Update - Now that we have an official TechNave app, you can now search the nearest physical gadget shops around you. You can choose to opt for COD (cash on delivery) and all the shops on our app are verified sellers. You can download the TechNave app on both iOS and Google Play Store, click here to read more.

From time to time, our readers tend to ask us where is the best place to buy a smartphone (and also asking where our "shop" is, lol). Normally, we would tell you that the official concept stores or websites are the way to go, but there are still some people out there just waiting to con your money. So TechNavers, we have decided to write this article just for you. Here's "How To Safely Buy An Original Smartphone Online" along with some tips and tricks too. 

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Today, OPPO and Dolby Laboratories have announced that they will be working together and with this collaboration, Dolby's High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (HE AAC), JPEG-HDR and other audio and video technologies can be used in OPPO devices in the near future.

With the closing of the MWC 2017 last week, we saw some cool technology showcased in Barcelona, ranging from cars to advanced cloud storage technology. However, in this article we will be looking into the smartphone category and tell you our favourite top five new smartphones at MWC 2017!

Today, OPPO has finally unveiled their mysterious "5x zoom in" technology here in Barcelona at MWC 2017. Initially, many thought (including us) the company will unveil a new device, but it turns out that it was just a new proposal on a new zoom in technology that OPPO aims to integrate in their future flagship.

According to International Data Corporation (IDC)’s latest report, despite the whole Galaxy Note 7 fiasco last year, Samsung remains as the top smartphone brand in Malaysia. OPPO and Huawei takes second and third spot respectively, to make up the top 3 brands that took up more than 50% of the Malaysian market share in 2016. Compared to 2015, smartphone shipments in Malaysia had dropped by 5.9% in 2016. This could be due to various negative economic factors, amongst, which included the weakening Malaysian Ringgit against US Dollar, as well as the rising costs of living in Malaysia.

According to the latest report from research firm IDC, OPPO is now the top smartphone brand in China. The company took a 16.8% share of the market, shipping a total of 78.4 million units in 2016! It is closely followed by Huawei, as well as Vivo, making up the Top 3 with a 48% total market share.

As part of their next wave of product announcement, MediaTek is currently designing a new mid-tier processor for its helio range. The new Helio P35 is said to have a deca-core CPU, with two Cortex-A73 64-bit cores clocked to 2.2GHz for heavy processing work.

While we may just saw the launch of the latest and greatest SoC from Qualcomm, we have yet to know how the SoC is like in terms of performance. A new report has been spotted online, showing the possible specs of the 835, as well as the mid-tier 660 as well.

So, it seems that OPPO has already ventured to other gadgets right under our nose. On 24 August 2016 (tomorrow!), the teaser image clearly hints a flying drone with a tagline “Flash recharged and continue fighting”. But what does the tagline has to do with the flying drone?