Phones OnePlus Three ( 2016 )

[epicrayban]

Actually looking pretty good, like a larger HTC 10, and with a 3,450Mah battery and 1080p screen, I'll guess pretty sweet battery life.

OnePlus Three spec's = 5.5-inch AMOLED screen with a 1080 x 1920 resolution. Under the hood you'll find the Snapdragon 820 chipset with a quad-core 2.15GHz CPU and the Adreno 530 GPU. 4GB/6GB of RAM is inside along with 32GB/64GB/128GB of native storage. A 16MP camera will be found on back with an 8MP selfie shooter in front. A 3450mAh battery will keep the lights on, and a fingerprint scanner will be embedded in the home button. Android 6.0.1 is pre-installed.


[doublepost=1465339154][/doublepost]My biggest gripes with OPO are the slow Android updates. I recall Lollipop taking for god damn ever to officially make it out for the original One, like 6 months, or you could install the alpha CM11 at the time, which was pretty buggy until the bugs were worked out obviously.

This OnePlus Three will be lucky to see Android N within 90 days after the Nexus phones get it first in October, or you can install the alpha CM14 sooner on it, and live through all the kinks and bugs, that will have for a little while.

I thought one of the big features on these OPO phones being AOSP based, would have been super fast Android updates, not Nexus fast updates obviously, but at least faster than the skinned versions of Android like HTC, LG, Samsung, etc... but that hasn't been the case.

I'm liking the design. Specs look fine. Not sure I believe in the software yet.

 

[Tig Bitties]

I'm liking the design. Specs look fine. Not sure I believe in the software yet.

That's the big issue. Great flagship hardware for a budget price. Beautiful design.

But...software is really amateur for an official professional phone release. I'd rather Cyanogen be back on board creating a stable pro CM13S for this phone. Oxygen OS still seems like some weekend development project.

 

[jamezr]

That's the big issue. Great flagship hardware for a budget price. Beautiful design.

But...software is really amateur for an official professional phone release. I'd rather Cyanogen be back on board creating a stable pro CM13S for this phone. Oxygen OS still seems like some weekend development project.

I am liking the design and specs so far for the OP3....it will really shine with CM13 on it!

 

[akimoriRyuuji]

NFC?
Finger print?
5.5"? HD?
3000+ mAH battery?
12+ megapixel camera? stabilization?

And most importantly...
<$500? <$400?! SOLD.

Now I just hope that they support my carriers frequencies. And I hope poor old Canada doesn't get left out, either.

 

[nj-morris]

This phone seems like an absolute beast. I could be able to buy it with the money from selling my S6 Edge+. But it would be sad to get rid of my Gear VR. And I'm a bit worried about slow updates.

 

[MRU]

It's the updates that are worrying. Sure this will launch with 6.0.1 but given op2 only has a beta version of the software and OP 1 & OP X are stuck on lollipop with oxygen OS, there is a good chance android N will not be seen on the OP3 until May or June next year ....

Which kinda defeats the purpose when buying a device so close to stock experience ...

I also think 6 GB ram on a near stock device is utterly moribund given the vastly smaller overhead the system has. Even my HTC 10 uses on average around 2 - 2.5 max gb with system and a dozen multiple apps open, meaning 4 GB is more than comfortable, 6gb would be redundant other than for just spec whoring..

 

[nj-morris]

It's the updates that are worrying. Sure this will launch with 6.0.1 but given op2 only has a beta version of the software and OP 1 & OP X are stuck on lollipop with oxygen OS, there is a good chance android N will not be seen on the OP3 until May or June next year ....

Which kinda defeats the purpose when buying a device so close to stock experience ...

I also think 6 GB ram on a near stock device is utterly moribund given the vastly smaller overhead the system has. Even my HTC 10 uses on average around 2 - 2.5 max gb with system and a dozen multiple apps open, meaning 4 GB is more than comfortable, 6gb would be redundant other than for just spec whoring..

Is Oxygen close to stock? I've always thought it was more original.

 

[MRU]

Is Oxygen close to stock? I've always thought it was more original.

Other than the left hand pane overview pane - it's very close to stock.

 

[Cnasty]

Again, a big ugly camera centering the entire area of the back of a phone is such a terrible design and eye sore for me.

Personal preference I guess but I really hate when they are designing these beautifully slim phones, great metals and glass, and they slap a huge square right in the middle of the back of the phone and its ugly.

 

[Tig Bitties]

Again, a big ugly camera centering the entire area of the back of a phone is such a terrible design and eye sore for me.

Personal preference I guess but I really hate when they are designing these beautifully slim phones, great metals and glass, and they slap a huge square right in the middle of the back of the phone and its ugly.

I like the symmetrical design, whereas the iPhone 6 design is horrid and absolutely disgusting looking, with the camera shoved off to one side, and protruding out like that. Seems like an after thought in design, like they forgot to add it in the original design, and just throw it on there last minute.

 

[MRU]

I don't mind either.

I'm not a fan of this drive to thinness though. Saw some leaked images of the new Moto X and it too now seem to have abandoned its curvy thickness to go for a rather generic ultra slim with protruding camera hump ....

 

[mountain]

I think it's a steal if it's under $350.

 

[Tig Bitties]

I think it's a steal if it's under $350.

The 32GB version with 4GB RAM will be $369.00

 

[jamezr]

I don't mind either.

I'm not a fan of this drive to thinness though. Saw some leaked images of the new Moto X and it too now seem to have abandoned its curvy thickness to go for a rather generic ultra slim with protruding camera hump ....

My feelings exactly about all phones in general. I don't mind a little thicker (not too much though) phone if it adds a bigger battery and functionality.

 

[jamezr]

Camera photos leaked from the OP3

http://www.droid-life.com/2016/06/08/oneplus-posts-camera-samples-oneplus-3/

 

[GigabitEthernet]

What happened to there being a 5-inch OnePlus 3?

 

[Tig Bitties]

What happened to there being a 5-inch OnePlus 3?

That may come later as the Mini version, budget phone. The flagship will be the 5.5", that's their main size.

 

[GigabitEthernet]

I am interested to review this at least. I'm hoping OnePlus can restore the magic with this one.

If they just kept it updated, I think it would be a winner for most. With the 2, they've been terrible.

 

[spriter]

Software is an odd one for sure. Close to stock really should mean speedy updates.

But, after they ditched CM and enticed some of the PA team, I can only guess that it's a really small team they have. Now they've added the mid-ranger (X) it kinda feels like the next hardware is all that their team works on.

That's certainly how it felt owning the 2 which had some updates post-launch but then they tailed off (to work on the X and then OP3?).

As much as I like the Samsung hardware, the software situation eventually made me think twice and I always buy carrier-free. So, despite having the OPO, OP2 and OPX on launch, I'm hesitant despite the seemingly nice hardware/price.

Let's see if they've progressed and learned enough to solve the after-sales side of things.

 

[AppleRobert]

It is inevitable, we will cave.

 

[AppleRobert]

Will the loop vr app give access to ordering tomorrow? And is anyone going to take the plunge?

 

[MRU]

Will the loop vr app give access to ordering tomorrow? And is anyone going to take the plunge?

Depends on pricing but yes I may jump ...

Since it looks like scoring a review copy came to nothing ...

 

[Cod3rror]

If this has a microSD card slot, this phone will move into my "I'll consider it" list, after that, it'll be subject to camera quality.

 

[Fireblade]

As everything is probably known by now, I am a bit disappointed of camera sensor, battery and missing SD card slot...
But let's wait some trusted reviews before judging

 

[AppleRobert]

I doubt that I will pull the trigger today, awaiting reviews as well. If it goes to backorder then so be it. I will just wait it out down the road if I am still interested.