps. The Pro also adds a new Pop filter that layers film effects onto snaps and steadier 4K capture that compensates for up to five degrees of tilt.

The phone measures 151.21mm tall and 72.42mm wide, with thickness running 8.36mm on the Pop White finish and 8.20mm on Starlight Black. Weight splits between 188 grams for Starlight Black and 191 grams for Pop White, the latter finish carrying OPPO’s “3D Pop Planet” textured back panel. Storage runs to 256GB on the Malaysia spec, with OPPO’s global page listing a 512GB variant for some markets.

Quick stats on the Reno16 Pro at a glance:

• Display: 6.32-inch AMOLED, FHD+ 2,640×1,216, 144Hz, 3,600 nits peak
• Chipset: MediaTek Dimensity 8550 Super (4nm), 8-core CPU
• RAM and storage: 12GB LPDDR5X, 256GB or 512GB UFS 3.1
• Battery: 6,700mAh, 80W SUPERVOOC, full charge in 57 minutes
• Main rear camera: 200MP f/1.8 with OIS, plus 50MP 3.5x telephoto and 50MP ultrawide
• Water resistance: IP68 and IP69K, submersion to 1.5m for 30 minutes

The Bubble Is the Wager

The OPPO Bubble is where the launch steps off the standard phone-release formula. Per the OPPO Bubble product page, the Bubble is a circular AMOLED touchscreen that magnetically attaches to the back of a supported phone, weighs 27.5 grams, and runs 7mm thin. A 550mAh battery powers the screen, and the device pairs over Bluetooth with nearby ColorOS phones.

The screen supports static images, motion photos with a fixed three-second playback, and MP4 videos between one and five seconds long, with a carousel limit of 20 files per set. OPPO rates the battery at up to 25.33 hours when cycling through static images at medium brightness, dropping to 16.08 hours at high brightness. As a remote rear-camera viewfinder at 1x zoom with a shutter press every 10 seconds, OPPO lists 9.66 hours of runtime at medium brightness or 8.54 hours at high. Pairing happens automatically within a 20cm radius via a one-tap pop-up card on the connected phone, and the connection holds up to 10 metres for remote shutter control.

A hands-on review of the OPPO Bubble framed the rear-camera viewfinder as the feature most likely to win converts. The reviewer wrote that with the Bubble on the back of a Reno 16 Pro:

you can turn the phone around and use the better rear cameras for selfies, portraits, or group shots without having to guess your framing.

That single sentence is the case for the Bubble. Rear cameras outperform front cameras on most phones, particularly in low light, and the framing inconvenience is the reason most people still reach for the selfie lens. OPPO’s product page positions the rear-camera framing as the headline use case, with the magnetic charm function running a clear second.

Where the Bubble Draws the Line

The Bubble’s biggest constraint is its walled-garden compatibility. OPPO’s product page lists supported devices as the Reno16 Series and the Find X9 Series, with more devices promised via OTA updates “in the future.” The Bubble is not MagSafe-compatible, so it will not latch onto an iPhone or other Android device with built-in magnets; even if a magnetic ring or case is rigged onto the back of a third-party phone, the camera and customisation features depend on OPPO’s ColorOS software.

Digital Trends’ reviewer called the lock-in the Bubble’s defining trade-off, writing that “Oppo currently lists support for devices including the Reno 16 series and its flagship Find X9 lineup” and that “the useful camera and customization features depend on Oppo’s ecosystem.” That restriction cuts both ways: a switch from an OPPO Reno16 Pro to a Pixel or a Galaxy renders the RM349 charm into jewellery.

The Bubble’s compatibility list also constrains where it can and cannot be sold. OPPO’s product page refers readers to its support portal for a list of supported countries and regions, and the language around additional device support is hedged with “may be” and “in the future.” For an accessory this small, that kind of lock-in is the price of admission to whatever the Bubble is supposed to become.

ColorOS 16 and the Wider Lineup

The Reno16 series and the OPPO Bubble both run on ColorOS 16 over Android 16. OPPO’s product pages surface a handful of software features that tie the phones to the new accessory: a dedicated Bubble control app, customisable Pop IP characters, and the live rear-camera preview that lives at the centre of the Bubble’s pitch. The Reno16 Pro also brings OPPO’s AI Remix Collage into the phone’s photo suite, per the OPPO global product page.

The wider lineup includes the OPPO Enco Air5s and OPPO Enco Air5 earbuds, both available for pre-order alongside the phones and the Bubble. The Air5s lists 3.9g per bud with adaptive noise cancellation, while the Air5 carries 52dB of active noise cancellation with 5,000Hz frequency coverage. Combined with the Reno16 series’ pre-order bundle structure, the launch positions OPPO as aiming to sell a stack (phone, earbuds, and Bubble) rather than a single device.

That pitch depends on the Bubble becoming more than a one-trick accessory. The dedicated control app handles pairing and carousel settings, and the rear-camera preview mode is what ties the Bubble to the phones’ camera systems. Whether that integration deepens enough to keep Bubble customers inside the OPPO software stack will be the tell over the next two Reno generations.

Pre-Orders and the Malaysian Window

The four Malaysia prices, per Hitech Century’s launch breakdown, are: Reno16 Pro at RM3,699, Reno16 at RM2,699, RM1,899 for the Reno16 F, and the OPPO Bubble at RM349. Pre-orders opened today on the OPPO Malaysia online store, with monthly instalment plans available through retailers across the country.

The 8 July 2026 Malaysian launch slots between the Reno16 Pro’s 25 May 2026 debut in select markets and OPPO’s separate 2 July launch of the Reno16 in India, which earlier confirmed the chipset ahead of the India debut. Indonesia got the Reno16 series on 3 July, and OPPO India also launched the OPPO Bubble alongside the Reno16 on 2 July, putting Malaysia in the third slot for the new accessory outside its Chinese debut. The pricing in Malaysia makes the Reno16 Pro the cheapest compact flagship-style option in OPPO’s line-up by a noticeable margin, with the phone’s compact form factor already drawing early reviews.

OPPO Malaysia’s own social channels have signalled a BABYMONSTER-branded limited edition variant for the Reno16 series as part of the local launch. SS Solution and other retailers are marketing the Pro alongside instalment offers, including a “From RM3,699 or as low as RM193/month” pitch. The collective rollout across at least four markets in two weeks sets up OPPO’s mid-range play for the back half of the year.

The Reno16 Pro reads as a compact flagship at a sub-RM4,000 price point, and the Bubble is positioned as the secondary, complementary purchase for new and existing OPPO phone owners. Whether that two-product pitch holds together depends on how many existing Reno16 buyers add a Bubble at the till, and on how quickly OPPO expands compatibility to its older phones. For now, the Bubble is a Reno16-series-or-Find-X9-series-or-nothing proposition, and the launch pricing treats it as one more accessory in a stack rather than the centrepiece of a new category.