OPPO launches the Reno3 Pro internationally with dual front cameras, quad rear cameras, and MediaTek Helio P95

OPPO had launched the Reno3 and Reno3 Pro in China at the very end of 2019, bringing over a good set of 5G phones to the Chinese market. While 5G is indeed the next step of evolution for smartphones, the rollout of this technology is at nascent stages in several parts of the world. In some regions, a 5G phone would be a fair few years early to the market, and for a consumer in those regions, it would make very little sense to pay a premium for a 5G smartphone right now. Realizing the differing need of the market, OPPO has launched a 4G variant of the Reno3 Pro for the international market at an event in India.

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OPPO Reno3 Pro (4G): Specifications

Specification	OPPO Reno3 Pro (4G)
Dimensions and Weight	158.8 × 73.4 × 8.1 mm 175g
Display	6.5” FHD+ Super AMOLED display, flat 20:9 aspect ratio Punch-hole display with dual front cameras Max brightness: 800 nits; Peak brightness: 1200 nits
SoC	MediaTek Helio P95: 2x ARM Cortex-A75 @ 2.2GHz 6x ARM Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz PowerVR GM 9446 GPU
RAM and Storage	8GB + 128GB; 8GB + 256GB Expandable through microSD card slot
Battery & Charging	4,025  mAh battery 30W VOOC Flash Charge 4.0
Rear Camera	Primary: 64MP, 1/1.72” sensor, f/1.8 Secondary: Telephoto, 13MP, f/2.4 , 2x optical zoom Tertiary: Wide-Angle, 8MP Quaternary: Macro, 2MP
Front Camera	Primary: 44MP, 1/2.8” sensor, f/2.4 Secondary: 2MP depth sensor, f/2.4
Other Features	Under-display fingerprint sensor
Android Version	ColorOS 7 based on Android 10

 

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The OPPO Reno3 Pro 4G is similar to the Reno3 Pro 5G in terms of a few design elements, but there are a fair few differences across the devices. The first visually noticeable change is the display, as the 4G variant comes with a flat Super AMOLED display as opposed to the curved display on the Reno3 Pro 5G. Consequently, the 4G variant also loses out on some of the highlight features on the Reno3 Pro 5G, like the 90Hz refresh rate.

Powering the Reno3 Pro (4G) is the newly announced MediaTek Helio P95 SoC, coupled with 8GB RAM as well as 128GB and 256GB storage options. The change in the processor was expected since the Reno3 Pro launched in China came with 5G capabilities, and 5G smartphones in markets like India do not really make sense right now in early 2020.

The main focus of the Reno3 Pro is the camera setup, both on the front and rear. The primary 64MP sensor is capable of shooting “ultra-clear 108MP image” through clever use of multi-frame photos and sub-pixel interpolation in broad daylight. Zoom duties are handled by the telephoto camera, providing 2x optical zoom, and up to 20x digital zoom. For the front, the phone sports a 44MP main camera and a 2MP depth sensor, ensuring your selfies are top-notch, even in low light situations thanks to Ultra Night Selfie Mode.

Pricing and Availability

The OPPO Reno3 Pro will be available in India from March 6 in Auroral Blue, Midnight Black, and Sky White colors. The 8GB/128GB variant will be available at a price of ₹29,990 ($415) in the first sale; while the 8GB/256GB variant will be available for ₹32,990 ($455) at a later date. The phone will be available on Flipkart.

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Redmi Note 9 launches in India on March 12

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note lineup of devices is undoubtedly one of the most popular series from the Chinese manufacturers. The mid-range devices are known to offer great hardware at a compelling price and, as a result, they’ve been among the best selling devices from the company. For instance, the Redmi Note 7 was among the top 10 best selling smartphones of 2019 and the Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro were among the top 10 best selling smartphones in Q4 2019. Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 8 (review) and Note 8 Pro (review) in China back in August last year, featuring a Snapdragon 665 SoC and MediaTek Helio G90T SoC, respectively. The devices were launched in India late last year in October and Xiaomi managed to sell 1 million units of the two devices within a month of launch. Now, according to a recent tweet from Xiaomi’s Global VP and MD Xiaomi India, Manu Kumar Jain, the company is planning to launch the Redmi Note 9 in India on March 12.

Behold the answer to the most awaited question of 2020. Yes, the next #RedmiNote launches on March 12!

Brace yourselves because #ProCamerasMaxPerformance is going to be nothing like you’ve ever seen before!

RT with #ILoveRedmiNote to share this EPIC moment.#Xiaomi pic.twitter.com/NDwPjW9Wwh

— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) March 2, 2020

In the tweet, Jain reveals that the next Redmi Note device launches on March 12 and the accompanying image has a large number 9 with four cameras in between. This confirms that the company will be launching the Redmi Note 9 series at the event. The tweet further reveals that the upcoming Redmi Note 9 will lay strong emphasis on the cameras and will offer “ProCamerasMaxPerformance”. As of now, Xiaomi hasn’t confirmed if it’ll be launching both the Redmi Note 9 and Note 9 Pro at the launch event, but considering past trends, it’s safe to assume that the company might launch both the devices together. Interestingly though, the Redmi Note 9 series hasn’t been launched in China yet so we currently don’t have any information about its specifications or pricing.

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Redmi Note 9 launches in India on March 12

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note lineup of devices is undoubtedly one of the most popular series from the Chinese manufacturers. The mid-range devices are known to offer great hardware at a compelling price and, as a result, they’ve been among the best selling devices from the company. For instance, the Redmi Note 7 was among the top 10 best selling smartphones of 2019 and the Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro were among the top 10 best selling smartphones in Q4 2019. Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 8 (review) and Note 8 Pro (review) in China back in August last year, featuring a Snapdragon 665 SoC and MediaTek Helio G90T SoC, respectively. The devices were launched in India late last year in October and Xiaomi managed to sell 1 million units of the two devices within a month of launch. Now, according to a recent tweet from Xiaomi’s Global VP and MD Xiaomi India, Manu Kumar Jain, the company is planning to launch the Redmi Note 9 in India on March 12.

Behold the answer to the most awaited question of 2020. Yes, the next #RedmiNote launches on March 12!

Brace yourselves because #ProCamerasMaxPerformance is going to be nothing like you’ve ever seen before!

RT with #ILoveRedmiNote to share this EPIC moment.#Xiaomi pic.twitter.com/NDwPjW9Wwh

— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) March 2, 2020

In the tweet, Jain reveals that the next Redmi Note device launches on March 12 and the accompanying image has a large number 9 with four cameras in between. This confirms that the company will be launching the Redmi Note 9 series at the event. The tweet further reveals that the upcoming Redmi Note 9 will lay strong emphasis on the cameras and will offer “ProCamerasMaxPerformance”. As of now, Xiaomi hasn’t confirmed if it’ll be launching both the Redmi Note 9 and Note 9 Pro at the launch event, but considering past trends, it’s safe to assume that the company might launch both the devices together. Interestingly though, the Redmi Note 9 series hasn’t been launched in China yet so we currently don’t have any information about its specifications or pricing.

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Xiaomi showcases 40W fast wireless charging technology which can charge 0-100% in 40 mins

Wireless charging tech on smartphones has been around for quite a while now. However, unlike other innovations in the smartphone world, wireless charging hasn’t caught up. While this low rate of adoption can be attributed to several reasons, there’s one major issue that has limited the spread of wireless charging on modern smartphones — slow charging speeds. At a time when a wired charging connection can, most likely, get your smartphone from 0-100% in just about an hour, most wireless charging solutions on premium flagships can barely match that performance.

In a bid to address this issue, several smartphone manufacturers have been working on more powerful and efficient wireless charging tech. For instance, earlier this year Xiaomi launched its Mi 10 flagship lineup in China, which features support for 30W fast wireless charging. The Mi 10 lineup was one-upped by Vivo’s APEX 2020 concept, which features support for 60W fast wireless charging. According to the company, the 60W wireless charging solution is capable of charging a 2,000mAh battery in just 20 minutes. But since the APEX 2020 is just a concept smartphone, we can’t expect its Super FlashCharge technology to make it to production devices anytime soon. Xiaomi, however, might bring a 40W fast wireless charging solution to its devices sometime later this year.

In a recent post on Weibo, the company’s co-founder Lei Jun revealed the company’s new wireless flash charging technology which boasts of 40W output capabilities. As seen in the video above, the new fast charging technology can charge a 4,000mAh battery from 0-57% (2,280mAh) in just 20 minutes, while taking about 40 minutes to get it up to 100%. In effect, this makes Xiaomi’s wireless flash charging technology faster than Vivo’s 60W Super FlashCharge. While it would be great to see this new technology in an upcoming Xiaomi device, the company hasn’t revealed any information about the release timeline for the same. It’s also worth noting that the phone in the video is a prototype/custom Mi 10 Pro.

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Source: Weibo

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Xiaomi showcases 40W fast wireless charging technology which can charge 0-100% in 40 mins

Wireless charging tech on smartphones has been around for quite a while now. However, unlike other innovations in the smartphone world, wireless charging hasn’t caught up. While this low rate of adoption can be attributed to several reasons, there’s one major issue that has limited the spread of wireless charging on modern smartphones — slow charging speeds. At a time when a wired charging connection can, most likely, get your smartphone from 0-100% in just about an hour, most wireless charging solutions on premium flagships can barely match that performance.

In a bid to address this issue, several smartphone manufacturers have been working on more powerful and efficient wireless charging tech. For instance, earlier this year Xiaomi launched its Mi 10 flagship lineup in China, which features support for 30W fast wireless charging. The Mi 10 lineup was one-upped by Vivo’s APEX 2020 concept, which features support for 60W fast wireless charging. According to the company, the 60W wireless charging solution is capable of charging a 2,000mAh battery in just 20 minutes. But since the APEX 2020 is just a concept smartphone, we can’t expect its Super FlashCharge technology to make it to production devices anytime soon. Xiaomi, however, might bring a 40W fast wireless charging solution to its devices sometime later this year.

In a recent post on Weibo, the company’s co-founder Lei Jun revealed the company’s new wireless flash charging technology which boasts of 40W output capabilities. As seen in the video above, the new fast charging technology can charge a 4,000mAh battery from 0-57% (2,280mAh) in just 20 minutes, while taking about 40 minutes to get it up to 100%. In effect, this makes Xiaomi’s wireless flash charging technology faster than Vivo’s 60W Super FlashCharge. While it would be great to see this new technology in an upcoming Xiaomi device, the company hasn’t revealed any information about the release timeline for the same. It’s also worth noting that the phone in the video is a prototype/custom Mi 10 Pro.

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Source: Weibo

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Facebook’s 3D Photos are now supported on many Android devices with single cameras

Back at Facebook’s F8 developer conference in 2018, the company first announced a new feature for the platform called 3D Photos. As the name implies, the feature lets you post and view three-dimensional photos in your Facebook News Feed. The photos appear in your news feed like any other photos, but when you scroll past them, tap on them, or tilt your device, the 3D Photo’s perspective changes. You can also use virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Go or the Oculus Rift to view 3D Photos. At the time of launch, Facebook allowed users to create a 3D Photo only if you imported a depth map file on desktop and used a dual-camera phone like the latest Samsung Galaxy or iPhone devices. The reason behind the dual camera requirement was that Facebook could create a depth map from the images captured from both cameras. Now, however, dual cameras are no longer a requirement to create 3D Photos on Android phones.

As per a recent blog post from the company, Facebook now uses AI and machine learning to create a 3D Photo without any depth map data. As VentureBeat explains, the company has improved its machine learning algorithm such that it can infer the 3D structure of images without needing depth data. Additionally, the feature now works with selfies, paintings, and complex scenes as well.

To achieve this feat, Facebook trained a convolutional neural network using millions of pairs of 3D images and their depth maps. Once trained, this neural network is now being used to infer what a 3D image should look like without the accompanying depth map. This neural network can be run on typical mobile processors in a “fraction of a second,” making it suitable for the 3D photo feature. Google also enabled a similar feature in AR Core’s Depth API late last year, which allows the platform to create depth maps using a single camera.

However, even with the new advancements, the feature has some limitations. As per a report from Engadget on the matter, while any device can now view 3D Photos in the News Feed, the ability to post a 3D photo in Facebook’s app is limited to the iPhone 7 and newer, along with a couple of “midrange or better” Android phones, including Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 and Note 9, as well as the entire Pixel lineup excluding the budget-friendly Pixel 3A. Along with this new development, it’s also worth noting that Facebook is currently testing an image editing suggestions feature for the photos you post on your News Feed.

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Source: Facebook AI

Via: Engadget, VenturBeat

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Facebook’s 3D Photos are now supported on many Android devices with single cameras

Back at Facebook’s F8 developer conference in 2018, the company first announced a new feature for the platform called 3D Photos. As the name implies, the feature lets you post and view three-dimensional photos in your Facebook News Feed. The photos appear in your news feed like any other photos, but when you scroll past them, tap on them, or tilt your device, the 3D Photo’s perspective changes. You can also use virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Go or the Oculus Rift to view 3D Photos. At the time of launch, Facebook allowed users to create a 3D Photo only if you imported a depth map file on desktop and used a dual-camera phone like the latest Samsung Galaxy or iPhone devices. The reason behind the dual camera requirement was that Facebook could create a depth map from the images captured from both cameras. Now, however, dual cameras are no longer a requirement to create 3D Photos on Android phones.

As per a recent blog post from the company, Facebook now uses AI and machine learning to create a 3D Photo without any depth map data. As VentureBeat explains, the company has improved its machine learning algorithm such that it can infer the 3D structure of images without needing depth data. Additionally, the feature now works with selfies, paintings, and complex scenes as well.

To achieve this feat, Facebook trained a convolutional neural network using millions of pairs of 3D images and their depth maps. Once trained, this neural network is now being used to infer what a 3D image should look like without the accompanying depth map. This neural network can be run on typical mobile processors in a “fraction of a second,” making it suitable for the 3D photo feature. Google also enabled a similar feature in AR Core’s Depth API late last year, which allows the platform to create depth maps using a single camera.

However, even with the new advancements, the feature has some limitations. As per a report from Engadget on the matter, while any device can now view 3D Photos in the News Feed, the ability to post a 3D photo in Facebook’s app is limited to the iPhone 7 and newer, along with a couple of “midrange or better” Android phones, including Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 and Note 9, as well as the entire Pixel lineup excluding the budget-friendly Pixel 3A. Along with this new development, it’s also worth noting that Facebook is currently testing an image editing suggestions feature for the photos you post on your News Feed.

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Source: Facebook AI

Via: Engadget, VenturBeat

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