OPPO is known to come out with new R-series smartphones in China by the end of Q1 every year. This year, it would have been the OPPO R19. At the moment, however, the company has been focused on releasing its latest F-series smartphone, the OPPO F11 Pro, for which a teaser video went live recently. In the comments section of this video posted on Weibo, OPPO Vice President Brian Shen broke the news that there won’t be an OPPO R19 being released this year.
This news comes as a bummer as we were excited to see what the brand would do with the series. In a following comment, Shen further gave disappointing news regarding his experience with foldable smartphone technology. He says that upon spending time with an engineering prototype, he doesn’t feel foldable functionality adds any special value to the overall experience. In his opinion, the technology doesn’t offer significant enough improvements in intractability for the user.
