2024 Winners and losers: OnePlus

28 December 2024
2024 was a strong year for OnePlus – both the main series and the Nord line brought some real winners. However, there were a few embarrassing hiccups.

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Anonymous, 30 Dec 2024Only minority of people believe 4 OS upgrades for flagship ... moreYes bro your worthless opinion.
Majorotiy of people buys best for best price which is chinese.
For example for half price company like Oneplus or Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Realme etc sells comparable flagships.
You can have even 100 years f updates but you wont get 100 years of warranty. In EU is 2 years outside EU is one year-
Do you think if a year and half old iphone dies because motherboard issues someone will fix it for same price as a new device???
Definitely not. That was just an example.
They buy new phone.
Even it will nto die lder phones starts more and more bricking.
Nobody want bricked phone.
Everyone or most people will swap their device for new one when warranty goes off because repair is expensive.
But its hard to explain to someone who talks more than thinks.

    Anonymous, 29 Dec 2024Chinese brand = auto deal breaker.I don't want to upset you, but you don't have much choice.
    You can choose from America, China and Korea, of which the Chinese have the best offer for every budget.
    The times when Chinese phones were inferior in terms of software ended a few years ago. Currently, if you choose a flagship and compare the iPhone or Galaxy S, you won't notice the difference hardware is even better.

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      • 30 Dec 2024

      Anonymous, 29 Dec 2024no root = no fun = no buywhat would you need root for in 2024 regardless? most skins now offer good enough customization features and app modifications are easily possible without root. anything else you'd need it for are to fix minor inconveniences that are easily ignorable and don't detract from the user experience

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        • KiW
        • 30 Dec 2024

        Cpt.Power, 29 Dec 2024Loser: OS support definitely not. 4-5 years of OS updates i... moreOnly minority of people believe 4 OS upgrades for flagship is enough.

        Yes, i said minority of people, because majority of people buy flagship from Samsung and Apple that come with longer software support compared to the chinese one.

        Now you can cry for your worthless opinion.👍

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          • 7kj
          • 30 Dec 2024

          I have purchased 12R My son wants to by One +13 so u can understand how nice it is

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            • Anonymous
            • Sr6
            • 29 Dec 2024

            Luke, 28 Dec 2024Why would I buy a device which i have to root? If I'm ... moreno root = no fun = no buy

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              • Anonymous
              • Sr6
              • 29 Dec 2024

              Anonymous, 29 Dec 2024You mean the big loser for the year and oppo alsoYes. Compared to the real Xiaomi, the fakeme, oppo, oneplus is the looser of the year!

                potato4k, 29 Dec 2024OnePlus are winners in general. They are doing a great job ... morehow's the Open cheap?

                  OnePlus are winners in general. They are doing a great job on their slab phones and offer better value than their parent company Oppo. For good reason as their main target market are western developed countries where the customers wouldn't tolerate the junk and ads in Oppo and Realme phones.

                  And kudos for OnePlus for giving 5 years of support. I agree that it's good enough for 99% of people, as even after 5 years, Android would still be usable 2 to 3 years afterwards as there are Google Play system updates and developers won't just abandon old android versions that quickly. Even Android 10 is still widely supported. Take example Microsoft OneDrive. It still supports Android 6 (while iOS version requires iOS16).

                  Loser is the OnePlus Open. Cheap third rate components sold at premium prices. Literally hyped up by tech youtubers, and they all went back to their iPhones after their reviews.

                    AlexPP, 29 Dec 2024Where is OnePlus 13? It was released in 2024In China. Global release is next month

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                      • 29 Dec 2024

                      Azu10157, 29 Dec 2024What I meant by that is dunking a device into water. THEN t... moreYeah but even then I remember that my older op 10r had no ip rating but I accidentally dropped it in a bucket full of water but nothing happened, whereas one of my friend had an iPhone 12 mini with ip68 he said that he once dropped it in a pool and it stopped working lol

                        Loser: OS support definitely not. 4-5 years of OS updates is more than enough.
                        Most phones last 3-5 years.
                        Most people swap their phones every 2-3 years.
                        Sells their old device when it still have decent value and buy a new phone.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • KiW
                          • 29 Dec 2024

                          Chinese brand = auto deal breaker.

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                            • 29 Dec 2024

                            Oneplus6, 29 Dec 2024Even my s23 ultra was only good on android 13. As soon as i... moreFake.

                              I'm not sure if OnePlus OS support is a "Loser", especially when the reality is that most people keep their phones for two to three years. Only some would push for four or five years of use, but even then they have already considered the replacement along the pipeline. OnePlus COO is still talking sense, especially when almost all smartphones don't have user-replaceable batteries.

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                                • 29 Dec 2024

                                They should have kept the IPS display for the ce4 lite. That series was the perfect one for older non tech savy people. Now they will ruin both their eyes and the display by keeping the brightness at 200%.

                                  Anonymous, 28 Dec 2024Samsung entry level phone lol. Good luck with the updates. ... moreEven my s23 ultra was only good on android 13. As soon as i updated to android 14 all the sudden the lag started and the battery got worse.

                                  Samsung 7 years support is useless if they cant fix the lag

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 3PE
                                    • 29 Dec 2024

                                    I only like battery, charging and the display in my 1+ 12.

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                                      • p{7
                                      • 29 Dec 2024

                                      Is it compulsory to have a, new phone or follow up phone energy year? Why can't one phone continue for three years with good updates and support. Pear stop this trend of having a new launch every year and make technology sustainable and reliable.

                                        jiyen235, 29 Dec 2024i understand that but even a non IP rated phone CAN survive... moreWhat I meant by that is dunking a device into water. THEN the IP rating would matter

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