OnePlus to merge with Oppo in a move that comes as little surprise

[Redaktion]

OnePlus has announced that it is merging its operations with Oppo. The two companies are owned by the same parent company and had already merged their R&D teams five months ago.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/OnePlus-to-merge-with-Oppo-in-a-move-that-comes-as-little-surprise.545930.0.html

[xpclient]

Good riddance to one brand at least. Now merge Vivo, iQOO and Realme also. 👺

[AverageTechAnon]

Good riddance to one brand at least. Now merge Vivo, iQOO and Realme also. 👺

Absolutely dumb take. The more competition and separate companies the better. Them being separate has literally no negative effect on the market like you think it does.

[Furnace lake]

Not really a surprise since OnePlus was an Oppo spin-off from the begining, just not that obvious of a spin-off. Vivo and iq00 are also owned by bbk

[Sarthak]

I think they had decided on this roadmap some time ago, probably just before Carl Pei left.
Oppo is hardly able to sell their high end phones out of China, they should restructured such that Oppo for low/middle end phones, OnePlus- upper budget/premium phones.
I think OnePlus' identity will end up getting destroyed in this merger.

[xpclient]

Good riddance to one brand at least. Now merge Vivo, iQOO and Realme also. 👺

Absolutely dumb take. The more competition and separate companies the better. Them being separate has literally no negative effect on the market like you think it does.

Absolutely dumb to not understand how multinational conglomerates work. They are internally funded by the same parent organization. When you buy Oppo or OnePlus even before this, your money goes to the same parent organization. They create fake competition by introducing more brands so clueless people who don't know they are the same company will buy one if not the other.