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OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by jacooper »

pta2002 wrote: post #112
jascha_eng wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sad I have a 6 year old oneplus and was looking for a new phone somewhat soon, would've considered them again for sure. Any alternatives? They always had a reputation for me for being a great no fuss, little bloat and simply fast android phone.

Google’s phones are pretty good nowadays, I feel like they carry that ethos more than modern OnePlus phones anyway. Plus they can be unlocked trivially, which is officially supported, and you can install GrapheneOS on them.

Nah the hardware is still crap. CPU performance that's genuinely like two generations behind being sold as a flagship somehow.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by Aurornis »

rock_artist wrote: post #41

I'm not sure as others why others feel this is a major change. OnePlus was always a subsidiary by Carl Pei [1] who eventually left the brand to create a new gadgets/tech company. Nothing [2] is the next project he started that keeps many of the ideas started with OnePlus, good value for money and aim for quality Android. Bootloader also seems to allow unlocking [3] In recent years OnePlus was just another Chinese pho…

> I'm not sure as others why others feel this is a major change.

Because the phones where available in US and Europe and now they won’t be?

That’s a major change. You can say the company was changing over time, but a move like this is a major change.

I don’t understand how you’d think this wasn’t a major change.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by neogodless »

menaerus wrote: post #113
twiss wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Support period != warranty period. The OnePlus 15 will get 4 years of Android updates and 6 years of security patches.

After two years your battery will be almost unusable so genuinely it doesn't matter. My only issue with oneplus phones, and I owned several of them already, is that they are running incredibly hot on normal usage, and battery capacity detoriates quickly over time. They do have a great sleek UI and great hardware, not to mention fantastic supercharging capabilities which is a life saver sometimes, but all under the bi…

Hmm my OnePlus 12 is 26 months old and battery is still phenomenal. I charge it to 80% and easily get a day of use, plugging in each night at 30-40%. I have not experienced it running hot yet.

I did not have battery issues with my OnePlus 7 Pro or OnePlus 9 Pro either. The 7 Pro gave me 3 days of battery! (I upgraded for camera improvements and faster screen refresh rate.)

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by inanutshellus »

jingpostmedia wrote: post #98
jorvi wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't make sense because OnePlus is much more known in the West than either Oppo, Vivo or Realme. OnePlus also just sounds like more of a Western brand. It would have made much more sense to kill those other brands in the West and unify everything under the OnePlus banner.

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it's a frustrating pattern for sure. makes it so you can't reward good companies with return business. instead, we get the amazon-seller-experience: an ever-churning alphabet soup of fly-by-night companies hocking low-quality stuff.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by jascha_eng »

pta2002 wrote: post #112
jascha_eng wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sad I have a 6 year old oneplus and was looking for a new phone somewhat soon, would've considered them again for sure. Any alternatives? They always had a reputation for me for being a great no fuss, little bloat and simply fast android phone.

Google’s phones are pretty good nowadays, I feel like they carry that ethos more than modern OnePlus phones anyway. Plus they can be unlocked trivially, which is officially supported, and you can install GrapheneOS on them.

But a pixel is quite a bit more expensive no? At that point you can consider an iPhone?

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by troyvit »

menaerus wrote: post #113
twiss wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Support period != warranty period. The OnePlus 15 will get 4 years of Android updates and 6 years of security patches.

After two years your battery will be almost unusable so genuinely it doesn't matter. My only issue with oneplus phones, and I owned several of them already, is that they are running incredibly hot on normal usage, and battery capacity detoriates quickly over time. They do have a great sleek UI and great hardware, not to mention fantastic supercharging capabilities which is a life saver sometimes, but all under the bi…

> After two years your battery will be almost unusable so genuinely it doesn't matter.

Is this a new thing with newer OnePlus phones? We've had a OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 8 in our house for years and their batteries still work fine.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by qwertox »

mellosouls wrote: post #26

Editorialised! No new products, not halts operations. Please be more careful. OnePlus has decided to conclude new product rollouts in Europe and North America. The difference matters for those of us on OnePlus devices: Though we will no longer launch new products in Europe, our commitment to you remains unchanged. Backed by OPPO, existing OnePlus devices will continue to receive scheduled software updates and securit…

> will continue to receive scheduled software updates and security patches

but wasn't this after they upgrade you to ColorOS? Where you then can reinstall the old one you're using right now, but will then no longer have updates?

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by alecsm »

jascha_eng wrote: post #103
mellosouls wrote: post #26

Editorialised! No new products, not halts operations. Please be more careful. OnePlus has decided to conclude new product rollouts in Europe and North America. The difference matters for those of us on OnePlus devices: Though we will no longer launch new products in Europe, our commitment to you remains unchanged. Backed by OPPO, existing OnePlus devices will continue to receive scheduled software updates and securit…

Sad I have a 6 year old oneplus and was looking for a new phone somewhat soon, would've considered them again for sure. Any alternatives? They always had a reputation for me for being a great no fuss, little bloat and simply fast android phone.

I wanted an Android phone without bloatware and ads so my 2 options were OnePlus and Nothing. I ended up buying the OnePlus because I disliked the huge back camera on the Nothing 3a Pro.

Today I'd go for the Bothing 4a/4a Pro.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by lavela »

jascha_eng wrote: post #125
pta2002 wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google’s phones are pretty good nowadays, I feel like they carry that ethos more than modern OnePlus phones anyway. Plus they can be unlocked trivially, which is officially supported, and you can install GrapheneOS on them.

But a pixel is quite a bit more expensive no? At that point you can consider an iPhone?

If you'd prefer an Iphone if it weren't for price, you should probably have a look at refurbished Iphones.
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