OnePlus merging R&D with OPPO is the only way it can scale — and win
(Android Central)

It makes perfect sense for OnePlus to merge its R&D resources with OPPO — the two entities already share manufacturing facilities. OnePlus started out over seven years ago, and in that time it has launched some of the best Android phones we`ve seen. Normally, it isn`t feasible for a new entrant to gain momentum in the smartphone industry without significant capital, and even then there`s no guarantee that things will work out — just look at Nextbit and Essential. In OnePlus` case, the company turned to OPPO from the very beginning for its manufacturing needs. While OnePlus dominates the mind share, its annual sales units are still around the 5-million figure. OPPO, meanwhile, has sold over 100 million phones in 2020 — or 20 times more than OnePlus. OnePlus has always relied on OPPO for manufacturing its phones. It is OPPO`s scale that has allowed OnePlus to take on Xiaomi and Samsung in the mid-range segment. To this day, all OnePlus phones are manufactured at OPPO`...