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OPPO, Smart bring the OPPO Find N5 to the Philippines

Smart Signature and Smart Infinity

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OPPO Find N5

OPPO and Smart have teamed up to bring to the Philippines the OPPO Find N5. It’s arguably the best foldable available on the market right now. It will be available on select Exclusive Smart Signature and Smart Infinity plans.

Pre-orders begin on June 8 and nationwide availability starts on June 20. Early buyers will get perks that include Mabuhay Miles, Extended Warranty, and the OPPO Enco X2 Earbuds.

Price and availability

Offers for the launch of the OPPO Find N5:

For the first 40 Smart Infinity subscribers:

  • 30,000 Mabuhay Miles
  • A special dining voucher
  • A free pair of OPPO Enco X2 earbuds

For the first 30 Smart Postpaid subscribers:

  • 10,000 Mabuhay Miles

Pre-order starts June 8 at Smart Stores nationwide, with exclusive in-store launch events at:

  • Power Plant Mall
  • Shangri-La Mall
  • SM Baliwag
  • SM Cebu
  • Ayala Abreeza

Available starting June 20 via Smart Postpaid with a range of data-packed plans.

All Smart purchases come with:

  • 1-year extended warranty for total device protection

OPPO Find N5

The Find N5 is only 8.93mm thin when folded. That’s a similar measurement to any regular slab smartphone. It weighs only 229g.

With this transformation, it now looks a lot more like the many book-style foldables available in across the world now. Here it is side-by-side along those other foldables.

Powering the OPPO Find N5 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform — the same chip available on early 2025 flagship smartphones. That assures you of power efficient performance that can handle multitasking, gaming, and more.

It’s also AI-capable like other smartphones equipped with the same SoC. The Hexagon NPU delivers a 45% improvement in AI performance.

It sports three rear shooters:

  • 50MP Main Camera, 21mm, f/1.89, 1/1.56″, OIS
  • 50MP Telephoto Camera, 70mm, 1/2.75″, Periscope Lens, 10cm Focal Distance
  • 8MP Ultra-Wide Camera, f/2.2, 116°, 15mm, Autofocus

The Find N5 is capable of 3x optical zoom and 6x lossless zoom. Beyond that, the AI Telescope Zoom kicks in. It automatically activates at 10x zoom and beyond.

AI Telescope Zoom analyzes the image at a pixel level and uses the full 50MP resolution of the telephoto camera to restore lost details, powered by advanced AI algorithms. At 60x, when raw data from the telephoto camera is limited, Find N5 activates additional on-device AI models to further enhance image detail.

There’s the usual Hasselblad Portrait things along with a new Lightning Snap that promises to properly capture subjects in motion.

Read our review: OPPO Find N5 review: A rollercoaster ride

Watch: OPPO Find N5 in the World’s Longest Flight

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Canva teams up with SB19 to turn A’TIN’s passion into creativity

Campaign lets fans access assets, editable templates, more

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Canva Philippines has joined forces with SB19 and Sony Music Entertainment to launch the “Kaya sa Canva” campaign.

This first-of-its-kind initiative is aimed at transforming the popular Filipino boy band’s fanbase into creators by giving them access to official design assets, exclusive templates, and powerful creative tools.

That’s of course as fans have a way of creating artwork, banners, and more outputs to honor their idols.

As such, the partnership enables the A’TIN (SB19’s fanbase) to access the Canva-exclusive SB19’s Creative Hub.

This dedicated space lets fans access assets, including SB19-inspired sticker packs, custom typography, and editable templates inspired by the group.

Fans around the world will initially have access to templates for photo-booth strips, wallpapers, posters, and videos.

The campaign will then expand with Canva-exclusive assets celebrating the group’s New Era, as well as their latest single, “Lawless”.

Meanwhile, the original song “KAYA” is accompanied with an upbeat music video, doubling as a love letter to A’TIN and a masterclass in Canva’s tools.

Every visual and animation is fan-inspired, a celebration of the creativity, passion, and dedication that’s defined in the community from day one.

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The iPhone 18 might sell out for an unexpected reason

The ongoing shortage might play a part in the phone selling out earlier than expected.

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An iPhone selling out is not news. Because of how popular the phones are, it’s within the realm of probability that Apple runs out of stock at some point. According to a new report, this year won’t be any different… but it’s for an entirely different reason.

First reported by analyst Tim Culpan, Apple is reportedly struggling to meet its demand for semiconductors for the iPhone 18 and the foldable iPhone. The ongoing memory shortage is cutting off Apple’s ability to deliver the required supply of smartphones in a timely fashion. The report even claims that TSMC, which helps produce the iPhone, is sitting on a shipment of processors, worth US$ 1 billion, that don’t have memory chips.

Now, Apple is still confident that it can weather the launch. However, if the shortage persists, the iPhone 18 generation will likely sell out much more quickly than expected.

It’s an interesting time for Apple to experience such a shortage. It’s been heavily rumored that the company will launch its very first foldable phone next month, creating a new market for the brand. Apple definitely wants this attempt to succeed after the tepid response to its last new product, the Vision Pro.

SEE ALSO: Did Tim Cook just confirm that iPhone prices are going up?

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These “smart” glasses just sold out in under a week

DuckDuckGo touts that these glasses have zero AI, zero cameras, and an infinite battery life.

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Smart glasses are in a weird place right now. While a chunk of the population views them as cool and innovative, another significant chunk sees them as a privacy nightmare. If you’re in the latter group but want to see what life is like on the former, DuckDuckGo has a new product: a pair of anti-surveillance glasses with no camera or AI, otherwise known as just normal sunglasses.

If it’s not obvious, yes, it’s a troll product. DuckDuckGo is a search engine famously known for pushing privacy as a priority, opposing Google’s penchant for advertising and AI. Now, the search engine is taking on the smart glasses market.

Partnering with Knockaround, DuckDuckGo released the Paso Robles, a pair of sunglasses touted as having zero cameras, an always-offline mode, and a battery life of infinity.

It’s a statement piece. The rims have a logo mark, similar to the Meta’s glasses. The packaging also states that the glasses are “designed to block the sun, not send data to the cloud.”

Now, if you want a pair, they cost only US$ 35, as opposed to Meta’s US$ 299 price tag, but they are already sold out.

Which says quite a bit about today’s sentiment against AI and for privacy. Of course, to be fair, DuckDuckGo’s supply is certainly less than Meta’s stock for their smart glasses. It does, however, prove that the sentiment is there.

As of now, the world is slowly realizing that unimpeded smart glasses aren’t such a good idea, leading to people concerned about their privacy. In fact, some states have already started banning the technology in certain public spaces.

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

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