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OPPO Watch X in Singapore: Price, availability

OPPO’s latest flagship smartwatch

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OPPO Watch X

OPPO is releasing the OPPO Watch X in Singapore. The company’s latest flagship smartwatch will be available island wide from March 2.

The OPPO Watch X runs on Wear OS by Google. It has an industry-leading 100 hours of battery life, and up to 12 hours on Power Saver Mode.

With Wear OS 4, the Watch X comes with smart connectivity, and is able to support apps from Google Play.

Smart personal trainer

OPPO Watch X

OPPO’s newest smartwatch features dual-frequency GPS, able to receive both L1 GPS and G5 GPS signals. It uses two separate antennas for each GPS signal to improve the precision and reliability of positioning. Users will benefit from this especially when running, cycling, or even hiking and exercising where GPS coverage is poor.

The Watch X comes with multiple sensors, including a high-precision accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer for more consistent tracking. Runners will also love the watch’s added running posture recognition function.

This detects aspects like a runner’s ground contact time, balance between the left and right foot, step frequency, stride length, and more. This will allow runners to improve their posture in real-time.

Moreover, the device comes with exclusive sports modes, like a dedicated badminton mode developed by OPPO. Under this mode, the watch provides a deep post-match analysis, giving users more insight into aspects like their swing speed and strength.

Smarter health management

The OPPO Watch X is accompanied by more accurate 8-channel heart rate and 16-channel blood oxygen sensors. These can monitor sleep breathing rate, blood oxygen level, heart rate, body movement, and more.

When used over time, the Watch X can give users in-depth weekly sleep tracking reports accessible through the OHealth app.

Furthermore, the Watch X and OHealth app now support Health Connect by Android. This allows a central hub in Android 14 to manage data permissions from multiple apps and devices.

Versatile apps, seamless sync

Since the OPPO Watch X runs on Wear OS 4, users can benefit from various Google apps, including Assistant, Maps, Wallet, and Play. Google Maps has been optimized for Wear OS so users can navigate effortlessly.

They can also manage transportation-related tasks with Google Wallet passes for Wear OS. With Google Play, they can even download Gmail and WhatsApp and stay connected.

Using Fast Pair, users can also pair the wearable with an OPPO or another Android smartphone. When paired, they will be able to answer or reject calls, control music, and reply to messages from their wrists.

Industry-leading endurance

Lastly, the Watch X features a 1.43-inch AMOLED 60Hz display. This screen is protected by a 2.5D sapphire crystal cover for scratch and fingerprint resistance.

The device carries a large 500mAh battery and supports Flash Charging for multi-day use. It lasts up to 100 hours on Smart Mode, and up to 12 hours on standby time. It can be fully recharged in just an hour, and provide an additional day in just 10 minutes of charging.

Inside the watch are two separate chipsets: A Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 SOC and a BES2700 MCU. These two work in tandem with Wear OS. The Snapdragon chip takes care of high-performance operations. Meanwhile, the counterpart is utilized for tasks like notification display or answering phone calls.

Price, availability, offers

The OPPO Watch X is available in Platinum Black and Mars Brown starting at SG$ 499.

It will be available for purchase starting March 2 on the OPPO online store, concept stores, authorized partners, and iShopChangi. Customers may also visit the brand’s official Lazada, Shopee, TikTok, and Qoo10 shops.

OPPO is likewise offering an instant rebate of up to SG$ 50 with every purchase, and a Watch X Nylon Strap.

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UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony hits Makati in October

Determination arrives in October.

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For so small of a game, UNDERTALE quickly made it into the gaming world’s hall of fame. Despite being only a decade old, the small title has had a major influence for modern-day gamers because of its unique gameplay, its lo-fi art, and, of course, its catchy soundtrack. If you’re a fan of UNDERTALE’s soundtrack, a unique concert experience is headed your way.

On October 17, Film Concerts PH, in partnership with SOHO Live, is hosting UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony at the Proscenium Theater in Rockwell, Makati.

The concert will be performed by the Filharmonika Orchestra and conducted by Thanapol Setabrahmana. Personally curated by creator Toby Fox and developed by Lambert Jackson with Materia Music, the concert experience showcases the game’s most recognizable tunes laid over gameplay footage playing simultaneously. Plus, for the world tour, the experience will have expanded scoring.

In the game, you play as a small child stuck in the mysterious Underground filled with interesting characters and monsters. Unlike traditional RPGs, UNDERTALE asks players to choose between building relationships and chasing after wins. It’s a unique experience that’s defined by whether you chose to make friends or fought your way to the top. It teaches players to value different ways to solve problems, all while showering them with its one-of-a-kind humor.

Pre-sales for the concert, exclusively for members of the Film Concerts PH community, start on August 4. Public sales, however, will start on August 11 via Ticketmelon.

SEE ALSO: The hunt begins: The Witcher in Concert hits Manila with surprises in tow

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Qualcomm is raising its prices this year

Will the price of smartphones follow suit?

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The price of technology isn’t fun these days. Because of the ongoing RAM shortage wrought by AI, companies across the industry are raising the prices of their products. Some, however, are still willing to shoulder the burden for their customers. Unfortunately, Qualcomm is soon leaving that list.

As reported by Bloomberg, Qualcomm will raise the prices of its products starting in September. Though the exact figure is unknown, the company did confirm that it’s in the double digits, percentage-wise. According to them, they can no longer shoulder the costs for its customers.

If you’re just a regular user, Qualcomm’s prices might not mean much for you. After all, the chipmaker doesn’t make phones of its own.

That said, Qualcomm is still one of the biggest suppliers for smartphone chipsets, including those that Samsung uses. Pushing the burden from chipsets to phone manufacturers reduces one more buffer against costs being ultimately pushed to consumers.

All things considered, Samsung managed to keep its prices hikes relatively low with the latest batch of foldables. However, with chips getting more price increases, it’s still within the realm of possibility that Samsung will also increase the price of its smartphones. The same can be said for any Qualcomm-powered smartphone available today.

SEE ALSO: Hands-on: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, Flip8, Ultra

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Apple is reportedly delaying its smart glasses due to privacy concerns

The brand wants to squash malicious recording.

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Smart glasses are in a weird place right now. While early adopters are celebrating the ability to record everything, a growing group of critics are decrying the loss of privacy. Formerly at full throttle, Apple, in response to these controversies, will reportedly delay its version of smart glasses to next year.

According to Bloomberg, Apple is heading back to the drawing board to further emphasize the unreleased wearable’s privacy protections, which includes “hardware and software-related privacy features not available on current products.” The report, however, doesn’t enumerate what these features are.

If anything, these features will likely prevent malicious recording. Most smart glasses today have a light that tells passersby that the device is actively recording video. However, users have discovered ways to tamper and disable this light, so their devices can start recording without alerting others. Apple will likely introduce better measure to prevent such tampering.

Additionally, it’s also possible that Apple introduces a version of the smart glasses without a camera attached.

Because of these new initiatives, the brand will delay the launch of the wearable to sometime next year. Previously, there was heavy speculation that the smart glasses will launch later this year.

On the bright side, there’s still substantial reason to believe that Apple is launching its first ever foldable device later this year.

SEE ALSO: New York becomes first state to ban smart glasses

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