OnePlus 5

lafors wrote: »

Didn't think it was a great review by him, he's usually more thorough than that.
I'm happy with the other reviews so far, ordered the 8gb/128gb earlier, can't wait until Friday now :pac:

Same. Got the impression he didn't think there was much to it beyond an incremental improvement from the 3T.

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Same. Got the impression he didn't think there was much to it beyond an incremental improvement from the 3T.

In fairness, it is pretty much an incremental increase over the 3T. Faster processor, more ram, dual camera. All good additions but not major. It very hard to be so different these days. The new thing on mainstream phones are edge to edge screens but then xiaomi did that last year. I would have liked that.

Unfortunately they'll never be able to pull off a OPO anymore, the nearest we'll get to that is other Chinese manufacturers who are making amazing phones for a couple of hundred euro.

I'm happy enough to try it for a while, can't be worse than my current China phone, leeco le max2, and wait to see what the new pixel is like.

lafors wrote: »

Didn't think it was a great review by him, he's usually more thorough than that.
I'm happy with the other reviews so far, ordered the 8gb/128gb earlier, can't wait until Friday now :pac:

He's buddy buddy with Carl Pei. They were both at the OnePlus launch event in New York today.

Jurgen Klopp wrote: »

They have been caught for manipulating and cheating for benchmark scores!

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5-benchmark-cheating-reviews/amp/

Never knew the same happened with the 3T

Apparently the big manufacturers did the same thing a looooong time ago

lafors wrote: »

In fairness, it is pretty much an incremental increase over the 3T. Faster processor, more ram, dual camera. All good additions but not major. It very hard to be so different these days.

Very true and anyone who tries something really different like the modular phones launched (and quickly forgotten) a couple of years ago tend to go down in flames.

Phones are becoming very mature devices so innovation will slow and the focus will be on refining and perfecting what has more or less become the accepted shape and style. The battleground these days is more to do with how to get the max performance from OEM components as it is to do with external design.

lafors wrote: »

The new thing on mainstream phones are edge to edge screens but then xiaomi did that last year. I would have liked that

I'm not sure I'd like infinity type screens. Don't they make adding a protection case tricky? Also, when you're gripping a phone with an infinity screen are you not touching the screen and therefore likely to be inadvertently selecting items on the screen etc?

lafors wrote: »

Unfortunately they'll never be able to pull off a OPO anymore, the nearest we'll get to that is other Chinese manufacturers who are making amazing phones for a couple of hundred euro.

I currently have an UMIDIGI Z Pro which is a pretty good phone with Vanilla Android 7, a seriously fast processor and excellent battery life.

When you put the €207 Z Pro side by side with the €559 OP5 it's hard to justify paying 2.7 times the price of the Z Pro for the OP5 but I just did!!!

god's toy wrote: »

Over all I think it's a still a very good price for what you get. IF if just want the highest end CPU on the market today and Tons of RAM with a battery friendly 1080p screen. Want more RAM and double the storage? give us 60 bucks more. DEAL!

Want a better camera, higher res screen and an IP water rating? get the Samsung or the LG but you pay more and you have those bolted skins to deal with... but you knew that..  
I've being using Oneplus for years and never had any water getting anywhere and I love the almost stock interface and my OP3 is still as fast as day 1 use.

Your paying for what your getting here and in the end the clocking benchmarks wont really take anything away from this phone as it will still be supper fast regardless, with or without the numbers being fiddled with.  

Having said that, and having said my OP3 is still as fast day 1, I will be hanging on to it for a little while longer me thinks.

Probably my biggest gripe is with something that the CEO of OnePlus said which was that as they try to make their phone have flagship specs, the phone is going to get more expensive. Which has been clearly prevalent over te past few iterations of the phone. I think OnePlus make amazing phones but as they get closer to flagship prices without a large customer base, I wonder about the future of the company and the future of the brand. If the LG G7 comes out next february, it would be close to €500 by the time the OnePlus 6 comes out. Then the OnePlus would be less of a flagship --killer and more of a flagship. Which I wouldn't mind except they are not as popular as LG.

Basil3 wrote: »

It was never a flagship killer, though. That's just marketing rubbish. It was a phone that took shortcuts to lower the price. They are taking less shortcuts now.

Yeah I know, I was just using it for lack of a better term

Watched a few different reviews this morning and they are all pretty positive about the phone.

The general gist seems to be that it's well executed, well built, seriously fast and the dual camera setup works quite well.

This Android Central review summarises all the reviews I watched best.

Like all new phone launches I'm sure real world feedback over the coming weeks where some bugs or irritations are discovered will lead to an OTA update that will address them and implement performance tweaks, particularly for the dual camera setup which is new to 1+.

Thankfully nothing I've seen has generated any buyer remorse

titan18 wrote: »

I'm same, OPO too, but hasn't blown me away and wondering should I go the extra amount for S8

I think I'm going with the OP5, I really don't like the TouchWiz OS on Samsung phones, and would rather not void the warranty of the S8 just to add a better OS.

Think it might wait a few to see the public opinion of it first, note interested in any of the cases (liked the look of the clear cases posted earlier in this thread).

yop wrote: »

Really tempted to pull the trigger on this. Want something different.
Had my Samsung S7 robbed and got an insurance replacement and was going to sell it on.

Would I really be getting a better phone in the OP5 though is one thing I can't seem to figure.
Was going to get the 499 option.

I take a fair few photos of the kids, but the bulk of my need is battery and power to use a wide amount of apps. I use lync and outlook for work.

Any one line thoughts appreciated before I spend 500 on it!

The battery life is meant to be quite good according to reviews. Should last a full day with heavy use all day. Uses fast dash charging too.

Anyone's OP5 shipped yet? Mine still processing.

Benzino wrote: »

(liked the look of the clear cases posted earlier in this thread).

Any chance of a link to either the cases or the post you're referring to. I went back through the thread but can't see it.

All the cases are sold out!!
Should have ordered it when I ordered the phone yesterday

Julez wrote: »

Anyone's OP5 shipped yet? Mine still processing.

For those who followed the OP3 thread