The OnePlus One has been delayed in Europe due to a design choice

As you might have heard, the OnePlus One handset was delayed. One of the reasons for the delay was apparently due to an OpenSSL bug that had to be rectified before its release, but over in Europe, it seems that the OnePlus One was delayed for a less scary, and slightly embarrassing situation. According to an email sent out by OnePlus, it seems that the reason the handset was delayed in Europe was due to a design choice they made with the phone. Now if you were to turn your phone over, you’ll notice that there are a bunch of markings and symbols on it which basically represents the various regulators that approved the device.

The highly coveted OnePlus One Android handset is yet to reach buyers in Europe,Android World reveals, as the company apparently acknowledged a critical design error that lead to its One stock being halted at customs – and it’s apparently a rather silly error. This new delay follows another recent issue, when OnePlus was forced to delay shipments in order to address a critical software issue. OnePlus apparently decided to “never settle” on on the design of the regulatory icons on the back of the handset, thus changing the CE icon in the process. Unsurprisingly, EU customs decided not to allow the shipment to go through. “The issue stems from our vision for the design of the OnePlus One,” the company wrote in an email to a buyer. “For the back cover, we wanted the regulatory icons and text to be in harmony with each other and appear be as minimalistic as possible. In order to achieve this, we modified the CE icon to match the other icons. This was deemed unacceptable and our shipment was returned.”