Chinese OnePlus 11 units are apparently region-locked
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- 13 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2023Indonesian is the worst country about lock. Only made in I... moreno wonder why we get crappy e waste at high prices.
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- 13 Feb 2023
there is a certain market for grey imported andoid phones entering Hong Kong market from china, the difference, they have been hacked and google installed, wonder if this region lock is to prevent this?
on the other hand, even the iphone is made in china, it's not 50% local venture and subject to import taxes, thus. people from china purchase it from Hong Kong as it's 20% cheaper as there is no tax, wonder if apple implement this region lock in future
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- 13 Feb 2023
Communist also capitalist
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- 13 Feb 2023
Pixel it is than.
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- 13 Feb 2023
What the hell 😓 Oneplus has officially gone to the dogs. Miss the good old days of Oneplus 8 series where everything was open and when you bought their phone you really owned it.
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- 12 Feb 2023
How can you really say you OWN a product that you ALREADY PAID FOR if the manufacturer can lock it down at will. Is it really YOUR product if they can still remote-deactivate it?
This is a very bad precedent, and should be met with the utmost rejection. Skip OP11, in hopes that OP12 does not infringe on your property rights.
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- 12 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2023China is not actually Communist and no country has ever act... more"true communism has never been tried!!1"
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Valiant , 12 Feb 2023You try doing business in China without state approval and ... moreChina is not actually Communist and no country has ever actually been communist. They just have it as part of their name, but they were actually dictatorships in the past which is essentially the opposite of what communism is about. China currently is considered socialist, because the political party has control over the direction of the country. They still have a free market economy and have private ownership of things like capitalism. In communism, their is no private land or companies, it is all collectively owned. Theoretically, everyone is suppose to get everything they need to survive rather than be left for dead if they can not work or have issues. It is a goal to be communist more so than something immediately achievable, but wealthier countries like the US would have a much easier time achieving this than when the Soviet Union tried as they were a poor country and the system was perverted with an authoritarian dictator (which they still struggle with today, despite being "democratic").
Companies do bend over backwards for China since it is a huge market, but China is not communist lol. Kind of how America is "United," but people value state rights more than common sense federal laws.
Long story short, communism ≠ dictatorship or Fascism, and communism has never truly been practiced in the world, only theorized about, despite China having it in their official name
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- 12 Feb 2023
SShock, 12 Feb 2023I've had Chinese phone in Europe and 4G speeds were so... moreIs your phone accessible in the region?
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- 12 Feb 2023
Remember that there was a time, Oneplus has the best compatibility of 3rd party ROMs and the user community is all die-hard android fans...
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- 12 Feb 2023
This literally will be a very bad news for everyone. I mean, they are screwing up even more the phone market. People might go to the 2nd hand market to still getting good deals and avoiding the region locked ones.
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- 12 Feb 2023
you have to suffer, 12 Feb 2023its just like a region locked DVD player but in smartphone ... moreIndonesian is the worst country about lock.
Only made in Indonesia phone can be used after 2020 (start from 2 years ago).
If foreigner come to Indonesia can only buy "tourist sim card" which have a "tourist rates".
So for Indonesian, they can only buy Indonesian made phone.
This very idea is promoted by Samsung Indonesia country manager
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- 12 Feb 2023
George399, 12 Feb 2023There is nowhere this is 1k euros, shut uphttps://m.alza.cz/oneplus-11-5g-dualsim-16gb-256gb-cerna-d7636918.htm
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- 12 Feb 2023
omzig, 12 Feb 2023i wonder what about chinese citizens travelling abroad? a C... moreFrom what I've read, they are ok once the phone is first activated in China (so it shouldn't be an issue for Chinese people travelling abroad) but if imported and activated first in an overseas market then they get blocked after a week or two
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- 12 Feb 2023
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2023Middle europe 1k euro for this phone is just joke. Old No ... moreThere is nowhere this is 1k euros, shut up
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- 12 Feb 2023
you have to suffer, 12 Feb 2023this makes me wondering why redmi phones in india are so ch... moreYes obviously.
You get what you pay for.
If they are offering significantly cheaper phones in india then it's possible that beyond cheaper taxes & production incentives provided by government,Xiaomi is doing some form of cost cutting in actual hardware itself.
Or Xiaomi is being evil & they intentionally bricking/causing malfunction to force customers to purchase a new phone instead of keeping the device for long.
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- 12 Feb 2023
BMHater12, 12 Feb 2023Indian made phones are just dogwater anyway, seen the Redmi... moreIts no surprise that Xiaomi is notorious for causing hardware issues on their phones after updates,especially their cheap Redmi & Poco series.there are thousands of complains from Redmi/Poco users complaining of bricking/some random hardware malfunctions,mostly cameras mostly after updates with phones that crossed their warranty period.
Quality of the product itself mostly depend on its actual manufacturer & Quality control of the manufacturing facility.
Thats why despite being made in india Apple iPhone run flawlessly.Samsung also makes most of their phones in india & these are not coming with much problems,but Xiaomi's are.
But it's also not fair to expect to understand these basic things from any random guy spreading their hate towards a specific people.
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- 12 Feb 2023
Chinese version of smartphone are often mega fast as well
So unhappy about this
Basically any affordable smartphone that actually good region locked
Worrying as often the best bargain will have too many drawbacks and problems too overcome too be worth it
- you have to suffer
- wrg
- 12 Feb 2023
BMHater12, 12 Feb 2023Indian made phones are just dogwater anyway, seen the Redmi... morethis makes me wondering why redmi phones in india are so cheap compared to global ones.