Rear camera megapixels get all the spotlight. After Samsung launched the Galaxy S20 Ultra with a huge 108-megapixel camera on the back, expect to see more Android phones take up this feature in the coming year. But what about the front camera? Selfies should pack more pixels too — or at least, that’s what Chinese company …
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If you’ve ever lusted after the Apple Watch but are an Android fan through and through, you’ll likely be thrilled by Oppo’s entry into the smartwatch market. The company unveiled its digital timepiece, the Oppo Watch — along with a new flagship phone, the Oppo Find X2 Pro, during a press conference in China, following which it drew immediate comparisons …
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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 X. The Find X2 costs …
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Nokia’s first 5G phone will be unveiled on March 19 in London. HMD Global, which makes Nokia phones, said Thursday it’s the official phone partner for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die. As part of the Bond tie-in, a new ad launching Sunday will feature Lashana Lynch’s character Agent Nomi using the Nokia 5G phone as “the …
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Apple’s iPhone once again saw growth after four consecutive quarters of decline, according to a Tuesday report by Gartner. The phone grew 7.8% in the fourth quarter of 2019, the report says. “A slight lowering of the prices of the iPhone 11 series, compared with the iPhone XR, and other price reductions for previous-generation iPhone models, increased demand,” Annette Zimmermann, research …
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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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The iPhone XR was the must-have phone of 2019, according to a report from Omida Technology. The market research provider released data on Tuesday that said Apple shipped 46.3 million iPhone XR smartphones last year. This figure is double 2018’s 23.1 million units, according to the data. Apple’s iPhone 11, the tech giant’s $699 phone, took second place in the …
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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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Update, March 26: The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus have now officially been launched. Read our first take here. MWC might have been canceled due to coronavirus, but Chinese tech behemoth Huawei pressed ahead with its Barcelona event regardless on Monday. Along with a slew of products, Huawei used the keynote as an opportunity to announce …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. After the coronavirus canceled Mobile World Congress 2020, many attendees still held out hope for something to take place in Barcelona, Spain. Some companies already had executives in Europe, and many others had nonrefundable travel plans. But on Thursday, the possibility for a sort of …
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