OnePlus arrived on the scene in 2014 with brash marketing and a compelling pitch: What if your phone was cheaper and faster? More than a decade later, the market is much different, and so is OnePlus. Confirming months of rumors and speculation, OnePlus has confirmed it’s ending phone releases in North America and Europe.

  • noughtnaut
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    4 days ago

    Serious question, does any orket phone have a ring/vibrate/silent physical toggle? For me it’s THE feature keeping me on OnePlus (although my model 10 is pretty beat up by now and I’m side-eyeing a Nexus to put Graphene on).

  • Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    5 days ago

    You either die the hero or live long enough to become the villain, somehow they died the villain and Nothing had taken their place.

    • drawerair
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      5 days ago

      Nothing didn’t take their place. The Nothing design and the Oneplus design have been different.

      • Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        4 days ago

        In the sense that they make the best budget phone possible. Obviously two companies will have different design choices

        • drawerair
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          4 days ago

          I didn’t follow Oneplus in recent years. I asked Chatgpt re their budget 📱. Per Chatgpt, they made 👍 budget 📱 like the Nord 5 and the Nord CE5.

          • Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            4 days ago

            Their origin is very similar to nothing in that they were the ultimate value phone. Unfortunately OnePlus slowly tried to transition into more luxury flagship brand but failed

            • drawerair
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              edit-2
              4 days ago

              Oneplus was the brand of the specs chaser. Great specs; clean Android skin; cheaper than the Samsung or Apple flagship. examples – Oneplus 7 pro and Oneplus 8 pro

              Then they increased the cost. They made Oxygenos more like Coloros.

              • Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                4 days ago

                Yeah by the 7th and 8th gen, you have to understand I was there before launch, same with nothing. I was a fan that time and now.

  • drawerair
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    5 days ago

    I want more folks to experience long 🔋 life. Oneplus 15 won the best 🔋 life award – @mkbhd. The Europeans and the North Americans have 1 less choice with this news. Will Oneplus 16 have a global version? Those not living in China can buy the Chinese version. But the 🇨🇳 version will have some cons for those not living in 🇨🇳. example – Oneplus 15 🇨🇳 version doesn’t have esim support