A particular Carl Pei, who was initially known as the co-founder of the now smartphone giant known as OnePlus during his 20s, has now reportedly left the company according to two familiar sources,TechCrunch reports.
Carl Pei's importance to OnePlus
Pei previously played an instrumental role in actually designing the known OnePlus smartphone lineup throughout the years. This included the OnePlus Nord which just recently launched and has been the company's most memorable hit to date.
Outside of Shenzhen, China, where the company is headquartered, the relatively young Pei has actually been the face of this Chinese firm being the one to appear in trade conferences and also interacting with different loyal customers. It is also usually Pei that is on company interviews.
During the earlier years of the company, Pei actually devised multiple marketing strategies to find the best positioning for the company's products and also created a hype surrounding them. Back in 2014 and 2015, when the known OnePlus was previously struggling to scale its own inventories, the company actually sold its phones through simple invites and even other clever marketing techniques. Some of them even reportedly included people breaking their current phones in order to buy a brand new OnePlus smartphone.
Carl Pei's lifestyle during the early days of the company
The earlier years saw Pei living in certain low-cost hotels both in China and India in order to better understand the market as well as easily travel towards new cities. OnePlus is currently among the most successful premium smartphone makers around India as well as several other markets.
According to a previous interview with Carl Pei, the company did not have the proper product management needed and what they missed out in experience, they were able to make up with additional hours. He also talked about OnePlus' early days as well as the state of the whole smartphone market at the known Disrupt 2019.
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Carl Pei's attempt to work Samsung
Back in 2015, Carl Pei publicly tried to ask Samsung to immediately hire him in order to learn more about the whole overseeing operations and logistics segment. He wrote in his personal blog that he would be honored to be an intern at the company in order to learn how to successfully manage a business. This was written on his personal blog.
Pei nor OnePlus did not give comments regarding the matter but according to TechCrunch, Pei's next move is a move to start a venture of his own.
According to an article from CNET, the co-founder was also absent from an actual internal memo that listed OnePlus' leadership showing that his not name was included. A screenshot of the memo was uploaded by a Reddit user and reported by Android Police.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
