Hi Meesha, I have been an iQOO user for almost two years and have struggled significantly with its software accessibility. Even with their latest OriginOS, the experience has not improved. The TalkBack integration is half-baked and poorly executed. While it may be a great gaming phone for sighted users, it presents numerous bugs for visually impaired users.
For instance, the screen refreshes every time you turn TalkBack on or off. If you are on an Amazon payment screen and need to turn off TalkBack so a sighted friend can click an inaccessible UI element, the screen refreshes and sends you back to the app's loading screen, forcing you to restart the process. This behavior is also inconsistent, making it hard to predict what will happen when toggling the screen reader. I previously used OnePlus for five years and always had a smooth experience with screen readers. While the software has since shifted closer to ColorOS, several visually impaired friends who currently use OnePlus devices continue to report good feedback. Although there are rumors about OnePlus leaving India—which they have strongly denied—I don't see it as a major dealbreaker if you plan to use the phone for 3 to 4 years. Long story short: skip iQOO and stay sane. Cheers, Uma Shankar On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 12:51 PM Sunil Sangtani. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, the reason I suggested not to go with OnePlus: > list of 2 items > 1. > Future versions will come with ColorOS, so they may or may not be as > accessible as they are today. They are giving up their simple and very > popular OS. > Also, based on media reports, OnePlus has already been discontinued in > many countries, and chances are they will do the same for India in the > future. This > may create problems as they merge operations with Oppo phones. > 2. > Second, about the iQOO phones: they come with OriginOS, and I am not sure > whether it is accessible or not. > list end > One more suggestion: even if you go with Pixel, you probably will not get > a good experience with Google TTS; you would need to change the TTS for a > better > experience. > Managing Director| Chandra bazaar|India|. > E: [email protected] > workphone: +918233422212 <+91%2082334%2022212> > website: www.chandrabazaar.com > lets get social! > facebook.com/chandrabazaar > instagram.com/chandra_bazaar > We Create The Lifestyle You Desire! > > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM Meesha Arora <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I’d really appreciate your first-hand experience with either of these two >> phones: >> >> • OnePlus Nord 6 >> • iQOO 15R >> >> If you are actually using either phone with TalkBack, I’d especially love >> to know how you find the *overall accessibility experience*—whether >> TalkBack is smooth and responsive, navigation and gestures work reliably, >> controls are properly labelled, and whether you face any significant issues >> with apps, typing, notifications or general use. >> >> I’d also be grateful for your thoughts on the phones overall, >> particularly *performance, battery life, speaker quality and >> responsiveness*. >> >> If possible, please mention which model and RAM variant you use, how long >> you’ve been using it, and your current OxygenOS/OriginOS version. >> >> I’m mainly looking for genuine day-to-day experiences from people who are >> actually using these phones, so even a few lines about what works well or >> what doesn’t would be extremely helpful. >> >> Thank you so much for sharing your experience. 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