Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav OnePlus arrived on the scene in 2014 with brash marketing and a compelling pitch: What if your phone was cheaper and faster? More than a decade later, the market is much different, and so is OnePlus. Confirming months of rumors and speculation, OnePlus has confirmed it’s ending phone releases in North America and Europe.
This development has been expected for a while. After a brief period of expansion in the US through deals with T-Mobile and Verizon, OnePlus began visibly shifting its focus to India after the pandemic. OnePlus has also increasingly come under the control of its parent company, Oppo, aligning its device releases and software experience with the larger brand. Still, OnePlus has continued to launch flagship devices in the US and Europe, with the OnePlus 15 going on sale in late 2025. That will be the last OnePlus phone many people see, though.
OnePlus denied rumors of a shutdown earlier this year, but its language was vague and never promised future phone releases. The new statement is also worded gingerly, but the outcome is clear. “As part of the proactive global strategy adjustment, OnePlus has decided to conclude new product rollouts in Europe and North America,” the official post reads.
You can still buy a current-gen OnePlus phone in North America and Europe, and the company will offer software support. However, OnePlus devices will drop the OxygenOS build of Android, adopting Oppo’s ColorOS with the Android 17 update globally. Only India and China will see new devices—at least for now. A shutdown of the OEM’s India operations in 2027 has also been rumored.
The impact may be minimal for phone buyers in Europe, where Oppo products will replace OnePlus. However, Oppo doesn’t operate in the US. Major Chinese brands have avoided venturing into the US mobile landscape, where carrier partnerships (and bill credits) are essentially required to move phones. Both ZTE and Huawei faced enormous legal and regulatory hurdles when they tried to partner with US carriers some years back. They no longer make phones for the US market, either.
This “strategy adjustment” further limits the selection of phones available in the US. With Chinese firms steering clear, Samsung and Apple will continue to dominate. Everything else is little more than a rounding error, giving the big players plenty of room to raise prices.
While it’s long been clear that OnePlus saw more success in India than in the US and Europe, it may have been worth continuing as a global brand were it not for the ongoing component shortage. As AI projects hoover up all the available DRAM and NAND flash, prices for consumer applications are skyrocketing. The cost of RAM alone now accounts for more than a quarter of a flagship phone’s bill of materials, according to recent analyses.
OnePlus isn’t the only smartphone company making changes in the AI era. Earlier this year, Asus announced it was “pausing” its smartphone efforts amid rising costs and stagnant sales. Meanwhile, brands like Samsung and Motorola have increased prices to offset the higher component cost. Apple has managed to keep prices flat, but there are rumors of a price bump when it launches new phones this fall.
What can angry iPhone fans do? Buy an equally expensive Samsung phone? The US is a smartphone desert, and that’s not going to change any time soon.
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