The OnePlus 15 was announced in China on Monday, October 27, 2025. Typically, companies like OnePlus will wait a few months before bringing the new device to the global market, including the US. However, this year, the wait is much shorter.

OnePlus has announced that the global release date for the OnePlus 15 is going to be November 13. Which means you can have a new OnePlus phone in time for the holidays.

We do already know a ton about the OnePlus 15 thanks to the Chinese launch event, most of which will be the exact same for the global model. Including the removal of Hasselblad. OnePlus announced a few months ago that it had developed its own photo processing engine called DetailMax. So, on the surface, the camera specs might seem like a bit of a downgrade.

The OnePlus 15 will sport a 6.78-inch QHD+ display, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. Though it’s likely that the 1TB of storage model will remain exclusive to China, as we’ve seen in recent years.

It also has a massive 7,300mAh capacity battery, which is expected to be the same size globally. With some phones, Europe ends up with a smaller battery due to regulations. But that’s not the case for OnePlus – technically, this is because it uses two batteries in its phones. We’re still getting 80W wired charging with the charger in the box too. As well as up to 50W of wireless charging.

Pricing is expected to remain mostly the same as the OnePlus 13, which started at $899 here in the US. That would make this a very compelling device from OnePlus, especially in the US where competition isn’t as steep.

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Here in the US, we’re pretty limited on what phones we can buy. We’re mostly stuck with Samsung or Apple. There are a few options from Google, Motorola and OnePlus as well, but for the most part its Samsung and Apple. They both make good phones, but when you get the chance to play with some phones available in other regions – like the new Find X9 Pro from OPPO – it really makes you realize how far the US government has overstepped.

As a phone reviewer for the past 13 years, I’ve had the chance to review hundreds, actually probably thousands of phones. Many of which are not available in the US. While it’s true, we do get OnePlus devices here in the US, which is mostly the same as what OPPO launches, it’s not entirely the same. And that’s especially true for the OPPO Find X9 Pro and OnePlus 15 – OnePlus doesn’t even have Hasselblad anymore.

Whenever I use some of these phones, I really want to switch to them full-time, but then I remember that they won’t work fully on the US networks. If you do have T-Mobile, it’ll work mostly on their network. But you’ll miss out on features like VoLTE, WiFi Calling and more. And if you’re in an area where T-Mobile already has spotty service and uses a band that the phone doesn’t have, you won’t have service.

What does the US government have to do with limiting smartphone players?

It’s not all on the government; a big part of why these Chinese companies don’t sell here is the carriers. Which I’ll touch on in a bit.

But, back in 2019, the US banned Huawei. Not only did they ban Huawei from selling in the US, they also could not work with US companies. That meant they couldn’t use Qualcomm chips, they couldn’t use Microsoft Windows on their laptops, nor use Android on their phones. They also struggled to make their own chips because they couldn’t work with ARM (despite not being an American company).

This really set Huawei back, but because of how large they are, and their resources, they were able to weather the storm. And now they’re back like they never left. Their Kirin chips are still pretty far behind the competition, however. But they do have some of the best cameras on the market.

Now, Huawei is very paranoid about doing anything related to the US or even Europe, for the fear of being sanctioned even harder. Because of this, they sold off HONOR, though we can still tell they have a heavy influence in that company. They also don’t invite US media to a lot of events. I was able to go to one last year, but it was really hard to make that happen.

Other Chinese companies, such as OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi, have seen this happen and are now not looking at the US at all. Surprisingly, though, they do have a presence in Mexico, but not the US and Canada.

The graph above is from Statcounter, showing market share in Mexico. You’ll notice that Xiaomi and OPPO are both listed here at around 10% market share. Of course, Samsung is a big chunk here, which is the case in most countries.

Carriers control the market

Unfortunately, in the US the majority of buyers go to their carrier and buy a new phone. Instead of buying unlocked, like is the case in Asia and Europe. Carriers in fact, will give you discounts for buying through them, versus unlocked – the complete opposite versus Europe.

And because of that, if you are not selling your phone on a carrier, you’re not going to sell very many. OnePlus and ZTE’s Nubia are prime examples of this. Now OnePlus is available in more places, and available in Best Buy stores, but you can’t get it from T-Mobile, AT&T or Verizon. Which greatly affects how many units they will sell.

A big reason why OnePlus doesn’t sell on carriers is the cost, which then gets passed down to the customer. Many years ago, their phone was on T-Mobile for several hundred dollars more than directly from OnePlus. That was a very bad look, since the phone was identical.

Some OEMs are working to make buying unlocked more feasable and attractive, like Samsung. Who offers more colors of their phones through their website, cutting out retailers and carriers. But to get a major chunk of Americans to buy unlocked, that won’t happen for quite some time.

American’s need more choice

Choice is always good for consumers. It also drives innovation and competition. Looking at the US smartphone landscape, it’s pretty boring. Actually, it’s incredibly boring. Most phones look the exact same every year, with nothing more than a processor upgrade.

Meanwhile, looking at Europe with things like the vivo X300 Pro, OPPO Find X9 Pro and the Xiaomi 17 Pro/Pro Max, those are some pretty big upgrades in almost every area.

Just imagine walking into a Verizon store and seeing the vivo X300 Pro, OPPO Find X9 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and iPhone 17 Pro Max on display. How many do you think would still choose Samsung or Apple? Likely quite a few, because of the brand recognition, but people would be interested in the vivo and OPPO, especially seeing the specs.

The government needs to stay out of what companies can sell in the US, and carriers need to make it easier to use unlocked phones here. Then, we might be able to get some of these more interesting devices.

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YouTube TV has been routinely angering its customers, though it’s not all its fault. Between raising prices to almost double what it initially launched at – now $82.99 per month – and losing channels, many customers are not happy. But luckily, you can cancel your YouTube TV subscription. That’s the beauty of cord-cutting. The ability to ditch a service for a competitor in just minutes. Meanwhile, with cable, that is not possible. Most areas only have one or two cable operators available. So that’s another reason that it’s a good idea to switch to a streaming service. Makes it easier to vote with your wallet.

YouTube TV has recently lost the Bally Sports regional sports networks (though that’s more Sinclair’s fault than YouTube TV’s, since they are removing the networks from all the streaming services). Then they almost lost the NBC networks, which is roughly a fifth of YouTube TV’s channel offerings. However, NBC decided to step up and not force YouTube TV to include Peacock with its membership. And surprisingly, the price did not go up, which is a good thing.

If you just want to stop using YouTube TV for a few weeks, maybe cut some costs, we’d recommend pausing YouTube TV instead. That will keep all of your recordings and continue recording, but without charging you. You can pause YouTube TV for up to six months. We’ll also show you how to pause your YouTube TV membership in this tutorial.

How to cancel YouTube TV

To cancel YouTube TV, you’ll need to either open the app, or go to tv.youtube.com. The process is virtually the same, aside from tapping versus clicking.

• Tap on your Profile icon in the right-hand corner.
• Next, tap on Settings.
• Then tap on “Manage”.
• From here, you’ll have an option to pause or cancel. Hit Cancel.
• You’ll be asked if you’re sure you want to cancel. Just hit yes, and continue.
• You’ll still have access until the end of your billing cycle, but you won’t be charged again.

Click on that. Now you can see options for pausing or cancelling your membership.

After you click cancel, it’ll ask to make sure you want to cancel, and just go through that process until it has successfully cancelled.

And that’s it. It’s pretty simple to cancel, and that’s one thing that YouTube TV still has over cable. The ability to easily cancel TV service, without needing to call them and explain to them you don’t want it any longer.

How to Pause YouTube TV

Pausing YouTube TV has a pretty similar process to cancelling it. Start out by opening the YouTube TV app.

• Then tap on your Profile Picture
• Next, tap on Settings.
• From there, you’ll want to tap on Membership.
• Next, tap on “Manage” next to the “Base Plan” option.

Now, you’ll see an option to pause your account. It defaults to eight weeks, but you can adjust the slider all the way up to 24 weeks (or about six months). It will also show you below when your account will resume. YouTube TV also mentions that your recordings will be kept, which is a big deal.

Now, just tap on Pause.

You’ll now get a confirmation that your account is put on pause (you’ll also get an email with details). And you’re all set.

That’s just how easy it is to pause your YouTube TV account. You can also choose to unpause it at any time. So if you paused it by mistake, or paused it for too long, you can unpause it and be back in business. Keep in mind that if you share this membership with others, their accounts will also be paused.

What’s the difference between cancelling and pausing YouTube TV?

Cancelling means that you’re not planning to return anytime soon. While pausing means that you plan to return in a month or two, or even longer.

If you do want to get rid of YouTube TV for a couple of months, pausing is the right way to go. This is because it will keep all of your shows in your library. While cancelling will get rid of it all.

However, with this price hike, YouTube TV is likely going to be seeing a whole lot of people cancelling their membership, unfortunately. Even though YouTube TV is a really good service – I’d still say, one of the best out there. At $65 per month, it’s a pretty tough ask. Especially since YouTube TV only has one plan, so you’re stuck paying for all of those channels at $65/month. Instead of having a smaller plan option that costs, say $50 per month for fewer channels.

Pausing is a good idea if you are looking to cut some costs for a few months, or if your favorite shows are off season now, so you don’t need YouTube TV. And that will save you $65 per month, which is no small cost, to be quite honest. Most other streaming Live TV services don’t really offer this ability. So this is a big deal.

YouTube TV has continued to improve its service, and is looking to add some more flexible packages. So we may not see any more price increases on the base plan. But we may lose some channels from that base plan. With them moving into the add-ons. This is simply because the costs to carry these channels are getting pretty pricey.

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Samsung and NVIDIA had a meeting in South Korea this week, and this also included an appearance by Jay Y Lee, who is the Executive Chairman of Samsung, at NVIDIA’s GeForce Gamer Festival.

At this event, Lee made an interesting comment that we don’t usually see from executives. He noticed a lot of people were using iPhones, and joked “Why are there so many iPhones here?” It was a pretty lighthearted joke from Lee, not a serious question, but it was still interesting to see Lee mention this.

Typically, companies do not mention their competitors, let alone mention them by name. So this did catch a lot of people off guard. In fact, earlier this week at the OPPO Find X9 Series global launch, they compared their phone to “Competitor Ultra” and “Competitor Pro Max”, making it obvious who they were comparing against, without directly calling out their names.

Of course, Lee would have loved to come out to a crowd that was full of Galaxy phones, especially seeing as they were in South Korea, where Samsung has its biggest market share.

Samsung and Apple are in tough competition around the world

Samsung and Apple are number one and two for smartphones around the world, often times swapping places depending on the time of the year. However, in Q2 2025, which ended in June, Samsung had a 20% market share, while Apple was at 17%. That will likely change in Q3 and Q4, with the release of the iPhone. In fact, if we look at Q4 2024, it was 23% for Apple and 16% for Samsung.

So seeing that many iPhones, even in South Korea is really not that much of a surprise.

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Overnight, YouTube TV emailed all of its subscribers to let them know that ESPN and ABC channels are no longer available on the platform, as of October 30, 2025. Why is that? Well, Disney and YouTube TV are in the middle of a carriage dispute, likely about fees.

You see, every time one of these contracts come up, the content provider (Disney, NBCU, Paramount, etc) all try to squeeze as much money as they can out of the carrier (YouTube TV, Comcast, Spectrum, etc). And YouTube TV is looking to get fair rates, versus paying what bigger companies like Comcast would have to pay.

YouTube TV and Disney will likely come to an agreement pretty soon. This happened the last time the contract was up, though it was later in the year, in late December, so a bit surprising that the contract is up for renewal now. But that outage only lasted about 2 days. So we’d expect a similar time-frame here. Keep in mind that there’s more for Disney to lose here versus YouTube TV.

YouTube TV, for its part, is going to offer customers a $20 credit if the channels are off of its platform for an extended period of time.

Why do these disputes keep happening?

Let’s clear up some myths here. While it seems like these carriage disputes only happen to YouTube TV, that is far from the truth. This happens with every single cable company and live TV streamer. YouTube TV has a louder audience, however.

Google has noted that they are not going to “agree to terms that disadvantage our members while benefitting Disney’s own live TV products.” Which is a problem in the industry now. NBCU and Disney both make the content and also deliver it with Hulu + Live TV and Comcast Cable. YouTube TV doesn’t make the content, they simply deliver it.

Content providers like Disney continue to overpay for content, and try to pass those costs down to the carrier like YouTube TV, and Google won’t have it. Good for Google for sticking up for the consumer here.

Here are the channels that will be removed until a deal is reached:

• ABC
• ESPN
• ESPN2
• Freeform
• FX
• FXX
• Disney Junior
• SEC Network
• Nat Geo
• Nat Geo Wild
• Disney Channel
• ESPNU
• FXM
• ABC News Live
• ACC Network
• Disney XD
• Localish
• ESPNews
• ESPN Deportes (Spanish Plan)
• Baby TV Español (Spanish Plan)
• Nat Geo Mundo (Spanish Plan)

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The Shark AI Ultra (AV2511AE) robot vacuum is currently on sale over at Amazon for a whopping 50% off right now. That’s going to bring the price down to just $299. And makes it a really good value now, almost a no-brainer purchase. That is also good for an all-time low.

This incredible robot vacuum from Shark is able to pick up just about anything that might be on your floors, with Shark claiming 50% better edge cleaning when compared to the RV2502AE model. The incredible suction also makes the Shark AI Ultra a perfect robot vacuum for pets in homes. It’s able to get up all of that pet hair, even the most stubborn of pet hair. HEPA filtration is also a good feature, especially for those with allergies.

Shark uses 360-degree LiDAR vision to quickly and accurately map out your home. This allows the robot vacuum to methodically clean and detect, and avoid objects that are in its path. It’s also able to adapt to day or night, so even with not much light, it can clean your home with ease.

Finally, we can’t forget about the docking station. Like most newer robot vacuums, the Shark AI Ultra also has an auto-empty dock. This actually comes in two models – a 45-day capacity and a 60-day capacity – Currently, the 60-day capacity is actually much cheaper. So that’s our pick for this one. That means it can vacuum your home every day for 60 days before it needs to be emptied. That’s not too shabby.

All in all, this is a pretty impressive robot vacuum that you can pick up at home for not a lot of money.

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