MUMBAI: Move over megapixels Oppo’s about to make every click a cinematic masterpiece. With the Find X9 Series launching in India on 18 November, the smartphone maker is training its lens squarely on the future of photography and this time, it’s not just about sharper images, but smarter storytelling.

The upcoming Oppo Find X9 Series is a heady mix of engineering and artistry: a 200MP Hasselblad telephoto camera, a true colour camera, and an all-new real-time Triple exposure HDR system promise to make light, texture, and tone dance in perfect sync. It’s Oppo’s boldest attempt yet to blur the line between a camera and a phone.

But the company isn’t just refining pixels, it’s localising perception. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Oppo India has announced LUMO Lab, an exclusive Indian collaboration that pairs the brand’s imaging scientists with celebrated photographers Joseph Radhik, Ashik Aseem, and Zaid Salman. The goal? To capture India the way it truly looks vivid, emotional, and unfiltered.

“LUMO Lab embodies Oppo’s commitment to human-centric imaging,” said Oppo global imaging director Simon Liu. “We aim to understand India’s unique visual challenges and create technology that acts as a creative partner empowering photographers, creators, and everyday users to express themselves freely.”

At the heart of the Find X9 Pro lies the world’s first 200MP Hasselblad Telephoto Camera, built on a 1/1.56-inch sensor larger than the main cameras on most flagships. The lens delivers 13.2x lossless zoom and stretches to 120x hybrid zoom, ensuring your concert shots and faraway sunsets stay sharp enough to frame. With a f/2.1 aperture and a 10cm tele-macro focus, the camera turns even tiny subjects into towering portraits of detail.

Oppo’s Active Optical Alignment tech precisely calibrates every lens-to-sensor pair, boosting resolution by 15 per cent, the fine line between good and goosebump-worthy shots. Meanwhile, a new 28nm sensor architecture reduces power use by 25 per cent, keeping the phone cool during marathon recording sessions.

Forget ghosting and blown-out skies. The Find X9’s Real-Time Triple Exposure HDR captures three exposures bright, medium, and dark simultaneously, ensuring perfectly balanced photos with zero motion blur. It’s powered by a custom Sony LYT-828 sensor, making it the ideal companion for sunsets, backlit portraits, and concert lighting.

The Find X9 variant packs a slightly smaller LYT-808 sensor with f/1.6 aperture, but it captures 57 per cent more light than typical smartphone cameras, promising clarity even in dim conditions.

Most phones guess colours. The Find X9 Series measures them. Its True Colour Camera houses an 8-channel spectral sensor that analyses over 2 million spectral pixels across 48 zones of each frame. Whether it’s the amber of a Chennai dusk or the cool blue of Ladakh’s lakes, the result is lifelike hues and skin tones that stay true under any light.

In another world-first, the Find X9 Series captures full 50MP photos by default on all three rear cameras. That’s 4x the detail of standard 12MP images enough resolution to crop, print, and still retain stunning clarity. Smart Adaptive Clarity drops the resolution to 25MP or 12MP in low-light scenarios, balancing detail with efficiency.

Designed for the professionals and the passionate
Each lens in the Find X9 lineup has been engineered for excellence:

●  50MP ultra-wide camera with 120° field of view and autofocus for macro shots

●  50MP periscope telephoto on the Find X9 with 6x lossless zoom and 10cm tele-macro focus

●  Hasselblad Portrait Mode and XPAN Mode for film-like tones and cinematic 65:24 frames

Professional videographers can shoot 4K Dolby Vision HDR on every lens, at 120fps, or record in LOG with ACES-certified colour profiles for precise post-production work. OPPO’s new vapor-chamber cooling system ensures stable performance even during long 4K shoots.

Driving all this hardware brilliance is the LUMO Image Engine Oppo’s new AI-powered processing suite. With 50 per cent less CPU use, 60 per cent less memory, and 50 per cent less power draw, LUMO handles denoising, colour reconstruction, tone balancing, and even motion prediction simultaneously.

It enables innovations like Lightning Snap, shooting 10 frames per second with near-zero blur, and 4K Motion Photos, which record a short 4K video clip alongside every still preserving the mood around the moment.

What makes the Find X9’s debut truly special is its grounding in Indian visual culture. Through LUMO Lab, Oppo is working to ensure its imaging understands the nuances of Indian skin tones, festivals, textiles, and light. It’s smartphone photography meeting sociology and that’s a frame worth capturing.

From the shimmer of a Diwali lamp to the grit of a Mumbai street, OPPO’s Find X9 Series isn’t just about pixels per inch, it’s about people per picture. And with LUMO Lab, it’s ensuring India’s stories are seen exactly as they’re meant to be: alive, textured, and real.

ONNECTICUT: Harman’s $350 million swoop for Sound United is a seismic play in the global audio rivalry, vaulting Samsung’s prized subsidiary to the very top of the premium audio hierarchy. Overnight, the deal delivers Harman an army of industry icons: Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Polk Audio, HEOS, Classé, and Boston Acoustics—all famed not just for pedigree or hi-fi bravado, but cult customer devotion across the globe. 

Sound United’s arrival telescopes Harman’s reach across every lucrative audio battleground—home audio gear, amplifiers, AV receivers, headphones and automotive audio now all under a single, thundering umbrella. By merging marque names, Harman becomes master of a 21-brand constellation, boosting its chances to dominate both traditional and emerging markets—from living room soundscapes to next-gen connected cars and wearables.

Importantly, Sound United will run as a standalone strategic business unit, preserving each brand’s authenticity and loyal following even as it benefits from Harman’s vast distribution, R&D clout and Samsung’s global hardware ecosystem. The strategy: capitalise on fresh growth while leaving beloved products and sound signatures unspoiled, reassuring audiophile and casual buyers alike.

For Harman, the move is about more than scale; it’s about future-proofing. Plugging Sound United’s legendary R&D and boutique appeal into Harman’s tech and supply chains means a faster track to innovation—from smarter, immersive hi-fi systems to AI-driven sound and car audio.

“This is a bet on unmatched experience, quality and the next wave of audio technology,” says Harman lifestyle division president Dave Rogers.

Analysts predict the expanded Harman will use its new firepower to take on both established peers and disruptors, targeting a global audio market expected to pass $75 billion by the end of the decade. For consumers and audiophiles, it signals more choice, greater technology trickle-down, and the lasting power of classic brands standing tall—with a turbocharged engine behind them.

MUMBAI: Gamers, creators and AI developers, brace yourselves Acer just dropped a tech arsenal that roars as loud as its name. From AI-powered laptops to monster desktops, lightning-fast monitors and even a keyboard that can outlast your weekend grind, the Predator lineup is here to push the limits of power, speed and play.

Leading the charge is the Predator Helios 18P AI, a hybrid beast that blends gaming brawn with workstation brains. Powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285HX with Intel vPro, the system supports a jaw-dropping 192 GB EEC memory critical for error-free performance where every byte counts. Graphics duty falls to the Nvidia Geforce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU with DLSS 4, paired with 6 TB PCIe Gen 5 SSD storage, Thunderbolt 5, and Wi-Fi 7. Its 18-inch Mini LED 4K panel hits 1,000 nits HDR brightness and covers 100 per cent of the DCI-P3 colour gamut, perfect for creators. Keeping the monster cool are Acer’s 6th Gen Aeroblade fans and liquid metal thermal grease. Price tag? 3,999 dollars in North America and EUR 4,999 in EMEA, starting early 2026.

For desktop warriors, the Predator Orion 7000 is a liquid-cooled powerhouse, packing up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU with integrated AI acceleration, paired with an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU. Gamers get access to Nvdia NIM Microservices for cutting-edge AI assistant development. Cooling is handled by the Cyclonex 360 system, improving efficiency by 15 per cent and cutting motherboard temps by 9°C, while up to 128 GB DDR5 RAM and 6 TB SSD storage keep things screaming fast. Prices start at EUR 3,999 in EMEA and AUD 8,199 in Australia. Its sibling, the Predator Orion 5000, offers a slightly leaner build with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F, NVIDIA RTX 5080 graphics, up to 2 TB SSD and 4 TB HDD storage, starting at EUR 2,999. Both sit inside ARGB-lit, eco-friendly 45L recycled-plastic chassis.

Display junkies can feast their eyes on the Predator X27U F8 monitor. At 720 Hz refresh rate, it’s one of the fastest on the planet. The 26.5-inch OLED IPS panel runs at WQHD (2560×1440) and switches to 1280×720 at 720 Hz for pro-level esports. HDR 500 True Black and 99% DCI-P3 colour ensure visuals pop, while AMD FreeSync Premium Pro smooths the ride. Launch prices: 1,299 dollars in North America, 1,199 euros in EMEA, and RMB 9,999 in China.

And for the finishing touch, Acer introduced the Predator Aethon 550 TKL keyboard, priced at USD 129 / EUR 129. With tri-mode connectivity (wired, Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz), a battery life of 150 hours, hot-swappable switches, and customisable per-key RGB, it’s built for both precision and flair.

Acer’s Predator lineup isn’t just flexing, it’s redefining what next-gen gaming and AI machines can do. Whether you’re dropping headshots, training models, or cutting 4K edits, this is hardware that doesn’t just keep up; it dares you to push harder.