The OnePlus Watch 3 was due to go on sale on 25 February, but has been delayed because of a typo. OnePlus has admitted that the rear of the watch says "Meda in China". OnePlus announced its new smartwatch back in the middle of February with the device bringing a number of upgrades over its predecessor.

The latest OnePlus smartwatch has officially arrived and the new models has a lot to unpack. Find out more in this OnePlus Watch 3 review.

OnePlus somehow missed that step when launching the OnePlus Watch 3, which had its scheduled Tuesday launch abruptly halted because of an embarrassing typo. On the back of the watch, early buyers discovered that their $330 smartwatch was "meda in China.

Out of all OnePlus’ smartwatch sins, this one is the easiest to forgive. When I received my OnePlus Watch 3 review unit, part of me wondered, “What’s gonna be wrong with this one?” Now, I know. On the backplate, permanently engraved in stainless steel, is a typo. Instead of reading “Made in China,” it reads “Meda in China.”

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OnePlus has officially announced a delay in the launch of its much-anticipated OnePlus Watch 3. The release date, originally scheduled for February 25, 2025, has now been pushed to April 2025. The reason for the delay is a typographical error discovered on the back of the initial batch of watches,

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahem, excuse me. The OnePlus Watch 3 was supposed to launch today, but 9to5 Google reports that it’ll now arrive “sometime in April” over an unfixable “Meda in China” typo on its backplate.

OnePlus launched its shiny new Watch 3 recently, but a rather embarrassing typo has stolen some of the spotlight and potentially made your smartwatch a collector’s item. If you’ve missed the buzz online,