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Vivo introduce the Y20s and the Y70, two value for money entry-mid level phones
vivo are a relatively new player in the Australian market but they have been around for a while now. They are the sister company of OPPO (same owner -- BBK Electronics) and are...
Vivo X50 Pro 5G appears for $999 on pre-order at JB Hi-Fi
Vivo, owned by the same company as OPPO, realme and OnePlus, BBK Electronics, has been gently making their way to Australian shores. OPPO has been a presence in Australia for some time,...
COVID-19 continues to play havoc with BBK Electronics affecting OnePlus, OPPO, realme and vivo...
Since the SARS-CoV2 virus took hold on the world nearly everything in the tech world has been delayed and in the grand scheme of things that is a small price to pay for everyone's...
More companies join the Peer-to-Peer Transmission Alliance — OnePlus, realme, Meizu and Black Shark
Google have never had a decent device to device file sharing option in Android so some big players in the Android took it upon themselves to develop a new protocol. Originally starting with...
Unsurprisingly, smartphone sales dropped drastically in Q1 2020
Although smartphone sales have been slowing for a while now the sharp decline in Q1 of 2020, although not surprising, have been dramatic -- a massive 272 million units from Q4 2019.
Counterpoint Research...
Vivo tease their Apex 2020 concept phone complete with waterfall display and 60W wireless...
Vivo have pushed the boundaries of smartphone design in the past few years with their concept phones -- and they have been so well received that some of them actually made it into production...
Vivo set to grow to 600 store across India
In a developed technology marketplace like Australia, it's easy to forget there's other markets out there that aren't quite so developed, but my goodness there's some coming along very, very quickly.
India is such a...
Huawei, OPPO, Xiaomi and Vivo are working together to create a Play Store alternative
Huawei, OPPO, Xiaomi and Vivo control over 40 percent of the world's smartphone market but in their biggest market, China, do not have access to the Google Play store -- Huawei do not have...
OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi rolling out their new cross-brand file transfer system
Back in August OPPO, Xiaomi and Vivo announced that they were creating a new file sharing system similar to Apple's AirDrop, something that Android is woefully lacking. Now they have announced that the...
Big W tech Boxing Day deals
Discount department store Big W is offering some great tech deals as part of this year's Boxing Day sales, whether after some future gifts or after something for yourself.
The deals include:
Chromebooks:
Lenovo 11” 100e Chromebook...
OPPO, Xiaomi and Vivo band together for a cross-device, cross-brand file sharing system
Apple AirDrop is something many Android users are jealous of. Unfortunately Android's fragmentation does not allow them to implement direct file transfer from one device to another without an intermediary app. That...
Vivo looking to push the camera module to the next level with a detachable...
Vivo started the hidden camera trend and full screen display with the Vivo Apex and it's pop-up camera. This year their prototype Apex phone did not even have a front-facing selfie camera which...
Vivo announce the innovative and decidedly stunning Apex 2019 complete with 5G, Snapdragon 855...
Last year Vivo announced an Apex phone that was just a concept phone, but was revolutionary at the time with its pop up camera. It spawned a production phone in the Vivo Nex....
Vivo set to announce a revolutionary “waterdrop” phone
Most of the more well-known companies have stopped innovating and have been playing it safe. No so much the Chinese manufacturers. Last year we saw Vivo show off the Apex phone with...
Vivo Apex to debut next month during the FIFA World Cup
2018 has become the year of the notch, just as last year was the year of the shrinking bezels. Surely the next innovation due to arrive in the smartphone world is a full display...