Oppo made its name with midrange phones aimed at young people, but its new Find X2 and Find X2 Pro come packed with flagship specs. The Chinese manufacturer unveiled the new phones — along with a new smartwatch called the Oppo Watch — Friday, nearly two years after the launch of its predecessor, the Oppo Find …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Google on Tuesday said it’s canceling I/O, the search giant’s annual developer conference and its biggest event of the year, because of concerns about the novel coronavirus that’s caused worldwide disruptions. It’s called off the physical portion of the event, which was set …
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The Vivo Apex 2020 concept phone has a dual-lens camera setup with 16-megapixel selfie camera inside the display. This marks the first time Vivo has unveiled a so-called under-screen camera, effectively killing any need for a notch. It appears to be identical to the under-screen camera technology debuted by Oppo, which is owned by the same parent company. But Oppo never released …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook said Thursday it’s canceling its F8 developer conference, the social media giant’s biggest event of the year, over concerns about the novel coronavirus. The unusual move illustrates how the outbreak of COVID-19, the respiratory illness the virus causes, is impacting the world’s largest …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Microsoft on Wednesday became the latest tech giant to warn the coronavirus outbreak would affect its performance, saying revenue in the business segment that includes its Windows operating system and Surface devices would likely miss earlier forecasts. The software giant issued revenue guidance last …
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Facebook‘s mission to connect the world has been part of the company’s message at MWC in Barcelona for many years now. But even though the show was canceled this year due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, the company is pressing ahead with its latest connectivity updates. On Tuesday, Facebook made a number of announcements about its many projects designed …
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Standalone VR headsets like last year’s Oculus Quest are impressive, but the next generation of hardware that looks to push far past that. Blazing-fast 5G networks are what new smartphones are using to show off crazy download speeds, and the potential on future VR and AR headsets is even greater. Qualcomm has some new details on its 5G VR reference …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Samsung on Monday resumed operations at a factory in South Korea after the plant was briefly shut down over the weekend due to the coronavirus. Just weeks after unveiling the Galaxy Z Flip, the Korean electronics giant shuttered a factory that produces that clamshell-like …
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Oppo has revealed that the display on its upcoming flagship phone, the Oppo Find X2, will have a 120Hz refresh rate, the same as Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series, and a 3K screen. With Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus, Oppo had to reschedule its phone launch, and the China-based company is now revealing details about …
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Huawei’s big news from its streamed press conference Monday is the updated folding Mate XS phone, but it’s not the only thing the company would have brought to MWC had it not been canceled. First up, there’s its new small tablet, the MatePad Pro, seen above. With a 10.8-inch display, it’s not a small tablet, but it almost feels smaller …
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