OPPO abandons custom chip design ambitions
Asia In Brief PLUS: India gets blood from a drone; Toshiba sets a date; Australia floats metaverse standards
Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 2
OPPO
Chinese mobe-makers play a long game with homebrew chips
Modest, low-volume chips will pay off over time, apparently
Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 14
Time to buy a phone as shops use discounts to clear out inventories
More stock is NOT wanted as shipments plunge to lowest point in decade, Apple floats to top
Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 52
Unity game engine attracts big cash from China's tech titans
Chinese game devs targeted – maybe data protection laws too
Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 3
Court allows Huawei India CEO to appeal travel ban
Allegations of financial impropriety continue to swirl
Legal28 Jul 2022 |
Demand for smartphones is drying up
Canalys prelim Q2 data indicates economic headwinds and worries of 'inventory pile-up'
Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 49
Oppo joins the 'we designed our own chips' club, announces MariSilicon X
Chinese handset maker doesn't go too hardcore, focuses on making snaps sparkle
Personal Tech15 Dec 2021 | 1
Everyone who wants a smartphone for Chrimbo will get one, but in the real world things are somewhat different
Global handset market slips in Q3 on sliding chipset availability, says Canalys
Personal Tech15 Oct 2021 | 8
Smartphone shipments jumped 26% in Q1 – only to recapture ground lost to the pandemic
Don't call it growth
Personal Tech08 Jun 2021 |
Oppo takes China’s smartphone sales crown as former leader’s sales dive Huawei down
Without Honor, or 5G silicon, there can be no victory
Personal Tech08 Mar 2021 | 4
Not one, not two, but a trio of hinges to potentially break in OPPO's bendy concept phone
Tired: Pholdables. Wired: Pholdables you can fold eleventeen times
Personal Tech14 Dec 2020 | 20
OPPO showcases 'rollable' concept phone that turns into a tablet – no bending needed
'Yeah, that's how we roll,' an exec may have said at some point
Personal Tech17 Nov 2020 | 14
Reno4 Pro 5G: At this price point, OPPO's latest phone for the UK market ought to feel better than a mid-ranger
Hands-on A few things conspicuous by their absence at £700
Personal Tech07 Oct 2020 | 5
OPPO's ColorOS 11 hits beta, but swerves EU audience over GDPR compliance concerns
Update to give your phone a 3-fingered gesture (to translate words. What did you think we meant?)
Personal Tech14 Sep 2020 | 4
Oppo Find X2 Neo: We're not getting any slimmer through lockdown, but phones are
Review Lovely-to-hold blower sadly missing some features for the price
Personal Tech06 Aug 2020 | 24
All the way to Reno: Oppo's latest mid-ranger going global but lacks 5G compared to similarly specced models
It'll be a tough sell against the OnePluses and Motorolas around
Personal Tech31 Jul 2020 | 8
Chinese mobile giant OPPO claims new 125W fast-charging spec will fully fuel your phone in 20 minutes
But competitors concerned about hits to battery capacity and longevity
Personal Tech15 Jul 2020 | 28
Chinese mobe flinger OPPO aims £219 A72 handset at penny-pinching Brit youth
Please, sir. I want some more TikTok
Personal Tech01 Jul 2020 | 9
OPPO Find X2: Top-tier cam and 5G, so who needs a fold?
Hands on BBK brand plays it safe
Personal Tech09 Mar 2020 | 6
Watch this space: Chinese mobe flinger OPPO flexes first shot at the wearables market
With eSIM tech for the Dick Tracy in your life
Personal Tech06 Mar 2020 | 10
Realme's 5G handset is a bargain at €599 – but it's only for cool young people. Sorry
Moss green? Rust red? Is this Pokémon?
Personal Tech24 Feb 2020 | 13
Is it OPPOsites day? Chinese smartphone giant expected to develop its own silicon
OPPOrtunity knocks etc
Personal Tech18 Feb 2020 | 10
OPPO's Reno 2, aka 'Baby Shark', joins the deepening pool of high-spec midranger mobes
Don't spend a thousand quid before you fish around, folks
Personal Tech07 Nov 2019 | 48
5G is Chinese firms' foot in the door to Europe as Oppo launches flagship Reno mobe in Zurich
Huawei was just the beginning
Personal Tech24 Apr 2019 | 7
Is Oppo short for Opportunistic? BBK opens UK doors
A dubious slider and a bargain midranger. Forgotten the chocolates? We'll warn you now: Danger!
Personal Tech14 Feb 2019 | 12
OnePlus smartmobe brand modelled on 'a religion', founder admits
Shenzhen cult gathers the faithful
Personal Tech17 May 2018 | 25
Samsung gains ground on smartphones
Emerging markets are where it's at
Personal Tech22 Aug 2017 | 12
China's phone quartet is shouldering its way into Western markets
Huawei breathing creepily down Apple's neck
Personal Tech23 May 2017 | 15
Smartphone growth? Not in Q1, says IDC
Phone-fondlers fondle fave phones for longer, spoiling upgrade cycle
Channel28 Apr 2016 | 4
Samsung, Oppo collared in smartphone bloatware probe
If this case is won, let's all move to China
Software05 Jul 2015 | 30
A premium smartie lump: Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Edition
Review Monster phablet rooted at the factory for your pleasure
Personal Tech22 Apr 2014 | 17
Brazil bitchslaps ratification of OOXML
Dissenting voices against Microsoft grow
Channel30 May 2008 | 21
Biting the hand that feeds IT
