OnePlus mobile phones are seen on display during a press briefing in Mumbai, July 31, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
HONG KONG/NEW YORK: A Chinese smartphone company whose high-end products are little known outside a tech-savvy niche entered the US market on Oct 29 with the backing of two key local allies – chipmaking giant Qualcomm and mobile operator T-Mobile US Inc – and no questions from US regulators.
The foray by five-year-old Shenzhen-based OnePlus comes after US mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon this year backed away from plans to work with China's Huawei on high-end phones in face of pressure from the US government, which considers Huawei a security risk.
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