If you followed the conference of Oppo of this past Saturday in the MWC 2019, it is probable that now you walk a little strange:foldable phone? when was that? Don't worry, you didn't miss anything by blinking. It turns out that the Chinese brand has left its special phone at home, but seeing the expectation created in Barcelona, it has decided to show some real photos. This is the Oppo folding smartphone.
[Actualización: Oppo has just issued a statement to explain why He has not shown his foldable at the fair. We have added it to the article for your information.]
Oppo's foldable phone
We won't be able to see it in person, but at least now we know what it looks like. We refer to oppo foldable phone, which many expected to see appearing at MWC 2019, but which has finally remained in friendly territory to our disappointment. Nonetheless, Brian shen, its vice president, has now seen fit to show some images of the equipment, thus demonstrating that they are also up to date with this technology.
And it is that the original idea of the brand was in fact to show the terminal in Barcelona, a plan that was finally Cancelled because "it was not going to be significant" to bring it to the fair. In fact, Shen himself, according to the people of Engadget, he doesn't seem very enthusiastic with this type of equipment, pointing out that he does not see such an approach as particularly useful nor does he believe that it adds too much value to the user experience (beyond the fact that you can enlarge the screen of your phone).
The photos have been specifically published on the manager's official Weibo account, where you can see a prototype of the phone that is quite similar to the Huawei Mate X. Thus we find ourselves with a computer whose screen bends outside and with a location for camera similar to the proposal of his Chinese brother.
Shen points out in the comments of the publication that the team is still a prototype under development Subject to modifications so the final design could still change. Despite this, we imagine that the final approach will be similar to what we are seeing, both in the opening method and the aforementioned placement of the photographic system. Well, as long as the phone ends up seeing the light of day, of course.
And it is that the manager himself mocks on the social platform of all this, indicating that depending on the number of "retweets" his publication receives, he will consider whether to mass-produce this equipment or not.
Shen is probably just taking advantage of the river current with all this of the folding equipment, thus verifying in passing how receptive There are Oppo fans to such a model in the catalog. And if it doesn't work out in the end... you can always say that you never considered it feasible for your company. Good tactic, Shen.
*Upgrade: The anticipation for foldable phone technology is such right now that Oppo has been forced to issue a short official statement, which we just received, to explain why it hasn't shown its phone at MWC. We leave it to you below:
Throughout the last few years, we have been working on developing different product lines and future options; OPPO has a demanding definition and is filled with high expectations for what the company calls a perfect product.
We are exploring the best design and technology products to meet the demand of our consumers.
But for OPPO, our current foldable phone does not meet the definition of the perfect product, ready to meet the demand that our consumers really want.