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OnePlus Open review: right size, wrong price

2023-10-19T11:00:00-04:00

Another folding phone has entered the chat.

OnePlus loves to tout its "no compromises" tagline, but in the case of its first foldable phone, a few more compromises would have been good.

The main problem is the price: $1,700. Is the OnePlus Open a phone that feels worthy of such a high price tag? In some ways, yes. The flat edges exude iPhone in all the right ways. It's thin for a foldable, without the chunkiness of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5. And when you open it up, the crease down the middle of the inner screen all but disappears. It's a lovely object to hold and use.

But the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Google Pixel Fold are each just $100 more and are IP rated for full-immersion water r …

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OnePlus officially launches its debut foldable, the $1,699 OnePlus Open

2023-10-19T11:00:00-04:00

The OnePlus Open with two apps running side by side.

The OnePlus Open is the first foldable from Oppo sub-brand OnePlus. Preorders start today for $1,699 (€1,799 / £1,599) ahead of retail availability on October 26th. Check out my colleague Allison Johnson's complete thoughts in our full review or read on for an overview of the device's specs and features.

Although the Open is a first for the OnePlus brand, it's pitching the device as a collaborative project with parent company Oppo, which has previously released the Oppo Find N and Find N2 foldables in China. It means the OnePlus Open is effectively a third-generation foldable and will even be sold as the Oppo Find N3 in the company's home m …

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New leak lets us compare the OnePlus Open and Oppo Find N3 side by side

2023-10-18T10:16:16-04:00

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A leaked image of the Oppo Find N3. | Image: Evan Blass

OnePlus founder Peter Lau has already confirmed that the OnePlus Open shares its design with the Oppo Find N3, but new leaks are shedding light on just how similar the two devices look. The biggest difference is that the OnePlus Open is getting a global launch, while the Oppo Find N3 is exclusive to China.

Last night, leaker Evan Blass shared a set of images showing what appears to be the Oppo Find N3. The images show the device in four colors - black, green, gold, and red - along with marketing materials that reveal some potential specs. That includes a 5.8mm thickness, 245g weight, and a 4,805mAh battery that's supposed to fully charge in …

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Here’s our first official look at the OnePlus Open

2023-10-12T08:00:00-04:00

OnePlus’ first folding phone arrives soon with the alert slider intact. | Image: OnePlus

The OnePlus Open is set to arrive on October 19th, and this is our first official look at the folding-style phone. In an official teaser image provided to The Verge, it looks to be a relatively thin design with at least one fan-favorite feature: a three-stage alert slider.

OnePlus president and COO Kinder Liu isn't being shy about the phone's potential. In a conversation conducted via translator with The Verge late last month, he told us it would "bring the foldable experience to new heights." That's a big claim to make about your first entry into a market where Samsung has dominated for years, but according to Liu, this device - which pare …

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The OnePlus Open foldable could be arriving in the US as soon as next week

2023-10-10T10:11:17-04:00

The OnePlus Open, a rebadged Oppo folding phone. | Image: WinFuture

German tech site WinFuture shared leaked marketing shots of the the OnePlus Open today and claims it will arrive in the US on October 19th for around $1,700.

The pictures show OnePlus' rebadged Oppo Find N3 is more Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 than Pixel Fold - it's taller than it is wide when you pop it open - and it has OnePlus' characteristically circular three-camera array. The images show it in two colors: green and black.

Here, have a gallery of the images WinFuture shared today:

That the OnePlus Open will come on October 19th lines up with previous rumors about its release timeline. OnePlus just shared a shadowy close-u …

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OnePlus says yes, its debut foldable phone is a rebadged Oppo

2023-10-02T12:43:32-04:00

An image of the new folding phone. | Image: OnePlus / Oppo

OnePlus and Oppo are releasing the same foldable phone under different names, OnePlus confirmed in an announcement emailed to The Verge today. The company says that Oppo chief product officer Peter Lau, who co-founded OnePlus, directed teams at both companies to develop the phone in tandem to be released under both brands in different markets, though the email did not say which phone will go where.

OnePlus didn't name the phones in the announcement, but they're the phones rumored to be called the OnePlus Open and the Oppo Find N3.

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GSMArena recently reported a rumor that the Oppo Find N3 will be a Chinese exclusive, while the OnePlus Open w …

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Here’s the OnePlus folding phone expected for later this year

2023-06-28T10:59:28-04:00

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After OnePlus confirmed that it's launching a foldable phone earlier this year, now we finally have some information about what to expect. A set of leaked specs provided to MySmartPrice by OnLeaks reveals that the device, which may be called the OnePlus V Fold, could come with an impressive 7.8-inch inner display.

That's larger than the 7.6-inch inner screens on both the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Google Pixel Fold, but it still doesn't beat the China-exclusive Xiaomi Mix Fold 2, which comes with an 8-inch inner display.

Both the OnePlus V Fold's 6.3-inch outer display and the larger inside screen are expected to have OLED panels with …

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OnePlus is launching a foldable later this year

2023-02-28T10:05:04-05:00

The Oppo Find N2 Flip pictured here might give us some clues as to what subbrand OnePlus’ foldable will look like. | Image: Jon Porter / The Verge

This year's Mobile World Congress is shaping up to be a real fiesta for unconventional form factors, and OnePlus is the latest company to join the celebration. At a panel discussion today, the company announced its intentions to launch a foldable phone in the second half of 2023. That's about the extent of the details we have for now, though it seems like a safe assumption that the device will look a lot like one of the existing foldables on the market from Oppo - OnePlus' parent company.

With companies like Apple and Google yet to enter the foldable market, Oppo is now on its second round of folding phones - though they've mostly been limi …

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OnePlus CEO Pete Lau doesn’t think folding phones are good enough

2020-01-14T12:07:10-05:00

Last week at CES 2020, The Verge's Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn sat down with OnePlus CEO Pete Lau on The Vergecast for his first official podcast appearance.

OnePlus debuted a new concept phone, the OnePlus Concept One McLaren Edition, at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, so Lau came on the show to discuss what the design of the phone means for the future of the OnePlus smartphone line as well as his thoughts on newer technologies in the mobile world, like 5G and folding phones.

In the interview, Lau says OnePlus has looked into foldable screens, but the company believes that the upside of foldable tech is "outweighed by the shortco …

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