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> It's actually not easy to find information of OPPO and OnePlus's relationship unless you query the commerce database in the Chinese government, where you will
by thisisit 9y ago
> It's actually not easy to find information of OPPO and OnePlus's relationship unless you query the commerce database in the Chinese government, where you will also fine that VIVO and OPPO are affiliates
Oneplus sold its phone on the back of the fact that it was a "startup". Then came this:
According to the Chinese government's documentation, the only institutional stockholder in OnePlus is Oppo.Although Lau initially denied that OnePlus was a wholly owned subsidiary of Oppo, upon release of the regulatory filings they admitted that they are owned by Oppo and are "in talks with other investors" (although nothing has been announced to date).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus
The opacity of Chinese market was documented in another recent post too:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16726355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16726355
The amazing thing about the scam is that Chinese companies were filing correct numbers in China and fake revenue numbers in US. But with information not easily accessible people got away with it.
- hennsen 9y agoSo actually their ceo is a liar who tells stories of a small company worthy of support by idealistic customers while being funded by a billion dollar enterprise? Happy i didnt buy their phone...
- ShorsHammer 9y agoOne Plus have the easiest phones to unlock the bootloader and play around with roms. Along with being amongst the few phones out there with an official ubuntu port. Guessing with a stock OS its likely not good, but they make life easy for the average tinkerer as opposed to many other phone companies.
- jjcc 9y agoIt's common knowledge for those who are familiar with Chinese tech industry that OPPO, VIVO are originated from a company called BuBuGao(BBK in English) which is created by a guy name Duan Yongping (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duan_Yongping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duan_Yongping). One plus is founded by another guy that BBK invested as a VC.