WHAT IS OPPO? A QUICK GUIDE TO THE COMPANY AND ITS SMARTPHONES

If we recently talked about the cheapest Xiaomi phones with 5G, today we want to talk about a mobile company that is selling much more than Xiaomi, OPPO! And no, it isn’t a new manufacturer, they have been developing products for decades both in the smartphone environment and in other areas where they also managed to stand out.

Do you want to know more about this brand that is hitting it? Keep reading!

What is OPPO? When did it emerge?

Headquartered in Dongguan, China, OPPO was founded in 2001 by Chen Mingyong, the current CEO of the company. They started with video and audio devices, but in April 2018 they announced that they would stop manufacturing to continue with high-quality phones.

Therefore, the brand has been reinforcing its commitment to smartphones in recent years, especially in order to follow the most successful strategy in terms of sales channels outside Chinese borders.

Are OPPO and OnePlus the same?

In 2013, in the maelstrom and growth of the smartphone market, OnePlus was born: a Chinese company whose DNA contained an overdose of ambition and a bit of OPPO.

At first, the relationship between these two companies wasn’t very clear:

“We understand the confusion that so many people are encountering about OnePlus. But as we have stated from the beginning, OnePlus is an independently operated company that shares common investors with OPPO. One of those investors is OPPO Electronic”.

“OPPO Electronic is a company and is not the same as OPPO Mobile. OnePlus is also in contact with other investors.”

That is why they aren’t one owner of another nor is it the same brand, although inevitably there is a relationship both by sharing employees and production lines.

The rise of OPPO as a mobile manufacturer

OPPO began its internationalization in 2010 and since then it has been extended to increase the manufacturer’s presence to 31 markets!

In addition to expanding its network of official stores, the manufacturer became known for proposals that differed from the competition by emphasizing photography. In 2012, for example, they launched the “OPPO Ulike 2”, the first with a 5-megapixel front camera (the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III, both from 2010, integrated a 1.2 and 1.9-megapixel camera).

Although the one that we may remember the most is the striking OPPO N1, which in 2013 burst in with a rotary module. During the same year, the manufacturer presented one of the key pieces in its expansion: the OPPO Find 5, which finally arrived in Europe.

A phone that stood out on the screen as it was one of the first to bet on a FullHD resolution on its 5-inch panel and that also made a leap in terms of construction and design, betting on metal instead of plastic.