I’m not angry at the OnePlus 15, I’m just disappointed

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I never thought I’d be here. Well, I did, just maybe not this quickly. Just over 10 months after the Western launch of the brilliant, well-rounded OnePlus 13, the flagship-killing, never-settling brand is back with… another flagship. Yes, really, a second one in 2025. This time, though, instead of creating a jack of all trades (which, to be fair, was a master of most of them), OnePlus is after power users — or at least, I think it is.

The reason I say I think rather than I know is that despite testing this phone for a few weeks, I’m not quite sure how we got to this point. I know the OnePlus 15 is powerful on paper — it boasts the latest chipset, a large battery, ample RAM, and sufficient storage to prove it. But for everything that has improved, it feels like just as much has taken a step backward from a predecessor that is still one of the best Android phones you can buy. Here’s why OnePlus’s most powerful flagship ever might also be its toughest sell.




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