OnePlus will not publish a foldable in 2025, the company confirming that any chance that OnePlus Open 2 of the rumor should be placed on a break at the moment.
In a resolutely frank and open display (without puns) of the company, Vale G. (as it happens on the official forums of OnePlus), product manager for the Open Open, comes from Publish an article entitled “ a note on our foldable strategy for 2025 – Recalibre for innovation ”.
He says, he declares that “we have [OnePlus] Considered the timing and our next steps in foldable devices, and we have made the decision not to publish a foldable this year. ”
Break, not stopping
Despite what is probably a disappointing news for fans of the original open, Vale wanted to reassure the followers that this does not completely signal in OnePlus of the foldable segment; By saying: “… our decision to take a break on the foldable for this generation does not mean a gap compared to the category”.
The step back of OnePlus compared to the foldable space arrives the same week as the company Sister Oppo raised the lid on its new foldable offer – the Oppo Find N5 (photo below) – the device that many s 'Waited to serve as a basis for the Open 2 2 OnePlus.
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The next foldable of Oppo should be launched on February 20, but you can consult our first practices with N5 research at the moment. This is the closest thing we will see at a successor opened in 2025.
Remove the pressure
In his article, Vale actively sings the praises of the Oppo Find N5, strengthening the current and more unified approach to the two brands of product versions and marketing. It also means that segment and Samsung chiefs have one less competitor to worry in 2025.
The OnePlus Open 2 would have been the perfect aluminum foil to show the next Z folding
The latest Galaxy S25 series from the South Korean company has focused much more on AI and software innovation, rather than major equipment improvements. The same is expected for its next foldable – the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7.
In the main markets like the United States, where OPPO does not work easily, the OnePlus Open 2 would have been the perfect use paper to show the next Z-folding, highlighting the potential complacency of Samsung. It will not now be checked.
Foldable future of OnePlus
Without foldable OnePlus in 2025, the questions then emerge on what the next folding offer of the brand will give. Assuming that OnePlus returns to the segment in 2026, he will mark three years since the beginnings of the original open, during which players like Samsung, Google, Honor, Xiaomi, Vivo and, of course, Oppo, will still have Remode the segment in many ways.
There is a world in which OnePlus raises the conception of N5's research, as did this year, while all Oppo's plans have for N6 research could, once again, considerably influence what the next phone Folding OnePlus looks like and feels. We will just have to wait and see.
