Month: May 2019

The OPPO K3 just received an official launch date today. The budget mid-ranger that will spearhead OPPO’s attack on aggressively priced products like Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 7 is due for a debut on May 23. There’s much we know about the handset but all that is mostly restricted to specifications. Now, OPPO’s newest teaser posted today on Weibo sheds light on a key aspect of the design that was suspected earlier. The new OPPO K3 was recently unearthed from China Telecom’s website with its complete specifications which we will mention below.

As for the new teaser, it clearly shows a pop-up camera clearing all doubts about the frontal facia of the handset. The rear is rumoured to look like the recently announced OPPO Reno series. A bunch of other features have also been confirmed including a Snapdragon 710 SoC, a 6.5-inch AMOLED display, and an on-screen fingerprint reader. Storage type will be UFS 2.1 and the handset will be loaded with some of the latest software features like Game Boost 2.0, Link Boost, and Frame Boost.

As for other specifications, we expect 16MP primary shooters on the rear and the front. Moreover, VOOC 3.0 is also being rumoured while battery size is not yet known. There’s a 6GB version as well as an 8GB version too and pricing is believed to be in the 1,000 Yuan to 2,200 Yuan bracket.

A short video reveals more details about the rumored phone.

It’s no secret that Motorola is working on a foldable phone. According to Sina Tech, Lenovo shared a video with media today that shows the new, RAZR-like phone in action — Engadget has since learned the video was an edited fan render Lenovo was using for a press demo. The video offers a glimpse of the device folding in half and opening flat.

Last month, we saw the first leaked images, and while you could see a hinge, the phone was displayed open. Now, in addition to demonstrating the phone’s foldability, this video does a close up on the hinge and teases the black, red and blue color options. Unfolded, the phone matches the photos leaked last month, and the video aligns with Motorola’s patent designs for a foldable phone. But, the clip is only 33 seconds long, so it leaves plenty of room for questions.

We don’t know when the device will launch, or how much it’ll cost, but according to The Wall Street Journal, it could be in the range of $1,500. That’s almost $500 less than the Galaxy Fold. If Motorola can avoid major design flaws and tap into nostalgia for the original RAZR, it might have a few advantages over its competitors.

Smartphone launch season is in full force in May 2019 as we’ve been literally having a launch every day for three days straight. And it’s not going to stop any time soon. A new improved variant of the OPPO A9 was spotted on OPPO’s official store in China which essentially laid bare everything about the handset. It’s called the OPPO A9X and it will be going on sale in China on May 20th at a price of RMB 1,999 (around Rs 20,300). OPPO is also announcing the OPPO K3 on May 23.

Now, the listing which has been taken down as of this writing mentioned that the OPPO A9x would be equipped with a 6.53-inch IPS LCD full HD+ display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The handset has a waterdrop design on the front and a centrally placed dual camera setup on the back beneath which is a capacitive fingerprint reader, as depicted by the images. A MediaTek Helio P70 will be at the heart of the OPPO A9X. It will be assisted by 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage.

There’s a 48MP shooter on the rear of the phone accompanied by a 5 MP depth sensor while the front has a 16MP selfie taker. The OPPO A9X will be selling for RMB 1,999 and will be fueled by a 4,020mAh battery equipped with the latest VOOC 3.0 20W fast charge. There should be at least two colours according to the listing – Meteorite Black and Jade White colours.