When I see a phone like this it reminds me that Apple has decided to hold onto the asthetic it has had for the last 10? 15? years. I'm not saying the organic curves look better, but at least they are different.
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Oppo Plans to Challenge Apple Globally, Starting With 'Find X5' Premium Smartphone
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I think not. I'd sooner buy a Google Pixel. Call me kooky but I trust them more than I do a maker firmly rooted in China and its government's shakier position on privacy in general.
Still...This device will appeal to Android users as a threat to Samsung's dominance but not those really invested in the Apple ecosystem.
Still...This device will appeal to Android users as a threat to Samsung's dominance but not those really invested in the Apple ecosystem.
Don't under estimate China and its business. Just look at Lenevo which has a massive chunk of the West's desktop and laptop market. Oppo btw has an excellent reputation in various types of electronics. As for me, I'd rather pay more or if need have slightly less features than to buy an Chinese business's product.
Every time some news related to Oppo you get I never heard of these guys comments. Per Wiki:
They are a subsidiary of BBK founded 1995 which makes television sets, media players, digital cameras and smartphones. It is one of the world's largest smartphone manufacturers just behind Samsung with the following brands under it Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, Realme and iQOO (a former sub-brand of Vivo). Most audiophiles remember Oppo Digital, that was theirs. Yes they have partnered with Mediatek many times as the SoC utilized in lots of products.
These it doesn't run iOS is meaningless if they convince consumers that their android smartphones are as good or better for less than Apples iPhones, they can still take marketshare away from Apple just like Apple can capture marketshare from them. In simple terms they are not a joke by a longshot.
Only so many ways to make a slab of glass with sensors and speakers on it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But… BBK (alternatingly the largest or second largest phone manufacturer in the world) already sells in North America and most non-Chinese markets with their OnePlus brand.
Are we still pretending like 10 years ago that OnePlus is a fake start-up, complete with a fake “founder” (that is a BBK employee), and fake start-up culture pretending they’re in San Francisco? Or maybe the tech press and useful idiots on the internet are still too embarrassed they swallowed it all hook, line, and sinker?
Are we still pretending like 10 years ago that OnePlus is a fake start-up, complete with a fake “founder” (that is a BBK employee), and fake start-up culture pretending they’re in San Francisco? Or maybe the tech press and useful idiots on the internet are still too embarrassed they swallowed it all hook, line, and sinker?
Well, good luck with that. I don't know about the Chinese market but in the west, the only brands people are willing to pay four digit sums for are Apple and Samsung and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
Especially not with the Find X5 Pro. Both Apple and Samsung are going for very flat designs and matte colors in their premium products. The glossy X5 Pro looks like something from 2017 and based on looks alone, I'd price it at about $500. Definitely doesn't seem like a $1000+ product.
Especially not with the Find X5 Pro. Both Apple and Samsung are going for very flat designs and matte colors in their premium products. The glossy X5 Pro looks like something from 2017 and based on looks alone, I'd price it at about $500. Definitely doesn't seem like a $1000+ product.
At that price, you'd be crazy to go for OPPO instead of Samsung or Apple.
Maybe more of a threat to Android phones like Samsung.
That is true, but look at how distinctive each design is when the details are considered. I still think Apple isn't designing like it has in the past or at least it has decided to stick more closely to a certain aesthetic.
When they advertise the higher specs and you know that they are not as responsive as an iPhone, they are really just advertising an inefficient code base.
Yeah, OnePlus has significantly better brand recognition in the US. I’m not sure why they’re not using the OnePlus brand for this initiative but are doing it with their Oppo brand. OnePlus already had a name for (upper mid range) flagship Android phones (below the latest Galaxy phones, but definitely in flagship-ish range).
I disagree about the 'not so smart consumers' comment. I know plenty of IT professionals who use iPhones for a number of reasons. I do agree that many buy an iPhone for its 'cool' image. I also really agree about Apple's nannyisms. On a final note, it's not just momentum - Apple is on top of their game right now in so many aspects. If anything, their competitors in the mobile market are looking at bit shaky to me.
Thank you for addressing this post. Some people are so ensconced in their own bubble they fail to see that doctors, lawyers, ceos use iphones for reasons of their own. People who one would think are more than "not so smart." Additionally, if you want to believe that people buy iphones for it's "cool image" it's also fair to say people buy some android phones, purely on specs.
Or you can see it this way. Apple bothered to take the effort to make their products earlier to use and understand than the competition, and are being rewarded for this in the form of superior sales and profits.
People don't seem to realize that simplicity is far harder than complexity. It's easy to add in a million buttons, toggles, switches, and features. What's hard is doing that in a dead-simple manner that is logical, coherent, and easy to use.
The issue isn’t that Apple did, but that everyone didn’t.
That's why so many techies continue to be baffled by Apple's success. People with an engineering mindset don't understand design, and so when they see Apple's incredible success, they just can't wrap their brains around the fact that it's good design that leads to this success. So instead, they convince themselves that Apple only makes money because they're a cult that brainwashes millions of people through product marketing. That's the only way that people who don't understand design are able to make sense of things.
Assembled in China but Apple still has control over hardware, software, Manufacturer in China doesn't control what hardware is used in iPhone, I am sure Apple controls what packaging to be used and everything is tested and validated in US.
the first iPhone ? did any one had a phone like iPhone before iPhone was launched ?
ARM Macs kicking any other laptop ass ?
till date I don't think anyone has made a trackpad that can compete with MacBook Air/Pro.
Battery life.
List is long.
you know that's just your opinion, you are imagining stuff, that day people will get to know that Apple is selling customers information to Chinese government people will stop buying them, till that day people will buy iPhones.
I think Lenovo purchased IBM Laptop/Desktop division before becoming global player.
I do agree that if China wants they can do it because businesses in China has supply of unlimited money from Chinese state owned banks.
I also heard that every Chinese business is indirectly owned by Chinese government because Chinese state owned banks have invested in these businesses.