OPINION : It would n’t be a new week without a raw earphone rumour , and this one ’s a doozy .

fit in to celebrated leaker Max Jambor , Oppo and OnePlus – subordinate of BBK – are pulling out of cardinal market place in Europe including the UK , Germany and the Netherlands , with an announcement said to be imminent – however , OnePlus itself disagrees .

Jambor took to Twitter this morning to bring out that both Oppo and OnePlus are bowing out of the European market .

Update : There will be an official financial statement from OPPO / OnePlus soon!Right now only Germany , France , UK and Netherlands will fold down . For the rest of Europe it is unidentified at this point.https://t.co/qENykHpRUJ

unremarkably , this would n’t attract much attention , but the leaker is fairly thrill on the money when it come to OnePlus rumours in especial , so it has stimulate the great unwashed talking . It would be odd for Jambor to go all - in on a rumor that might not be 100 % true , after all .

To assuage the fears of the company disappearing from UK and European markets among the chaos that has ensue , OnePlus and Oppo have both state Trusted Reviews that “ OPPO and OnePlus are committed to all the existing European markets and the UK . We had a great start in 2023 with the successful launches of several products in Europe and have a line - up of upcoming product for the ease of the year . ”

give the fact that OnePlus recently launched theflagship OnePlus 11 , a phone that I was very impressed with , and is also actively teasing the release of theOnePlus foldablein 2023 , it would indeed be a weird time for the company to back out of fundamental marketplace .

But while the company are hard go against the leaker ’ narration , there could be some truth to Oppo bowing out of the European market . In fact , there ’s already plenty of grounds to corroborate that move .

The most late , and most obvious , sign of Oppo ’s intentions comes with the flagshipOppo Find X6 Pro . While most other Oppo Find flagships have been useable in the UK and mainland Europe , Oppo has confirmed that the latest flagship wo n’t be released internationally , alternatively cling to a China - only liberation .

It was a second of a shock in the tech community when the news was announced last week , but in the circumstance of the rumour , it begins to make sense .

You could argue that Oppo only of late pad its efforts in Europe with the clamshell foldable Find N2 Flip , and I ’d agree with you there , but it ’s only half of the story with Oppo ’s unconstipated book - trend Find N also staying exclusive to the Chinese securities industry .

Could the launching of the Find N2 Flip have been Oppo ’s last hoorah ? I really go for not . I was a immense devotee of theOppo happen N2 Flip in my review , offering a huge upgrade over the popularSamsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 , and I was looking forward to continued competition from Oppo , particularly in the foldable space .

These are speculative signs of things to come , but it ’s not correct in stone just yet . Until Oppo officially confirms that it ’s ending its business in Europe , I ’ll continue to look forwards to great - quality Oppo phone on British and EU shores .