OnePlus CEO has apparently posted pictures of OnePlus Fold’s hinge
Smartphone manufacturers have started opening up to the idea of foldable phones. Huawei, Samsung, and Motorola were among the first mainstream companies to introduce foldable phones in 2019 and even though they have grown considerably in popularity since then, their sales still pale in comparison to conventional phones.
Back in 2020, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau had said that foldable phones weren’t ready for prime time, and at that time, the company had no plans to launch a foldable phone. The company had researched the form factor but wanted to wait out for better display technology.
OnePlus software lead Gary Chen corroborated those rumors earlier this year and said that the phone would run a tweaked version of Android 13-based OxygenOS 13.
They clearly seem like pictures of a hinge and it unsurprisingly resembles Oppo Find N’s hinge more than Z Fold 3’s.
BBK-owned OnePlus and Oppo have started collaborating more closely than in the past on everything from design to software, so the OnePlus Fold might end up being a rebranded version of the Find N with OxygenOS instead of ColorOS.
