Motorola, OnePlus Cancels Major Launch Event in China Amid Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit

While Motorola was set to launch its third edition of the Razr foldable phone alongside the Moto Edge X30 Pro, OnePlus was set to debut the OnePlus Ace Pro, the brand’s first Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 phone.

New Delhi: Amid ongoing tensions between the US and China due to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, tech companies OnePlus and Motorola had cancelled their major launch events just hours before it was scheduled to happen in China on August 2 and August 3. While Motorola was set to launch its third edition of the Razr foldable phone alongside the Moto Edge X30 Pro, OnePlus was set to debut the OnePlus Ace Pro, the brand’s first Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 phone.

Earlier in the day, Twitter tipster Abhishek Yadav tweeted that OnePlus is also cancelling the OnePlus Ace Pro launch event today on August 3. However, no reason was mentioned and no official statement from OnePlus has been received yet.

OnePlus Ace Pro launch is also cancelled for today.

— Abhishek Yadav (@yabhishekhd) August 3, 2022

OnePlus has shared a post on Weibo announcing the postponement of the launch of the OnePlus Ace Pro. The Chinese smartphone maker has not yet revealed the reason for postponing the launch event. However, the global launch of the OnePlus 10T will take place at the scheduled time.

On August 2, Motorola also canceled its Razr 2022 and X30 Pro launch event. Lenovo General Manager for China, Chen Jin announced the same via a Weibo post and did not mention a clear reason as to why the event was dropped. Both Lenovo and Motorola have not revealed any rescheduled launch event dates yet either.