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Oppo Reno2 5G appears on TENAA with periscope zoom lens

September 2, 2019
The Oppo Reno 10x zoom didn’t get a successor last week when Oppo unveiled three Reno2 phones. The new flagship seems to be working its way through TENAA, however, or at least its 5G model is. As a reminder, the original Oppo Reno 5G added a Qualcomm X50 5G modem to the 10x zoom hardware. It’s not clear if the Reno2 flagship will be split into 4G and 5G versions, however. The Oppo Reno2 5G has a…
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Oppo VP teases premium Reno phone with 90Hz screen, maybe 10x zoom successor

September 2, 2019
The next big thing in mobile displays seems to be high refresh rates. Oppo VP Brian Shen took to Weibo to tease a 90Hz display for the next Oppo Reno phone, which will also sport Super VOOC charging. Oppo announced three Reno2 phones last week, but they were mid-rangers using the standard 20W VOOC. Notably, there was no successor to the Oppo Reno 10x zoom. This new Reno with its 90Hz screen and…
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Sites stealing iPhone data reportedly targeted Uyghur Muslims

September 1, 2019
The websites stealing data from iPhones might have been used for particularly sinister purposes. TechCrunch sources claim the sites were part of a state-sponsored campaign, presumably from China, targeting the country’s Uyghur Muslim population. The pages would have let China swipe sensitive info like messages and passwords, not to mention track their locations. Apple quietly fixed the issue…
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OnePlus publishes standalone Zen Mode app on the Google Play Store

September 1, 2019
OnePlus has officially published its Oxygen OS-only digital mindfulness Zen Mode as a standalone app on the Google Play Store. Zen Mode came to OnePlus devices with the release of the fantastic OnePlus 7 Pro earlier this year. It basically works by giving you a 20-minute break from your smartphone, locking almost all non-essential apps so that you can simply focus on something else. It does leave…
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