Same logic for me. Don't come with a flagship killer branding that promises high quality at low price, if you don't intend to keep it going. The moment OnePlus started pricing like Samsung it was over.

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

A super useful function when working with masking textures.

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?

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

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

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.

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.

They were bought out?

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.

Even running the co-founder himself away, which in retrospect should have been a sign of their enshittification.

(/s bc duh)

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.

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.

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.

I do a Motorola with LineageOS. I'll probably upgrade to a new Motorola when they are compatible with Graphene

From someone who has the OP15. It's a great device if you like to tinker and install degoogled version. Even using lineage or other roms with gapps, we have wallet working with full play certification. And the dev community is active around it. So I still recommend it. Just note the camera is acceptable for the tier, just not great. The battery/performance on the other hand is fantastic.

I was recently shopping for a phone too, OP15 was a contender. Originally wanted to grab the OP12 for it's camera and price but I missed the train. OP15 was tempting but expensive so I held off. Samsung Ultra are all overpriced and stagnated.

I eventually gave up on my hard requirements of 512GB storage and better battery life and bought a used Samsung Ultra for 800 CAD. Battery is disappointing as expected, but it does everything just as good as a new Ultra seeing as they haven't updated any specs outside CPU power in 5 years.

Am I happy with the market state? No. Am I happy with the phone? Yes.

I got a guy to fix my phone screen. Overall cost was less than $100, the replacement screen was like $50 from China.