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Previously, there was a rumour of OPPO possibly shutting down OnePlus, but that turned out to be false. Today, realme has reportedly begun laying off employees in India as part of a restructuring tied to its transition back into OPPO’s organisational umbrella. Industry sources and retail contacts in major states like Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab say that sales and field staff have been told their roles may end as early as 30 April 2026, reflecting broader cost-cutting and operational alignment between the two brands.

realme has been a well-known brand in Malaysia for a few years now, due to its cost-efficient devices with good features. However, the company announced it will be integrated into OPPO as a sub-brand, marking a significant restructuring within the BBK Electronics family of smartphone brands.

In a move to further enhance customer experience and build trust within its platform, TikTok Shop Malaysia has officially extended its Free Returns period from 15 to 30 days. This is exclusively for authentic branded products purchased on TikTok Shop Mall.

The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) has reassured Malaysians that the PerantiSiswa tablets will be from a well-known brand in the market and not of low quality. Furthermore, its minister, Tan Sri Annuar Musa also revealed yesterday that the brand and supplier for the tablets will be announced next week.

Based on an official statement by Qualcomm’s CEO, it seems that they will soon be releasing a new product to take on Apple’s M1 chip. The upcoming product will be aims to bring similar performance and efficiency similar to Apple’s M1 chip to Windows laptop and computers.

As rumoured, realme is planning to expand its product categories by launching its first laptop. Last month, the brand has released a survey by wanting to know if the customers are interested in buying a new laptop in the next three months. With that, we suspect that realme's first laptop is just around the corner. Until now, the CEO for realme India and Europe has finally dropped the first teaser regarding the product.

After departing from OnePlus, Carl Pei is now preparing for a project that is exciting but at the same time, vague. The OnePlus co-founder has announced a new brand that is named 'Nothing' today. Other than the captivating name, he revealed 'nothing' else about what kind of technology products or services that the brand will be launching.

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Wait, there was a Part 1? Yes, I did one and it was published 3 years ago! Many things have changed over the years in the smartphone industry and surprise, many features have become a reality and went beyond what we initially joked about. There's even a phone with 16GB of RAM now for goodness sake!

In fact, the things we listed in Part 1 (you can read about it here) are happening now and this new list probably won't make brands budge an eye. But hey, there are some stuff we need to address so here are another 5 things that smartphone brands should stop doing, part 2! Before I begin, I thought I should give a heads-up to anyone working for a particular smartphone brand reading this - we have nothing against you, we just want you to be better.