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Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by alias_neo »

epapsiou wrote: post #175
alias_neo wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who was a big OnePlus fan from the 3 era to the 9 Pro, I saw the decline, I moved over when Nexus died, and had used a mixed bag before then. OnePlus was on the decline and it was clear it wouldn't be a contender for much longer here in the UK, especially when they merged OSs with the OPPO (?) OS, and software quality went through the floor. I moved to Pixels and currently have a Pixel 9 Pro XL which I'm l…

I had the same issue with Pixel 9 Pro battery. Clearing cache of "Device Health Service" fixed the issue.

Thanks, will try that now!

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by Anonyneko »

freedomben wrote: post #158

OnePlus is one of the saddest stories out there. It was the hacker's choice for a while. It was originally the "Never Settle" phone that ran mostly stock android, had specs maxxed out, price was great, and bootloader was unlocked plus they provided factory images. Those were all reasons I bought a lot of OnePlus phones in the early years. Then they flushed nearly all of it down the toilet. The day they stopped postin…

"Hacker's choice" phones don't appear to sell enough to justify the costs, although they can be a decent strategy for building the initial brand awareness.

Financially speaking, OPPO was right to gut OnePlus all those years ago and streamline their production into selling the same models (with minor tweaks) under the brands that are more known in this or that region. Saves on hardware and software development costs a lot, and once OnePlus was a household brand among the general public it no longer had to appeal to the hacker crowd anyway.

Sad as it is. I bought the One when they were still invite-only and mained it for years, amazing device for the time. Went a bit full circle and using a Nord 3 right now, but I didn't get it because of the brand (just needed a basic secondary smartphone for traveling and got a good deal on it, it's clearly just a generic OPPO brick).

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by freedomben »

MYEUHD wrote: post #177
freedomben wrote: post #158

OnePlus is one of the saddest stories out there. It was the hacker's choice for a while. It was originally the "Never Settle" phone that ran mostly stock android, had specs maxxed out, price was great, and bootloader was unlocked plus they provided factory images. Those were all reasons I bought a lot of OnePlus phones in the early years. Then they flushed nearly all of it down the toilet. The day they stopped postin…

> had specs maxxed out Indeed, their 10 year old flagship has 6GB of RAM. https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.php (for comparison, last year's iPhone 17 has just 8GB or RAM, 9 years later)

Yeah I remember buying a OnePlus 7 Pro with 12 GB (!) of RAM like 7 years ago. The processor was also bleeding edge and that sucker ripped. It combined with stuff like termux was so capable that I used it to run all kinds of stuff that makes little sense on a normal phone. The day that phone retired (from drop damage) was heartbreaking*.

* It actually ran even longer after that as various utilities but not a daily driver, but when I didn't have it with me all the time the convenience slowly waned and it got forgotten

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by amelius »

propaganja wrote: post #168
amelius wrote: post #102

I have a OnePlus Pad 3, bought for about $600, and it's great because it can show books and papers at approximately their real intended sizes. Absolutely great value for the money. The only downside is the constant nagging about OS updates. If this one breaks, I guess it is time to learn Mandarin.

Wait... I have a OnePlus Pad 3. What nagging about OS updates?

Maybe you aren't aware because you always agree to the update popups?

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by ricw »

MYEUHD wrote: post #177
freedomben wrote: post #158

OnePlus is one of the saddest stories out there. It was the hacker's choice for a while. It was originally the "Never Settle" phone that ran mostly stock android, had specs maxxed out, price was great, and bootloader was unlocked plus they provided factory images. Those were all reasons I bought a lot of OnePlus phones in the early years. Then they flushed nearly all of it down the toilet. The day they stopped postin…

> had specs maxxed out Indeed, their 10 year old flagship has 6GB of RAM. https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_3-7995.php (for comparison, last year's iPhone 17 has just 8GB or RAM, 9 years later)

Not an apples to apples comparison#. iOS uses way less ram than android, plus has memory compression. That’s why Apple gets away with less ram and much smaller batteries with equal or better performance.

# pun intended

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by freedomben »

Anonyneko wrote: post #182
freedomben wrote: post #158

OnePlus is one of the saddest stories out there. It was the hacker's choice for a while. It was originally the "Never Settle" phone that ran mostly stock android, had specs maxxed out, price was great, and bootloader was unlocked plus they provided factory images. Those were all reasons I bought a lot of OnePlus phones in the early years. Then they flushed nearly all of it down the toilet. The day they stopped postin…

"Hacker's choice" phones don't appear to sell enough to justify the costs, although they can be a decent strategy for building the initial brand awareness. Financially speaking, OPPO was right to gut OnePlus all those years ago and streamline their production into selling the same models (with minor tweaks) under the brands that are more known in this or that region. Saves on hardware and software development costs a…

You're probably right, but I would have been willing to tolerate price increases if they hadn't compromised all the other things though (especially factory images, which heavily chilled rooting/mods). I wonder what would have happened if they'd stuck with high end devices (with maybe a low-end line too) and not compromised on the hackability. For me at least I'd still be using them today as long as the price didn't get ridiculous (i.e. stayed in the ballpark with other flagships)

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by propaganja »

dopa42365 wrote: post #167
bg24 wrote: post #132

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat... “The lawmakers said a recent analysis by a commercial company provided to the committee indicates that these devices may potentially collect and transmit extensive user data -- including sensitive personal information to servers under Chinese jurisdiction without explicit user consent.”

>indicates that these devices may potentially Translation: they could do that (just like everything else connected to the internet), but they don't? (hence you never heard of that probe again?)

They could do that according to an unspecified "commercial company", as reported in an article titled, "Lawmakers want US Commerce Department to probe Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus".

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by cpncrunch »

blenderob wrote: post #88

Can someone explain the reason? I think I understand the "WHAT". I don't understand the "WHY". Why are they not going to launch new products in US and EU?

Even reading through all the comments above yours I'm still in the dark. Everyone is talking about how they sabotaged their own business, and Carl Pei leaving, but none of that explains why specifically they aren't launching new products in Europe and the US (but still will in other parts of the world?) Something isn't quite adding up here.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by satvikpendem »

inigyou wrote: post #163
satvikpendem wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Apple sounds like a fruit. The point is they spent big marketing dollars to make the brand not sound low quality anymore.

Then I've never received that marketing from OnePlus. Also I think the iPhone and MacBook brands are much stronger than Apple itself.

If you're not in the market for Android phone alternatives to Samsung then you probably were not in their marketing sphere.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by Danox »

satvikpendem wrote: post #154

What a shame, the OnePlus 15 is an excellent phone, especially due to one of the longest battery lives of any I've seen recently, easily lasting 2 days without charging and even acts as a powerbank for reverse charging my wireless earbuds. I guess I'll have to import Chinese phones now for the US, that's where the innovation is rather than the Apple Samsung duopoly currently present in the US.

Being quirky isn’t innovation…
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