Final yr Oppo pulled its telephones from Germany attributable to a authorized spat with Nokia. This March a report got here out, claiming that Oppo (and its sibling OnePlus) will go away a number of key markets: France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK. Each Oppo and OnePlus refuted that report, however there should still be bother on the horizon.
Frandroid interviewed a number of workers in France to seek out out what’s taking place. One labored for Atmospheres, a contractor for Oppo that handles telephone gross sales. In accordance with that particular person, the service contract with Oppo ends on June 30.
A former Oppo gross sales supervisor mentioned that workers have been informed that the brand new Discover X and Reno collection won’t be launched in France. The Discover N2 Flip was initially going to be out there in retail shops, however plans modified and the telephone is obtainable on-line solely. Gross sales personnel was reportedly informed to take down Oppo shows and to cease gross sales even earlier than the June 30 deadline.
Oppo claimed that it’ll stay energetic in France after June 30. Nonetheless, it’s not clear whether or not its telephones will stay out there – in Germany Oppo delisted all telephones from its native web site, whereas issues like headphones and wearables continued to be bought (these appear to be gone now too).
Additionally, Oppo reassures present homeowners that it’ll proceed offering assist and after-sales providers for its telephones, together with receiving software program updates. The Oppo France web site remains to be promoting telephones.
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