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.
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- invertedspear@lemmy.zipEnglish1 month
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.
- danielfm123@lemmy.zipEnglish1 month
I was considering OnePlus 15R, what is the problem with the brand?
- invertedspear@lemmy.zipEnglish1 month
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.
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As a fanboy of LG phones, sadly everything they offer is now better than LG because the last phone LG released was in 2020. At least they shut down their phone division rather than enshittifying.
- mursejoy@lemmy.zipEnglish1 month
Sad to see this really. I don’t think I would ever switch back to Android now that bootloaders are locked down. I am sure they will find away to take away APKs in the US. I loved being able to swap out ROMs as needed and try new things.
Pixel has turned into blatant spyware and AI machine. I just can’t get behind the all AI future that Google is going towards.
- Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish1 month
I have a OnePlus 15 and it’s fucking awesome.
Top of the line hardware. Great camera. Massive battery. Very customizable.
OnePlus still has the least bloatware installed, and you can just opt out and uninstall it. I’ve had like half the phones since OnePlus One, and I’ve never logged in to a OnePlus account.
- pr06lefs@lemmy.mlEnglish1 month
Brand has been dead to me for a while. Used to be hacker friendly, but now why should I care.
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So what do you guys gonna use? Everyday less and less viable options
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Yeah but I don’t want to buy Google devices. I would rather lineageos if it comes to that
1 monthBuy 2nd hand.
Google wont see your dime but you reap the benefits.- schmups@lemmy.zipEnglish1 month
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.
Promote purchase?
How? You never gave google the moneyUse of google device?
If you promote the logo while using? Maybe.
Use a case or cover it with something like a vinyl skin. All phones look almost the same now anyway.Thriving second hand market.
Yes. I can agree buuuut just buy the model from 2 years ago (assuming a new model every year) for >50% off, swap the battery and your somewhat good with an acceptable phone.
They don’t hold the value as an iphone so this isnt too far off.
But if you buy the previous model right after the launch of a new one for 20-25% off then yes, you are fueling the used-market prices.Example:
The canon 90d was selling with a kit lense for about 900-1000€ in a very good condition.
I filtered sales on ebay and made myself clear to buy it for 100€ or less.
A few weeks later I scored the sale for 800€ with 2 batteries and the whole packaging. Body was also only lightly used and a bit of dust specks inside the lense.
You can make good deals if you want to. Mindlessly consuming will result in what you describe.Personally I would swap the battery in my phone if the storage wasnt a bit small for me.
And if I get myself a 256gb model next time I might have enough for the next time my battery has only 80% leftover capacity and I will attempt the swap instead.
I will also avoid getting a Samsung (bloatware), OnePlus (exited EU market. Had bad experiences with their OS flavor), Sony (tempting but way too expensive) and Apple (Is on my blacklist for the walled garden).
Googles phone are still affordable enough and has acceptable photography quality on par with Samsung, Sony and Apple.So what else can you recommend me?
I need solid battery life (doing daily gps tracking with gpslogger and dawarich) Able to automate tasks (I found Tasker and probably can never life without it anymore :p)
Able to shoot photos (acceptable for a photo book if my DSLR isnt handy)
256GB
Budget is around 1000€ or less. Prefer to keep it around 800€ or less. Doesnt need to be cutting edge.
No need for headphone jack. Am fine with my BT headsets.- ikt@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
I’ve always said do the best you can to move away from big tech, this person saying:
If there’s a thriving secondhand market, more people can sell them and buy flagships.
If we’re down to worrying about the health of the secondhand market I think we’d be in an amazing place, but we’re not, every little bit helps and I think grabbing a second hand phone and installing graphene on it is a great idea
I’ve also heard they’re teaming up with Motorola:
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Not necessarily true. We don’t know what that person selling Google phone is buying - they might just buy another Google phone and I just funded it.
Also I don’t trust Google to not put some hardware exploit into hardwareDoesnt matter. The seller would buy the new shiny thing anyway.
Also I don’t trust Google to not put some hardware exploit into hardware
Different issue i can’t address.
Hopefully one of these weeks Motorola will release their “Shipped with Graphene” devices, but that hasn’t yet happened.
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The rumor I heard around the internet is that the Motorola will have all of the security features Graphene is asking for (and Motorola gets to benefit from both the Graphene nerd sales and the improved security, Google does it in their Pixel line for some reason so there’s got to be perks for Googly Android) and an unlocked bootloader so you can install Graphene, but it won’t be shipped with it.
- CatAssTrophy@safest.spaceEnglish1 month
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”.
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Hey I like it but 6.3 inch is small. Can they do 6.7- 6.8 inch? I can pay 2x that for modern stuff
- pr06lefs@lemmy.mlEnglish1 month
i have two oneplus 6 phones right now, and two more that are broken. One working one has android, the other will get lineageos. when lineage is stable might migrate the android one to nixos. Nixos is pretty obscure but it helps to have people banging on distros and filing bugs.
The phone I already have, for the next 5+ years (it’s 5 years old now).
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.
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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.
LineageOS works fine on many 1+ devices
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
Being bought out seems to equal corporate death, huh?
Always has been equal to such. I’ve seen a company I work with change hands three times, and with each time, something dies.
- flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish1 month
No not really. They were always a subsidiary of Oppo, since the beginning.
Even running the co-founder himself away, which in retrospect should have been a sign of their enshittification.
(/s bc duh)
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How was Ubuntu able to launch like a dozen of phones back in the day?
Can we have that ? Why can’t they do it now - I would buy a high end model.
? they tried to crowdfund one single model but despite the overwhelming support (raised $35 mil) it wasn’t enough to actually start production
You’re speaking of this timeline? There are no official Ubuntu phones as I know (pine phone is a development device and has a fork)
- TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish1 month
Still have a oneplus, the 9pro. Still a great phone, but I know that newer models are pretty shit. So this would be my last oneplus anyway (after having owned 3). Next phone would be a de-googled android or a Linux phone. I’m thinking of Fairphone. But right now my 9pro is still good and AI free so I don’t need anything else.
- Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish1 month
I loved my OnePlus 3 so much, only stopped using it in like, 2021 because the screen started to lift in one corner. Replaced it with an Oppo brand that was kinda crap from day 1. Only bought it because it was one of the few phones with a headphone jack.
I would say even up to the 7, they were still somewhat on brand of being enthusiast friendly
Probably not, but for me 1+ was always more about good feature sets and being open to tinkering.
I haven’t kept up on what’d been happening with OnePlus so this blindsided me. It sucks. I love my OnePlus 12. It runs as good as the day I bought it. I’ve never had a phone with the lifespan the battery has had. Bummer.
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There were rumors about this for a few months, so not a surprise. Still, sad how they managed to kill the brand. I’m still using OP6 with original battery that starts to show it’s age, and trying to find a decent replacement device is a challenge.
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever heard someone here in Europe say they used a OnePlus device. Our entire company is all iPhone or some flavor of Samsung.
I don’t imagine they were much of a player here in Europe, just looking at my own circle of friends, family and colleagues.
it’s kinda sad for me because i was gonna get a oneplus 15 in the near future but with this i’d rather not.
does anyone have any phone advice for this kind of price segment?
i’ve been losing my mind looking at all the different kinds of phones and accessories and things to the point of seriously considering getting an iphone
- Bazoogle@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
I do a Motorola with LineageOS. I’ll probably upgrade to a new Motorola when they are compatible with Graphene
- Bazoogle@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
They announced it back in March, and there’s no date yet. We just have “as soon as 2027”
- Jarix@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
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
- iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
I got a guy to fix my phone screen. Overall cost was less than $100, the replacement screen was like $50 from China.
- BurnedDonutHole@ani.socialEnglish1 month
I did that too and screen didn’t even last 6 months. That’s the problem with cheap screens. You don’t get much out of them.
- Jarix@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Mine didn’t even last 2 months under a screen protector. I didn’t even get a cheap price on a cheap screen. I got rid of the phone since it cost too much to replace. They said it wasnt a common part, if it had been a Samsung or iPhone it would have been closer to 50 to replace.
