Oppo Find N6 launches in Japan at ¥318,000, taking on Apple before any foldable iPhone
Oppo kicked off sales of the Find N6 in Japan on Wednesday, marking the debut of its foldable phone in the market at a price of 318,000 yen. The 16GB/512GB version is being offered via KDDI’s au +1 collection, IIJmio, AEON Mobile, major electronics retailers, and online outlets such as Amazon. Timing’s key here. Japan is still dominated by iPhones—Apple grabbed 60.58% of mobile vendor web usage in March, according to Statcounter. Oppo’s jumping in now, ahead of any foldable iPhone hitting stores. This launch lands just as vendors ramp up focus on premium handsets: Counterpoint reported a 6% drop in global smartphone shipments for the first quarter, blaming memory shortages, while IDC flagged rising component costs nudging brands upmarket.