For a few years phone makers had been doing their best to hide their camera bumps and offer phones with a back surface that was as smooth as their front. The Oppo Find X3 Pro doesn’t do that. The phone has a gigantic camera bump on its back covered in a single sheet of glass. But […]
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Lilbits: Wireless Air Charging, E Ink color improvements, and VR is coming to the PS5
Chinese phone maker Oppo has announced it’s licensing its VOOC fast charging technology for use in automobiles, third-party chargers, and other products. But the company is also demonstrating a new wireless charging technology called Wireless Air Charging that makes it easier to charge gadgets when you place them near a charging mat, and not necessarily in […]
Oppo has a rollable smartphone too, and here’s what it looks like in action
For months, LG has been teasing its LG Rollable smartphone with a screen that expands to give you a tablet-sized device at the touch of a button. But LG’s smartphone business has been underperforming, and it’s unclear at this point whether the phone will ever see the light of day. But rollable smartphone technology? It’s […]
Oppo introduces tri-fold “slide-phone” concept design
Smartphones are getting weird again. After years of seeing companies release rectangular slab after rectangular slab, these days we’re seeing the rise of foldables as well as niche devices with keyboards, repairable parts, open source software, and whatever the heck it is LG is trying to do with the LG Wing. Now Oppo is showing […]
Smartphones with modular camera systems could become a thing (maybe)
Modular smartphones never really took off in a big way. Google and LG discontinued their experiments in the modular space, and while the Moto Z line might not be officially dead, it hasn’t seen a new entry in a while. But Chinese phone maker Oppo has filed for a patent on a phone with a […]
OPPO unveils rollable smartphone display concept design
Smartphones with foldable displays are now a thing… an expensive thing, but a thing nonetheless. Dual-screen phones are here as well. What’s next? Rollables, apparently. LG has already teased that its next Explorer Edition device will be a smartphone with a screen that unrolls to become tablet-sized. Now Chinese phone maker Oppo has stolen a […]
Lilbits: Smartphones that respect your privacy
Google’s Android is the world’s most popular smartphone operating system, partly because Google makes it available for free to phone makers. The company can afford to do that because Google makes most of its money from advertising — and the more people who are using apps and services including Chrome, Google Search, Google Maps, and […]
Fast charging gets faster: Oppo unveils 125W charging
Chinese phone maker Oppo just unveiled a new 125 watt fast charging system that the company says can fully charge a 4,000 mAh battery in 20 minutes, or give you a 41-percent charge by plugging in for just 5 minutes. And that’s just one of four new fast charging announcements from Oppo. The company also […]
Oppo Ace2 is a $565 phone with Snapdragon 865, 90Hz display, and 40W wireless charging
Chinese phone maker Oppo has released a follow-up to last year’s Reno Ace. The new Oppo Ace2 has a new design, a faster processor, 5G support, and support for 40-watt wireless charging. But it still packs some of the original’s best features including a 90Hz OLED display, 65W fast (wired) charging), and a relatively affordable starting […]
Oppo Watch is a $215 Apple Watch clone (powered by Android)
Remember when Chinese phone makers had a habit of cloning iPhones and slapping their own Android-based software on them? That doesn’t happen quite as much as it used to. But Oppo is reviving the practice… for watches. The company’s first smartwatch looks like a very nice device for a reasonable price. But the Oppo Watch also […]