OPPO’s R9s camera and the tech behind it explained

By Hitech Century | March 7, 2017 |

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…

6 Reasons to Buy the OPPO R9s

By Hitech Century | February 22, 2017 |

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…

OPPO’s Min Chen special edition R9s arriving in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | February 19, 2017 |

OPPO’s R9s camphone has recently made headlines of late as it’s one of the few sub-RM2000 phones that come with a cracking good rear camera with an F/1.7 aperture, PDAF and Sony’s new IMX398 sensor to serve up some brill shots. It has appeared in several different colour variants including a limited edition Valentine Red…

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

By Hitech Century | February 10, 2017 |

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…

OPPO announces red R9s for Valentine’s Day

By Hitech Century | February 1, 2017 |

OPPO’s R9s camphone is one of the more interesting devices in the market of late seeing as it comes with a rear 16-MP camera with a Sony IMX 398 sensor that packs a bright F/1.7 aperture lens along with dual PDAF tech for better performance and faster autofocus, making it one of the more powerful…

Chinese New Year with the OPPO R9s

By Hitech Century | January 31, 2017 |

When Chinese New Year rolls in every year, it acts is an ironman triathlon of sorts for people and phones alike. On the first three days of Chinese New Year, it is considered customary to visit the homes of family, friends and relatives to wish them well for the lunar new year. Wellwishers wake up…

OPPO’s R9s outsells F1s in preorders

By Hitech Century | January 17, 2017 |

OPPO Malaysia seems to be playing their cards right, if the response by the vox populi is any indication. Currently, they have opened their latest flagship phone the R9s for preorders nationwide after their official launch a week or so ago spearheaded by a star studded celebrity line-up lead by Korean superstar Lee Min-Ho along…

Win prizes by watching OPPO’s R9S launch tomorrow

By Hitech Century | January 4, 2017 |

Oppo has been coy about their latest superstar spokesperson for their flagship R9S but have finally revealed his identity: it’s none other than Korean superstar Lee Min-ho. He has been spotted filming commercials alongside their Malaysian brand ambassador Min Chen in Korea recently though the phone itself will officially be launching tomorrow. https://youtu.be/yFIjp5TyleE To celebrate…

Oppo teases Malaysia launch of R9s camphone

By Hitech Century | December 28, 2016 |

While Oppo has been dominating billboards with their F1S selfie-centric phone of late, they’re now gunning for the camphone market again with the upcoming release of their R9s smartphone that sports a rear 16-MP camera with a host of impressive hardware to make it an impressive shooter indeed. In terms of hardware, what we do…