An attendee uses his smartphone near an advertisement for the Mate 30 phone from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Photo: AP

Smartphone brands break records in first hours of Singles’ Day shopping festival

Oppo said sales in the first minute outstripped what it sold in a full day last year

Topic | Singles' Day (11.11)

Li Tao in Shenzhen

Published: 12:25pm, 11 Nov, 2019

Updated: 1:17pm, 11 Nov, 2019

An attendee uses his smartphone near an advertisement for the Mate 30 phone from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Photo: AP

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Li Tao

Li Tao is a senior technology reporter, based in Shenzhen. He focuses on big enterprises including Alibaba, Huawei and ZTE, hardware makers, and smartphone brands such as Oppo, Vivo and Oneplus. He joined the Post in 2017 after working for more than seven years with China Daily in Hong Kong. He has masters degrees in both laws and journalism.