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Android 14 Beta Arrives on OnePlus, OPPO, Xiaomi, Nothing Phones

Kellen May 11, 2023

With the launch of Android 14 Beta 2 yesterday, Google announced that a bunch of its partners are entering the Android 14 Beta arena alongside the Pixel line. Phones and other devices from OnePlus, OPPO, Nothing, Xiaomi, Lenovo, and others can now test out the...

Vivo Claims Its New FlashCharge Tech Can Charge a 4,000mAh Battery in Just 13 Minutes

Tim June 20, 2019

A product manager for Vivo posted a video to Weibo this week, showing off the company's new Super FlashCharge technology in action. While the video is short, only showing a phone charge at super speeds for a few seconds, its noted that when/if implemented into...

Upcoming Phone Designs From OPPO, Samsung, and Huawei Might Get Weird

Tim May 13, 2019

According to @UniverseIce and @BenGeskin on Twitter, two noteworthy names if you're concerned with leaks and concept phone designs, we should start getting hyped for upcoming smartphones from OPPO, Samsung, Huawei, and Vivo. There are no images to go on, but...

The Essential Phone was at Least a Year Ahead of Everyone

Kellen August 23, 2018

When you look at the Essential Phone's unique design compared to the phones that have been released since it first arrived a year ago, there's no denying who was first to this notch craze and who had the initial vision for where the industry was headed. But...

This is Cool.

Kellen June 25, 2018 38

Assuming this isn't a disaster in terms of reliability, I think this whole moving camera thing is pretty fun. While the rest of the industry is stuck with notches, Vivo and Oppo aren't having much of it and are instead introducing some unique ideas that might...

Vivo’s “Truly Bezel-Less” Phone With Pop-Up Camera is a Refreshing Look at the Future

Kellen June 12, 2018 50

Vivo, a Chinese company who we have basically dubbed the "New Hype King," based on a number of press releases where they claim to be the first at something, show off a new technology before anyone else (and before it's ready for real-world use), and send four-...

Vivo’s All-Screen Phone With Pop-Up Selfie Cam is Getting World Cup Hype

Kellen May 23, 2018 33

You may recall one of the random stars of MWC, a Vivo phone that featured an all-display design without a notch, thanks to a clever pop-up selfie camera mechanism. That phone was a concept called APEX. Today, Vivo is back to teasing a similar phone with a pop-...

This Vivo APEX Phone has a Pop-Up Selfie Camera Because It’s Front is 98% Screen

Kellen February 26, 2018 20

Vivo, a company that might be fresh in your short-term memory because they showed off in-display fingerprint tech back at CES, has brought its A+ concept game to MWC. They are showing off (or talking about the possibility of?) a phone called the Vivo APEX...