TENAA lists the Oppo K5 specifications, will sport a 64MP main camera, Snapdragon 730G chipset

Counterpoint Research has issued its latest smartphone market stats, so let's check it. Globally, Samsung is the world's leader with 21% market share (2% up YoY), followed by Huawei with the Honor brand - 18% (4% up YoY). Apple is third with 12% market share (no change YoY). Oppo is fourth with 9% closely followed by Xiaomi and Vivo,e ach with 8%. Realme takes 3% of the global smartphone market. The rest of the...

5 Dicembre 2019

A new Oppo smartphone has appeared on TENAA with code name Oppo PCPM00. It is speculated that this model code corresponds to the upcoming Oppo Reno3 Pro. Having in mind that the Reno3 Pro will be based on a Snapdragon 765G chipset, which arrives with an integrated 5G connectivity, it is strange that the TENAA listing does not include 5G next to the other supported networks. It usually does so for 5G-enabled...

4 Dicembre 2019

During the first day of the Snapdragon Tech Summit and amidst the presentation of the Snapdragon 865 and the Snapdragon 765/765G chipsets, several smartphone manufacturers took the stage. Xiaomi confirmed it will launch the Mi 10 in the first half of 2020 based on the Snapdragon 865 chipset. It will have four rear cameras with the main one being a 108MP unit. A telephoto camera will offer 5x zoom. Redmi K30 will...

3 Dicembre 2019

The Realme X2 Pro already had two launches - in China and in Europe. Today is the model's launch in India. Its specs are already known. The smartphone has a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED FHD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate and 135Hz sampling rate. It supports HDR10 and 100% of the DCI-P3 colour space. The display features a Goodix 3.0 under-display optical fingerprint sensor. The Realme X2 Pro packs a Snapdragon 855 Plus...

20 Novembre 2019

BBK Group is the company behind Vivo, Oppo, OnePlus, Realme. According to the latest quarterly report by Counterpoint Research, 20% of the volume market share was held by those four brands in Q3 of 2019. For comparison, the leader - Samsung has 20.6% volume market share. It is followed by Huawei with 17.6% and Apple with 11.8%. Vivo, Oppo and Realme are also in the top 10 list.

13 Novembre 2019

Realme has decided to expand outside China and India and has launched three of its latest smartphones in Europe. The specifications of all three are way too familiar, so we won't repeat them here. You can check them out in detail in the corresponding model pages: Realme 5 Pro specifications Realme X2 specifications Realme X2 Pro specifications Pricing and availability Realme 5 Pro - €199, October 18 Realme X2...

15 Ottobre 2019

With so many smartphones launched by one and the same companies lately, it is very difficult to distinguish them from one another. Realme X2 Pro is one such example. The brand that was meant to offer affordable mid-range smartphones seriously stepped in the higher mid-range realm with its latest models. The heavily teased Realme X2 Pro looks and feels a lot like OnePlus 7/7T. It has a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED FHD+...

14 Ottobre 2019

The Oppo Reno Ace and Oppo K5 are finally official. The Reno Ace sports a Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset with vapour chamber (VC) liquid cooling. The Game Boost 2.0 software ensures you enjoy immersive and stutter-free gameplay. Link Boost ensures enhanced Wi-Fi connections. The SoC is paired to either 8GB or 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB or 256GB of UFS 3.0 storage. There's a 4000 mAh battery on board paired to a 65W...

10 Ottobre 2019

Realme X2 has just been announced in China. This handset employs a combination of 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass for the front and a 3D curved Gorilla Glass 5 for the back. The frame around them is made of aluminium alloy. The front of the device is adorned with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 x 2340. The unit uses a COF bonding technology and has a brightness of around 500 nits. The...

24 Settembre 2019

Realme has unveiled on Weibo the main specifications of the Realme X2 which will be announced tomorrow. It looks like this is a re-branded Realme XT 730G, which will debut in India in December. In addition, it also looks identical to the Oppo K5 which is about to be unveiled as well. The only difference is the Realme branded back instead of the Oppo one. Let's go through the Realme X2 specifications. The Realme X2...

23 Settembre 2019

Oppo has confirmed on Weibo that the upcoming Reno Ace will support 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 fast charging, will pack a Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset and a display with a 90Hz refresh rate. TENAA has already listed the Oppo Reno Ace (PCLM10) specifications and Oppo has already said that the device will be unveiled on October 10th. The Oppo Reno Ace (PCLM10) is expected to have a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of...

23 Settembre 2019

Oppo has announced three new fast-charging technologies for mobile devices. The first is the 65W SuperVOOC Fast Charge 2.0. It will debut on the upcoming Reno Ace and will be able to charge a 4000 mAh battery in 30 minutes. The second is the 30W Wireless VOOC Flash Charge - the first VOOC wireless solution which makes wireless charging speeds on par with wired ones. The third one - VOOC Flash Charge 4.0 offers a...

18 Settembre 2019

This September is one of the busiest Septembers in the smartphone market ever. The brands are not many but they launch device after device. One of them is Realme. In the past 30 days, the brand has announced the Realme 5, Realme 5 Pro, Realme Q, Realme XT and teased the Realme XT 730G, which will arrive in December. It has now announced that the Realme X2 will be unveiled on September 24th. The handset will have a...

17 Settembre 2019

Oppo will enlarge its Reno series of smartphones with the Reno Ace. The company has just announced that this model will support 65W flash charge and will be unveiled on October 10th. The company's VP has confirmed the device will have a 90Hz refresh rate and a 4000 mAh battery. More details as we get them.

16 Settembre 2019