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Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by usr1106 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:10 AM UTC

SanjayMehta wrote: post #155

menaerus wrote: post #113

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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…

My iPhones' batteries have all lasted a minimum of 5 years. Having said that, my Nokia E71 and Communicator batteries are still usable after 20+ years.

I was figthing a bit recently to make my 9210 Communicator charge again after well over 20 years in the drawer. But it eventually worked. The first phone with a color screen and a keyboard!

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by usr1106 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:15 AM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #244

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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…

Land of the free

Land of the free oligarchs.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC

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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.

> for most people For most people, salaries have not kept up with inflation

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Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by xiaodai » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC

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…

He's Swedish. Wow

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by ulfw » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC

whall6 wrote: post #323

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> The culture leaned heavily toward 996: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week Why stay there even ONE week, unless you were very senior?

Hard work is invigorating? Especially when working on something cool?

Managing an Amazon sales account is 'cool' now?

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by h4ch1 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 4:54 AM UTC

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> 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 d…

I still daily drive a Oneplus 7T; for ~$350 in 2020, it's served me incredibly well, barely any performance drop over the years.

The battery has weakened ofc, the 2 day battery life has dropped to a measly 9 hours, but that's more than enough.

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Post by colordrops » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC

driverdan wrote: post #228

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I have a OnePlus 13. Best hardware ever. Running lineage with microg + magisk and use nix on top of termux to install stuff using sudo, including AI harnesses - it's my portable AI workstation now.

That sounds like a fun setup. I need to try out something like that.

I've ordered a physical keyboard that attaches to the back of the phone using magsafe to make it easier to use. I wouldn't be surprised if we see new types of hardware or at least new mobile UI paradigms that make AI coding on the go easier.

Re: OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

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Post by Markoff » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC

adamsmark wrote: post #264

I worked for OnePlus a few years ago, managing its Amazon account. The culture leaned heavily toward 996: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. I was there during a particularly tumultuous period, and by that point a lot of the staffing had already been hollowed out. That said, the OnePlus 11, 12, 13, and 15 are great phones. The 13 and 15 in particular have insane battery life. I have never managed to drain either one…

As someone who works/worked for all major Chinese smartphone brands (and some major vacuum cleaner brands) over years I can tell you this is no OnePlus specific, 996 is just Chinese standard.

I remember back when I lived in China some of my flatmates slept in work overnight since it was encouraged, you save time on commuting.

I worked also on OP project which was handled separately from O/Rm and V/IQ, but I find in general approach of these companies very amateurish when it comes down to providing reference materials, though it could be even worse, unnamed company selling mostly in India is disaster, now they use AI to localize their phones, you are suppose to check it with no screenshots, no description, so clearly can't even check it properly, so apparently AI is doing fine since you can't really report worries anyway. And if you will drive EV from the biggest CN EV company expect same, they are not better.

The most professional are H/H and X, no complaints there. They are at Nokia level professionalism from back in the days.

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Post by superxpro12 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC

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> the main idiosyncrasy is that in New Zealand we can just call people up on the phone or via email and arrange contracts, That sounds pretty corrupt. I've recently commented that countries with lower corruption perceptions probably have more corruption, and New Zealand is one of the lowest. Unless you're some kind of competitively approved supplier that's chosen by default because you consistently do good work. Why…

We have a lot of long term connections in the industry in NZ. I'm simplifying a little, but the process for a district council to hire us to do the same thing the next district council over paid us to do last year is relatively straightforward. The sinkhole thing is a really long story, and a lot of it is that my boss is an old, eccentric, PhD who has zeroed in on this. LaGuardia has sinkholes because it's built on a…

That sounds more like a local airport kinda thing. I'm sure any kind of bush airport this is no problem. But not one of the busiest federal airports... thats just an entirely different scenario.

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Post by annzabelle » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 6:23 AM UTC

superxpro12 wrote: post #359

annzabelle wrote: post #314

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We have a lot of long term connections in the industry in NZ. I'm simplifying a little, but the process for a district council to hire us to do the same thing the next district council over paid us to do last year is relatively straightforward. The sinkhole thing is a really long story, and a lot of it is that my boss is an old, eccentric, PhD who has zeroed in on this. LaGuardia has sinkholes because it's built on a…

That sounds more like a local airport kinda thing. I'm sure any kind of bush airport this is no problem. But not one of the busiest federal airports... thats just an entirely different scenario.

I think part of it is that even at the busiest airport on the South Island (Christchurch) this would be a doable ask for us. My boss just has no concept of what life is like in a large country, let alone a large city. He's thinking of LaGuardia Airport as just Christchurch Airport but larger.