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New | Oppo and Vivo are in, Samsung is out in 2017 in China

Oppo and Vivo seize top spots in the world’s largest phone market while Samsung’s exploding phones head for the bin

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An Oppo experience store in Guangzhou. Photo: Handout

Every year, we applaud innovations in China’s technology industry that have improved our lives, entertained us or inspired us. We also sing a hearty auld lang syne to the mediocre, the overtaken and the no longer-cool gadgets and apps before they’re relegated to the dust bins of technological history.

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As 2017 kicks off, it’s time to look back and give due credit to some of the hottest tech products and internet services in the past year.

Oppo’s smartphone factory. Photo: Handout
Oppo’s smartphone factory. Photo: Handout

Smartphones

In: Oppo and Vivo

Out: Samsung Electronics

In China’s smartphone war zone, local brands now rule supreme.

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Oppo and Vivo, two little-known smartphone companies outside of China, have successfully pushed Apple and Samsung aside and emerged last year as the dominant brands in China.

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