Oneplus 5 (2017 phone)

[nviz22]

I'm definitely interested in this too

Comes down to whether or not the Nubia is their current flagship or will we see an Axon 7 successor with 6-8gb RAM. RAM isn't everything. I was really disappointed at first with 4gb in the S8, but the S8 is a great phone, so 4gb is fine for me.

 

[co.ag.2005]

Comes down to whether or not the Nubia is their current flagship or will we see an Axon 7 successor with 6-8gb RAM. RAM isn't everything. I was really disappointed at first with 4gb in the S8, but the S8 is a great phone, so 4gb is fine for me.

yeah, I really wanted to try the Axon 7 but held off. Right now, the Nubia is just sold in China? Any word on a US launch or would an Axon essentially be the US version?

 

[nviz22]

yeah, I really wanted to try the Axon 7 but held off. Right now, the Nubia is just sold in China? Any word on a US launch or would an Axon essentially be the US version?

Idk tbh, not familiar with their models besides the Axon 7.

 

[c0ppo]

Your S8+ has one of the largest batteries for a 2017 flagship, at 3,500mAh. The LG or HTC, or OnePlus or Motorola do not have batteries that big in their 2017 flagships.

Big battery isn't everything. S8+ has a huge screen, and that alone is the biggest battery drainer of all.
Optimisation is important as is battery size. Sony used to do great work with 2600 mAh battery. Not even S8+ is good enough for Z3c.

Why is it so hard to make that near perfect Android phone;

- SD835
- 8GB RAM
- 4,000mAh battery
- 5.8" screen size
- Form factor footprint size of the G6
- Running stock Android or a good close skin to stock like Oxygen OS
- OLED screen
- IP68 water dust resistance
- Ceramic / Titanium build

That would be one hell of a phone. But not for me. Too large (5.8"), and coupled with 8GB of ram = battery consumption to the max. Ceramic or any kind of glass phone = breaks easily.

Not everyone wants what you want. That is why all these companies make compromises, so they can adjust to most peoples wishes. You are complaining about battery life, well, OnePlus 3T has great battery life. Best battery life of all flagship phones released last year.

You have easy root access on OP3/T. Install custom kernel + custom rom, and you will have 7 - 10 h screen on time, without any problems. XDA is full of forum posts about this. So you see, if OP3T can achieve that amount of SoT, with some tweaks from you, battery capacity isn't everything.

And even without tweaks, I was getting 5h-6h without any issues. 4 mails in sync, WA, bluetooth and location services always on. And I listen to a lot of audio books or music using bluetooth, so that drains battery as well without adding more minutes or hours to SoT.

 

[apolloa]

Excited to see what they reveal this month, if they go for a bezeless design and a 5.5" screen, that will be a pretty compact phone potentially.

 

[Michael Goff]

Why the hell would anyone need 8gb RAM in their phone?

Because 8gb phones will sell better than 6 in China and Samsung released a model with 6 for that market. It's not need, it's want.

 

[c0ppo]

Because 8gb phones will sell better than 6 in China and Samsung released a model with 6 for that market. It's not need, it's want.

More RAM means something. In OnePlus 3T, I never had to deal with app reloading. And that makes a phone WAY faster then phones with less ram. Only iOS can do well with less RAM, since it has great memory compression.

Just look at this. Two same phones, but look at the difference:

But what I would love to see is, does S8+ with 6GB of ram hold those apps in memory even after 30mins. In my experience with (lousy) samsung memory management, it is way too aggressive. Most apps aren't kept in memory after a short period of time, even though there is a lot of free ram left.

 

[MRU]

More RAM means something. In OnePlus 3T, I never had to deal with app reloading. And that makes a phone WAY faster then phones with less ram. Only iOS can do well with less RAM, since it has great memory compression.

Just look at this. Two same phones, but look at the difference:

But what I would love to see is, does S8+ with 6GB of ram hold those apps in memory even after 30mins. In my experience with (lousy) samsung memory management, it is way too aggressive. Most apps aren't kept in memory after a short period of time, even though there is a lot of free ram left.

However going forward with Android O and further Google are set to implement memory management / backgrounded applications to work in a similar fashion to iOS and therefore reduce the overall demand outside obviously manufacturers skins. Added to the way they are planning to make Android updates speedier universally too, the 'extra ram = improved memory management performance" may not have much of an impact with devices in the future once a 'sweet spot' is achieved.

 

[jamezr]

It just got real. Now we know when.....

 

[co.ag.2005]

From AndroidPolice:

Exclusive: This is the OnePlus 5

 

[Fireblade]

From AndroidPolice:

Exclusive: This is the OnePlus 5

Holy bezel...

 

[MRU]

It just got real. Now we know when.....

Got same email

 

[MRU]

From AndroidPolice:

Exclusive: This is the OnePlus 5

Looking good. Gonna be interesting to see price point and availability.

 

[epicrayban]

Holy bezel...

Boy, that looks like an iPhone 7.

 

[co.ag.2005]

Looking good. Gonna be interesting to see price point and availability.

Same here. I'm curious how they'll implement the dual camera, Ala iPhone 7 Plus or wide angle like the G6? I do miss the dual camera of the 7+ but the S8 portait mode is comparable.

 

[v0lume4]

Boy, that looks like an iPhone 7.

I second this. That legitimately looks like an iPhone 7. Oh no. 🙁

 

[widgeteer]

I'd love to consider this phone but unless it has CDMA bands I can't. 🙁

 

[Geert76]

I signed up for their pop up event here on June 21st in Amsterdam, I live less then 10 minutes from that pop up store. I might buy one that day, they will also have free/cheap goodies that day. 🙂

 

[jamezr]

Same here. I'm curious how they'll implement the dual camera, Ala iPhone 7 Plus or wide angle like the G6? I do miss the dual camera of the 7+ but the S8 portait mode is comparable.

My biggest interest is the camera too. I mean that is all this company has lacked so far is a killer camera.

 

[Roadstar]

I signed up for their pop up event here on June 21st in Amsterdam, I live less then 10 minutes from that pop up store. I might buy one that day, they will also have free/cheap goodies that day. 🙂

I did the same for the Helsinki event 🙂 I think there will be some goodies indeed and I think I'll be returning to being a OnePlus owner 🙂

 

[Roadstar]

My biggest interest is the camera too. I mean that is all this company has lacked so far is a killer camera.

Plus waterproofing, although they've stated that the phones should survive everyday elements such as rain. Anyway, a good camera would definitely be welcome.

 

[Tig Bitties]

From AndroidPolice:

Exclusive: This is the OnePlus 5

Looks like the Pixel

 

[nfl46]

From AndroidPolice:

Exclusive: This is the OnePlus 5

Nice, an iPhone 7 Plus, with a OnePlus sticker on it. Lol. Bezels and all.

 

[Technarchy]

That looks quite a bit line the iPhone 7. Too much perhaps.

 

[Roadstar]

That looks quite a bit line the iPhone 7. Too much perhaps.

Well, you can't have everything. I think I can live with less than original or groundbreaking design if I get dual-SIM, mobile payments and a good camera in a package that's closer to 500 than 1000 Euros.