Another Mobile World Congress Conference (MWC) is ending. The 2017 Edition was exciting, and there was ample new tech to look at during this crazy week. Here are the products we thought were the most interesting at the show, sorted in no specific order. You find them to be available in many markets in the weeks to come, in the meantime, we provide a first look for most of them. […]
Chinese smartphone company Oppo said last week that it was going to show off its new 5x camera technology at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona. It officially announced its “5x Dual Camera Zoom” technology today. It didn’t unveil a new smartphone with this technology, mind you, but it goes without saying that one will arrive in due time which will showcase just what this new technology can do. […]
The iPhone has seen considerable growth in China for the past few years. According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, it has actually been the top selling smartphone in the People’s Republic of China since 2012 but the latest data shows that Apple’s smartphone as now lost its top spot. The report mentions that the iPhone has been replaced as the country’s top selling smartphone by a local challenger.
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Chinese manufacturers are increasingly focusing on the lucrative opportunities that the U.S. market offers them as they seek to expand globally. Xiaomi has made no secret of its intention to expand to the United States, LeEco has already done that in a big way, and now a new report suggests that Oppo is looking to do the same.
Huawei has seen considerable growth in its smartphone business over the past year so much so that a new report suggests that the company has now dethroned Samsung as the most profitable Android brand. However, one has to take into account the fact that Samsung was stung by the failure of the Galaxy Note 7 which would have otherwise brought in a lot of money for the company.
The smartphone market at the moment is saturated and with the arrival of more Chinese OEMs, customers are starting to realize that in order to get a good smartphone, they don’t necessarily have to fork out $600-$700 for one. Instead we’re seeing companies like OnePlus, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Huawei offer up competing handsets for much less.
In a world where selfies are becoming increasingly common, manufacturers certainly have to up their game. For example we’re seeing camera makers create cameras aimed at selfie lovers, or at the very least including features and functions that selfie lovers can take advantage of. Smartphone OEMs have also hopped on board by offering up better front-facing cameras.
Oppo is a company that we hear about every now and then, although to be fair most of their products tend to be sold within the Asian region. However could Oppo be a company that Apple and Samsung needs to keep an eye on in the future? Perhaps, especially with the numbers released by Counterpoint (via GSMArena) are accurate.
Over the past few years there has been an influx of Chinese smartphone vendors who have not only managed to capture a significant chunk of their lucrative home market, but have since started venturing out to other markets across the globe, which is why it’s not surprising to see that these companies are fast becoming the top smartphone vendors in the world. A new research report finds that eight of […]
Oppo is one of the sponsors of FC Barcelona, the all conquering football side in the Spanish La Liga, although they did miss out on Champions League glory this year after falling away to one of their La Liga challengers, Atletico Madrid. Still, this does not mean that a side with the fearsome attacking trident of Messi, Suarez and Neymar should be dismissed! You can be sure that wit a […]
Recently Samsung’s own foldable display was demonstrated at an event which lent credence to rumors that the company is now one step closer to launching a smartphone with a foldable display, something that has been rumored about for a while now. However it looks like Oppo wants in on the fun as well.
Several days ago thanks to a trademark filing, it was revealed that OnePlus registered for the trademark “Dash Charge”. Based on the name and the fact that many smartphones these days are packing some form of fast charging technology, it was speculated that maybe OnePlus could be looking to introduce their own brand of fast charging tech.
It looks like the Oppo F1 Plus, which was deemed to be the rebadged version of the Oppo R9, is now made official, where it will come with speedy fingerprint recognition as teased earlier one week back. The Oppo F1 Plus will be making its way to the African, Southeast Asian and European markets, and it will certainly make a mark in terms of design that allows it to keep […]
Benchmark sites are pretty interesting to comb through it you have the aptitude for it, especially since they are able to reveal details that normal folks would have missed, including the kind of hardware specifications that come with it. Of course, sometimes it would be prototypes of the device that are tested out on the benchmark site, which might not be an accurate reflection of the actual device. Here’s keeping […]
There has been a fair bit of buzz concerning the Oppo F1 Plus in recent times, and it has certainly led to expectations that this might very well be the next version, or perhaps souped up model in some aspects of the Oppo F1, the self-proclaimed selfie expert handset. Well, it sees that the Oppo F1 Plus is actually nothing more than a rebadged Oppo R9 that is meant to […]
While the Oppo F1 was offically launched in late January this year, a day after that, there was mention of an Oppo F1 Plus – which would certainly give the impression that it is a larger sized handset that would more or less retain the selfie loving features of the original Oppo F1. Having said that, here is a teaser of the upcoming Oppo F1 Plus by the Indonesian Facebook […]
Yesterday, we brought you word on how the Oppo R9 as well as the larger sized Oppo R9 Plus did pretty well upon launch in its home market in China, and here we are with word that the Chinese smartphone manufacturer is currently working things out to release the device outside of China, now how about that? It looks like media invites for the device has been sent out for […]
Oppo and their recent flagship devices, the Oppo R9 as well as the Oppo R9 Plus which turned up officially over slightly less than a fortnight ago, has apparently impressed where its sales figures are concerned. In fact, on the very first day of availability itself, it seems that the sales figures have been extremely encouraging, with Oppo managing to sell over 180,000 R9 and R9 Plus smartphones in a […]