OnePlus phones and the OxygenOS software that used to be the entire reason to buy one. A brand that spent years working out whether it wanted to be the flagship killer or just another flagship, and I still think that unresolved tension is the most interesting thing about it.
Softonic quoted my tweet about the OnePlus Open 2 cancellation to support a 'Samsung wins' narrative. My actual analysis reaches the opposite conclusion, and…
OnePlus kills the Open 2, and the real story is the OPPO group consolidation, the BBK empire's collapse, and why Motorola, not Samsung, is…
By June 2024, the European OnePlus community has largely dispersed, moving to rival brands like Nothing, Pixel, and Xiaomi. With increased competition and superior…
OxygenOS 13 improved significantly over OxygenOS 12, and OxygenOS 14 further enhances the user experience with a cleaner interface and faster updates. Trust recovery,…
Starting in late 2022, OnePlus 10 Pro and 11 screens started developing spontaneous permanent green vertical lines. A hardware defect that any manufacturer can…
Between 2022 and 2024, OnePlus launched more SKUs than most analysts could track: Ace, Ace Pro, Ace 2, 10 Pro, 10T, 10R, 11, 11R,…
The OnePlus global community had been a unified global conversation since 2014. The T-Mobile partnership, the US-exclusive Nord N series, and the carrier-modified OxygenOS…
OxygenOS 12 launched in March 2022 and XDA Developers called it "a disaster" in their opening line. The community agreed. Slower animations, worse battery…
"OnePlus 2.0" in September 2021 was the official announcement that OxygenOS as an independent product was ending. The "cancellation" of the unified OS in…
Hi everyone, Since Shot By Mi exists, a photography competition made by Xiaomi, I wasn’t able to get even one shot validated on my…
OnePlus unveiled its first smart adaptive noise cancellation (ANC) earbuds, the OnePlus Buds Pro. The new, premium, true wireless earbuds feature an industry-leading smart…
July 23, 2021. A line in the Nord 2 reviewer's guide confirmed OxygenOS was now built on ColorOS's codebase. OnePlus hadn't mentioned it. The…
June 2021. Pete Lau became OPPO CPO. "Further integration" was announced. The R&D teams that built OxygenOS were folded into OPPO's organization. The fiction…
The OnePlus-Hasselblad partnership ran from March 2021 to December 2025. It improved color tuning and produced considerable marketing. It did not close the computational…
Hi Everyone, I’ve just received the new Oneplus 9 Pro and its sandstone protection case.Here some pics I would share with you The protection…