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- After OPPO, OnePlus, and vivo, realme is now putting its smartphone business on hold in Germany.
- This move is likely due to the Nokia patent dispute, which was awarded in favor of Nokia.
Finnish equipment supplier Nokia won a significant patent dispute in Germany against OPPO, which forced OPPO and OnePlus to stop selling their smartphones in the German market. Following OPPO’s footsteps came vivo, with the company shuttering its smartphone business in the country for the foreseeable future. Now realme has closed its smartphone business in the country, marking the complete exit of BBK Electronics from Germany.
According to a report from Nextpit, realme has confirmed to the publication that it is exiting the German market. The company is said to concentrate on its core markets in other European countries, putting the German business on hold until license negotiations with Nokia reach a positive conclusion.