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OPPO's sister brand Vivo is also rumored to launch its first foldable phone this year. What you need to know A new leak suggests OPPO could launch its first foldable phone sometime in the second quarter of the year. The company is also rumored to be working on a rollable Android phone for 2021. The design and specs of the upcoming OPPO foldable remain a mystery at this point. OPPO's first-ever foldable Android smartphone could be here as soon as next month, according to a new post on Weibo by tipster Digital Chat Station. As per the post, OPPO is planning to unveil its foldable phone sometime in the second quarter of the year. Sadly, the tipster hasn't shed any light on the features or key specs of the OPPO foldable yet. However, just like the company's best Android phones , you can expect the foldable to be significantly more affordable than rivals from Samsung and Huawei. As per a recent report out of South Korea, the upcoming OPPO foldable may have a c

A glass masterpiece you definitely don't want to drop. The first time I held the OPPO Find X , the only thing I remember thinking was that I really, really wanted one. I was hanging out with a few friends in the industry during a visit to Chicago to see some of Motorola's latest devices and, after a few drinks, we were talking about the then-burgeoning Chinese smartphone market where up-and-comers like Xiaomi, Vivo, Huawei and OPPO were quickly making moves into the west. The Find X, like the OnePlus One a few years earlier, seemingly came from nowhere. It conveyed a confidence in hardware design that crossed over into the west, a design that ran beyond mere concept. The motorized camera housing hinted at the notch-free future we're currently living in (with a few exceptions), and the software mess showed the company rethinking how it would approach releasing phones outside of China with subsequent generations. The Find series took a year off in 2019 and came roa