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BBK Electronics

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Rating
Praises, some criticism

Consumer electronics

Founded by Duan Yong Ping in 1995, the company researches, develops, produces and sells consumer electronics. It has 10 hectares of manufacturing factories, 3 brands of smartphones (OPPO, Vivo and OnePlus) and a new brand IMOO which includes a phone watch for tracking children and a smart phone aimed as the education market. In May 2017, it was the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world with its OPPO and Vivo brands.

BBK Electronic Corporation Ltd   CHN     website   email      

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
BBK Electronic Corporation Ltd
Social Repairability of devices
Engineers from ifixit.com disassembled and analysed a range of smartphones, tablets and laptops, awarding each a repairability score between one and ten. Ten is the easiest to repair. A device with a perfect score will be relatively inexpensive to repair because it is easy to disassemble and has a service manual available. Points are docked based on the difficulty of opening the device, the types of fasteners found inside, and the complexity involved in replacing major components. Points are awarded for upgradability, use of non-proprietary tools for servicing, and component modularity. Smartphones released by this company between 2016 and 2018 scored between 5 and 7 points.
Source: iFixit (2020)

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Company Details

Type Private company
Employees 17,000 (2016)
Subsidiaries Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd 

Smartphones

Founded in 2009, today they are one of the world's top 10 smartphone makers. Parent company BBK Electronics also owns Oppo and realme.


OPPO Electronics Corporation 

Electronics

Founded in 2004, the company designs, develops, manufactures and markets consumer electronics. It entered the smartphone market in 2008 and made its name selling phones in its retail network in rural China with 200,000 stores by 2016. From 2010 it expanded into South East Asia and India. In June 2016, ranked by shipments, it was the second largest smartphone company in China and in the top five globally.


  - OPPO Mobile Australia Pty Ltd 

Mobile phones

Launched in Australia in 2014. OPPO is one of the world's largest smartphone brands.

Contact Details

Address Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Website www.gdbbk.com

Products / Brands

Vivo
Vivo Smartphones

OPPO Australia
OPPO Smartphones
Realme Smartphones


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