Where's the OnePlus 4?

[James Falconer]

Apparently the next gen OnePlus phone is going to skip the number 4... turns out that number has a large association with death in Chinese culture, at least that's what I've gleaned from what I've read! So, if you want to call it the 4 you can, but it'll be the 5 lol

 

[Ry]

Death?

They should have gone all in with "flagship killer". :

 

[Aquila]

Yup. Do it.

 

[Matty]

I heard it's apparently it's got to do with bad luck. There is a Chinese superstition known as tetraphobia which associates the number ‘four’ with bad luck. Kinda like some see the number 13 as bad luck

I'm not sure if this is true or not but we will see what OnePlus launches soon. Maybe it will be the OnePlus 4! I personally really like the number 4

 

[digitalbreak]

Don't say that "number"

 

[Morty2264]

Hmm, I was wondering what happened to the number "4"... Thank you for clearing that up!

 

[Morty2264]

Death?

They should have gone all in with "flagship killer". :

LOLOLOL that is amazing. Pun level = master.

 

[Jason Cockerham]

I heard it's apparently it's got to do with bad luck. There is a Chinese superstition known as tetraphobia which associates the number ‘four’ with bad luck. Kinda like some see the number 13 as bad luck

I'm not sure if this is true or not but we will see what OnePlus launches soon. Maybe it will be the OnePlus 4! I personally really like the number 4

It actually is very true. My sister-in-law is from China and it's very much a cultural thing. The Chinese word for "4" sounds very much like the word for "death" so that's why it's unlucky.

I would assume since OnePlus is a China-based company that they would skip the OnePlus 4 and go to the 5.

 

[LuxuryTouringZone]

Wish they didn't have such bad tetraphobia. The fact that the OnePlus 5 is really the 4th iteration just sounds weird.

 

[JeffreyVB]

Wish they didn't have such bad tetraphobia. The fact that the OnePlus 5 is really the 4th iteration just sounds weird.

Actually its the 6th

OnePlus One
OnePlus Two
OnePlus X
OnePlus 3
OnePlus 3t

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Actually its the 6th

OnePlus One
OnePlus Two
OnePlus X
OnePlus 3
OnePlus 3t

Yeah, the fifth if you don't count the X... Which we probably shouldn't.

 

[LuxuryTouringZone]

Actually its the 6th

OnePlus One
OnePlus Two
OnePlus X
OnePlus 3
OnePlus 3t

The X is a separate phone from the flagship lineup, while the 3T is just a 3rd generation upgrade.

 

[VigneshChandz]

4 is considered unlucky in China. Yup so Carl pei and Pete Lau decided no unlucky elements would haunt the company. Hence they had to skip it !!!

 

[ByteMyAscii]

Certainly the tetraphobia makes for a more appealing headline, and it isn't the first product to follow that pattern.
There was some suggestion, and even a comment from the company about some sports player that many were seemingly a fan of, but that sounds like a poor attempt to deflect away from the idea of "bad luck", which is certainly thought about very differently in our cultures.
Though I can't speak for anyone else, in the UK at least there is a deep-seated obsession from some with traditional bad-luck associations, including the number 13 (particularly Friday the 13th), walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror etc.
So while that particular example may be easily dismissed by some, it isn't by any means a belief unique to china.

 

[Ahmedthegeek]

Actualy One plus has skipped Op4 to op5 .Actually it is the 4th gen but will be called op5

 

[queensoft]

That's just a name
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
It matters what's on the inside !!

 

[AFM1204]

The OP5 is 68% better than the OP3.

 

[lancester28]

I heard it's apparently it's got to do with bad luck. There is a Chinese superstition known as tetraphobia which associates the number ‘four’ with bad luck. Kinda like some see the number 13 as bad luck
Well, this "superstitions" seems to be helping the company.
I'm not sure if this is true or not but we will see what OnePlus launches soon. Maybe it will be the OnePlus 4! I personally really like the number 4