Shadi's take on a boost in Europe's defence spending
Abandon Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay Translated by Arunava Sinha
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While Huawei did launch the first smartphone with a 50MP image sensor in its P40 series in 2020, Oppo in 2014 introduced the Find 7, which was capable of taking 50MP images: this was done using a combination of a 13MP sensor and software that resulted in shots seemingly taken from a 50MP camera.
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