OPPO Wiped Its German Website Amid EU Exit Rumors, Here's Why
Over the weekend, reports circulated that OPPO was pulling products from its German website. In fact, there are no OPPO devices on the company's official website in Germany. Instead, the page displays a banner (automatically translated) with the text: "There is currently no product information on our site." Some products, including the Reno 8 series and Find N2 Flip, are not available in Germany.
Some of the FAQs listed on the site indicate that OPPO users will continue to use their products without restrictions and receive all future updates.
OPPO has previously announced that its business is at risk due to looming legal issues in Germany and a patent dispute with Nokia. However, the company insists that it will not leave the German market forever.
We contacted OPPO and asked if the removal of products from the site is a temporary measure until the company resolves the issue in the German market. Here's the statement we got from an OPPO representative:
In response to Nokia's trade dispute against OPPO, sales of some OPPO products in Germany will be temporarily suspended. In addition to ceasing sales and marketing of related products, OPPO will continue to operate in Germany. As usual, users can continue using their OPPO products, access OPPO customer support, receive future OS updates and more.
It can be understood from the above statement that the interruption of product sales through the website is part of the impact OPPO is facing in Germany. When the company lost a patent infringement case against Nokia in the country, it had to stop selling OnePlus phones in the country, not just phones made under the OPPO name. OnePlus does not yet sell phones through its German website, products are limited to headphones, accessories and the OnePlus Pad.
While OPPO continues to deny the possibility of exiting major European markets, everything points to the opposite. Last week, the report revealed that OPPO and OnePlus are planning to stop operations in France. The company closed its chip development department responsible for custom Marisilicon chips due to the global economic crisis. In this context, the future of OPPO in the European space is a waiting game.
