OnePlus To Open First Indian R&D Center In Hyderabad

Chinese phone maker, OnePlus, has announced that the company has a plan to open an R&D center in Hyderabad which will be the first time OnePlus opening this kind of facility in India. According to OnePlus, the facility will be very important for the development of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for the company’s products.

Besides that, the facility will also be used to make changes accordingly to the Indian market or additions to its software. OnePlus also plans to recruit available talents in Hyderabad, which is considered as the biggest IT hubs in India.

Chinese phone makers have been investing a lot into India, this time it is OnePlus with a new R&D facility

Not only using the talents present in Hyderabad, but OnePlus also wants to utilize one of the most active startup zones as the company can stay in the same place where the majority of startups are developing emerging technologies. Pete Lau, the founder of OnePlus, stated that in 3 years, the company plans to grow this upcoming R&D facility in Hyderabad into its biggest facility globally. He also added that they also plan to focus their R&D efforts on a big scale and also drive innovations in India to its global product.

It’s most likely that the Chinese phone maker will put its resources on the development of the software and AI chops for its TV at the research center. And if it is true, then the R&D center will be very important for OnePlus’ future.

However, that is just a speculation, the company hasn’t confirmed anything about which products it will work on at this research center. But this facility will surely be a key contribution to the company’s growth.

According to IDC report, OnePlus occupied 40 percent of market share in the Indian market in Q2 this year. And that is a higher market share than Samsung and Apple, which had market shares of 34 and 15 percent respectively.