This conclusion comes from a three-continent investigation—current and former employees across R&D, Business, and Marketing at headquarters in China and regional offices in the US, India, and Europe. It’s confirmed by four independent analyst firms whose market data verifies what OnePlus won’t say. And it’s informed by 15 years covering OnePlus and the smartphone industry’s business dynamics—watching Samsung and Apple rise while Nokia, BlackBerry, HTC, and LG followed this exact pattern into irrelevance.
The evidence is damning. Shipments in freefall. A premium stronghold that collapsed almost overnight. Headquarters shuttered without announcement. Partnerships ended. Western teams gutted to skeleton crews. Product cancellations—the Open 2 foldable and 15s compact flagship have both been scrapped; neither will launch as planned. And every major decision now flows from China—regional offices don’t strategize anymore, they take orders.
Used a OnePlus 10 years ago and it was absolutely top. When they were procured by the corporation, the quality of OS dropped, and I switched to Pixel (which is fine, but the old OnePlus was waaaay better).
I’ll wait for one more year to decide if I want to continue with Pixel + Graphene or maybe try a Fairphone with Murena or possibly even a Linux phone. (Or a new device for Graphene that they are partnering with.)