Oppo updates will now come for three years for the just-launched Oppo Find X3 series.
This is one year longer than Oppo previously promised. However, do note that this only applies to security updates, not Android upgrades.
This doesn’t quite match Samsung’s update promise, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction.
In the world of Android, Samsung is now the gold standard when it comes to Android updates. For almost all of its phones, the company offers three Android versions. During the fourth year, the company will continue to supply security updates on a quarterly basis. After that, the phone officially loses all support.
A new rumor points to Samsung adopting a continuous zoom camera for the S22 Ultra.
This would allow for a variety of zoom factors and consistent quality with one camera.
The source also claims Samsung will bring an under-display selfie camera and AMD GPU to the phone.
Samsung is inevitably working on the Galaxy S22 series, as the company has offered a Galaxy S flagship in the first half of each year for ages now. This year’s Galaxy S21 Ultra follows in Huawei’s footsteps by offering two telephoto cameras (3X and 10X), but a new rumor points to Samsung upping the ante in a big way.
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You told us: This is the phone feature you’re ready to give up for a lower price
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Smartphone features and components are like candy. The more and better quality ones you fill up on, the higher the price you end up paying. That’s not to say that you require the best features to have a decent device in your hands. It’s the very reason why Chinese phone makers have been so successful in chopping down the excess fat from phones to bring down their prices. Still, if you want the best of the best in smartphone technology, you’re looking at paying a premium price for sure.
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It is a well-known fact that the more features and latest components a smartphone has, the higher its price will be. That is why flagship phones that offer the latest and greatest specs usually cost a bomb. However, we’ve seen OEMs like Xiaomi, Realme, Poco, and many others offer great phones at much cheaper prices by shedding some flagship-grade features without making huge compromises.
Even Samsung got on board with this approach by skipping things like expandable storage and bundled chargers to bring down the price of its Galaxy S21 lineup this year. In fact, the vanilla Galaxy S21 downgraded to a plastic shell, a lower resolution display, and 4GB less RAM (on the 256GB storage version) to come in almost $200 cheaper than its predecessor.