WORLD-LEADING camera phone manufacturing company, OPPO, has said it has earmarked about $1.43billion for the research and development of the first 5G smartphone with a more human capability.
Speaking about its 2019 budget on R&D in a statement made available to Nigerian Tribune on Monday, the company’s Founder, Tony Chen, said that it was committed to the future of smartphones and the company envisions a future where smartphones will become intelligent personal assistants.
“We want to be the first to make it a reality,” he said, “The vision is to dare to explore, dare to make breakthroughs and dare to innovate.
“5G is a trend OPPO is already embracing and as a technology company, we are striving to become the first manufacturer in the world to launch 5G smartphones.
“OPPO will fully integrate 5G with applications and user insights, and continuously innovate to provide users with revolutionary, necessary, convenient and seamless experiences.”
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Chen also said that the research will also leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) in developing smart home technologies including smartwatches.
“In the future, OPPO will fully integrate technological innovation with art and humanity, to develop smart devices and smart homes with the smartphone at their core.
“We want to explore and meet the increasingly rigid demands of consumers in the age of the Internet of Things (IoT).
“OPPO had established a 5G team as far back as 2015 and have continued working backstage till a major breakthrough was achieved in October 2018,” he said.
In the past, OPPO applied AI technologies in some of their applications including photography, facial recognition and fingerprint identification while introducing many innovative features including an AI-powered beauty camera, 3D portrait lighting and intelligent recognition scenarios.
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