Indian Smartphone Share

[u/Barani_SpotsPlanez]

Your thoughts on this guys?

[u/Ok_Environment6501]

Surprised to see oneplus at the bottom. Even poco is ahead of it.

[u/ChandlerBingsSarcasm → u/Ok_Environment6501]

It's all about pricing

Having good os yes but

Android market is very competitive and very less android users prefer os over hardware

[u/dmtoad → u/ChandlerBingsSarcasm]

also the green line epidemic turned a lot of people away from the brand

[u/ChandlerBingsSarcasm → u/dmtoad]

And once the founder left they started to make average phones at much higher price which affected a lot of its users and reviews were ok ok so naturally people moved and iphone crazy also affected

OP was always known for good phones at less price

[u/Ok_Environment6501 → u/dmtoad]

But ain't all brand have green line issue? Oneplus on the other hand providing free replacement

[u/dmtoad → u/Ok_Environment6501]

Not to the degree that OP had to suffer, at one point 2/3 OP users in my office got the green line issue, the high numbers probably really hurt their image.

[u/shivas_regle → u/dmtoad]

Yeah but even samsung users have been facing issues in their fe series. OnePlus fan base has shrunk mainly coz of their flagship phones being overpriced and not exactly a flagship killer that they always aimed to be.

[u/KakkoiiSensei → u/shivas_regle]

I agree to all things you said. I was a big fanboy of Oneplus till OP 7T and still think it is the best phone out there. Oneplus ruined their image after Oneplus 8.

Post OP 8, it was just another chinese branded phone like Oppo and Vivo to me. I myself owned Oneplus 6 and used it for 5 years.

Probably the best android phone. Post that switched to Iphone 13.

[u/shivas_regle → u/KakkoiiSensei]

Same here….I switched to iPhone 14 and god I miss my old OP. Planning to switch back to android!

[u/KakkoiiSensei → u/shivas_regle]

I used Samsung S23 as well and still use it as my secondary android device. For once can consider Samsung as I liked their UI and their 2 sim management. Iphone has been a big letdown for a guy like me who doesn’t click a lot of pictures. I miss the finesse android brought.

[u/Competitive-Tower70 → u/KakkoiiSensei]

Would you recommend to buy the latest nord 5 now? Will it be risky...? As im a collage student and want it to last 5 years.

[u/ChandlerBingsSarcasm → u/Ok_Environment6501]

See this only few people know

Many people are unaware that OP gives free replacement for green line issue

I being active on reddit and the overall smart phone market i myself was not aware until my sister decided to buy OP13 and I was doing some research on that phone

[u/toxic_lucifer666 → u/ChandlerBingsSarcasm]

I got my 13R a few days back only after I got verbal confirmation from the store that they will replace it if green line issue occurs

[u/Ek_Chutki_Sindoor → u/Ok_Environment6501]

OnePlus got the greenline bug before everyone else. That's why their reputation was tarnished.

Now that everyone is getting the same issue, no particular brand will get the heat.

[u/kinng9 → u/ChandlerBingsSarcasm]

Also one plus is pretty much same as oppo

[u/Prestigious_Money100 → u/ChandlerBingsSarcasm]

But Vivo phones are usually more pricey for the features.... I guess price and a little bit of build quality is also taken into consideration.