Things change rapidly in the technology world but the OnePlus story is incredibly fast even by technology standards.
Pete Lau quit Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo in 2013 to set up a company which he hoped would disrupt the smartphone space. And in 2014, his company launched the OnePlus One, which was dubbed by many as a “flagship killer”. The smartphone sold like hot cakes and over the years its iterations have earned the company a loyal fan base, rivaling that of even tech behemoth Apple.
Shenzhen-based OnePlus has certainly disrupted the smartphone market in India and around the world. On Thursday, a select few OnePlus fanboys attended the grand OnePlus 5 launch event in Mumbai. Pete Lau, chief executive officer at OnePlus told BloombergQuint at the event that India was a key market for the company could become the second headquarter for OnePlus in the next five years.
We actually want to make India the second headquarter in five years, not only because of local manufacturing but also because of the talent and huge potential here.Pete Lau, Chief Executive Officer, OnePlus
He also said that India contributes nearly a third of global sales for the company.
The OnePlus 5 is perhaps the most awaited phone of the year and with a Snapdragon 835 processor and 8GB of RAM on the top end variant, some would argue that it is perhaps overpowered for a smartphone. But, ahead of its mega launch, Android forum XDA Developers came out with a report accusing OnePlus of manipulating benchmark scores.
The website claimed that each review unit dished out to developers and journalists was giving misleading results.
In this regard, Lau told BloombergQuint, “Firstly, I’m confident that OnePlus has the best performance. And in terms of benchmarking scores, it’s just that different people understand things differently. Benchmarking is one thing that will show the maximum, the best performance of a phone. We at OnePlus will never lie or cheat, and there will never be any deception in terms of benchmarking.”
He added that there were a lot of improvements that customers would be pleased about, that reviews don’t always cover. “For example, the heat ventilation and the excellence of our system. These things actually contribute to us to have a better performance and have a better benchmarking score,” he explained.
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