OnePlus built the perfect Android phone in 2025. The OnePlus 16 is throwing it all away

A couple of weeks ago, OnePlus confirmed it was winding down business operations in North America and Europe, confirming longstanding rumors we’d been hearing for months. It’s a devastating blow to markets like the US that are already starved for smartphone choices, but it’s the harsh reality we find ourselves in. However, OnePlus isn’t completely dead.

While it may no longer serve the US, Canada, and Europe, it’s still fully operational in other parts of the world. And recently, OnePlus gave us our first tease of its next flagship smartphone: the OnePlus 16 .