Over two months after launching it in China, OnePlus has finally brought the OnePlus 10 Pro to the United States. But was it worth the wait? Any fan of OnePlus knows that this year's release strategy has been the strangest yet. OnePlus gradually revealed the 10 Pro with three different announcements at the beginning of the year and eventually released it in China in early January. Since then, the phone has remained MIA from the United States, Canada, and all other markets we expect OnePlus phones to launch in.
But that's not the only worrying thing OnePlus fans have dealt with. In June 2021, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed that teams at OnePlus and Oppo were merging to streamline both companies' operations. OnePlus doubled down on this integration later in September, announcing that OxygenOS and ColorOS were morphing into a new 'Unified OS.' Throw that together with the 10 Pro's bizarre release, and it's been a rough few months for OnePlus fans.
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Thankfully, things are looking up. In late February, OnePlus said it was backtracking its Unified OS plans to keep OxygenOS for the foreseeable future — retaining all of the software goodies its fans are passionate about. And as of March 2022, the OnePlus 10 Pro is finally available in North America, Europe, and India. While it's not the Galaxy S22 Ultra or iPhone 13 Pro-killer that OnePlus is hyping it up to be, there's a lot about the OnePlus 10 Pro that works really, really well. If you're looking for a premium Android flagship and don't want a phone that has a Samsung, Apple, or Google logo, the OnePlus 10 Pro is a (mostly) fantastic alternative.
Almost immediately after the first OnePlus 10 Pro renders leaked in November, the phone's design drew
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