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OnePlus is Dead… (In the US)

So much happened this week! First, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about everything from the new pickle emoji to OnePlus shutting down operations in the U.S. Then they get into all of the Pixel 11 color and pricing leaks before talking…

Marques BrownleehostAndrew Manganellihost
Jul 17, 20261h 42mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released
July 17, 2026
Duration
1h 42m
Channel
WVFRM Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

So much happened this week! First, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about everything from the new pickle emoji to OnePlus shutting down operations in the U.S. Then they get into all of the Pixel 11 color and pricing leaks before talking about Apple suing OpenAI. It all gets wrapped up with some show & tell where Marques demonstrates a new skill he learned. It's a fun one! Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:35 - Did they even test this? 00:03:40 - New Emojis! 00:09:07 - Google opening up to third party app stores 00:12:45 - OnePlus shutting down in U.S 00:24:49 - Pixel 11 Color and Price leaks 00:36:12 - New Samsung Flex Titanium technology 00:40:46 - Framer (Sponsored) 00:41:58 - Apple Suing OpenAI 00:54:35 - OpenAI hardware device 01:05:43 - Meta wants all the time recording glasses 01:21:34 - Shopify (Sponsored) 01:22:46 - Show & Tell (No Trade Secrets Allowed) 01:37:24 - Trivia Scores Links: Jennifer Daniels Substack - New Emojis: https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/why-do-some-new-emoji-look-familiar David Imel - How AI Stolen the Sparkle Emoji: https://youtu.be/g-pG79LOtMw Waveform - History of CyanogenMod: https://youtu.be/TDOMekBPR4U MKBHD - The Downfall of OnePlus: https://youtu.be/vZdbbN3FCzE MKBHD - What Happened to OnePlus: https://youtu.be/9EOAEWC9hJ4 Verge - google will allow third party app stores: https://www.theverge.com/policy/965792/google-epic-withdraw-injunction-third-party-app-stores-coming-google-play 9to5Google - Pixel 11 Leaks: https://9to5google.com/2026/07/13/this-might-be-the-pixel-11-in-three-colors-gallery/ Droid Life - Pixel 11 price leaks: https://www.droid-life.com/2026/07/13/pixel-11-series-specs-storage-ram-displays-battery/ Verge - Samsung Titanium Flex display: https://www.theverge.com/tech/965850/samsung-display-flex-titanium-galaxy-foldables Are Technics - OpenAI sued by Apple: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/apple-sues-openai-after-ex-engineer-allegedly-used-bug-to-steal-trade-secrets/ Bloomberg - Apple sues OpenAI: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-10/apple-sues-openai-for-trade-secret-theft-in-blockbuster-case Tom's Hardware - Codex AI Macropad: https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/openais-first-hardware-device-is-an-rgb-macropod-codex-micro-features-13-low-profile-keys-and-a-joystick-for-controlling-ai-coding-agents NYT - App location data story: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html xteink x4 ereader: https://www.xteink.com/products/xteink-x4 Typora app: https://typora.io/ Dead eyes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-eyes/id1494539046 This episode brought to you by: Framer - https://www.framer.com/wave Shopify - https://www.shopify.com/wave Follow us on socials: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

SPEAKERS

  • Marques Brownlee

    host

    Tech YouTuber and host of the Waveform Podcast.

  • Andrew Manganelli

    host

    Producer and co-host on the Waveform Podcast.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of WVFRM Podcast, featuring Marques Brownlee and Andrew Manganelli, OnePlus is Dead… (In the US) explores OnePlus exits the West amid app-store shifts and AI privacy fights The episode opens with light banter (including Marques demonstrating a six-month juggling habit) before moving into a rapid-fire tech news lineup.

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