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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Christian Nogot Puno

OnePlus Ends Up Two Minus? US and Europe Exit Could Begin This Week: What It Means

Regional websites already direct shoppers to the parent company's own storefront. (Credit: Matteo Doni via Flickr 2015, CC BY-SA 2.0)

OnePlus could begin shutting down across the US and Europe as early as this week under a sweeping restructuring at parent company Oppo, according to reports. The firm has met with silence rather than the flat denials it issued in January. For anyone holding one of its phones, the practical answer already sits on the record: a January statement from OnePlus North America promising a 'full guarantee of users' after-sales support, software updates, and rights commitments,' a pledge recent press briefings are said to have repeated.

The report, sourced to a person with knowledge of the plan, describes a redrawing of Oppo's whole brand map. OnePlus would cease operations in the US and Europe first, remain active in China, and wind down across the rest of the world, including India, at some point in 2027; sister brand Realme would exit China while targeting the Nordic region abroad, and Oppo's own brand would concentrate on central Europe.

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