Discussion - If OnePlus exits, lots of you’ll get an Oppo, and I have the numbers to prove it

I've been spoiled by the OP13 fast charging. It's saved me multiple times when traveling (bumping up to 100% in under half an hour really impresses people I'm with). I like to think that by the time I need to get a new device, others will at least approach that speed...but with Samsung and Google virtually giving up on the battery front, I'm not optimistic.

Totally, I agree. There are literally times when I've done so much on my phone, and it still has like 43% of battery left, and it almost feels like a waste. A little less would be a perfect two-day experience, a bit more - three days for most. 😁

Thought BBK/Oppo would have killed off OnePlus a few years ago.

What started out as a way for BBK/Oppo to jump out of the Asian market

with a "poor startup" from Carl Pei with the brilliant marketing that you have

to have an invite to buy our "flagship killer", then jacking up the price to the

point you might as well fork over a few extra bucks for an iphone, Samsung,

or Google phone. From a business standpoint, instead of making pretty much

a duplicate of the same phone, minus a couple features, just push everyone into

the parent Oppo phone. IF Oppo is able to get approval GLOBALLY for their

phones, and carriers support it, I don't see a problem with people who've owned

OnePlus phones switching to the Oppo phones. I haven't had a OnePlus phone

since the 7, so don't know how well they've worked/not worked. But the ones

that I did have, I never had any issues other than slow updates.

I can assure you that I will not be getting an Oppo phone.

Sorry to be pedantic, but the use of you'll in the title of the article, while technically correct, no English writer would ever use it in that context. Just change to you will.

As a very rare Australian OnePlus user (I've had a 12 since mid-2024, a Pad since 2023 and used a OnePlus Watch 2 until recently), I'll be very sad to see OnePlus go but I'm not following over to Oppo. Whilst I've loved my 12, the buying experience wasn't great, which makes me nervous that there just won't be the local support I need in case anything goes wrong. I also really hate bloatware and I think I value better optimised software rather than the out-and-out best hardware money can buy. If Google can take steps forward with the Pixel, I'll head back in that direction but I'm definitely considering Samsung or even a dreaded return to an iPhone.

Some things I'll miss though:

- unique design choices (the 12 and 13 are awesome - so unique and interesting), although the 15 really sucks.

- the notification slider - literally my favourite feature (sadly gone from the 15)

- camera hardware - even my 12 has gotten noticeably better with software updates but there's just some things that software can't replace. The 12's cameras are bangers.

- screen brightness - although many have now caught up, the 12 was one of the first to introduce these super bright panels

- battery life - until Android 16, I was easily able to get 2 days out of my battery and was never able to kill it in less than a day. For whatever reason, Android 16 has completely bricked my battery life to the point where I am already considering my next upgrade. However, OnePlus' fast charging is almost unmatched so any battery pain is pretty temporary (provided you use the official charging brick and cable).

- Oxygen OS - even in the two years I've had it, the software has come a LONG way. I initially didn't love the software and found it confusing, unintuitive and very un-user-friendly. However, they've continued to improve it over time and I've just slowly gotten used to it. It's still not as good as the Android I had on my Pixel but it's not far away.

One thing I won't miss is the lack of third party options for screen protectors, cases and skins. The software upgrade cadence also seems to be way behind Google, Apple, etc.

All told, I'm really sad that OnePlus is pulling back and potentially disappearing. They were bold and exciting and really did things differently.

Had oneplus 12 as my primary and Samsung A54 as my secondary phone. Then replace the A54 with Nothing 2A after hearing a lot positive. Sold the Nothing 2a after 3 months and replace it with IPhone 15.

Will not going for Nothing phone in anytime soon. Biggest issue to me is the camera quality. Given it is secondary phone, already I don't need good camera on it but even that Nothing 2A failed for decent picture quality. Camera always having difficul time to auto focus. As Nothing trying to "discourage" user for using the phone for long, you can imagine how frustrating for some simple setting change or trying to look for features

It's conversational English.

The real question, Bruce, is which Pixel phone will you be getting? 🤔 Really though, is there a device you are hoping Google makes?

I hear you. The jump in quality between Nothing's main series and A-series is truly jarring. I didn't expect the Phone (3) to take great snaps, but it was capable of doing that. Still, not all the time, but notably better than the Phone (2a). Why did you pick an iPhone instead?