{"id":195694,"date":"2020-01-30T20:01:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/oppo-is-about-to-launch-an-apple-watch-of-its-own-but-with-a-curved-display-bgr\/"},"modified":"2020-01-30T20:01:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:01:38","slug":"oppo-is-about-to-launch-an-apple-watch-of-its-own-but-with-a-curved-display-bgr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/oppo-is-about-to-launch-an-apple-watch-of-its-own-but-with-a-curved-display-bgr\/","title":{"rendered":"Oppo is about to launch an Apple Watch of its own, but with a curved display \u2013 BGR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Apple Watch (above) has no real rival out there. It\u2019s the smartwatch most people want, and the smartwatch other companies can\u2019t beat. Apple\u2019s recent earnings report for the Christmas quarter further drove that point, as the wearables category saw a surge to $10 billion, up 37% from the previous year. Both the Apple Watch and the AirPods are included in that category, and both sold really well during the Black Friday sales events leading to Christmas. Apple didn\u2019t share any sales figures but said that some 75% of Apple Watch customers are new users and that it struggled to meet Apple Watch 3 demand during the period. Mind you, that\u2019s a two-year-old device, but one that sold for incredible prices, much lower than its usual $199.99 price tag. So if you can\u2019t beat the Apple Watch with a brand new design or new software experience, you might as well go for a shameless copycat. Enter Oppo\u2019s Apple Watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a flexible screen and curved design, this may be the smartest watch this year,\u201d a rough Google translation of a Weibo<\/em> post reads, next to the following image:<\/p>\n

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No, your eyes aren\u2019t deceiving you, that is not an Apple\u2019s Apple Watch. Just look at the curved edges, which you totally don\u2019t need on a wearable device, and the two buttons on the side, one of which is replacing Apple\u2019s signature Digital Crown.<\/p>\n

Everything else screams Apple Watch, however. The overall design, the watchface, and the watch bands are almost perfect replicas of the real thing.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way to hide the fact that the device above is an Apple Watch clone, and it\u2019ll be tough to defend the originality of this design. Long-time Samsung leaker Ice Universe<\/em> posted the teaser on Twitter, asking fans how it looked:<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, people think it looks like an Apple Watch. Oppo is hardly the only company trying to replicate the success of the Apple Watch. Just last year I told you that the Galaxy Watch in the following press render looked a lot like an Apple Watch. The image leaked before Samsung announced the device. However, that wearable featured a different design than the Apple Watch.<\/p>\n

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That said, it\u2019s unclear when Oppo\u2019s Apple Watch will launch or how much it\u2019ll cost. But we\u2019ll probably learn more details about it in the following weeks.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tChris Smith started writing about gadgets as a hobby, and before he knew it he was sharing his views on tech stuff with readers around the world. Whenever he’s not writing about gadgets he miserably fails to stay away from them, although he desperately tries. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n