Will NOT be buying Samsung next time around! Here is why...

[mikedt]

Never seen let alone heard of Oppo R7 Plus?

http://www.oppo.com/en/smartphone-r7-plus
I believe the 6in AMOLED screen is actually made by Samsung

I'm in China of course.

 

[jack58]

http://www.oppo.com/en/smartphone-r7-plus
I believe the 6in AMOLED screen is actually made by Samsung

I'm in China of course.

Must not be that great of a phone or it would be in the USA. Probably a China copycat of a major brand?

 

[mikedt]

Must not be that great of a phone or it would be in the USA. Probably a China copycat of a major brand?

Oppo are certainly in the USA for high-end DVD, Blu-ray and home theater systems, but not phones. Not really a copycat, but many Chinese phones do look very similar at the moment.
http://www.oppodigital.com/

Oppo phones are available in most of Asia, Russia and Europe though.

Judging from many posts on AF, apart from Huawei Honor, the US seems to get a lot of budget and mediocre Chinese devices, things like rebranded TCL, Hisense, Coolpad, Lenovo(owns Motorola) , etc, and a lot of unknown manufacturers, again rebranded for pre-paid carriers like Straight Talk and TracFone. Probably many Americans are not paying $100+ to Verizon, Sprint or AT&T every month, so cheapo and budget phones it is.

Samsung Galaxy phones are considered a premium import brand in China, just like iPhones, and so attract premium pricing, no carrier subsidies available. The forthcoming Note 6 and S7, could be well in excess of equivalent of $1000 here.

 

[AZgl1500]

Never seen let alone heard of Oppo R7 Plus?

http://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_r7_plus-7237.php

http://www.oppo.com/en/smartphone-r7-plus

 

[jack58]

http://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_r7_plus-7237.php

http://www.oppo.com/en/smartphone-r7-plus

Oppo are certainly in the USA for high-end DVD, Blu-ray and home theater systems, but not phones. Not really a copycat, but many Chinese phones do look very similar at the moment.
http://www.oppodigital.com/

Oppo phones are available in most of Asia, Russia and Europe though.

Judging from many posts on AF, apart from Huawei Honor, the US seems to get a lot of budget and mediocre Chinese devices, things like rebranded TCL, Hisense, Coolpad, Lenovo(owns Motorola) , etc, and a lot of unknown manufacturers, again rebranded for pre-paid carriers like Straight Talk and TracFone. Probably many Americans are not paying $100+ to Verizon, Sprint or AT&T every month, so cheapo and budget phones it is.

Samsung Galaxy phones are considered a premium import brand in China, just like iPhones, and so attract premium pricing, no carrier subsidies available. The forthcoming Note 6 and S7, could be well in excess of equivalent of $1000 here.

When I said:
Never seen let alone heard of Oppo R7 Plus? I forgot to add an important part. It should have said:
"Never seen let alone heard of Oppo R7 Plus in the USA?"

I did google it to see what it was when mikedt mentioned it in earlier post.
Sorry for that coming out wrong in my earlier post.