OnePlus 3 review: Confidence booster

24 June 2016
A great act is tough to follow and sometimes delivering two great devices in a row requires that you take a completely different approach with the successor. Now on its third "flagship killer" (with the OnePlus X taking a different path), OnePlus has taken on the tough task to mature from a business standpoint, while still retaining that ambitious "never settle" attitude that brought it where it is today.

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  • Jason melling
  • Y}P
  • 26 Jun 2016

It's a phone, just like the million other phones. End of story.

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    • AnonD-415640
    • Xu4
    • 26 Jun 2016

    No Pico projector - No Buy.
    No 512Gb internal memory option - No buy.
    No Hectacore CpU - No Buy.
    No USB 5.1 - No buy.
    No Sub-woofer - No buy.
    No Siri - Definitely NO BUY.

    All Chinese phones have these. One plus is fooling customers. In the age of Mars Missions, One Plus is still lagging far behind.
    Feel sorry for the buyers!

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      • AnonD-443999
      • kna
      • 26 Jun 2016

      This phone takes less than 15 min to unlock the Bootloader, flash TWRP and root, try rooting your Note 5 and S7.

      One of few phones with the 820 that can be rooted so easily and custom roms are already available.

      It's also one of few phones that doesn't run a ton of mfg or carrier bloatware. HTC 10 has a ton of bloat and Samsung is a bloated messed.

      Get this phone if you like rooting phones and Viper4Android working for me enjoy top audio.

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        • pkbala
        • rK9
        • 26 Jun 2016

        I have a query tht OP3 has OTG support r not

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          • AnonD-552813
          • X}M
          • 26 Jun 2016

          Kyle, 25 Jun 2016Well you can't compare Samsung S7 with Oneplus 3, because f... moreAgreed. It definitely can't beat the S7 but almost gives a tough competition in terms of features and performance.

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            • AnonD-552813
            • X}M
            • 26 Jun 2016

            AnonD-552965, 25 Jun 2016I am really confused by opinion of some people. Based on a ... moreYou can simply go for it.... ZTE and other mid range competitors do not have proper service and upgrades which is a big deal breaker when it comes to after sales service.

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              • AnonD-552813
              • X}M
              • 26 Jun 2016

              AnonD-442781, 25 Jun 2016Its not that its poor in the way you probably think. Its th... moresRGb is in the works..... Patience

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                • AnonD-552813
                • X}M
                • 26 Jun 2016

                Rex, 25 Jun 2016Long story's short - Camera is an average pewp. I'll go wit... moreCamera is the best of it. It can even surpass iPhone 6s in that department and it has loads of customizations.

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                  • AnonD-552813
                  • X}M
                  • 26 Jun 2016

                  AnonD-436317, 26 Jun 2016That "phone" does not even have QC 3Have you heard about dash charging? I suggest you to go through the review completely

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                    • AnonD-552813
                    • X}M
                    • 26 Jun 2016

                    AnonD-442781, 25 Jun 2016There's loads of other budget flagships that look to be bet... moreBattery life is not the best but not the worst. It is really decent and I have been using it since a week and can easily last a day with decent usage. Added to it we have dash charging which is the best in class and can charge the phone from 0 to 60 in 30 mins.

                    Coming to the display, again not the best but will definitely suit to the most of the users. And also srgb mode is also on the works which will give added features.

                    I really like the night mode and dark mode in the phone which is really useful for me.

                    When people complain about not having 2K resolution, give me a strong reason to have it? Movies, games,?? Hell no.

                    For now there is no major benefits of having 2K screen apart from battery drain.

                    Finally when you compare this phone with other mid range competitors like ZTE, MI, you need to think about after sales support and updates and OP is best in class when compared to them.

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                      • Taurus7King
                      • auk
                      • 26 Jun 2016

                      AnonD-436317, 26 Jun 2016That "phone" does not even have QC 3lol , have you even read review ???
                      why the hell you say it where there is DC ?
                      Dash Charge is way , wayyyyyy better than normal QC3 :|
                      change your mind .. Change your mind :|

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                        • Taurus7King
                        • auk
                        • 26 Jun 2016

                        Dillerfar, 25 Jun 2016Huawei p9 plus vs Oneplus 3?battery? hp9p ..
                        other things ?? of course op3

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                          • Taurus7King
                          • auk
                          • 26 Jun 2016

                          Anonymous, 25 Jun 2016What will most people choose between this phone and xperia ... moreof course OP3 , sony always show-off about its cameras , but in real world ? so much noisy photos and god , their phone become worse n worse ..
                          i bet OP3 is way better even in battery section , no doubt in camera or UI and UI Speed, and hardware capabilities ..

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                            • Taurus7King
                            • auk
                            • 26 Jun 2016

                            ssbatman21, 25 Jun 2016benchmarks aside, in real world, is this better than galaxy... moreLoLz, Everything is better than N4 .. !
                            Even 2013 Xiaomi Mi3 is way better than it ( pics, for instance ) .. and Mi5 ( Ceramic edition ) also..
                            They aside, OP3 is highly, very highly better than N4 ..
                            P.s: i said phone names that i have, not just to say.. i really have'em and its why i answered you

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Y2T
                              • 26 Jun 2016

                              Love this phone charged it 50 minutes from 2% and it got up to 93%!!

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                                • AnonD-436317
                                • iAd
                                • 26 Jun 2016

                                Anonymous, 24 Jun 2016It has poor battery life, that's for sure. But considering ... moreZuk z2 launchs on your comments

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                                  • AnonD-436317
                                  • iAd
                                  • 26 Jun 2016

                                  That "phone" does not even have QC 3

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                                    • Alex92
                                    • p3L
                                    • 26 Jun 2016

                                    AnonD-331984, 25 Jun 2016Now that's no suppose to be an excuse mate. The phone is ju... moreSadly what you claim is not even remotely true. Let me explain why: You are right about the fact that 1080p is enough for LCD(LED is the same only different backlight), CRT but NOT Pentile AMOLED. Pentile AMOLED has a much lower pixel density at 1080p than LCD because 1 red and 1 blue subpixel is shared by 2 green subpixels which means that a standard LCD has 50% more pixels than a Pentile AMOLED. They are not even comparable. Anandtech.com has a very good article about the OnePlus 3.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Jxs
                                      • 25 Jun 2016

                                      AnonD-442781, 25 Jun 2016There's loads of other budget flagships that look to be bet... moreFor me, battery life was awesome, lasted a day with medium to heavy usage. And when will you understand, fullHD is absolutely fine! Its more efficient and provides better graphic performanca

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                                        • AnonD-510098
                                        • m5I
                                        • 25 Jun 2016

                                        AnonD-550862, 25 Jun 2016so guys is it worth upgrading from OP1 to OP3 ?Yeah