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OPPO recently opened their first Flagship Store in Southeast Asia at Suria KLCC Mall (Lot 317 – 318), with opening promotions and activities till 23 June 2017. Participants stand a chance to win prizes including a Car Smartphone Charger, a Car Smartphone Holder and USB Fan while those who buy an OPPO smartphone can join the Lucky Draw for the chance to win a Weloop Now SmartBand worth RM199. You can also sign up as an OPPO VIP member who get 20% discounts off when buying accessories. Stay tuned for more news at TechNave.com

According to International Data Corporation (IDC)’s latest report, despite the whole Galaxy Note 7 fiasco last year, Samsung remains as the top smartphone brand in Malaysia. OPPO and Huawei takes second and third spot respectively, to make up the top 3 brands that took up more than 50% of the Malaysian market share in 2016. Compared to 2015, smartphone shipments in Malaysia had dropped by 5.9% in 2016. This could be due to various negative economic factors, amongst, which included the weakening Malaysian Ringgit against US Dollar, as well as the rising costs of living in Malaysia.

According to the latest report from research firm IDC, OPPO is now the top smartphone brand in China. The company took a 16.8% share of the market, shipping a total of 78.4 million units in 2016! It is closely followed by Huawei, as well as Vivo, making up the Top 3 with a 48% total market share.

If you have the Oppo R7s, you may want to take note of this story. Oppo just announced Project Spectrum, a new firmware by the company for their range of smartphones that brings the stock experience to Oppo phones, but with built-in Oppo features.