OnePlus 5 review: Doing the math

20 June 2017
Strange that with a name like that OnePlus doesn't know simple addition. Oh well, tetraphobia is real and many product lines avoid the number 4, so it's anything but odd for a Chinese company to skip straight to 5. That, and the 3T was sort of like a 4.

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  • 21 Jun 2017

AnonD-640268, 21 Jun 2017Guys the onplus 5 cheats the benchmark same like 1+3t .... ... moreShouldn't anyone be ashamed for pre-ordering or buying a phone based on benchmark results anyway? I think it's a good lesson for specs junkies

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    • Kd10
    • 4qB
    • 21 Jun 2017

    Come on one+, I want to like you, but cheating on benchmarks when you're using 8Gb of RAM and a disappointing camera, along with no water resistance to speak of?

    Nope, just can't do it.

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      • AnonD-550433
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      • 21 Jun 2017

      AnonD-249419, 21 Jun 2017Why should somebody buy a phone which EXACTLY looks like an... moreI would ! Love the iPhone looks, hate the OS. Poor analogy with the cucumber, and U11 looks like shot.

        Very dissapointed. I just re-read the xiaomi mi6 review. Stereo speakers, splash resistant. same 835 / 6gb. Same brilliant dual camera setup. Cheaper at 400-500$ where onplus5 is 500eur only us gets it at 479$
        Now I realise how good the mi6 is, but 5.15 is not enough for me. Can't wait for mi6 plus official realease. Since mi6 has everything can't imagine mi6 plus what beast it will be. I hope they don't put worse camera on mi6 plus like they did on mi5s plus compared to mi5s

          The people who are anticipated for OnePlus 5, there u have it. A camera that is almost not on par with other flagships

            Hoffmann, 21 Jun 2017I think the camera is kinda disappointing, for what we expe... moreTotally. Its strange tho. OnePlus aka Killer Flagship uses dual camera setup but shoots uninspiring photos. Very disappointing

              Is the camera kind of worse than Sony? I don't know cos it looks almost the same but OnePlus does worse than Sony

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                • AnonD-640268
                • teu
                • 21 Jun 2017

                Guys the onplus 5 cheats the benchmark same like 1+3t .... Go checkout phone arena

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 21 Jun 2017

                  Zoser, 20 Jun 2017Never try to cheat the developers, and less your customers.... moreNice fake link.

                    I think, given it's price, the camera shots are good enough as a quick point and shoot device.
                    However, I do feel that money will be wasted as we won't use the telephoto lens as much as the normal lens given the current photo quality in this review. Like what I said in the other posts, it's not nice to pay for the entire package when we don't utilize all the hardware.
                    I still feel that they should've gone with the Huawei route to use the 2nd lens for B&W and combine it with the colored pic... that way, all hardware is utilized.

                      It is interesting to see that when these Tech websites where mentioned new leaks, all most all the top, mid, and even small tech websites, youtube channels has already got their review units. Within mins of Oneplus 5 launch, Twitter was flooded with Oneplus 5 unboxing and reviews.

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                        • AnonD-368020
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                        • 21 Jun 2017

                        This review is not inspiring. Now I won't rush to buy. All I was looking for was better camera. If that's not good then it's price is not justified.

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                          • AJ_74
                          • IYp
                          • 21 Jun 2017

                          Wow, look at that. The OP5 scored an 83h in the battery test. That's the same score the OP3T posted. So much for that CRAZY-efficient SD 835.

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                            • 21 Jun 2017

                            Aloof, 21 Jun 2017SAmsung's do look like painting too, not watercolour, but paint..I know, I have an S5, but it's not so dramatic. If you take a photo of a tree in low light Samsung will sharpen it and adjust it and make it look like small brush strokes, but still OK to look at. LG G6 does that too, most phones with small sensors do, even Lumias known for good cameras do the oversharpening, noise reduction and color-contrast boost. But the OnePlus 5 photo on DPReview made the tree look like a watery cloud, I've never seen something like that. And here, trees and grass look bad even in good light. I was interested in this review because of the camera hype but 3 different websites had similarly bad results so it looks like OnePlus lied.

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                              • Hoffmann
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                              • 21 Jun 2017

                              I think the camera is kinda disappointing, for what we expected from OnePlus.

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                                • Levy
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                                • 21 Jun 2017

                                A good $400 phone, but at the price it's asking for it's no longer a good value.

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                                  • AnonD-259126
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                                  • 21 Jun 2017

                                  so this has EIS not OIS?? I'm confused......

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                                    • THB
                                    • 21 Jun 2017

                                    The view from an optical 2x zoomed image os different than the view of a cropped image. Its easy nough to see with th right stuff in the frame. Have some object in the foreground and see how it blocks the background diffenently when zoomed in.
                                    Please check this in reviews! We dont simple want higher res shots cropped in. Ots not the same.

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                                      • Priejonas83
                                      • LPf
                                      • 21 Jun 2017

                                      Mi6;here i go

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                                        • tZ4
                                        • 21 Jun 2017

                                        MdN8, 20 Jun 2017Good catch, there is no OIS. Also, according to the Ars Tec... moreSAmsung's do look like painting too, not watercolour, but paint..

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