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.
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
Graphene OS
Yeah but I don’t want to buy Google devices. I would rather lineageos if it comes to that
Buy 2nd hand.
Google wont see your dime but you reap the benefits.That’s such flawed logic. You’re still promoting the purchase and use of Google devices. If there’s a thriving secondhand market, more people can sell them and buy flagships.
Hopefully one of these weeks Motorola will release their “Shipped with Graphene” devices, but that hasn’t yet happened.
Fairphone.
Not available in NA.
It is, has been for almost 2 years. I’ve had mine in the US since Oct 2024.
It’s not compatible with some NA networks, but it is available for use with providers that it is compatible with.
I consider “not launched in the country”, “not purchasable without a shipping redirect service” and “doesn’t work with half the infrastructure” as enough cause to label it as “unavailable”.
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.
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.
Even running the co-founder himself away, which in retrospect should have been a sign of their enshittification.
(/s bc duh)
OneMinus
Loved them at first, but they fully enshitified after OPPO. They were also on my blocklist for future purchases after claiming my trade in was damaged presenting pictures with no damage.
I was considering OnePlus 15R, what is the problem with the brand?
In the early days they were everything I wanted in an Android device. Hardware sold with minimal markup, long battery life, and easily customizable when it came to the swapping ROM’s. Their customer service was also fantastic.
Then they slowly raised margins and the hardware wasn’t cheaper than other flagships. Then they started making their own ROM and making it harder to swap it out. Now they’re just another Android. Nothing sets them apart from pretty much any other device.
On top of that, their customer service is now on the deny delay defend flow. If you have a problem and you need their support, you will regret going with them. If you don’t have a problem, you’ll probably be fine. But why go with them at all, nothing they offer is better than a Samsung or LG.
Oh no!
Anyway…
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
I got a guy to fix my phone screen. Overall cost was less than $100, the replacement screen was like $50 from China.
I once got a screen replaced by a street vendor in shenzhen for $5 but then it cracked on the way to the hotel (just the glass put on the LCD with thin strips of vhb on the side)
I had one do it for less than that in Beijing from a shop and it still works today
