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OnePlus smartphone owners in Connecticut.
4 statutory rights, plus OnePlus's own self-service repair channels and known controversies.
Figure 01 — OnePlus repair channels
No self-serviceOnePlus repair channels
Authorized providers
www.oneplus.comSample spare parts
- OnePlus 12 display assemblysee source
- OnePlus 12 batterysee source
- OnePlus 12 charging port flexsee source
- OnePlus 12 rear camera modulesee source
Known repair issues
- Merger with Oppo and loss of independent identity. In 2021 OnePlus formally merged its product, R&D, and software teams with Oppo under the BBK Electronics group. Critics argued this reduced OnePlus's ability to set its own repair, software, and sustainability policies independently of Oppo.
- Limited software/parts support windows compared to peers. OnePlus's update and parts-availability commitments have historically lagged behind Samsung, Google, and Fairphone, although the OnePlus 12 series narrowed the gap with a longer support window.
Figure 02 — Statutory rights in Connecticut
Statutory rights in Connecticut
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Right to parts, tools and documentation
Manufacturers of electronic or appliance products must make available to owners and independent repair providers any documentation, functional parts, and tools that they make available to their authorized repair providers, on fair and reasonable terms.
Connecticut Public Act 25-44 (Substitute Senate Bill No. 3), An Act Concerning Consumer Protection and Safety - 02
Disclosure by non-authorized repair providers
A service dealer or repair facility that is not an authorized repair provider for a manufacturer must affirmatively disclose that status to the consumer before performing repairs.
Connecticut Public Act 25-44 (Substitute Senate Bill No. 3) - 03
Fair and reasonable terms standard
Parts, tools, and documentation must be supplied on fair and reasonable terms — meaning, in general, on terms no more onerous than those a manufacturer offers its own authorized repair network.
Connecticut Public Act 25-44 (Substitute Senate Bill No. 3) - 04
No requirement to disclose trade secrets
The right-to-repair provisions do not require a manufacturer to divulge trade secrets or to enable bypass of security features, but the duty to supply ordinary repair documentation, parts, and tools still applies.
Connecticut Public Act 25-44 (Substitute Senate Bill No. 3)