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oboes done it again with a couple of blockbuster announcements here at their launch event in Singapore and I'm here to bring you the rundown of this event you're probably watching our hands on videos right now but it's josh regard from android authority what's going on everybody and welcome to the oppo launch event n 3 and r 5 rundown so we're ready talking about the actual devices themselves as far as the hands-on goes you already seeing those particular videos and you'll see that the end three returns with the n1 aesthetic but it has been shrunken down a little bit which i think is a wonderful future of that particular phone but the rotating camera on the top also returns as well and as far as the presentation goes there were a lot a lot of presentations about the camera itself that not only has the rotation that is now automated with a motor but also is available with a very good optic package underneath 16 megapixels of what you get there and there was a lot of hubbub about the kind of certifications that it has from very particular photography companies that sort of backed it with their technology so there's a big presentation about that even a photographer from New York came up and talked about how the n3 was better than the DSLR photos that he was taking that's something that might be up for some debate but all in all the entry does bring back a very nice camera but also has a couple of other features underneath that include the old click that you can use in order to rotate the camera the presentation for the most part did really showcase the m3 and number of the other features have been enhanced from the n1 to be even better like the o touch area that now has a fingerprint scanner and can also be used in order to rotate the camera back and forth the skyline a notification light also returns as well and they did a really good job of really showcasing all the different types of features that are available on the n3 and then of course one of the more questionable choices was to have the phones actually appear from the stage and as you can see here once the once the devices actually appeared everyone made a bum rush for the stage when I was at the fine seven launch unfortunately what happened was they came down from the ceiling from where I was sitting and I was right next to it and when everybody had to bum-rush those phones I almost got trampled so I'm still questioning whether or not it's a good idea to have that particular aspect because then ten minutes after people take their photos they tell everybody to leave anyway and go back to their seats but nonetheless everyone got a good look at the m3 and I already got my first look on it that you're watching probably or have already watched on our YouTube channel but the m3 was definitely the focus of the the event but for kind of a surprise that hopeful brought out a second smartphone and what's definitely surprise to everybody in the audience that the heavy r5 the r5 is the thinnest smartphone available and actually they had a really nice presentation but all of the different phones that had a claim to fame about being the smallest one starting off with the motorola razr version 3 which i thought was really cool and it went all the way down to the iphone floor and then finally came the are five four point eight nine millimeters is pretty incredible to have a phone that small and be able to use it still pretty well everyone already started talking about right after the event if it would Bend easily or anything like that if it was actually a sturdy phone but from the hands on as you probably saw already I said that the phone actually had a lot of weight to it there was actually a lot to the phone that was contrary to it being so thin and that's the reason why I think that stiff feel that the or five has and actually you will allow it to be a very sturdy phone as well as the fact that that aluminum alloy allows it to be a very attractive one on top of all of that but nonetheless the par-5 was really the main story in terms of the surprise here even though the entry got a lot of the presentation the r5 was still a very nice little little tidbit that came up when it came to pose of launch events a day here in singapore now the r5 and the m3 were also announced in terms of their prices and unfortunately I do think that the price for the m3 is just a little bit high 649 dollars for a phone that has a lot of different quirks to it that may or may not prove useful for a number of people out there especially the rotating camera as was the case with the m1 but then with the r5 it is at four hundred ninety nine dollars which i think is not a horrible price for the phone so she with the premium materials that is being made of but these are more expensive than other phones that opal has put out whether or not that's going to really really affect the sales is really something that is up to you the consumer obviously so speaking of which you can still see our hands on videos on there I do have a couple of verses videos for the end three in particular for you but I am going to have those available for you a little bit later today but for now you can enjoy the hands-on videos I did have a good time with both of these phones i actually really think the n3 is a wonderful upgrade from the n1 and i'm looking forward to having my own unit for it as well there are 5 while it does have a great aesthetic too and i think it's a wonderful phone a very solid phone in fact i do think that the thinness is its main claim to fame and if the thinness doesn't really add too much to the functionality in fact it actually loses the headphone jack so you can argue that the fitness makes them lose some functionality and it's not necessarily the kind that i would get the m3 offers more honestly but of course it has that much higher price point but nonetheless we have the experiences own right behind me here and everyone is getting their hands on these two particular phones along with a lot of other opal products and I'm going to take a look at as well like the blu-ray players and whatnot products that I new Opel already had but obviously I'm in the mobile space so all I know really are their phones and whatnot so really it's been an interesting time here in Singapore I'm going to be flying back tomorrow but I just wanted to give you this look at the actual event to give you the rundown and so have you basically experienced what I experienced here over the last of the course of the last like hour and a half to two hours so keep it tuned to android authority for even more coverage of oboes brand new phones the n3 and the r5 keep it tuned here for those full reviews once i get my review units and also to stay tuned for the vs. videos the Quick Looks that I have for you a little bit later today so keep it in co 2 android authority drop with some likes in our videos and subscribe if you haven't already you can find the videos right over on 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