OverviewA smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, internet (including web browsing over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging. Smartphones typically contain a number of metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) chips, include various sensors that can be leveraged by pre-included and third-party software (such as a magnetometer, proximity sensors, barometer, gyroscope, accelerometer and more), and support wireless communications protocols (such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or satellite navigation). OnePlus creates premium, user-centric technology that challenges market conventions and the industry status quo. OnePlus was founded by Pete Lau and Carl Pei on 16 December 2013 to develop a high-end flagship smartphone running CyanogenMod that would come to be known as the OnePlus One. OnePlus would continue to release phones throughout the 2010s and 2020s. In 2020, OnePlus released the OnePlus Nord, its first mid-range smartphone since the OnePlus X in 2015. Pei would oversee the design and marketing of OnePlus’ products until his departure from the company in October 2020, going on to found the consumer electronics manufacturer Nothing. OnePlus releases two lines of smartphones: its flagship “OnePlus” line, and its budget-oriented Nord line. Both lines are equipped with an Android-based operating system known as OxygenOS. OnePlus has also released phones outside of these lines, namely the OnePlus Ace and the OnePlus 10R.