Discussion - I was fine with the OnePlus 16 pulling out of the US and the EU, but I wasn't prepared for this low blow

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esaldana79
esaldana79
Arena Apprentice
• 4h ago

Such a bummer. Really love my OnePlus. Very unfortunate they will no longer sell in the U.S. I understand though since they don't sell like the main brands. Wish all phones were global...

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p51d007
p51d007
Arena Master
• 3h ago

Surprised BBK/Oppo hasn't pulled them sooner. I still think BBK created OnePlus, to "break out" of the Asian only market. Have a slick salesman (Carl Pei), say you are a poor little startup, with not enough resources to produce enough phones, so you have to have an invite. Create a pretty good phone, with a rock bottom price, compared to what was a "flagship" phone at the time. Slick marketing, user forums and what not. People went nuts for that phone. THEN people found out it was nothing more than a clone of the Oppo Find 7. Oh, and Oppo was the one making the phones. Oh, and OnePlus was owned by BBK electronics.

By the time they got to the 10-11 series, the price/features to me, just weren't worth it especially when you factor trade in value. By now, most users know who BBK is, knows who Oppo is, so from a business standpoint, why bother building (on the inside) which is basically two different phones, versus how many of the OnePlus phones they sell. Just push people into the Oppo phones (if they are allowed in other countries easily).

OnePlus had their run. Their time is over. Had three of them. They were pretty good devices.

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pacattack81
pacattack81
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• 2h ago

Oneplus has literally one of the worst return policy's and customer service on the face of the planet. Sure, my experience was many years ago, but I'm not surprised oneplus is on their way out.

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Brewski
Brewski
Arena Master
• 2h ago
↵p51d007 said:

Surprised BBK/Oppo hasn't pulled them sooner. I still think BBK created OnePlus, to "break out" of the Asian only market. Have a slick salesman (Carl Pei), say you are a poor little startup, with not enough resources to produce enough phones, so you have to have an invite. Create a pretty good phone, with a rock bottom price, compared to what was a "flagship" phone at the time. Slick marketing, user forums and what not. People went nuts for that phone. THEN people found out it was nothing more than a clone of the Oppo Find 7. Oh, and Oppo was the one making the phones. Oh, and OnePlus was owned by BBK electronics.

By the time they got to the 10-11 series, the price/features to me, just weren't worth it especially when you factor trade in value. By now, most users know who BBK is, knows who Oppo is, so from a business standpoint, why bother building (on the inside) which is basically two different phones, versus how many of the OnePlus phones they sell. Just push people into the Oppo phones (if they are allowed in other countries easily).

OnePlus had their run. Their time is over. Had three of them. They were pretty good devices.

I would love an Oppo phone. But with caveats:

First, it's not available in the US, so they need to release it outside China.

Oppo uses MediaTek, and I think Snapdragon is slightly better.

Make sure to use Oxygen OS, instead of Color OS.

Flat screen.

Then I would totally buy one, since they have excellent cameras (still using Hasselblad), and their foldables are good enough for Apple to copy, so I'd rather have the original version.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 57m ago

If you ask me, they're all derivatives of each other.

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Juan2023
Juan2023
Arena Apprentice
• 2m ago

OnePlus will be missed—great phones that excel in battery life, charging speed, and fluidity, and, in my opinion, offer the best signal reception.

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