{"id":588457,"date":"2026-07-16T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/588457\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:18:10","slug":"oneplus-officially-gives-up-on-the-us-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/588457\/","title":{"rendered":"OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

OnePlus has confirmed what industry observers have long expected<\/a>: it\u2019s quitting the US and European markets, and will no longer launch new products in either region. Parent company Oppo promises that it will honor existing support and warranty agreements, with devices transitioning to its ColorOS for future updates.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoftware updates and after-sale support will be guaranteed\u201d in both the US and Europe, Oppo\u2019s senior PR manager in Europe, James Paterson, told The Verge in a call. The company wouldn\u2019t confirm any specifics on how it will honor its warranty and support agreements in the US, where it will now have no presence at all. In Europe, Oppo itself will continue to sell phones and other products.<\/p>\n

In order to provide owners with software support, devices will be transitioned from OnePlus\u2019 OxygenOS to Oppo\u2019s ColorOS \u201cin the coming months,\u201d according to Paterson. Oppo Europe CEO Elvis Zhou added that owners will have the option to roll back to OxygenOS if they prefer, though this will presumably mean giving up on future updates. I\u2019d recommend taking the leap: Outside of Google\u2019s Pixel phones, ColorOS is my preferred Android skin nowadays, and the differences between it and OxygenOS are mostly aesthetic.<\/p>\n

As for OnePlus, Zhou repeatedly declined to comment on which markets the company is still operating in, let alone will be in the future. This week, Bloomberg reported<\/a> that by next year, OnePlus will leave India and every other remaining market except for China. In a statement sent to The Verge following Bloomberg\u2019s report, Oppo PR representative Nicole Okpokiri confirmed only that \u201cOnePlus\u2019 product roadmap in China remains unchanged,\u201d which doesn\u2019t fill me with confidence.<\/p>\n

As part of the same statement, Okpokiri confirmed that Oppo\u2019s other sub-brand Realme will also be undergoing restructuring. It \u201cwill focus on overseas markets and no longer launch new products in China.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about job losses related to OnePlus\u2019 contraction, Zhou would only confirm that it was handled \u201cin full accordance with the relevant laws and regulations,\u201d and that some employees were given the choice to move to jobs within Oppo. He would not comment on how many employees were offered the choice to stay, or how many left.<\/p>\n

OnePlus is still gearing up for the release of its next flagship phone, the OnePlus 16, though it\u2019s now unclear whether that will launch outside China. Next for Oppo will be its own flagship line, the Find X10 series, though rumors also suggest it\u2019s working on a wide foldable phone to match the format that both Samsung<\/a> and Apple<\/a> are expected to adopt this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OnePlus has confirmed what industry observers have long expected: it\u2019s quitting the US and European markets, and will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[257],"tags":[18,282,19,17,279,5,3254,1309,753,82],"class_list":["post-588457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-eire","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-news","tag-oneplus","tag-phones","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116929148628792286","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}