Why I won't be buying the new OnePlus 6T even though it's a great phone

04 November 2018
The under-display fingerprint sensor is more than usable and the camera improvements are impressive but it just doesn't feel like a big upgrade.

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You are old school. Looks like you can live with old Nokia mobile. As you said you don't use camera often, I guess you neither play high end games nor need heavy RAM as well. You won't be needing OnePlus 7 or 8 or 9 either. Wait for 10. But chances are you, you would still like to use your OnePlus3!!

    Thanks for your thoughts.

    What about a newbie? I still use a Mate 9 and thought about switching to the 6+. I've never used an OP phone...what are your thoughts about?

    Cheers

      Why I won't be buying the new OnePlus 6T even though it's a great phone, because I'm buying the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 instead!

        Wow I upgraded from Oneplus 3 to Oneplus 6. Reading this article, I miss my Oneplus 3 now. It was my longest smartphone in terms of usage. The design, in my opinion, is the best by Oneplus so far. I, too, am not a fan of glass backs. I would love waterproofing in the next Oneplus phones though.

          123, 05 Nov 2018now people will get lg v40 better and same price everythin... moreBut lg has lg screen. Think about that.

            I already have the op6, so no real upgrade. Smaller notch and a little more mah isn't enough to pay full price. But if Oneplus had a switch deal, then it might be worth it. The camera isn't worth anything anyway, so I don't care about it.

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              • Anonymous
              • mCq
              • 05 Nov 2018

              I am really surprised to meet someone with similar thinking. I also feel this deficiency in the new smarpohnes. Such marginal changes, none is of practical importance and at the same time they are making more and more fragile telephones and the price does not decrease with their decreasing durability.

                aknsreddy, 05 Nov 2018for me 3.5mm jack missing is a big deal. reason i have very... moreSAME! I have some great senhaiser headphones I use when I work on my mixes. (yes. massive headpones for a phone. hehe~) and I hate using dongles. Either torn, Lost, Eaten by my daughter (true story.) or my cats shred it to pieces.

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                  • 123
                  • 0BE
                  • 05 Nov 2018

                  now people will get lg v40 better and same price
                  everything is better on it than on this 6t

                    777, 05 Nov 2018waiting for another half year oneplus 7, notch-less full s... moreEheheh~! ^-^; I don't think the 3.5mm jack will retun. However the rest seems plausible.

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                      • VooDoo
                      • dWf
                      • 05 Nov 2018

                      Same here,
                      I use OnePlus 3T as my daily driver. Google camera app takes normal photos. I don`t think other phone cameras take dramatically better photos in good light conditions(compared samples to android and ios flagships). Android Pie coming and I`m sure not moving to any other phone, there is no need. I`m getting 5+ hour screen on time without need to charge.

                        THE-TRUTH-REVEALER, 05 Nov 2018Actually a great article. People get carried away with benc... moreI agree.

                          This explains why we are different. me and my husband both take our phones to the shower to listen to music while we clean ourselves. and only recently my husband discovered the wonders of STEREO SPEAKERS. and he's not willing to give up on it.
                          sure. he doesn't mind the lack of a 3.5mm jack because he's more responsible than me when it comes to gadgets. (Ironic. because I am messing with technology myself. Eh, a techy's rant. -_-) but wireless charging? we both find it a neccessity. we use each other's wireless chargers. and it's fun.

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                            • 05 Nov 2018

                            Haris, 05 Nov 2018Mono speaker is a HUGE deal-breaker. The audio gets complet... moreThan again.. this saved me multiple times. Opening a video while the sound was on full-blast. Just hold your finger on the speaker to mute it while turning the volume down. Easy! hahaha

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                              • Anonymous
                              • srr
                              • 05 Nov 2018

                              I won't be buying because of the lack of a notification LED. This decision made it useless for me.

                                Actually a great article. People get carried away with benchmarks and numbers and frames. Like running pubg is actually a speedtest these days. For those who religiously play the game its fine, for others, it is not much of a performance metric.

                                Kudos for bringing this to the forefront.

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                                  • Haris
                                  • IbG
                                  • 05 Nov 2018

                                  Mono speaker is a HUGE deal-breaker. The audio gets completely silent if you hold the phone in landscape mode.

                                  Wished the T-Mo version was dual sim. Otherwise great power speced device.

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                                    • Jauhari
                                    • tDQ
                                    • 05 Nov 2018

                                    Dome it's true.... Can you tell us more details how to replace OnePlus battery?

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                                      • 777
                                      • TK4
                                      • 05 Nov 2018

                                      waiting for another half year oneplus 7,
                                      notch-less full screen,
                                      water resistance ip68,
                                      fast charge 50w. (oppo Lamborghini)
                                      the return 3.5mm jack.
                                      stereo speaker.
                                      next flagship processor from snapdragon.

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                                        • Abhi
                                        • XS1
                                        • 05 Nov 2018

                                        Completly agree with you. I am still rocking my OnePlus 3T . With Pie coming soon and Security updates promised till end of 2019, I think I will wait for Oneplus 8 or 8T.

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