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The OnePlus One has plenty of promise, and it doesn't disappoint. For a non-contract, SIM-free price of $299 (around ?180 or AU$320)
for the 16GB version and $349 (roughly ?210 or AU$380) for the 64GB model, the Android-powered smartphone is one of the best deals you can get today. It's a terrific price for a 4G phone, especially if you don't need the fancy features found on the $700
or the $600 .
Yet there are some significant "buts" in this proposition. Getting your hands on a One is harder than you'd think. Ahead of a release that's set for , OnePlus is selling the phone only via . Furthermore, you can buy it only on the , so you won't have the opportunity to get a test it in a shop. After-sale support is all online, too, which may be a problem given its rather unstable software. Furthermore, its 4G LTE works only on specific bands, meaning it may not function with your carrier.
All of these things make the One best for an experienced Android fan who wants as much freedom as the OS can bring -- and is willing to put in the effort to own it.
Still, in the highly competitive Chinese smartphone market, it could be that these low-cost marketing tactics will help OnePlus build awareness of its brand against heavyweights such as Xiaomi or Huawei. But at the end of day, it's the quality and performance of the One that will entice buyers, and fortunately, that's where this smartphone excels.
Design and specs
The design of the OnePlus One was instantly familiar, and after looking through my pictures of the , it appears the phones are practically siblings -- only a few details such as the button layout and placement of the volume jack differ. That makes perfect sense, since OnePlus is part-owned by Oppo, and the One is made at Oppo's facilities.
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The 5.5-inch, full-HD display, which has a resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels, is bright and vibrant and is usable even under bright sunlight at noon. Weighing in at 160g, the handset felt light despite its size. That said, I found it a little too wide to use with one hand -- a 5-inch display is still my ideal size for one-handed operation.
Like the Find 7, the OnePlus One sports a slightly curved top and bottom. The power button is located on the right side, while the volume rockers are located on the left. When I tested an earlier prototype, the slim buttons were pretty hard to press. While the review unit's rockers are shorter in length, they're actually more clickable and easier to work with.
View full gallery (8 Photos)The new volume rocker is shorter but more clickable.
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Instead of having the screen cover the entire front of the phone, the glass ends just slightly before the edges at the top and bottom. This exposes the silvery plastic below it, and I confess I'm not exactly fond of this design. It does catch the eye, but I have a feeling dirt is likely to accumulate at the edges, and it feels strange to touch, due to its having two edges instead of just one.
The OnePlus One has a soft-touch plastic rear, and it feels great. The curved edges mean nothing sharp digs into your palm when you're holding it, and the phone feels balanced and not the least bit unwieldy.
View full gallery (8 Photos)The soft-touch rear gives the phone a good grip.
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There are three touch-sensitive buttons located below the screen, but you can disable these and use onscreen keys if you prefer. When turned off, you can't see the buttons except under bright sunlight.
Unfortunately, you don't get a lot of exterior choices on the smartphone. The 3,100mAh battery isn't removable, and there's no micro-SD card slot located underneath. As such, you have to choose between getting the 16GB model or the 64GB version. With the more capacious model only $50 more (most phonemakers put a much bigger markup on extra storage), it's clearly the better deal.
The One is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and a generous 3GB of RAM, putting in the top tier of mobile power. More on that in the Performance section, below.4G LTE
It has LTE support for some US (AT&T and T-Mobile) and UK networks (EE and Three), as well as some in Europe -- but not all. This is potentially a major downside, especially as you can't try it out before paying for it. My advice would be to look at , see which band your carrier uses, and compare it to this list of bands the One supports: 1, 3, 4, 7, 17, 38,
It's not as though it won't be able to make calls if it doesn't support your network's band, but you won't get the benefit of the fast data speeds you're paying for. Besides 4G, it has quad-band 3G, NFC, Bluetooth, and dual-band Wi-Fi.Software and features
The OnePlus One runs modders' favorite CyanogenMod 11S, which is based on
4.4. It's very similar to stock , but with a few modifications. These include an expanded desktop mode, and the ability to use gestures to turn on the camera or the LED light when the display is turned off. Other interesting tweaks include a voice-activated wake-up, and themes that let you really customise how the UI looks.
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5.5-inch &
Resolution:
1920 x 1080 &
13.0MP rear, 5.0MP front &
Auto-focus:
dual LED &
4K video recording &
3,100mAh &
Operating System:
Android 4.4.2 KitKat with CyanogenMod 11S &
Internal Memory:
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Processor:
2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 &
The OnePlus One is a smartphone by start-up OnePlus, who has made noise in the tech world by being the first OEM to make a smartphone built for and with CyanogenMod from the ground up.
The device debuted starting at just $300, featuring an impressive spec list that includes a 5.5-inch 1080p HD display, a Snapdragon 801 2.5GHz quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM, up to 64GB of internal storage, a 13 megapixel rear camera, 5 megapixel front camera and more.
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OnePlus made a commitment to get CyanogenMod 12S and OxygenOS out to OnePlus One users by the end of this month. They promised that a failure to do so would result in a phone giveaway to show how serious they were to that commitment. Aaaaannd it looks like they’re giving away phones.
To now, the OnePlus One wasn’t available for everyone in the European Union. As easy as it may be to import one from the UK, Germany or other big countries, there’s nothing like dodging the headache and inflated price tags that tend to come with that process. Thankfully, OnePlus is putting an end to the need to do that.
We were told to expect to hear a lot more about OxygenOS on February 12th, and unless my calendar is wrong we’ve reached that day. The biggest news is that they’ve snapped up 6 key members of the Paranoid Android team.
A new upgrade is headed out to the OnePlus One this morning. Before you get excited: no, it ain’t Lollipop. But this maintenance upgrade brings a mound of changes and fixes that go toward tightening up the current KitKat experience.
While the OnePlus One invite system will remain the standard route for being able to purchase the device, OnePlus has taken a big first step to more wide-spread availability.
You know you want a OnePlus One, we know you want a OnePlus One, and only a few hours remain for you to enter for a chance to win a OnePlus One .
We thought we’d have to wait until February 12th to get our first look at OxygenOS for the OnePlus One, which is OnePlus’s upcoming own-built ROM. Thankfully that isn’t the case as GizmoChina has gotten their hands on a couple of early screenshots.
Updates for the OnePlus One are on the way, as you’ve heard, but we’re not exactly sure what to expect. The picture got a tad clearer today with the latest teaser from the company.
Don’t look now, but OnePlus just found a cool new name for their in-house ROM that’ll serve as the primary operating system for their phones in the future.
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