In 2020, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said that feature phones are not yet ripe for commercialization. At the time, the company had no plans to launch a foldable phone. The company researched the form factor but wanted to wait for more advanced technologies.

OnePlus’ subsidiary Oppo launched its excellent Find N smartphone late last year, which features a flat screen with no wrinkles and no gaps. Now, OnePlus Fold is expected to launch in the near future.

Gary Chen, head of software at OnePlus, confirmed the rumors earlier this year and said that the phone will run a modified version of OxygenOS 13 based on the Android 13 operating system.

At the end of the week, Pete Lau tweeted a few photos to his followers, “What do you think this is?” she asked. The photo clearly shows the hinged mechanism of a complex smartphone.

BBK-owned OnePlus and Oppo have begun collaborating more closely than in the past on everything from design to software, so OnePlus Fold could be a rebranded version of Find N with OxygenOS instead of ColorOS. Source