OnePlus 6 review
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- Kangal
- uCX
- 11 Jun 2018
OnePlus 6
Pros:
- Price is slightly cheaper than flagships
- Stock Android
- Very Fast charger
- Fastest QSD 845 SoC
- Good screen
- Good build quality
- Great front camera
- 3.5mm and USB-C
- All the radio connectivities we needed
- Very fast memory and storage
Cons:
- Price is more expensive than 1+3, and much more expensive than OnePlus One
- Not AndroidOne
- Small battery capacity
- Poor music/speaker performance
- NOTCH and 19:9 (letterboxing makes device unnecessarily larger)
- Bad build materials (glass back is prone to shattering)
- No IP68 protection
- Poor rear camera
- 3.5mm lacks QuadDAC, USB-C is not USB 3.1 but very slow USB 2.0 spec
- No Wireless charger
- No microSD storage (great for video recording, movie storage, emulators)
Kangal Rating: 7/10.
Keep your OnePlus 3/Samsung S7 if you still have it. If you must upgrade then there's the option of Nokia 7 Plus and Xiaomi Mi A2 for cheaper, the Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer and the Black Shark for similar price, and the Samsung S9+ or Huawei P20 Pro for slightly more money.
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- joy
- KS7
- 11 Jun 2018
honestly ugly photos when zoomed in, still galaxys are the king here.
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- Vijay
- tZb
- 11 Jun 2018
@gsmarena
Oneplus 6 got software update which includes improved loudspeaker performance. Please update the audio review.
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- 6u7
- 11 Jun 2018
Anonym, 10 Jun 2018Huawei is now walking back on community support and will st... moreCommunity roms are so 2012.
Finding a fully functional and stable community Rom is a rare feat and even less for Huawei phones.
If stock android is your thing then Huawei themes are quite deep and easily find stock theme to change the entire phone to stock Android look. Second option is to install a launcher.
However if it just about that wannabe geek obsession with changing roms every week then I agree Huawei is not an option.
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- 6u7
- 11 Jun 2018
Sam, 10 Jun 2018The display area of the Mate 10 is: 95,863 square centimete... moreMate 10 has a 16:9 ratio. Makes all the difference. It's a proper big screen and not an elongated 5.5 inch screen.
- Chitti- The Robot
- XSc
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 08 Jun 2018For example a 3000mAh costs X. 3700mAh costs Y. Y is ... moreYou remember OP3 and 3T? Same size but variance in battery capacity? Its not impossible thing to pack high capacity batteries. Only if OnePlus had intention to include higher capacity, while they started build designs. I don't think price for slightly higher capacity battery would be of steep incline in cost.
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- Anonymous
- mE0
- 10 Jun 2018
Id rather buy the Huawei P20 Pro or Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
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- Anonymous
- 0Wg
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 10 Jun 2018Yep, luckily Xiaomi and Asus continue providing the codes o... moreSo yes, if you want unlock your bootloader, research first if the phone you want to buy can be unlocked, if not, choose other model or variant unlockable of the same phone or other brand that allow it in the phone you want.
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- Anonymous
- 0Wg
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonym, 10 Jun 2018https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-stop-providing-bootlo... moreYep, luckily Xiaomi and Asus continue providing the codes or allowing unlock your bootloader too. Even Exynos from Samsung can be unlocked, not the snapdragon NA, Latin American and chinese variants. Idem with LG, EU variants can be unlocked but sadly not dual SIM asian variants.
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- Anonym
- Lc2
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 10 Jun 2018If only Huawei released the source for their phones' kernel... morehttps://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-stop-providing-bootloader-unlock-codes/
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- Anonym
- Lc2
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 10 Jun 2018If only Huawei released the source for their phones' kernel... moreExcept they are discontinuing the bootloader unlock, making it virtually impossible to change the to a 3rd party ROM (unless a major vulnerability is found the the bootloader).
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- Anonym
- Lc2
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 09 Jun 2018Huawei Mate 10 is better deal than One plus 6.
Same pric... moreHuawei is now walking back on community support and will stop unlocking bootloaders for all future models (as well as discontinue the existing process for current models in a matter o months). Plus, the 3rd-party support has always been not so good due to the Kirin SoC.
A few months ago I would have completely agreed with you, but now (due to this boneheaded repressive measure taken by Huawei) I wholeheartedly recommend to stay away from their products. OnePlus has many faults, but the fact is they allow you to instantly unlock the bootloader and run 3rd-party ROMs without even loosing your warranty -- now that is freedom and the ethos of OSS!
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- Sam
- 0Wg
- 10 Jun 2018
alucardnos, 10 Jun 2018Mate 10 has smaller screen, also less ram and worst CPU. Al... moreThe display area of the Mate 10 is: 95,863 square centimeters and the OP 6 has a display area of (98,437 - notch area) square centimeters so both are almost equal.
The Mate 10 AL10 variant has 6Gb RAM 128 ROM and same battery life as the 4Gb.
The SoC SD845 is more modern and powerful about all in the GPU, but both are 10nm based, so the power consumption depends of the number of transistors more than anything else, something only known buy the manufacturer.
We only can test them together using the same apps from 100% to 0% and compare. But I bet in this case, above all, if the Mate 10 has better battery life that is what people are reporting, is because of the size of the battery 4000 mAh in the Mate 10 vs 3300 in the OP 6.
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- alucardnos
- b9K
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 09 Jun 2018Huawei Mate 10 is better deal than One plus 6. Same pric... moreMate 10 has smaller screen, also less ram and worst CPU. All of these make up for the better battery. OP6 charge time is making up for it
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- t@g
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 10 Jun 2018If only Huawei released the source for their phones' kernel... moreDon't you usually find cameras not working anymore due to incompatible drivers?
- Kiyasuriin
- 6qW
- 10 Jun 2018
LG Superfan, 09 Jun 2018By headphone I meant earphones those thingy which you put i... moreSo do I. I referred to the audio jack.
- Kiyasuriin
- 6qW
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 09 Jun 2018MUI is bloated , I have an OP5 and the OS is a joy to use.I did flash to my phone the rom of OP. It's a pleasure to use.
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- Anonymous
- swf
- 10 Jun 2018
Geric.770, 10 Jun 2018So true. Software is the only reason why people don't buy H... moreIf only Huawei released the source for their phones' kernel/os .... oh wait they do! And you can install vanilla android anyway! Whatdayaknow. Android is like any other computer platform where you can install another os if you don't like the one it comes with. Who knew?
Now let me go on and avoid *excellect* phones because I'm too lazy to do a 30 minute OS swap...
- Geric.770
- uSQ
- 10 Jun 2018
Anonymous, 09 Jun 2018Huawei Mate 10 is better deal than One plus 6.
Same pric... moreSo true. Software is the only reason why people don't buy Huawei phones. But I love EMUI so much after owning my current midrange Y7 Prime 2017.
It has better flagship cameras, SoC that is still impressive until now, glass back (which I'm not a fan but it's premium!), and expandable storage!
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- Sumi
- YQK
- 10 Jun 2018
Can I connect to TV via mirror casting