Realme is a company that first became known as an arm of Oppo in the smartphone industry. This started as one that followed Oppo's guidelines to the letter until the end of July of last year, which was when Oppo vice president resigned from the firm to become CEO of Realme and thus mark a new beginning of it as an independent brand.
Although this is no longer under the command of Oppo as such, it continues to share several lines and even follow instructions, but this is something that would soon be giving a definitive end.
This is what one of its top executives has revealed. Realme operates quite independently from its parent company (it already has its own R&D and marketing departments), but it still shares resources with Oppo, as we have been saying.
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In the future, the company is expected to "build its own ecosystem and production lines"says Chung Hsiang-wei, Commercial Director of Realme Taiwan. However, the spin-off is dependent on Realme's business continuing to expand, which appears to be happening as it was recently named the fastest growing smartphone brand globally.
Chung doesn't think Realme and Oppo are in direct competition. With the new Reno series, Oppo is transitioning to the premium segment, while Realme is focusing on phones focused on the mid-range and aesthetics.
Then add that the company plans to enter the wearable device market and launch wireless headsets (which should arrive in December). The company is working on a pair of 5G phones, the first of which will be released in a couple of weeks.
