Oppo Peacock foldable phone could launch December

(Pocket-lint) - Oppo could unveil its archetypal user foldable telephone arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent month.

The marque has dabbled with folding OLED displays earlier - astir notably connected its Oppo X 2021 conception handset earlier this twelvemonth - but the Oppo Peacock, arsenic it is presently codenamed, could beryllium launched successful December.

A station connected Chinese forum tract Weibo claims that it volition preceed different foldable codenamed Butterfly.

An representation showing a peacock accompanied the posting, though we're not definite of its source. Several specs were elaborate too.

According to the leak, the Oppo Peacock foldable instrumentality volition beryllium powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor. It volition besides person an 8-inch 2K show with 120Hz refresh complaint erstwhile unfurled.

It'll athletics 65W accelerated charging, it's said, positive a 4,500mAh battery.

A mates of cameras person been listed excessively - 1 astatine 32-megapixel, the different astatine 50-megapixel - but we don't cognize which mode circular they volition feature. We presume the larger is connected the rear, though that mightiness besides beryllium front-facing erstwhile unfolded.

We'll nary uncertainty find retired soon if the motorboat day is to beryllium believed. We besides uncertainty it'll extremity up being called the Peacock arsenic a user merchandise - much likely, the Oppo Fold. We'll fto you cognize much erstwhile we do.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 15 November 2021.