Oppo Tease 5x Camera Ahead Of MWC

Chinese smartphone player Oppo are looking to follow Huawei, HTC and Apple into the arms-race of portable photography, with the company teasing something photography-related for next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Speculators on the teaser graphic, sent out earlier today and seen above, hints at the company integrating a new form of optical zoom into their next handset.

We’ll have to wait until MWC proper to find out.

In the last year, Oppo have made a bold bid to secure the third-place spot in the market behind heavyweights Apple and Samsung.

According to IDC numbers, Oppo accounted for 6.8 per cent of the global smartphone market in 2016, shipping some 99.3 million units.

The company says it’s aiming to ramp up its shipments by more than 20% in 2017.