Oppo Find X9 Ultra camera details leaked, may use two-periscope lenses
Under the hood, the phone is rumoured to be powered by a chipset with the model number SM8850, which is believed to be Qualcomm's next high-end processor — possibly the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. However, the phone's launch may not happen this year. Reports indicate it could release in early 2026.The Oppo Find X9 series is expected to include four phones: Find X9, Find X9 Plus, Find X9 Pro, and Find X9 Ultra. The first three models could arrive by October, going by Oppo's usual launch timeline. These phones are expected to use MediaTek's upcoming Dimensity 9500 chipset and feature flat displays in different sizes, ranging from 6.3 to 6.78 inches. The company may also use LIPO display tech to reduce bezels and improve screen design.The rest of the series is also tipped to have periscope zoom cameras, but the Ultra model is reportedly being positioned as the most advanced. With the combination of high-resolution sensors and long-range zoom, the Find X9 Ultra could be one of the most camera-focused Android phones when it eventually launches. It will be interesting to see what the upcoming Oppo Find X series will bring to the table.
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Remove Ads The government is likely to support Chinese investments in the electronics sector if they come through joint ventures with Indian firms and entail technology transfer , instead of only setting up assembly units, said ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) is clear that approval to some Chinese investments is critical for manufacturing to shift to India, as well as for the success of the upcoming component incentive scheme, they told ministry is, hence, backing easing of norms for investments from the neighbouring country, they views are aligned with those of the industry, which has been seeking government agreement for tie-ups with Chinese players, as well as those of government think tank Niti Aayog, which proposed allowing Chinese entities to buy up to 24% stake in Indian firms without additional backing for Chinese investments in electronics manufacturing comes close on the heels of external affairs minister S Jaishankar's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. Government officials, however, emphasised that Chinese investments should be permitted only in joint ventures with Indian partners and only if there is clarity on the way technology and know-how would be transferred.'If some player just wants to add assembly lines in partnership with a Chinese firm, it won't be supported,' an official privy to the details said, on condition of anonymity. Another official said domestic players need to learn technology processes, and that if they have to scale up, Chinese support is needed. This is because many of the components and other manufacturers come from from China are also key to increasing local value addition in electronics products, a stated aim of the government. Local value addition in electronics has crossed 20% within six to seven years, with a major thrust coming from the production linked incentives scheme. The government has set a target of crossing 30% in the next two to three years and reaching 38% within five years. China has a local value addition of 38%, the highest in any country.A third official said MeitY will abide by the broader stance of the government, but has fundamentally been supportive of joint ventures where there's been technology transfer. An industry executive pointed out that most of the cases that were cleared earlier through Press Note 3 – under which prior government approval is mandatory for investments from countries sharing aland border with India – were from MeitY because of the requirements of the domestic electronics sector.'What is fundamentally important for the government is that an electronics ecosystem needs to develop in India and if some joint venture proposals enable this, then support will be provided,' said a senior electronics executive, who did not wish to be companies have been pushing for a review of trade ties with China, particularly concerning Press Note 3. 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To push this, Indian companies need expertise from Chinese entities that currently make the bulk of the components supplied globally. 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Time of India
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This is because many of the components and other manufacturers come from from China are also key to increasing local value addition in electronics products, a stated aim of the value addition in electronics has crossed 20% within six to seven years, with a major thrust coming from the production linked incentives scheme. The government has set a target of crossing 30% in the next two to three years and reaching 38% within five years. China has a local value addition of 38%, the highest in any country.A third official said MeitY will abide by the broader stance of the government, but has fundamentally been supportive of joint ventures where there's been technology industry executive pointed out that most of the cases that were cleared earlier through Press Note 3 – under which prior government approval is mandatory for investments from countries sharing a land border with India – were from MeitY because of the requirements of the domestic electronics sector.'What is fundamentally important for the government is that an electronics ecosystem needs to develop in India and if some joint venture proposals enable this, then support will be provided,' said a senior electronics executive, who did not wish to be companies have been pushing for a review of trade ties with China, particularly concerning Press Note 3. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, in 2020, tightened the foreign direct investment policy through Press Note 3 in the backdrop of the India-China border clashes earlier that local manufacturing of smartphones and their exports increasing sharply since 2020 at the cost of China, the latter has hit back with informal trade barriers since last year. Over the past eight months, it has extended the curbs to electronics adding to the woes of the domestic industry, China's latest restrictions on exports of rare earth materials spell potential input shortages for smartphone makers in India. China recently asked some of its companies to shutter their Indian operations and withdraw trained Indian personnel, in an effort to restrict technology is seeking to deepen and expand the supply chain by launching a Rs 22,919-crore electronics component manufacturing scheme to incentivise local push this, Indian companies need expertise from Chinese entities that currently make the bulk of the components supplied globally. Quite a few Indian contract manufacturers, such as Dixon Technologies and Bhagwati (Micromax), have signed joint venture agreements with Chinese partners that are awaiting approval from the electronics industry recently raised alarm over informal trade restrictions by China, saying they could dent its competitiveness and threaten the $32-billion smartphone exports target for this financial year.'These disruptions are leading to operational inefficiencies, impacting scale and above all raising costs of production, since producing this equipment locally or in collaboration with Japan or Korea costs three to four times more than Chinese imports,' the industry said in a recent letter to the government, seeking help to resolve the matter at the 2020, smartphone manufacturing in India has surged, with production of devices worth $64 billion in FY25, of which exports accounted for over $24 billion. 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Time of India
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