Oneplus 15 drops to $799 — but the timing couldn't be worse

Five months after its China debut and three months into its US run, the oneplus 15 has finally landed its first no-strings-attached discount. $799.99. No trade-in required, no carrier gymnastics, no fine print. Just a clean $100 off the 256GB/12GB RAM configuration on the official oneplus US website — and, if you move fast, a free pair of oneplus Nord Buds 3 Pro thrown in on top of that.

The deal that should have arrived months ago

Let's be direct about something: the Galaxy S26 scored an outright US discount before the oneplus 15 did. That's not a minor footnote — it's a telling sign of how oneplus has handled its flagship's commercial lifecycle in this market. Samsung, the dominant force in American Android, beat a challenger brand to its own price cut. The irony is sharp.

The Nord Buds 3 Pro normally retail at $79.99, which means a buyer who moves today is effectively walking away with $180 in combined savings — a figure that genuinely changes the value calculus on what was already a competitive flagship. The higher-end 512GB/16GB variant, priced at $999.99, remains untouched by this promotion.

The elephant in the room: oneplus may be leaving the us

Here's where the deal gets complicated. Rumors circulating in recent weeks suggest OnePlus could exit several major Western markets — including the US — as early as April. That's not confirmed. But it's not idle speculation either, and April is close enough that the word