Oppo details the manufacturing process of Find X5 Pro’s ceramic back

Oppo offers a detailed look on how it has achieved the look of the Find X5 Pro’s ceramic back cover, the challenges involved, and the processed needed to make the ceramic back cover and fit it all together. Oppo took inspiration from the back cover of the Oppo Find X3 to translate to the Find X5 Pro. It also took inspiration from nature in that “there are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature” as quoted from Antonio Gaudi, a famous Catalan architect from Spain. Oppo points out “most rival handsets tent to bolt on unsightly camera bumps almost as an afterthought, making...

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Realme Narzo 50A Prime is coming on March 22, design and key specs revealed

Realme's Narzo 50 series currently includes three smartphones - Narzo 50, Narzo 50i, and Narzo 50A. This number will increase to four on March 22 as the company will introduce the Narzo 50A Prime in Indonesia. Realme hasn't detailed the Narzo 50A Prime's specs sheet yet, but the company confirmed the smartphone will feature a 6.6" 1080p display and sport a triple camera system on the rear headlined by a 50MP camera. The image shared by Realme's Indonesian branch on its official website also reveals the Narzo 50A Prime's design and color options. The smartphone packs a notched display...

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Messages by Google update now displays reactions from iPhones as emojis

Google's Android messaging app is getting an interesting new update today. Messages by Google, which is the name the app goes by these days, can now show reactions from iPhones as emojis, "just like when you're messaging with someone who's using an Android device", Google says. This will initially be available for devices set to English. Next up, videos shared via Messages by Google can be sent as Google Photos links right inside the conversation. This means iPhone users will be able to watch a high quality version of the video through Google Photos, instead of the blurry mess that...

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Oppo Find X5 and Find X5 Pro UK pre-orders start, offering freebies worth £373

Oppo has started taking pre-orders for the Find X5 and Find X5 Pro in the UK today. These will be up until March 23, when the phones finally become available and pre-orders will ship. If you pre-order either device, you're getting freebies valued at a whopping £373: a 50W AirVOOC wireless charging stand valued at £69.99, a pair of Oppo Enco X true wireless earbuds valued at £169, an Oppo Watch Free valued at £89, and a Kevlar Aramid case valued at £44.99. That's quite a huge bundle deal, so if you're in the UK and are interested in the Find X5 or Find X5 Pro, it definitely looks...

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Osom teases the front of its OV1 smartphone and Privacy Cable

Osom Privacy has just posted a new teaser of its upcoming OV1 smartphone. Osom is a privacy-focused brand that’s working to build a privacy-focused smartphone with the core team of engineers who built the Essential PH-1. When you charge your device, you could be sharing personal data. The OSOM Privacy Cable gives you the ability to turn off data collection with the flip of a switch. Included in-box. #privacy #ownyourprivacy #osom2022 #android #google #usbcable pic.twitter.com/QYBoSXxdLe— OSOMPrivacy (@OsomPrivacy) March 10, 2022 The Tweet shows the the USB-C Privacy Cable that we saw...

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Valve releases Windows 10 drivers for Steam Deck

Valve today announced that it is providing Windows drivers for its Steam Deck handheld console. These drivers will enable crucial hardware compatibility for those who want to use Microsoft's OS. The drivers being released today are for the GPU, the Wi-Fi, and the Bluetooth. Valve said the audio drivers are still being worked on with AMD, so they are not available today. As such, there will be no audio support through the speakers or headphone jack on the Steam Deck. Users will have to use Bluetooth or USB audio devices. The drivers are being provided for Windows 10 only. Windows...

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Geekbench confirms iPhone SE (2022) packs 4GB RAM

Apple’s fresh new iPhone SE (2022) comes with 4GB of RAM as confirmed by benchmarking platform Geekebench. That amount is just as much as the iPhone 13 and 13 mini which also use the A15 Bionic chipset. The Geekbench scorecard for the SE (2022) confirms it managed 1,695-points on the single-core test which is comparable to the iPhone 13 series and 4,021-points on the multi-core department which is slightly less than the more premium iPhones. iPhone SE (2022) scorecard on Geekbench The Geekbench listing shows the new budget iPhone is running the latest iOS 15.4 out of the box. Apple...

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Realme 9 SE launches with an SD778G and 144Hz display, Realme 9 tags along

The Realme 9 Pro duo was announced in mid-February, now come a pair of non-Pro phones. Don’t be so quick to write them off, however, as the Realme 9 5G SE is actually faster than the Realme 9 Pro. Realme 9 5G SE SE stands for “Speed Edition” and the phone lives up to its name in two ways – having a faster chipset and a faster display (than its sibling and the 9 Pro). For the former, the Realme 9 5G SE is powered by a Snapdragon 778G. This is a bit of a surprise as even the Realme 9 Pro only offers a Snapdragon 695. This means the SE has double the number of Cortex-A78 based cores...

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