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Comments of the Week: OnePlus, Gmail, and the rise of China
July 04, 2025
Welcome back to Comment Authority! There’s been a lot of writing atAndroid Authorityover the past week with theOnePlus 6ramping up for launch, theredesign of Gmailfinally landing for all, and lots ofglobal political intriguewhen it comes to technology. As usual, our devoted readers were right there with us, posting insightful commentary on the topics at hand. Those comments are what we like to focus on here at Comment Authority because a lot of the time they are incredibly helpful, even to us writers!
Without further ado, here are the best comments from this past week!
OnePlus belongs in the mid-range
TheOnePlus 6is one of the most hotly-anticipated devices of the year. However, some OnePlus fans are not too pleased that the price point of the smartphone will likely be the first to break the $500 mark.
One reader going by the wise moniker ofConfucious Saycommented onour recent articleabout the four-year anniversary of theOnePlus One. He is not pleased that the company is leaving the mid-range and going into flagship pricing, and joins a lot of our readers who proclaim that they simply won’t buy the OnePlus 6:
Is the new Gmail just the old Inbox?
Google hasn’t altered the design of Gmail in ages, sothe recent redesignhas made a lot of headlines. However, users of the Gmail sister appInbox by Gmailwere worried that the integration of many Inbox features into the Gmail redesign would mean the death of Inbox.
Luckily,Google assures us that Inbox is here to stay(for now), which put lots of users at ease. Here, a reader by the name ofSaroj Pandatalks about how similar the Gmail redesign is to Inbox and how they’ll use the two apps in tandem:
Don’t mess with China
WithZTE essentially banned from the United States, President Trumpblocking the Broadcom-Qualcomm deal, and HUAWEI’s woes when it comes tobreaking into America, it’s clear that China and the United States are in a bit of a cold war right now.
Our own Robert Triggs wrotea lengthy piecedetailing how the stubborn refusal to compete on equal ground with China may backfire on the U.S. in significant ways. A reader by the name ofMike Fchimed in to point out how incredibly fast China is when it comes to development:
Totally inappropriate (and hilarious) joke of the week
Earlier this week, our own Williams Pelegrin told us aboutthe horrifying storyof a man slain by police officers in a traffic stop that went horribly awry. Unbelievably, the officers went to the funeral home where the victim’s body was being held to attempt to unlock his confiscated phone using the dead man’s fingerprint.
While the story is sad and a gross violation of both morality and police ethics, frequent commenterbboyheathad the perfect off-color quip to make in response to the news:
Have a terrific weekend, everyone! Don’t spoil Avengers: Infinity War for anyone. Seriously, spoilers make people incredibly angry.
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