To say that the world’s a little messed up in 2026 may be the understatement of the century. Global economies are chaotic at best, and the rise of authoritarianism threatens democracies around the world. Maybe some of you could at least stomach this mess if we were getting anything out of it, but the entire tech industry feels particularly impacted, between tariff-driven uncertainty and AI investment sending memory and storage prices into the stratosphere. And with all this happening, it feels like a miracle that any smartphone manufacturers are still hanging on.Right out of the gate, we got the year started with ASUS bowing out of the smartphone business, and now rumors of the impending demise of OnePlus have us looking around the room and taking stock: Who’s still going to be left standing by 2027?