Oh, so I'll finally stop hearing from friends' friends that they have a referral code I can use to get one.
OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe
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Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe
#242Good. I have a OnePlus 8t and it's the worst phone I've ever owned. I've hated it since day one, but I'd feel bad replacing a new phone, so I've kept it all these years anyway. It's now old enough for me to consider a replacement (finally!). This announcement doesn't really change anything for me, I'd never buy OnePlus again anyway, but at least it keeps others from making the same mistake I did. They seem to have a…
Some unsolicited life advice: don’t feel bad about getting rid of stuff that you don’t like (or in the words of Marie Kondo, doesn’t “spark joy”). If you had sold that phone to someone else it wouldn’t be wasted. Someone else would have continued to use it. I don’t claim to know your financial situation but it probably would have been worth the loss.
Problem isn't throwing away the old phone, it's getting a new one. I was like this with the iPhone 6. I don't really care and just need a phone that works, but separately, the 6 was the worst iPhone ever cause of batterygate.
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#243OnePlus 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…
Really a shame. I had a original 1 (flagship killer) a 3t, a 6t, a 7t a 9 something..I now own a nothing phone.
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#244Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why do you need your carrier to like your phone? Do they not mandate interoperability in your country? Are carriers using phone blacklists?
They usse carrier whitelists , Which is even worse. I cannot activded a EU acquired Pixel for instance. Verizon no longer needs to carrier unlock phones after 60 days too :} Theres multiple carrier that will auto disable you sim if you move it and charge you a fee for it too ! https://www.howardforums.com/threads/is-metro-charging-to-sw... https://www.reddit.com/r/MetroPCS/comments/1maa4rt/how_much_... All of this wa…
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Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe
#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
plus has memory compression. FYI, Android has had zRAM support since KitKat, which is from (checking notes) 2013. Same year as iOS. iOS uses way less ram than android Common measurements I have seen is around 40%, I wouldn't say way less, but it is definitely less. Still, 3x more for a model in the same year is impressive (and more than needed to be competitive with iOS) and we should give OnePlus credit for it. Sadl…
> 623 Euro, which is a nice midrange price [for a phone]. How did we get here?
iPhone 1 launched at 649 Euros in France in 2007 money, or about 980 Euros today.
Given inflation and the increased utility of the smartphone, we're almost certainly at the lowest cost per hour of use ever for most people.
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#246Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 623 Euro, which is a nice midrange price [for a phone]. How did we get here?
Apple is already past that, with the entry-level 17e starting at 700 Euro. The midrange regular 17 starts at 950 Euro. And according to rumors those prices are likely to increase in spring if not earlier.
> entry-level 17e starting at 700 Euro
Which is 30% less than the original iPhone accounting for inflation.
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#247Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree, title should have been done a lot better than that. I think we can read between the lines of the PR speak, though. That’s the rosiest possible way to put this news. No new devices, support during warranty periods, they’re going to basically stop existing within a year or two.
Support period != warranty period. The OnePlus 15 will get 4 years of Android updates and 6 years of security patches.
Will it? My level of doubt is high. There is very little recourse if the company decides to cease operations, which I think they will in the near future.
I think they could easily argue successfully that post-sale software updates were always contingent on continuing operation of the company.
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#248Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Of course it's not an apple to apple comparison, the iPhone 7 from the same year was 50% more expensive and had only one third of the RAM (2 GB)
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I wish Nothing was supported by Verizon, would love to try one of their phones.
Why do you need your carrier to like your phone? Do they not mandate interoperability in your country? Are carriers using phone blacklists?
Nothing didn’t bother to support Verizon’s most important 4G band, it’s not blacklisted it just won’t work well outside of major cities.
https://www.theverge.com/23803460/nothing-phone-2-verizon-wo...
Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe
#250Editorialised! 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…
Curiosly, they only say this to their European customers. It isn't clear that they plan to continue supporting North American customers. Either way, eventually operations will halt, because existing products will be out of their update commitments. Headline would be more accurate if it said "is winding down".
OnePlus to NA: https://youtu.be/BwmuvqFzfLI?si=98Ae90_vzS-LFBmi&t=92