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Oppo launches Reno 5 5G smartphone in South Africa: here’s its price

Oppo has announced its latest smartphone to launch in South Africa, the Oppo Reno 5, along with a price for the device. While the…

Oppo launches Find X3 Pro globally – but it won’t come to SA this year

Oppo has taken the wraps off its latest phone, the Find X3 Pro, in its bid to take on the likes of Samsung and…

Oppo X 2021: Oppo unveils concept for rollable smartphone

During its Oppo Inno Day 2020 event, Oppo unveiled its rollable concept smartphone device — the Oppo X 2021 — bringing its own spin…

Oppo A15 and A53s come to South Africa – price and details

The latest Oppo smartphones to arrive in South Africa — the A15 and A53s — will launch on 7 November, bring two new affordable…

Nokia crushes the Android updates game as others couldn’t care less

An aspect of smartphones we don’t cover enough of is manufacturer software updates, but it seems that the likes of Nokia, Samsung, Xiaomi and…

Apple’s iPhone slides, Samsung leads in global smartphone market share race

Apple’s iPhone is hanging on by its fingernails to its title as the world’s third biggest smartphone maker, as Chinese smartphone makers close in,…

Oppo’s ‘waterfall screen’ smartphone is a gorgeous all-screen concept

Oppo only recently sunk the selfie camera beneath a screen of its latest concept smartphone, but now, the company’s coming for the bezels. In…

Huawei’s quickly closing the global phone sales gap to Samsung

Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo — the big three Chinese smartphone makers — just can’t stop selling devices. This according to global sales data from…

Huawei’s phones are now more popular than Apple’s

Huawei now sells more smartphones globally than Apple, this according to data released by research firm Gartner. The firm’s Q2 2018 reports suggests that…

Oppo F9 makes the teardrop notch a little more appealing

The Oppo F9 series launched in India on Tuesday, bringing with it a heap of marketing material dedicated to its new charging system. Dubbed…

Oppo’s Find X mounts its three cameras on a motorised sled

Notches are so early 2018, this is at least according to Chinese company Oppo’s new smartphone, the Find X. Behind that silly name lies…

Oppo R15 is a slick upper mid-range phone, ruined by (yes) a notch

Chinese mobile brand Oppo is one of the world’s largest smartphone makers, even if you can’t find them in South Africa and the USA….

6 of the most innovative Chinese smartphones ever made

Many people tend to think of Apple and Samsung when it comes to innovation in the smartphone industry. But the landscape has changed massively…

Smartphone shipments: Xiaomi grew 52% but still finished sixth

IHS Markit’s smartphone shipment data for Q2 2017 has revealed plenty of growth in the industry, up 7% compared to a year ago. But who…

Smartphone shipments: Samsung steals crown from Apple again

Apple edged out Samsung in Q4 2016 smartphone shipments, according to statistics by the IDC. But now, the analytics firm’s Q1 2017 stats show…

5 Asian mobile brands we’d like to see in SA

Between Huawei’s dominance on the continent and Xiaomi’s in-roads via MIA Group, it’s clear that Chinese smartphone brands are enjoying unprecedented success in Africa….

‘We beat Apple in China because they didn’t adapt’

Apple was beaten in China by Oppo and Vivo because they failed to adapt to the market, the founder of the two companies claimed. Duan…

Oppo, using a prism, gets 5x lossless zoom on phones

Chinese brand Oppo might not be very well known locally, but it’s a rather innovative smartphone manufacturer in China. We’ve seen the company launch…

Huawei who? Apple what? Oppo tops China shipments in 2016

It wasn’t that long ago that Apple, Huawei and Xiaomi were duking it out for the number one spot in China. But the latest…

Global smartphone sales spike as Samsung, Apple lose ground

China’s smartphone makers are slowly eating into Samsung and Apple’s global market share, this according to a new report by Gartner. Globally, smartphone sales…

The Gearburn Podcast #3: are big companies neglecting the budget smartphone space?

Hey you, using that swanky flagship over there, have you ever stopped to think if companies are doing enough for budget smartphone users? It’s…

Samsung to supply Xiaomi, LeEco with dual-camera modules?

A new report claims that Samsung‘s Electro Mechanics unit will be supplying several Chinese manufacturers, including Xiaomi and LeEco, with dual-camera modules. “The South…

5 emerging Chinese smartphone brands you should know

Huawei has pretty much become a household name across the continent, while Xiaomi is catching up in this department too. There’s more to the…

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