It seems that OnePlus is ready to pull the plug and close smartphone operations in global markets as the company focuses mainly on China, and this time, there is more.
in a In a now-deleted Twitter post, internet tipster Yogesh Brar shared that OnePlus will be closing down in global markets and will instead shift focus to the entry-level and mid-range. market in India.
While speculation and rumors have been circulating online for several months, we can confirm that a source familiar with the behind-the-scenes workings confirmed 9to5Google that OnePlus will cease operations in certain regions, including large parts of Europe, potentially in April 2026. No firm timeline was shared.
Selected staff had been informed of this decision in advance, and some received severance packages prior to this closure. To compound this, in the past few hours it was confirmed that India CEO Robin Liu has left the brand and returned to China, further fueling rumors that OnePlus would be shutting down operations.
In 2020, OnePlus closed and dramatically reduced major components of the company’s European operations, eliminating offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, and other European countries in the period following the North’s launch following the departure of Carl Pei. The company has since established closer ties with its parent company, Oppo, with former OnePlus boss Pete Lau taking on the role of chief product officer at Oppo.
Details on why this decision was made are scarce, but Oppo is believed to be focusing more internally. This has also apparently been one of the driving forces behind certain partnership changes, such as the Hasselblad camera partnership that ended with the recent OnePlus 15 launch but continues to be a component of Oppo’s flagship smartphones. It’s also not difficult to see how current market conditions could affect decision-making: brands in China are expected to be hit hardest by the current memory/storage shortage and rapid cost inflation, and all companies are looking to trim any excess.
Several OnePlus product launches are still in the pipeline and many are unlikely to be available outside of China unless specifically stated. It remains to be seen how this affects support for existing hardware, including various software update commitments and the community forums that have been heavily used by the brand.
Realme recently became part of the Oppo umbrella as a sub-brand, which could signal OnePlus’ fate as a budget entity within the larger player. OnePlus has been a sub-brand of Oppo behind closed doors since 2021, but things may change further following the closure of some of its global operations. After a previous report suggested something similar, OnePlus reiterated that there would be a “full guarantee of after-sales support, software updates and user rights commitments.”
When asked for comment, OnePlus simply pointed to its existing statement regarding Robin Liu’s departure, which we’ve included below: If we receive further response, we’ll update our coverage.:
We thank Robin for his contributions to OnePlus India. He continues to pursue his personal passions and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.
OnePlus India operations continue with local strategy and business continuity assured.
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