OPPO R9S Black Edition preorders open for RM1,828

OPPO R9S Black Edition preorders open for RM1,828 1

OPPO today officially launched the R9s Black Edition today at a cost for RM1,828 with a special pre-order period that starts from today on 3 May to 9 May 2017. This puts the new Black Edition phone at the same price as the original colours in gold as well as the prior one that was…

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OPPO announces Neelofa as the face of their new R9s Black Edition phone

OPPO announces Neelofa as the face of their new R9s Black Edition phone 7

OPPO Malaysia has just announced that Malaysian TV actress and model Neelofa is the new face for thir latest aesthetic variant of the OPPO R9S which comes in a shade of black. The OPPO R9S Black Edition is functionally identical to its siblings in terms of specifications, hardware, camera and performance bar the matte black…

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OPPO’s new A57 phone has just landed in Malaysia for RM1,098

OPPO’s new A57 phone has just landed in Malaysia for RM1,098 11

If you’re in the market for a smartphone and are looking for something that will sate the narcissist in you, you’ll appreciate what OPPO’s new A57 phone has to offer. The phone has a more powerful front-facing camera than its rear, packing as it is a 16-MP front-facing camera with an F/2.0 aperture, a large…

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The MWC 2017 Roundup – Our Fave Offerings on the Showroom Floor

The MWC 2017 Roundup - Our Fave Offerings on the Showroom Floor 14

Mobile World Congress 2017 has come and gone. In the short space of 96 hours under one roof and multiple halls in Barcelona that spanned the length of several football fields, the world’s greatest manufacturers of tech across the spectrum for smartphones and the ancillary services and technologies that support them showcased their latest and…

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OPPO’s newly launched camera tech at MWC may just kill the point-and-shoot for good

OPPO’s newly launched camera tech at MWC may just kill the point-and-shoot for good 22

While most smartphone vendors announce their latest phones for the year at Mobile World Congress, up and comer OPPO’s modus operandi is rather different. Last year, they announced their take on fast charging tech dubbed Super VOOC Flash Charge that sought to address the perpetual problem facing every smartphone on the planet – charging it…

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OPPO’s R9s camera and the tech behind it explained

OPPO's R9s camera and the tech behind it explained 27

Smartphone cameras today are approaching a level of sophistication and performance that have put left all but the most powerful point-and-shoot compacts in the dust. A piece by Petapixel derived camera production data from CIPA for 2016 and while photography is more popular than ever, most of the sales on the chart was derived from…

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OPPO launches R9s Plus today for RM2,498

OPPO launches R9s Plus today for RM2,498 37

Most of the limelight on OPPO globally is on their new camera system that was launched at MWC 2017. In Malaysia, they are focusing most of the fuss on the upgunned R9s Plus phablet that has just been announced for sale today. The R9s Plus is aesthetically similar to the R9s but has an improved…

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6 Reasons to Buy the OPPO R9s

6 Reasons to Buy the OPPO R9s 42

OPPO’s latest flagship the R9s is a watershed phone as it is one of the few, if not the only phone in Malaysia in its price range that comes with an impressive rear camera that packs an F/1.7 aperture matched only by phones that come at nearly twice the price. Add in a luscious bespoke…

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The latest IDC smartphone market share figures are in – here’s the top five biggest smartphone vendors in Malaysia for 2016

The latest IDC smartphone market share figures are in - here’s the top five biggest smartphone vendors in Malaysia for 2016 49

The International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report which covers smartphone shipments in Malaysia recorded about 2.7 million units across the range from entry level to flagship phones shipped in Malaysia in quarter 4 of 2016. This brings the year to a close with 8.8 million or so phones shipped which is, according…

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OPPO shipped 99.4 million smartphones in 2016, is fourth in world market share based on latest IDC figures

OPPO shipped 99.4 million smartphones in 2016, is fourth in world market share based on latest IDC figures 54

From a brand that few have heard of from China to what is now the world’s fourth largest in global market share, OPPO is certainly making waves globally. Their recent array of camera-centric phones such as the selfie-oriented F1s launched at the tail end of last year and their recently launched new R9s that has…

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