OnePlus 6T gets leaked, shows ‘waterdrop’ notch

If you’ve been following international tech news, the look of what’s being said to be the OnePlus 6T is going to be familiar. WinFuture showed off the leak of the full phone and it features what’s being called by OPPO as a waterdrop design for the notch. In case you didn’t know, OnePlus and OPPO share the same parent company and OnePlus as regularly taken design cues from OPPO but altered the branding, specs, and software to appeal to markets beyond what OPPO usually goes after (which includes China and India).  

Not much is known about the specs of this upcoming device. Some of the things OnePlus has confirmed is there will be no headphone jack, but it could mean the device could have a bigger battery; and it will come with an in-display fingerprint sensor. Some of the other rumoured specs claim it could run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, Android Pie, and at least 6GB of RAM—which are all features you can expect from the latest flagship phones. It’s said to be priced around US$550 but there is no word yet when we might expect the device to launch. 

Source: The Verge 

The OPPO Find X has a very expensive Lamborghini limited edition version

If Huawei has Porsche as its partner, then its Chinese rival OPPO has Lamborghini. Announced at the tail-end of the Find X’s launch in Paris, the premium smartphone gets a big boost (especially in terms of price) with the Find X Automobili Lamborghini Edition. This special model costs a whopping 1,699 euros (around CA$2,600) and will be coming to Europe in August. It shares most of the specs of the Find X but what sets it apart is new packaging and design, even faster charging, and more storage.

The Find X Automobili Lamborghini Edition has things like Super VOOC charging, which fast charges this phone’s 3,400mAh battery from 0 to 100 percent within 35 minutes; a carbon fiber textured rear engraved with a 3D-like engraving of Lambo’s logo; and 512GB of onboard storage. The phone’s packaging has “Y” design on the box, which comes from the shape of the Lamborghini Aventador’s car light and its charging cable features a woven pattern similar to the ignition coil of the Aventador’s V12 engine.

OPPO Find X: The era of pop-up cameras is here

Updated on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 11:44AM by Nicole Batac

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The Chinese company OPPO might not be a brand you’ve heard of before but be prepared to read tons of news on their newest smartphone that’s launching in a few hours from the Louvre in Paris. It’s going to be OPPO’s first phone that’s coming to North America and Europe. Called the Find X, it’s ditching the notch in place of pop-up cameras to give you an impressive 92.25 screen-to-body ratio. Unlike the Vivo Nex (another Chinese brand), which just hides the front camera with a pop-up mechanism, OPPO has hidden all its cameras and 3D facial scanning system. It’ll motorize up when you want to unlock the phone or use the cameras (25-megapixel front-facing camera and dual 16-megapixel and 20-megapixel rear-facing cameras). The company promises that it’ll take 0.5 seconds for the camera to open. As mentioned, it’ll pop-up when you want to unlock the phone because there is no fingerprint authentication system on the OPPO Find X. The company relies on the 3D facial scanner for biometric authentication.

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Huawei takes Samsung’s crown as most profitable Android smartphone manufacturer

Apple dominates everyone with a staggering 91 percent operating profit market share but the very distant number 2 at 2.4 percent of the market share is Huawei. Samsung’s troubles with its Galaxy Note7 have given the Chinese brand the top spot in the Android device manufacturing game. Two other Chinese companies—Vivo and OPPO—have gained 2.2 percent market share each. Samsung has slipped to ninth in the third quarter, which is mostly attributed to the Note7’s troubles.

Source: VentureBeat