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[+] tixooo@lemmy.zip 128 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 110 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Brand has been dead to me for a while. Used to be hacker friendly, but now why should I care.

[–] laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (13 children)

So what do you guys gonna use? Everyday less and less viable options

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Graphene OS

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[–] laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

Yeah but I don't want to buy Google devices. I would rather lineageos if it comes to that

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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hopefully one of these weeks Motorola will release their "Shipped with Graphene" devices, but that hasn't yet happened.

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Buy 2nd hand.
Google wont see your dime but you reap the benefits.

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[–] schmups@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] CatAssTrophy@safest.space 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Fairphone.

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[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 1 week ago

The phone I already have, for the next 5+ years (it's 5 years old now).

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 child)

OneMinus

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

A super useful function when working with masking textures.

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[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

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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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 15 points 1 week ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 child)

LineageOS works fine on many 1+ devices
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

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[–] hackathy@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Can confirm, just switched to lineageos on a Nord 4, heaps better. The stock os even stutters when opening the app drawer after the android 16 update, lineage doesn't.

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[–] jcorvera@quokk.au 7 points 1 week ago

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.

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

They were bought out?

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No not really. They were always a subsidiary of Oppo, since the beginning.

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https://petapixel.com/2021/06/16/oneplus-merging-with-oppo-will-still-operate-independently

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

They merged in 2021, which is guess isnt necessarily buying them. So you are right. I'll edit my comment to reflect the truth.

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I was gonna say, has always been under bkk or whatever they're called

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[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago*

I guess they made decent phones so that oppo had a foothold in western markets, but they got their asses handed to them by xiaomi. The moment xiaomi established themselves I swear oppo started phasing out oneplus. This has been a long time coming.

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[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 week ago (1 child)

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.zip 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was considering OnePlus 15R, what is the problem with the brand?

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[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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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[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

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.

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Thanks Trump.

[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago

Have they actually said why? That post doesn't cover it.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago (1 child)

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.

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I have a OnePlus 13 and have been largely very happy with it. I just don't care much for Google's and Samsung's skins. I'm hoping my next phone is a Nothing, but they haven't been exactly hitting home runs recently. What other non-google/Samsung phones are even around these days?

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Commedore is back in business, bringing a Linux flip phone on the market. In the root it's blocking social media and browsers. Also about 90% of android apps will work on it. It's tempting, but I don't want to type out messages with an old school numerical keyboard. Also I want a browser on my phone.

Fairphone has a nice business model. Fair product which has been produced fairly from fairly sourced materials. Price is steap but it's repairable and upgradable and it's OS is de-googled android. The hardware just isn't flagship level. There are more businesses who focus on anti Google. But most of it is still android and lack behind on some level.

But with the recent exponentially growing evilness of Google I assume Linux phone development will have a nice boost.

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[–] laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 child)

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.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

? they tried to crowdfund one single model but despite the overwhelming support (raised $35 mil) it wasn't enough to actually start production

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[–] bananabread@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Was very happy with my 1+1. But sadly all downhill from there.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would say even up to the 7, they were still somewhat on brand of being enthusiast friendly

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[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

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.

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[–] semico6@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 child)

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.

[–] FrustratedArtist@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] Ice@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

Still use my 5T. Absolute tank of a phone. Considering replacing the battery and charging/aux port to refresh it for another 4 year run.

Only chink is the glue holding on the camera lens is giving out

[–] treejadey@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

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

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[–] Corndog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Nothing Phones seem promising. Although their models make no sense. They have main phones, mid phones, budget phones, and then a whole sub brand called cmf that has ITS OWN phone hierarchy.

At the very least they are different and trying new things.