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It’s the fact that we’re going to go another year without a OnePlus Open successor.
Without a follow-up, there’s a risk that the pace of innovation for foldable devices could taper off.
OnePlus Open
It delivered a thin, light design that similar phones quickly tried to mimic.
But what really made the OnePlus Open stand out was its approach to multitasking.
Presets also let you group together frequently used combinations of apps for boosted productivity.
OnePlus Open
(Oppo and OnePlus are part of the same conglomerate.)
There look to be other changes with the Oppo Find N5 that would have benefited the OnePlus Open 2.
Camera performance turned out to be one of the weaker areas on the OnePlus foldable.
An Oppo Find N5 (top) stacked on a Galaxy Z Fold 6, Pixel 9 Pro Fold and OnePlus Open
Where’s Samsung’s competition?
Other potential changes Samsung using an Exynos 2500 chipset rather than the proven Snapdragon 8 Elite are less encouraging.
Because leaks tend to focus on hardware changes, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 could still surprise us.
Galaxy Z Fold 7 renders
Foldable phones outlook
It’s not completely grim on the foldable phone front.
Still, it’s a much exciting scene with a OnePlus Open 2 in it.
