OnePlus Ace 7 Pro: Why Its First Sales Surged
OnePlus Ace 7 Pro's First Sales Surged — But Read the Claim Carefully By Sidra Salman · October 31, 2026 OnePlus has a headline it clearly likes: its new Ace 7 Pro sold far better on day one than the phone it replaces. The company's China president, Li Jie, said the Ace 7 Pro reached 225% of the Ace 6's first-sales performance — in other words, a 125% increase. He also said the Ace 7 Pro and the OnePlus 16 took the top two spots for first-day Android phone sales in China in 2026. It is a strong claim, and it arrived fast: the Ace 7 series launched in China on October 29, 2026, and the sales claim followed within about a day. Before anyone treats that as proof that this is the phone to buy, it is worth separating three things: what OnePlus actually announced, what the sales number does and does not prove, and who this phone is even for. The Ace 7 series is, for now, a China launch. That matters more than the headline number, because most readers of this site cannot buy ...