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Oppo brings Mirror 5 with diamond finish to India

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Oppo’s Mirror series has been about the looks and the latest Mirror 5 is no exception. The phone features a unique diamond-like mirrored surface at the back that makes the phone stand out from the competition. Oppo says the phone has been designed with individual cut-glass segments that gives different reflective properties and is embossed with ultraviolet.

On the specifications side of things, the Oppo Mirror 5 is powered by ColorOS 2.1 which is based on Android OS 5.1 and features a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 64-bit processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, 8 megapixel camera and front-facing 5 megapixel camera. The only thing that disappoints on the hardware side is a 5-inch display that supports qHD resolution (960×540 pixels). There’s also no 4G support but comes with dual SIM card slots and microSD card support up to 128GB.

The Oppo Mirror 5 will sell in India for Rs. 15,990.

Oppo Mirror 5

Airbus’ supersonic jet could be the next Concorde

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It took four long years, but European aerospace giant Airbus has finally had a patent granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office for its own ultra-rapid jet.

Capable of travelling at speeds of up to Mach 4.5 (four-and-a-half times the speed of sound), it could fly from London to New York in an hour. To put that into perspective, traditional commercial aircraft currently take around seven hours to travel between the two cities.

Airbus claims it will be able to move at twice the speed of Concorde, which cruised at 1350 miles per hour before it was retired in 2003. It would take off vertically with rockets, like a Space Shuttle, and then wing-mounted ramjets would propel the aircraft to its destination.

It’s not for the average Joe, though. Airbus says the aircraft would primarily be for "business travel and VIP passengers, who require transcontinental return journeys within one day”.

While the patent is filed, it’s far from a guarantee. We’ve seen many ambitious patents over the years that haven’t come to fruition, so we’ll see how it pans out.

If you want to know more about Airbus’ supersonic jet, then click here to watch a short video by YouTube channel PatentYogi explaining the invention further.

Galaxy S6 Edge Plus might come with this ugly keyboard case

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The photo came from notorious leakster Evan Blass, who certainly surprised a lot of people when he shared it his famed twitter account. It shows the upcoming S6 Edge Plus rocking a slide-on case that gives users a physical keyboard.

While a lot of people prefer the old-school way of having a proper keyboard, I think most of you can agree that it somewhat tarnishes the sleek look of the S6 Edge Plus.

This could be a mock-up image that Samsung is just playing with, but then again, considering the size of the S6 Edge Plus – which is a hefty 5.7 inches – a keyboard accessory makes sense.

If it’s the real deal, then it’s very possible we could see it at Samsung’s Unpacked event on August 13, where the wraps will be taken off the S6 Edge Plus and Galaxy Note 5. We may well see the Samsung Gear A smartwatch tag along too.

Previous rumours suggest the Note 5 is the more powerful of the two, packing the new Samsung Exynos 7422 SoC, while the S6 Edge Plus will apparently use the Snapdragon 808 CPU. The latter is also expected to have a 16-megapixel main camera with OIS, 32GB storage and a 3000mAh battery.

Going on the renders we saw last week, our expectations are high.  

Catch a movie with friends at the Oculus Cinema

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Speaking to Road to VR, Oculus creator Palmer Luckey explained that the point of the app isn't to be in a movie theatre alone, instead, "you want to replicate the experience of being in a movie theater or home theater with all of your friends."

Luckey went on to talk about a number of social features, albeit there was no word of a popcorn-throwing app. Maybe we’re reaching on that one.  

"We already have a lot of internal social functions in Cinema that are going to be rolling out in the next few months," he said.

"Things like avatar systems, being able to communicate with people over long distances… rather than just local multiplayer, but having actual long distant multiplayer as well."

The Oculus Cinema app has been available on the Samsung Gear VR from day one, but it’s been a lonely place thus far. It won’t be too long though before your pals join in. The new social features will be rolled out with the release of the Oculus Rift in early 2016.

We’re all for it. The idea of a virtual cinema is exciting, a place where you can kick back with mates from different corners of the globe and enjoy the latest movies. It certainly paves the way for a number of Matrix-style hangouts, but which would you like to see? Let us know in the comments or hit us up on Facebook.  

Is this our first look at Huawei’s Nexus?

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A new YouTube video from tech blogger Steve Hemmerstoffer – a.k.a @OnLeaks – features a mysterious black handset up close that’s claimed to be Huawei’s upcoming Nexus phone.

The ten-second video doesn’t reveal a great deal, largely down to the video’s below-par quality, although there are a few talking points to go over. Firstly, the video confirms what we’ve been hearing for quite some time now; a fingerprint scanner. You can see the security tech underneath the camera, as well as a USB-C connection on the bottom.

It’s also worth noting that the handset in the video appears to be quite large too, which matches rumours that Huawei is building a 5.7-inch device. That’s big, but not as hefty as last year’s 6-inch Nexus 6. Other rumours have tipped a 21-megapixel camera, a Snapdragon 810 or 820 chip and Android M – the upcoming version of the OS which will likely launch with the Nexus.  

We should also mention that Google has confirmed LG as a Nexus producer. It turns out the rumours were true, Google is indeed following Apple’s tactic of releasing two handsets, as it did with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

While we wait for more official word on the upcoming Nexus duo, check out Hemmerstoffer's video below claiming to be of Huawei's phablet.