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Oppo

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Chairman / President

Tony Chen

CEO / Managing Director

Tony Chen

CFO / Finance Director

Albert Zhao

Industry

Consumer Electronics

Website

oppo.com

Headquarters address

18 Haibin Road, Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518052, China

Year founded

2004

last updated:

30 September, 2024

The Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max can record videos at 4K/120fps. Photo: Ben Sin

Year in Review

Gadget stories you read most in 2024, about the iPhone 16 Pro Max and more

We look back at our 5 most-read gadgets stories of 2024, from one about a world-first handheld device for ear surgery to an iPhone 16 review.

25 Dec 2024 - 4:15PM

Smartphones

Oppo to expand smartphone manufacturing in Indonesia in bet on Southeast Asia

24 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

Smartphones

Oppo brings back premium Find X smartphones to global markets

23 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

Smartphones

Apple’s iPhone sales fall during China’s Singles’ Day shopping festival: report

The event’s two-week sales period saw ‘a double-digit, year-on-year decline’ in iPhone sales amid stiff competition from Chinese rivals.

21 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

This year’s Singles’ Day debacle for Apple reflects the continued cutthroat competition in China, the world’s biggest smartphone market. Photo: Shutterstock

Semiconductors

Chinese smartphone makers lift Qualcomm’s chip sales

Launches of new flagship phones from Chinese Android brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo have helped lift Qualcomm’s forecast.

7 Nov 2024 - 3:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Smartphone giant Oppo, PolyU to launch joint AI research centre in Hong Kong

Oppo pledged US$4.2 million in funding over the next five years to deepen collaboration with PolyU on AI imaging technology.

4 Nov 2024 - 11:46PM

Smartphones

Indonesia bans Google’s Pixel smartphones after blocking Apple’s iPhone 16

Sales of those smartphones were blocked for not meeting Indonesia’s rules requiring the use of locally manufactured components.

1 Nov 2024 - 3:31PM

Smartphones

China smartphone market on track to post first annual sales growth in five years

Domestic smartphone sales rose 2.3 per cent year on year in the September quarter, reinforcing market forecasts of a low single-digit increase in 2024.

29 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

Smartphones

Oppo ramps up global smartphone push with Europe, Latin America key markets

Oppo, the world’s No 4 smartphone brand, said it was ‘steadfast’ about investing in Europe, aiming to gain more ground in the premium market.

24 Oct 2024 - 10:24PM

China technology

Oppo enters tech pact with top EV maker BYD, acquires AI start-up

The latest initiatives by Oppo show its ambition to diversify and expand its business beyond the smartphone industry.

23 Oct 2024 - 7:30PM

Oppo expects to roll out generative artificial intelligence functions to its 50 million smartphone users by the end of this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Smartphones

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite to give Chinese smartphones an AI power boost

Xiaomi, OnePlus, Realme and Honor have announced devices with the new chip as they look to take on Apple and Samsung in AI.

23 Oct 2024 - 9:00AM

Qualcomm’s new flagship mobile processor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, is meant to bring the power of laptops to smartphones. Photo: Handout

Apple

Tim Cook returns to China as Apple Intelligence roll-out remains uncertain

The Apple chief executive is keeping his ear to the ground in one of the US tech giant’s largest markets.

22 Oct 2024 - 5:15PM

Smartphones

Vivo becomes India’s No 1 smartphone brand, topping Xiaomi and Samsung

Vivo shipped 9.1 million units in India, an important smartphone market for Chinese brands, capturing 19 per cent of the market.

19 Oct 2024 - 4:00PM

Smartphones

Chinese brands, Apple drive global smartphone shipments

Shipments from Vivo surged nearly 23 per cent in the third quarter, while Samsung’s fell almost 3 per cent, according to IDC.

15 Oct 2024 - 6:39PM

Promotional signage for Black Friday at a Xiaomi store in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Bloomberg

Smartphones

Vivo unveils X200 smartphone weeks after release of new Apple, Huawei handsets

The X200 series marks the latest effort by Vivo to crack the global smartphone industry’s lucrative high-end segment.

15 Oct 2024 - 9:21AM

Vivo’s premium X200 smartphone series features MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9400 system-on-a-chip. Photo: SCMP

Samsung Electronics

Samsung said to slash 8% of sales team in mainland China amid weak performance

This marks the start of a broader restructuring that would potentially cut up to 30 per cent of Samsung’s mainland workforce by next year.

4 Sep 2024 - 8:02PM

Smartphones

Honor beats Samsung as top foldable phone brand in west Europe

The Huawei spin-off took that crown for the first time in western Europe, the second-largest foldable handset market after China.

2 Sep 2024 - 9:00PM

Smartphones

China’s Realme aims to ship 100 million AI smartphones in 3 years

The Oppo spin-off is using limited AI features in affordable smartphones to target young consumers, according to CEO Sky Li.

28 Aug 2024 - 8:00AM

Realme plans to roll out AI features across all its devices, starting from premium handsets such as its flagship GT 6. Photo: Realme

China technology

Opinion | Why Apple’s iPhone is losing its shine in China

Beyond geopolitics, the iPhone increasingly looks pricey and dull next to Chinese smartphones – and the iPhone 16 may not turn the tide.

21 Aug 2024 - 9:43PMvideocam

Xiaomi

Xiaomi gains share in Latin America, Japan, India amid smartphone war in China

Xiaomi shipped 6.2 million handsets to Latin America last quarter, ranking behind market leader Samsung’s shipments of 10.2 million units.

12 Aug 2024 - 8:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Xiaomi uses Google’s Gemini AI model on flagship smartphone for overseas markets

The Xiaomi 15-series Android smartphone will integrate Gemini for its release outside mainland China later this year.

9 Aug 2024 - 6:30PM

Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model is expected to be integrated into more smartphone models worldwide this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Apple

Apple falls: iPhone maker out of China’s top 5 as Huawei ascends

Chinese smartphone vendors filled out the entire top-five list for the first time in the second quarter, knocking Apple to No 6.

26 Jul 2024 - 4:14PM

People visit Asia’s largest Apple Store in Shanghai on March 22, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE

Video gaming

China’s Guangdong allows video gaming firms to test pre-licensed titles

The new rule appears to provide an advantage to Shenzhen-based video gaming giant Tencent and major smartphone vendors that run app stores like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Honor.

25 Jul 2024 - 9:42PM

Video gaming

Tencent pulls DnF Mobile from app stores of Huawei, Oppo and Vivo

The move comes less than a month after hit video game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile was launched by Tencent Holdings on the mainland.

20 Jun 2024 - 7:00AMvideocam

Smartphones

China’s Realme apologises after robbery of new smartphones shipment

The company said it cannot ensure the ‘in-store experience’ it would like for the launch of its GT6 handset after reports a shipment was stolen at gunpoint in May.

18 Jun 2024 - 3:00PM

Vivo

Chinese smartphone giant Vivo said to be in talks to sell Indian factory to Tata

Vivo’s potential deal with Tata comes amid India’s growing scrutiny of Chinese businesses and New Delhi’s efforts to involve local manufacturers in the operations of foreign smartphone brands.

17 Jun 2024 - 8:00PM

Vivo’s potential deal with Tata reflects the Indian conglomerate’s growing ambitions in smartphone manufacturing. Photo: Shutterstock

China technology

Opinion | What decline of iPhone grey market says about China’s consumer landscape

Chinese consumer mentality is shifting, propelled by patriotism and won over by innovative local phones offering better value and reliability.

12 Jun 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

OnePlus

Chinese smartphone vendor OnePlus faces potential wider sales ban in India

The grievances raised by the All India Mobile Retailers Association show the current precarious position of OnePlus’ business in the world’s second-largest smartphone market.

19 Apr 2024 - 6:00AM

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