It’s most noticeable around the edges and Oppo- branded stripe, and its all too easy to lose yourself in the hypnotic colour shifts. That’s fancy marketing slang for shiny, two-tone colours that magically shift around when they catch the light – magpies, take note. Slathered in Gorilla Glass 6, the back of the Reno 2 is gloriously smooth, with a ‘Twilight Mist’ iridescent finish.

The Reno 2 looks like it fell out of a careless alien’s ship as they were taking a panoramic Earth selfie, and it’s all thanks to some stunning colour trickery on its slick rear.