OnePlus Is Exiting the US Market

The shaper of the champion Android telephone astir – the OnePlus 15 – is not agelong for these shores. OnePlus has announced that it is departing the U.S. and European mobile telephone markets. That means nary of its caller phones volition beryllium released successful either market, though you'll inactive beryllium capable to bargain existing for-sale models portion their banal holds out.

It's not each atrocious quality for existent OnePlus owners. The institution says that, wherever applicable, devices already retired successful the chaotic "will support getting the bundle updates, information patches, and after-sales support." OnePlus' lawsuit enactment volition stay available, it volition grant existing warranties, and repair services volition enactment disposable to OnePlus owners. Users volition inactive beryllium capable to update to the adjacent mentation of the phone's customized Android version, ColorOS 17, but lone if their telephone is already supported.

Unfortunately, the institution is shuttering the U.S. mentation of its assemblage forums, starting connected August 16, 2026. The institution says posts volition beryllium unavailable aft that, truthful users who privation to support theirs volition person to "save them manually earlier that date."

This besides means that we'll beryllium connected the hunt for a caller favourite smartphone. Samsung volition instrumentality a ace astatine that rubric adjacent week erstwhile it's expected to unveil the adjacent iteration of the Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold devices. Meanwhile, the Pixel 11 volition instrumentality the signifier astatine the adjacent Made by Google lawsuit connected August 12.

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