2016 called, and it wants its software updates back from OPPO, which only now rolls out Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the R9, R9 Plus and F1s.
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OPPO was the number one smartphone vendor in China during Q4, and it also had the top-selling 2016 model. Apple wasted a year.
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In case you were wondering what could possibly make the OPPO R9s Plus, due for an announcement alongside the standard R9s tomorrow, a “plus” phone, it turns out it’s not only a presumably larger display.That octa-core Snapdragon 653 processor Qualcomm literally just unveiled earlier today will apparently make its commercial debut ...
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Two of China’s rising smartphone OEM stars have interesting press events officially lined up for next week, specifically October 18 and 19, with Huawei clearly ready to unveil the Honor 6X handheld and Honor S1 smartwatch, while OPPO reportedly gears up for R9s and R9s ...
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Just because Apple, LG or Sony are effectively done with their high-profile H2 2016 smartphone announcements, it doesn’t mean we’re in for a boring couple of months, as everyone holds off until January or February to unleash the next wave of mobile powerhouses.Samsung still has the Galaxy C9 up its sleeve to try to minimize the shock of a prospective Note 7 cancelation, HTC is looking to strike
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Just as Xiaomi has put out its best and brightest for the fall, so will OPPO soon enough. The company has been promoting its sequels to the R9 and R9 Plus. And wouldn’t you know it, they’re called the R9S and R9S Plus.Hunan TV recently popped up a sponsor spot for OPPO, featuring the new OPPO R9S. A further render release was then put out, basically just the ...
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A number of research firms have come out with their Q2 or overall H1 2016 smartphone sales reports, unanimously concluding Android as a whole continued to surge, while iOS lost a bit of steam, and Windows plunged closer than ever to absolute market irrelevance.As far as OEMs go, Samsung enjoyed a couple of
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If you’re still wondering how it might be possible for an Android handheld manufacturer to realistically predict 100 million unit global shipments without much of a presence in many key European markets or the US, Counterpoint Research should give you a solid clue.According to the firm’s latest “Monthly Market Pulse”, OPPO claimed a big domestic win for the month of June not only in offline sales, but overall ...
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Huawei’s been chomping up the food chain as the world’s third largest smartphone manufacturer by annual shipments. It was originally looking forward to a 40 percent jump in shipments this year to further its ambitions to be the world’s largest OEM.Nope. Not the case it seems, as told from Taiwanese industry. Huawei may cut back from a forecast 140 million smartphones to 120 million smartphones. That’s still a 20 percent improvement from last year, but with the higher-end ...
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Taking a page from domestic arch-rival Huawei’s playbook, OPPO’s been constantly seizing the spotlight lately to gloat about various box-office achievements, both in general and specific to certain smartphone models.Ranked fourth among the world’s top manufacturers in Q1 2016 by market research firm IC Insights, OPPO remarkably managed to
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The threat posed by Huawei on Samsung and Apple in terms of global smartphone sales numbers is more real than ever, and Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi and ZTE could well boost their Western awareness this year also.But what about OPPO, which was
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Not our usual camera showdown, but the folks at Oppo describe the new F1 Plus as a “selfie expert” phone. While rear mounted cameras are usually higher quality, and are the preferred tools for most people when we discuss mobile content creations, we can’t deny the selfie phenomenon. There’s a distinct smartphone consumer who might never use that rear camera, but depends on a front camera to capture their important moments.The F1 Plus is a curious beast for us smartphone camera snobs. The rear camera is a fairly ...
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Forget the “decent” OPPO F1 camera phone, as the true Europe-bound selfie expert has finally arrived under the predictable but somewhat confusing F1 Plus moniker. Predictable, because the handheld and name were teased a while back, and confusing due to its glaring similarities with the R9.Check that, the OPPO F1 Plus and R9 are virtually identical, not just similar, the only difference being the latter
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The OPPO R-series keeps on delivering some excellent, if conventional phones to us. The OPPO R9 and R9 Plus didn’t disappoint us in that aspect and neither have they disappointed its manufacturer when it came to first-day sales (though they haven’t been Xiaomi-good). According to ...
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