Oppo Inno Day 2: watch the unveiling of the Oppo Find N live here

Oppo is holding its annual Inno Day event in Shenzhen, China, a once a year showcase of the best technology that the company has developed for products coming in the near and distant future. You can watch the Day 1 keynote to see the new MariSilicon X NPU, the Oppo Air Glass AR monocle and a prototype phone with a retractable camera. Day 2 of the innovation-focused event brings the company’s first foldable, the Oppo Find N. Oppo is keeping its cards close to its vest, so you will have to watch the livestream for the first official details of the new device. We’ve already seen a...

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Samsung Display is making the foldable screen on Oppo Find N

While day one of Oppo’s Inno is already in the books, Korean outlet TheElec is giving out details about the Oppo Find N which is expected to be star of tomorrow's day two event. Based on the report, Samsung Display is the main supplier for Oppo’s upcoming first foldable device. The device’s main 7.1-inch folding OLED is made with Samsung’s Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) composite material. The panel is also said to be of the LTPO variety with a max refresh rate of 120Hz. It’s not all Samsung Display though, as The Elec reoprt specifies Find N’s external 5.45-inch OLED panel is provided by BOE....

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MIUI 13 logo and features leak - infinity scroll, small widgets and sidebar shown on video

The Xiaomi 12 will be unveiled later this month, on December 28 quite likely, and it will bring the new MIUI 13 along with it. The logo for the new OS version has leaked through Xiaomi’s Feedback app and continues the geometric design trend of version 12. The leaked MIUI 13 logo • The old MIUI 12 logo This was discovered by the team at Xiaomi UI, who dug up even more about the upcoming update – videos that show off some new features, also discovered in Xiaomi apps that were updated in preparation for the announcement. The first couple of videos are about the home screen. The...

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Realme GT 2 Pro will introduce three world's firsts on December 20, including innovative build material

Yesterday Realme announced it will unveil the GT 2 series on December 20, and today, the company announced it will introduce three new "world's first innovations" at the GT 2 Series Special Event on Monday. These three innovations will include eco-friendly material, photography innovations, and communication technologies in the GT 2 series. Realme hasn't divulged much about these world-first innovations yet, but, the young brand tells us it teamed up with Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukawasa to "explore a more environmentally friendly design" by using "world’s first innovative...

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vivo V23 Pro visits Geekbench with Dimensity 1200

We’re expecting vivo to launch its V23 Pro on January 4 and now the phone has appeared in a Geekbench listing. The phone sports the vivo V2123 identifier and managed a respectable 679 points in the single-core department and 2,707 points in the multi-core test. vivo V2123 Geekbench scorecard (via: Nashville Chatter) The report also reveals the V23 Pro is using MediaTek’s Dimensity 1200 chipset at the helm aided by 8GB RAM and boots Android 12. Based on previous leaks, vivo V23 Pro will bring a 120Hz OLED display, 33W charging. We’ll keep a lookout for more clues heading into...

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Oppo Air Glass is an aR monocle that snaps onto your glasses

Oppo has made it something of a tradition at this point to unveil smart glasses at its INNO Day events, so here is its third product in the category. The Oppo Air Glass is an assisted reality (aR) device that snaps onto specially-designed frames and uses a micro projector to overlay different kinds of information directly in front of your eyes. The Air Glass comes in White or Black and is made of two parts - the frame, which houses the components, like the Snapdragon Wear 4100 Platform chipset, and the lens. Then there's the monocular waveguide and a self-developed Spark...

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Oppo's new MariSilicon X NPU will take the Find X series image quality to the next level

Oppo just announced its MariSilicon NPU based on the 6nm manufacturing process. Its main goal is to improve the quality of photos and videos as well as further expand the feature set of its cameras. The first phones to adopt it is going to be the next-generation Find X series due to be announced in Q1 2022. The MariSilicon X has an ISP so Oppo won't be relying on the ISP found in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It supports 20-bit, 120db dynamic range in images, real-time RAW processing in 4K videos. Using the NPU, an AI can apply different algorithms for noise reduction, better color...

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Huawei new foldable is called P50 Pocket, arriving on December 23

The Huawei P50 and P50 Pro debuted in the summer, but now a third, more exciting member will be joining the family according to the latest online rumors. The foldable that we previously belived will launch as Mate V will instead be called Huawei P50 Pocket, and will be announced on December 23. It will have a clamshell vertical fold form factor akin to the Galaxy Z Flip3 and the Motorola Razr. We’ve heard multiple reports about the phone, including fancy 3D renders with a big cover screen and two vertical cameras. Huawei calls the new phone a “winter flagship”, and we expect...

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vivo S12 series and Watch 2's launch date revealed

vivo unveiled the S10 and S10 Pro in July and followed up with the S10e in October. Today the company announced it will further expand the S lineup by introducing the S12 series on December 22. The launch event will begin at 7:30PM local time in China, where we'll also witness the unveiling of the vivo Watch 2 - successor to the vivo Watch announced last September. vivo posted a teaser on Weibo, which hints at triple rear cameras and curved screen and confirms the gold color option for the S12 series. And while we await more information from vivo about the S12 lineup, a picture of a...

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