OnePlus 15 - US - Hit or Miss

[dk001]

Now that they have been approved, I went ahead and got the 15, 512/16, in black (came with a free black watch). I want to see how good, or bad, this really is and whether it can be my daily driver. Just to level set, I am currently using a ZFold7 and Edge (work and main).

Initial Impression
Nice packaging! Both the watch and phone. Nice seeing an actual charging block included.
Phone - clean, flawless, and after using the Edge, it has some heft to it. Like the texture and it feels good to the fingers. not “slippery” like the iPhone or Galaxy.
Watch - looks impressive. The band is a good bit skinnier than my S8 or Ultra.

Setup - this is going to take a while as I am setting everything up from scratch. No backups or copies - doing it like new. I did charge it to 100% before I started this. Want to see what is left after I am done.

Bloat - came with very little. I removed Facebook and Instagram. Don’t use them. Other than that, had the OnePlus apps and Google stufff.

More coming as I go through this - I am in no hurry and kind of busy with year end stuff.

If anyone has any questions, let me know.

 

[HouseLannister]

1. If you use Niagra or another 3rd party launcher, is there still a lag when going back to the homescreen?
2. Can you pair an Apple Watch to it? I saw OnePlus announce this was coming, but didn't know if it was live yet.

 

[dk001]

1. If you use Niagra or another 3rd party launcher, is there still a lag when going back to the homescreen?
2. Can you pair an Apple Watch to it? I saw OnePlus announce this was coming, but didn't know if it was live yet.

When I get to the launcher point I’ll let you know. I’ll be trying Nova (still works) and Niagara. Added to my list.

I no longer have an Apple Watch - except for my iPad, I have dropped the Apple world.

 

[Harthag]

Also received mine yesterday (U.S.). Notifications are a complete mess for me. Needed to reset all settings after setting up and then did a factory reset this morning. Seems to have fixed everything but Gmail. I'm not getting any notifications from Gmail unless I open the app. I've set all notification settings appropriately and configured always on display as I always do. Anyone else having Gmail app issues?

*Edit- went into developer settings and disabled "suspend execution for cached apps" and then rebooted. Cleared Gmail cache and data. Prompt then popped up to allow notifications from Gmail and that seems to have done the trick. Went back into developer settings and set that "suspend execution" option back to default, rebooted, Gmail still works as it should.

 

[dk001]

Quick update …
Doing a from scratch setup (painful - lots of accounts) starting at 100% battery.
Almost done. At the present I am at 57% battery with 9hrs 20min SOT and 1hr 30min screen off but active.

Did find one aspect that is a pita - Battery will show you the last 24hrs or the 7 day average. You have to manually add the days up if you are running more than 24hrs on a single charge to get actual SOT.

So far this thing is fast. Has been 100% cool to the touch.

Much more to come. 🎄

 

[MarkX]

1. If you use Niagra or another 3rd party launcher, is there still a lag when going back to the homescreen?
2. Can you pair an Apple Watch to it? I saw OnePlus announce this was coming, but didn't know if it was live yet.

1, yes.
2, couldn't tell you.

 

[Harthag]

1. Can you pair an Apple Watch to it? I saw OnePlus announce this was coming, but didn't know if it was live yet.

Not yet as far as I'm aware. The Oconnect app for iPhone doesn't install onto the watch. On the OnePlus phone the Ohealth app has an option to pair Apple watch but it can't because it's not possible to get the QR code on the watch itself to pair.

 

[dk001]

This is getting crazy. Done with my setup and have all my apps installed. Settings are as per out of the box.
Battery is at 35% coming from 100% when I first turned the device on, and I have 15hrs 36min SOT. 😳

Setup, basic games, YouTube, Kindle, X, Camera, Photos, etc….

Preview - initial photos compared to my S25 Edge and ZFold 7, the 15 takes warmer photos and with more detail. More on this coming soon.