Oppo's N1 device is now on sale, in limited quantities.
The company, known for its quality receivers and Blu-ray/DVD players, recently introduced cheap yet powerful Android devices. Cyanogen, which recently became a real company and raised money as it tries to take on Android, Windows Phone and iOS, announced Oppo as its first partner back in September.
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I hope this becomes semi-popular. Seems like they have quite a few good ideas to push innovation. And if the price is reasonable they may pull some attention.
In Canada they want $600 for a phone that can't use LTE!? Yea okay very nice specs around that and all but yea, no thanks. Also the second issue with the N1 is you can't slap a protective case around it thanks to it's rotating camera: it would be a pain to have to take off the case each time you want to rotate your camera. Nice gimmick, but again to me, not valued at $600 price tag.
Originally posted by Mysttic: In Canada they want $600 for a phone that can't use LTE!? Yea okay very nice specs around that and all but yea, no thanks. Also the second issue with the N1 is you can't slap a protective case around it thanks to it's rotating camera: it would be a pain to have to take off the case each time you want to rotate your camera. Nice gimmick, but again to me, not valued at $600 price tag.
Could probably have a case that just outlines the top spinning bar. so every edge is covered except for the top. But even with the corners covered the top would probably be safe anyways.
