OnePlus says it will continue making cheaper phones

If you think OnePlus has betrayed its roots, that's not quite true.

reports that the company's founder and CEO Pete Lau is still very much a proponent of cheap phones.

OnePlus, which started out as a flagship killer company, has slowly been increasing prices of its handsets. This year's is its most expensive handset to date.
But that's just a part of its broader plan to have a more varied portfolio. 

Lau was probably hinting at the OnePlus Z

Lau said that a cheaper device is on the way, which will first be launched in India, ...