Today, our hearts are undoubtedly heavy and mixed with emotion. As part of the proactive global strategy adjustment, OnePlus has decided to conclude new product rollouts in Europe and North America.
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The screen on my 6T broke and it was 500 dollars to fix it. Also their pricing is no longer worth it.
Not sorry to see them go away anymore
Still use my 5T. Absolute tank of a phone. Considering replacing the battery and charging/aux port to refresh it for another 4 year run.
Only chink is the glue holding on the camera lens is giving out
Sad and slow death. OPPO butchered and gutted the brand took everything useful and is killing it slowly, milking the last profits until it shuts it down.
Brand has been dead to me for a while. Used to be hacker friendly, but now why should I care.
So what do you guys gonna use? Everyday less and less viable options
Still have a oneplus, the 9pro. Still a great phone, but I know that newer models are pretty shit. So this would be my last oneplus anyway (after having owned 3). Next phone would be a de-googled android or a Linux phone. I’m thinking of Fairphone. But right now my 9pro is still good and AI free so I don’t need anything else.
I have a OnePlus 13 and have been largely very happy with it. I just don’t care much for Google’s and Samsung’s skins. I’m hoping my next phone is a Nothing, but they haven’t been exactly hitting home runs recently. What other non-google/Samsung phones are even around these days?
Commedore is back in business, bringing a Linux flip phone on the market. In the root it’s blocking social media and browsers. Also about 90% of android apps will work on it. It’s tempting, but I don’t want to type out messages with an old school numerical keyboard. Also I want a browser on my phone.
Fairphone has a nice business model. Fair product which has been produced fairly from fairly sourced materials. Price is steap but it’s repairable and upgradable and it’s OS is de-googled android. The hardware just isn’t flagship level. There are more businesses who focus on anti Google. But most of it is still android and lack behind on some level.
But with the recent exponentially growing evilness of Google I assume Linux phone development will have a nice boost.
In Europe, maybe. I fully expect the remaining three carriers in the USA (Dish doesn’t count, sorry) to start “locking down” their networks again just like they used to, preventing “unauthorized” devices from connecting. It’s why they’re pushing for eSIM-only devices, so you can’t move your SIM around without their okay (and likely a fee).
it’s kinda sad for me because i was gonna get a oneplus 15 in the near future but with this i’d rather not.
does anyone have any phone advice for this kind of price segment?
i’ve been losing my mind looking at all the different kinds of phones and accessories and things to the point of seriously considering getting an iphone
I do a Motorola with LineageOS. I’ll probably upgrade to a new Motorola when they are compatible with Graphene
When is that gonna come out?
Nothing Phones seem promising. Although their models make no sense. They have main phones, mid phones, budget phones, and then a whole sub brand called cmf that has ITS OWN phone hierarchy.
At the very least they are different and trying new things.
Thanks Trump.
Have they actually said why? That post doesn’t cover it.
Being bought out seems to equal corporate death, huh? They haven’t made decent phones for a bit though.
Edit: sems it was a merger in 2021, not a buy out. Still, the company truly died then anyway.
Being bought out seems to equal corporate death, huh?
Always has been equal to such. I’ve seen a company I work with change hands three times, and with each time, something dies.
Yeah, I had multiple one+ phones for years. The last one I got was literally unusable after the first update and customer services was non existent.
LineageOS works fine on many 1+ devices
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/Can confirm, just switched to lineageos on a Nord 4, heaps better. The stock os even stutters when opening the app drawer after the android 16 update, lineage doesn’t.
Even running the co-founder himself away, which in retrospect should have been a sign of their enshittification.
(/s bc duh)
I guess they made decent phones so that oppo had a foothold in western markets, but they got their asses handed to them by xiaomi. The moment xiaomi established themselves I swear oppo started phasing out oneplus. This has been a long time coming.
They were bought out?
No not really. They were always a subsidiary of Oppo, since the beginning.
https://petapixel.com/2021/06/16/oneplus-merging-with-oppo-will-still-operate-independently
They merged in 2021, which is guess isnt necessarily buying them. So you are right. I’ll edit my comment to reflect the truth.
I was gonna say, has always been under bkk or whatever they’re called
Was very happy with my 1+1. But sadly all downhill from there.
I would say even up to the 7, they were still somewhat on brand of being enthusiast friendly
Maybe, but were those still flagship-killers?
Probably not, but for me 1+ was always more about good feature sets and being open to tinkering.
