re: WSJ: iPhone sales fall in China

I'm in the same boat as you. I've been a OnePlus user for a while now and I'm on currently on the 8T as well. It's a solid phone with good hardware. Samsung and Apple phones are either nerfed via software or they suffer from hardware degradation over time. My OnePlus seems to keep chugging along after almost four years and still feels as fast as it was at launch.

Unfortunately my biggest gripe is OPPO buying OnePlus and taking over the OS development. The OS isn't as robust as it once was. They're also an ethically questionable company. Last year, many people (myself included) saw their 8T's randomly update despite having "automatic updates" turned off. We didn't even get a warning! We were all forced into OPPO developed software with no way of going back.

After my 8T bites the dust, I'm moving away from OnePlus and likely buying a "Nothing" phone.