OnePlus, the Chinese smartphone maker, has managed to carve its name in the high-end smartphone segment in a very little time, thanks to the company’s “never settle” philosophy for the “flagship killer” smartphones.

Given that OnePlus is a relatively new company compared to others, the availability of its smartphones has been through limited platforms. However, that’s about to change in the company’s home country.

OnePlus has today announced that the company has partnered with Suning Tesco and its smartphones will now be available for purchase through its e-commerce platform Suning.com. Its devices will also be available through more online retailers soon.

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The development comes as a part of the company’s plan to expand to multiple channels. Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus Technology said that “expanding multiple channels is one of our priorities this year.”

Marking the debut of OnePlus smartphones on Suning.com, the company is offering coupons worth 333 yuan, 666 yuan, and 888 yuan. The company is also set to have live broadcast at 18:00 hours during which viewers can get more benefits.

Besides this, the company is also set to launch its new logo or branding today. From the leaks, it seems that the logo is very similar to the previous one, but the company has made some subtle changes in typography and color scheme. More details about this, including the design philosophy will be revealed later today.

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In April, Amazon announced that it would be exiting the Chinese market due to stifling competition from domestic brands. The US company has been joined by French retail chain Carrefour which announced a deal with electronics retailer Suning.com that will mark its exit from China. The deal involves Suning buying an 80% stake of the company’s Chinese operations with an option to buy the remaining 20% stake if the retail giant chose to exit the market entirely.

The announcement caused Carrefour’s shares to soar as investors are receptive of moves to divest from China where sales have fallen and the firm has been incurring an operating loss. The retail giant has reportedly spent years trying to fix its business in China which has been in existence since 1995. Unfortunately, things were still not looking positive as sales fell 5.9% to 4.1 billion euros and its operating loss was 32 million euros.

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The Chinese market hasn’t been a favourable one for foreign firms as fierce competition from domestic rivals and a growing online market puts pressure on existing firms. Apart from Carrefour, other Western retailers like Tesco Plc and Walmart Inc have also sold stakes in their China business to domestic brands. Amazon is scheduled to close its online store in China next month. There are reports that German wholesaler Metro AG, with up to 93 stores in China, is also looking to sell its China unit amid a wider company restructuring.

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Samsung’s Galaxy S10 series is doing pretty well in China. Pre-orders have already ended and quite a number of people already have their shiny new Galaxy S10/S10e/S10+ in their hands.

China’s top stores have released stats of their sales during the pre-order period. Jingdong a.k.a. JD.com says the total number of Galaxy S10 series pre-order surpassed total sales of the Galaxy S9 in January. It also added that the first-hour sales of the S10 series is 2.38 times more than the first-hour sales of the Galaxy S9 series.

Suning Tesco also released data of its own sales. The store says the Galaxy S10 series was sold out in just 10 minutes when it went on sale at midnight on March 8. According to them, the volume of sales is 365% more than that of the Galaxy S9.

The Galaxy S10e is the cheapest of the lot and has been termed Samsung’s response to the iPhone XR. It has fewer cameras than its other siblings and a smaller battery but is powered by the same processor and has a high-quality display.

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The S10 is the middle child with the same triple rear camera setup as the S10+ but a single front-facing camera. The Galaxy S10+ has dual-front facing cameras, a larger display, and a 4,100mAh battery. It also has a version with 12GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

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