After toppling Apple in China, Oppo eyes world market


  • TECH
  • Monday, 26 Jun 2017

While its rivals focus on the premium end of the smartphone market in major cities and online, Oppo makes relatively cheap devices

With its army of salespeople and vast network of outlets, a relatively new smartphone maker has exploded in popularity to overtake global giants Apple and Samsung in China's market – and now it has its eye on the West.

Oppo began life selling DVD players in the in the southern manufacturing hub of Dongguan a little more than a decade ago and only broke into the handset market in 2011.

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