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OnePlus has pretty much become irrelevant since Carl Pei left the company. Its more or less just a rebranded Oppo nowadays. I'm not an android user anymore but I'm rooting for his new(ish) Nothing company. Hopefully it carries the torch for the old OnePlus feel.

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As an early OnePlus user (1, 3, 5, 7, 13) i find myself unimpressed with what Nothing is proposing, feels more like a design exercise than a flagship killer

They consistently have allowed bootloader unlocking without extra fuss and have had good LineageOS support. That is their main appeal, IMO. Nothing phones had no LineageOS support until recently (spacewar is now supported, unsure about other models), and it's not clear if there's enough of a community/following to keep putting LineageOS on them. I do not want any phone where I'm stuck with the stock ROM.

Nothing phones also allow seamless bootloader unlocking, just like OnePlus. There's been some rumors that OnePlus might be about to exit the market altogether, if so Nothing will probably expand into their niche and beyond their current approach based on "unique" design.

This is true, but only half the equation. Nothing Phone 1 took ages to get LineageOS support and the already-supported OnePlus 8T had similar specs. Though if OnePlus pisses everyone off, maybe Nothing will take their place and get more LOS maintainers, in which case I'd be fine switching to their devices.

I've been with OnePlus since the beginning, and am not at all impressed by the Nothing. Primary missing feature which I've come to depend on, off screen gestures, is missing. And the device just comes across as foreign in general; makes me think of the iPhone, which is not something I want to think of.

Yup - and worse than that too.

In the last week or two it's been rumoured that Oppo are pulling the plug on OnePlus, and are going to wind up the brand entirely. (Although it may cling on in certain markets, like India).

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