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Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Oppo has today shown off a working prototype of a smartphone with the selfie camera hidden under the display. A video of the phone was shared on Weibo by the company’s Vice President, Brian Shen, and was subsequently shared on Twitter by the official Twitter handle of Oppo mobiles. The video shows off a phone with no bezels and a full-screen display showing a slideshow of images. However, on launching the camera app in selfie mode, the upper portion of the display turns off, letting the camera hidden underneath it take a selfie. In his Weibo post, Shen mentions  “At this stage, it’s difficult for under-display cameras to match the same results as normal cameras, there’s bound to be some loss in optical quality. But, no new technology jumps to perfection right away.” The new technology will definitely allow for more exciting smartphone designs in the near future, and while Oppo is the first to show off a working prototype, a lot of bran...

With the Realme 1, Oppo is experimenting with a new strategy to grab a bigger hold of the budget mid-range smartphone market, which is dominated by Xiaomi and Honor. The segment already has some fierce competitors such as the  Redmi Note 5 Pro  and  Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 and to make its way comfortably into the segment,  Oppo has partnered with Reliance Jio  for special introductory offers. As part of the offer, buyers of the Realme 1 can avail a benefit of up to Rs. 4,850 on the smartphone. If availed in entirety, the benefits bring the  “effective” cost of the device down to Rs. 9,140 . Let’s dig deeper into the discounts and cashback offers which can be availed by Jio subscribers. Firstly, Jio is offering a  cashback of Rs. 1,800  on the device which will be paid back to the customers in form of 36 recharge vouchers of Rs. 50 each. Just like other cashback offers from Jio, users will automatically start receiving discounts on each subse...